December 5, 2009

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

Sponsored by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

8:30–9:00 Continental breakfast and introductions

9:00–11:00
Micael Castanheira, ECARES, Brusssels
Benoit S Y Crutzen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
“Comparative Politics with Endogenous Intra-Party Discipline”

Discussants:
John Aldrich, Duke
Tom Romer, Princeton

11:00–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–1:30
Michael Hiscox, Harvard
Jens Hainmueller, MIT
Sandra Sequeira, LSE
“Consumer Demand for the Fair Trade Label: Evidence from a Field Experiment‘

Discussants:
Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern
Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard

1:30–3:00 Lunch

3:00–5:00
Edward Miguel, UC-Berkeley
“Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities”

Discussants:
Daron Acemoğlu, MIT
Helen Milner, Princeton