Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy
Cambridge, MA
December 1, 2012
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
- Mauricio Drelichman (University of British Columbia), "Risk Sharing with the Monarch: Contingent Debt and Excusable Defaults in the Age of Philip II, 1556-1598."
- Discussants: Michael Hiscox (Harvard) and Gary Libecap (UC Santa Barbara)
11:00AM–11:30AM: Coffee break
11:30AM–1:30PM: Session 2
- Gérard Roland (UC Berkeley), “Culture, Institutions and Democratization”
- Discussants: Cathy Hafer (NYU) and Melissa Dell (MIT)
1:30PM–3:00PM Lunch
3:00PM–5:00PM: Session 3
- Ken Scheve (Stanford), “Public Support for Global Climate Cooperation”
- Discussants: David Baron (Stanford) and Steve Ansolabehere (Harvard)
See also: December 1, 2012
