December 6, 2008

Location: 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South Building, Room S020, The Belfer Case Study Room

8:30–9:00 Continental breakfast and introductions

9:00–11:00
David Stasavage, NYU, “Geographic Scale and the Possibility of Political Representation: Assemblies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”

Discussants:
Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School (Moscow)
Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School

11:00–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–1:30
Nicola Persico, NYU, “A Search-Theoretic Model of the Retail Market for Illicit Drugs”

Discussants:
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, University of Chicago
Dan Ho, Stanford Law School

1:30–3:00 Lunch

3:00–5:00
Matthew Stephenson, Harvard Law School, “Political Accountability under Alternative Institutional Regimes”

Discussants:
David Baron, Stanford University
David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University