#  Conference Program 

 



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## Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy (PIEP)

### December 6, 2014

Center for Government and International Studies  
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S020  
Cambridge, MA 02138

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

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

**9:00AM–11:00AM: Session 1**

- Mark Dincecco (Michigan), “Military Conflict and the Rise of Urban Europe”
- Discussants: Eric Chaney (Harvard) and Jim Fearon (Stanford)

**11:00AM–11:30AM: Coffee break**

**11:30AM–1:30PM: Session 2**

- Jennifer Larson (NYU), “Ethnic Grievances or Ethnic Networks? The Influence of Rumor Networks on Rebel Group Formation"[  ](http://conferences.wcfia.harvard.edu/files/piep/files/larsonlewis_piep_nov2014.pdf)
- Discussants: Macartan Humphreys (Columbia) and Nicola Persico (Northwestern)

**1:30PM–3:00PM: Lunch**

**3:00PM–5:00PM: Session 3**

- Daniel Diermeier (University of Chicago), “Private Politics and Public Interest: NGOs, Corporate Campaigns, and Social Welfare”
- Discussants: John Patty (Washington University) and Alan Wiseman (Vanderbilt)



 

##  Related Links 

For information on past PIEP conferences and papers, [visit the PIEP Conference Website.](http://conferences.wcfia.harvard.edu/piep)