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The Faculty Discussion Group on Political Economy, co-sponsored by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and chaired by Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace, holds informal luncheon meetings on Tuesdays. Papers on a wide range of topics in political economy are sent to approximately 50 faculty members from various schools and departments. A free-wheeling discussion of the paper ensues among the faculty who attend.

Current paper:

June 30, 2009
"Media and Political Persuasion: Evidence from Russia" by Ruben Enikolopov, Maria Petrova, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (March 2009).

Future Papers: 

July 7, 2009
"The Governance and Performance of Research Universities: Evidence from Europe and the U.S." by Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Caroline M. Hoxby, Andreu Mas-Colell, and André Sapir (April 2009).

Previous Papers:

June 23, 2009
"Charter Schools in New York City: Who Enrolls and How They Affect Their Students' Achievement" by Caroline M. Hoxby and Sonali Murarka (April 2009).   

June 16, 2009
"War and Relatedness" by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg (May 2009).  

June 9, 2009
"Do Political Incentives Matter for Tax Policies? Ideology, Opportunism and the Tax Structure" by Konstantinos Angelopoulosa, George Economides, Pantelis Kammasc (Feb. 26, 2009). 

May 26, 2009
"Democratic Peace and Electoral Accountability" by Paola Conconi, Nicolas Sahuguet, and Maurizio Zanardi (July, 2008). 

May 19, 2009
"Partisan Control, Media Bias, and Viewer Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi's Italy" by Ruben Durante and Brian Knight (March, 2009).

May 12, 2009
"Why did Canada Nationalize Liquor Sales in the 1920's?: A Political Economy Story" by Ruth Dupre (November, 2008). 

May 5, 2009
"How Globalization Affects Tax Design" by James R. Hines, Jr. (January, 2009). 

April 14, 2009
"History Without Evidence: Latin American Inequality Since 1491" by Jeffrey G. Williamson (March, 2009). 

March 24, 2009
"On the Looting of Nations" by Mare Sarr, Erwin Bulte, Chris Meissner, and Tim Swanson (June 25, 2008).

March 17, 2009
"The Impact of Party Organization on Electoral Outcomes" by Micael Castanheira, Benoit S. Crutzen, and Nicolas Sahuguet (2008). 

March 10, 2009
"The Flypaper Effect" by Robert P. Inman (2008). 

March 3, 2009
"A Political Economy Theory of Partial Decentralization" by John William Hatfield and Gerard Padro i Miquel (2008).

February 24, 2009
"For Sale: Trade Policy in Majoritarian Systems" by Per G. Frederiksson, Xenia Matschke, Jenny Minier (June 2008). 

February 17, 2009
"The Incidence of Civil War:Theory and Evidence" by Timothy J. Besley and Torsten Persson (2008).  

February 10, 2009
"Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization" by Pauline Grosjean and Claudia Senik (2008). 

 February 3, 2009
"How Do States Formulate Medicaid and SCHIP Policy?Economic and Political Determinants of State Eligibility Levels" by Reagan Baughman and Jeffrey Milyo. 

 January 27, 2009
"Measuring Explicit Political Positions of Media" by Daniel E. Ho and Kevin M. Quinn. (June 2008).

 January 20, 2009
"Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy" by Elhanan Helpman, Oleg Itskhoki and Stephen Redding. (November 2008).

January 6, 2009
"Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India" by Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani. (August 2008).

December 23, 2008
"Policy Shaping Politics: Monetary Policy Deliberations in Congressional Hearings, 1976-2005" by Andrew Bailey and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. (April 18-19, 2008).

December 16, 2008
"Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt and Default in the Age of Philip II, 1556-1598" by Mauricio Drelichman and Hans-Joachim Voth. (October 2008).

December 9, 2008
"Historical Political Futures Markets: An International Perspective" by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman Strumpf. (October 2008).

December 2, 2008
"Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis" by Nathan Nunn. (October 2007).

November 25, 2008
"Redistribution and Pork in Two-Party Competition" by John D. Huber and Michael M. Ting. (Nov. 9, 2008).

November 18, 2008
"How to Get the Snowball Rolling and Extend the Franchise: Voting on the Great Reform Act of 1832" by Toke S. Aidt and Raphaël Franck. (August 2008).

Past PE Group Seminar Papers

• 2007-2008 Papers
• 2006-2007 Papers
• 2005-2006 Papers
• 2004-2005 Papers
• 2003-2004 Papers
• 2002-2003 Papers
• 2001-2002 Papers
• 2000-2001 Papers
• 1999-2000 Papers

Contact Information

Frieden, Jeffry