Political Science and Political Economy Research Seminar

Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- Markovian Elections

Markovian Elections
Speaker: John Duggan (Rochester), joint with Jean Guillaume Forand

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 06 March 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- To Vote or to Abstain? An Experimental Study of Rational and Normative Considerations Under First Past the Post and PR Elections

To Vote or to Abstain? An Experimental Study of Rational and Normative Considerations Under First Past the Post and PR Elections
Speaker: Andre Blais (University of Montreal), joint with Jean-Benoit Pilet, Karine van der Straeten, Jean-François Laslier,and Maxime Héroux-Legault
Paper: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/PSPE/pdf/Blais.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 06 March 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 28 February 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- Vote Trading with and without Party Leaders

Vote Trading with and without Party Leaders
Speaker: Thomas Palfrey (CalTech), joint with Alessandra Casella and Sebastien Turban
Paper: http://www.hss.caltech.edu/SSPapers/sswp1359.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 28 February 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 21 February 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- Information Revelation and (Anti-)Pandering in Elections

Information Revelation and (Anti-)Pandering in Elections
Speaker: Navin Kartik (Columbia), joint with Francesco Squintani and Katrin Tinn

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 21 February 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 14 February 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- The Treaty of Lisbon and European Union Trade Policy: A Political-Economic Analysis

The Treaty of Lisbon and European Union Trade Policy: A Political-Economic Analysis
Speaker: Christophe Crombez (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 14 February 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 07 February 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- Money in Judicial Politics: Individual Contributions and Collective Decisions

Money in Judicial Politics: Individual Contributions and Collective Decisions
Speaker: Matias Laryczower
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/pspe07022012.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 07 February 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 31 January 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- Female representation but male rule? Elite entrenchment, gender quotas and the political glass ceiling

Female representation but male rule? Elite entrenchment, gender quotas and the political glass ceiling
Speaker: Olle Folke
Paper: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/PSPE/pdf/Folke.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 31 January 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 24 January 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: A Laboratory Experiment

Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: A Laboratory Experiment
Speaker: Laurent Bouton (Boston University)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 24 January 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 17 January 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- The Total Survey Error Paradigm and Pre-election Polls: The Case of the 2006 Italian General Election

The Total Survey Error Paradigm and Pre-election Polls: The Case of the 2006 Italian General Election
Speaker: Laura Fumagalli (University of Essex), joint with Emanuela Sala
Paper: http://ideas.repec.org/p/ese/iserwp/2011-29.html
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 17 January 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 10 January 2012, 16:00-17:30 -- The impact of elections on cooperation: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment in Uganda

The impact of elections on cooperation: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment in Uganda
Speaker: Guy Grossman (Princeton), joint with Delia Baldassarri
Paper: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/PSPE/pdf/Grossman.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 10 January 2012, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 06 December 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release

Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release
Speaker: Nicholas Sahaguet (HEC Montreal), joint with Stéphane Mechoulan, Dalhousie University
Paper: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/PSPE/ResearchSeminar.aspx
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 06 December 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 29 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Markov Voting Equilibria: Theory and Applications

Markov Voting Equilibria: Theory and Applications
Speaker: Georgy Egorov (Northwestern)
Paper: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/PSPE/ResearchSeminar.aspx
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 29 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 22 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- The Self-Defeating Rationale for Torture

The Self-Defeating Rationale for Torture
Speaker: Sandeep Baliga (Northwestern), joint with Jeffrey C. Ely
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/pspe22112011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 22 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 15 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Is Political Behavior Better Explained Using Self-Confirming Equilibria?

Is Political Behavior Better Explained Using Self-Confirming Equilibria?
Speaker: Arthur Lupia (Michigan)
Paper: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/seminarpapers/pspe15112011.pdf
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 15 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 08 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- TBC

TBC
Speaker: Randy Stone (Rochester)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 08 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 01 November 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Dynastic Leaders and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence

Dynastic Leaders and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence
Speaker: Tim Besley (EOPP, LSE), joint with Marta Reynal-Querol

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 01 November 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 25 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- TBC

TBC
Speaker: Robert Powell (Berkeley)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 25 October 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 18 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- TBC

TBC
Speaker: Peter Rosendorff (NYU)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 18 October 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 11 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- Should Audiences Cost? Optimal Domestic Constraints in International Crises

Should Audiences Cost? Optimal Domestic Constraints in International Crises
Speaker: Scott Ashworth (Chicago)
Paper: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/PSPE/ResearchSeminar.aspx
LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 11 October 2011, 16:00-17:30

Tue, 04 October 2011, 16:00-17:30 -- TBC

TBC
Speaker: Joan Esteban (Barcelona)

LRB 505, Michio Morishima Room, 5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory, Lionel Robbins Building, entrance in Portugal Street, London WC2
Tue, 04 October 2011, 16:00-17:30