date |
topic |
speaker/discussant |
| September 10th | "Rational Ignorance, Moral Costs and Coordination" |
Lucia Esposito |
| "Political Regime Change, Information and Propaganda" | Andrea Canidio |
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| September 24th | "A brief literature review on voting theory in political science" | Chien-Yuan Sher |
| October 8th | "Anti-Defamation Law and Political Corruption" | Gabriele Gratton |
| "On Strategic Voting" | Guillem Riambau Armet | |
| October 22nd | "Do immigrants improve natives' job quality?" (joint with Alfonso Rosolia) | Osea Giuntella |
| November 5th | Acemoglu, Daron, Ticchi, Davide and Vindigni, Andrea (2008) "A Theory of Military Dictatorships", NBER WP W13915. | Tim Bond |
| "Behind Public Sector Efficiency: the Role of Culture and Institutions" (joint with Raffaella Giordano and Pietro Tommasino) | Marco Casiraghi |
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| November 19th | "Banks and Development: Jewish Communities in the Italian Renaissance and Current Economic Performance" | Luigi Pascali (Boston College) |
| December 3rd | "Models of Election with Convex Utilities" ("Voter Preferences, Polarization, and Electoral Policies" (joint with Fuhito Kojima) and "Revision Games" (joint with Michihiro Kandori)) |
Yuichiro Kamada (Harvard) |
Spring 2009
NOTICE: All meetings are in room 546.
date |
topic |
speaker/discussant |
| May 14th | Myerson, Roger (1993) "Effectiveness of Electoral Systems for Reducing Government Corruption: A Game Theoretic Analysis", Games and Economic Behavior, 5, 118-132. |
Gabriele Gratton |
| Feddersen, Timothy and Alvaro Sandroni (2006) "A Theory of Participation in Elections", American Economic Review # | Guillem Riambau Armet |
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| May 21st | Acemoglu, Daron and Robinson, James A. (2001) "A Theory of Political Transitions",American Economic Review, Vol. 91, pages 938-963 | Saori Chiba |
| Mailath, George J., Morris, Stephen and Postlewaite, Andrew (2001) "Laws and Authority" | Andrea Canidio |
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