Location: Bowie-Vernon conference room, N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

8:30 - 9:00 Continental breakfast and introductions

9:00 - 11:00 Adam Przeworski, New York University, "Political Rights, Property Rights, and Economic Development"

Discussants: David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University, and Ronald Rogowski, University of California, Los Angeles

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30-1:30 Morris Fiorina, Stanford University, "Political Polorization in the American Public"

Discussants: Avinash Dixit, Princeton University, and John Patty, Harvard University

1:30 - 3:00 Lunch

3:00 - 5:00 Nathan Nunn, Harvard University, "Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa"

Discussants: Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, California University of Technology, and Peter Temin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology