The Boston University Political Economy Reading Group (BUPERG) meets every other Thursday from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. It is open to all faculty and graduate students. The purpose of these meetings is to encourage the exchange of ideas among participants and help graduate students keep track of developments in the field. In each meeting, two members of the group will introduce the discussion of either i) a recent paper of general interest or ii) a work in progress idea that they might want to share with the group. Each discussion should last for 40 minutes circa.
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) |
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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