Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy
CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge Street
The Belfer Case Study Room (Room S020)
December 6, 2008
8:30AM–9:00AM: Continental breakfast and introductions
9:00AM–11:00AM: Session 1
- David Stasavage, NYU, “Geographic Scale and the Possibility of Political Representation: Assemblies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”
- Discussants: Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School (Moscow) Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School
11:00AM–11:30AM: Coffee break
11:30AM–1:30PM: Session 2
- Nicola Persico, NYU, “A Search-Theoretic Model of the Retail Market for Illicit Drugs”
- Discussants: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, University of Chicago Dan Ho, Stanford Law School
1:30PM–3:00PM: Lunch
3:00PM–5:00PM: Session 3
- Matthew Stephenson, Harvard Law School, “Political Accountability under Alternative Institutional Regimes”
- Discussants: David Baron, Stanford University David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University
See also: December 6, 2008