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)