December 14, 2002

8:30–9:00 AM Continental breakfast and introductions

9:00–11:00 AM
Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angelest and Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University
“Coalition Parties versus Coalitions of Parties: How Electoral Agency Shapes the Political Logic of Costs and Benefits”

Discussants
Tim Besley, London School of Economics
John Huber, Columbia University

11:00–11:30 AM Coffee break

11:30 AM–1:30 PM
David Baron, Stanford University
“Private Politics and Private Policy: A Theory of Boycotts”

Discussants
James Alt, Harvard University
Nolan McCarty, Princeton University

1:30–3:00 PM Lunch

3:00–5:00 PM
J. Lawrence Broz, University of California, San Diego
“Domestic Politics of International Financial Rescues: Congressional Voting on Bailouts in the 1990s”

Discussants
Randall Kroszner, University of Chicago and Council of Economic Advisers
Tom Romer, Princeton University

5:00–6:00 PM General discussion