Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy
December 3, 2016
CGIS South Belfer Case Study Room S020 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MASponsored by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
8:30 – 9:00 AM Continental breakfast and introductions
9:00 -11:00 AM Scott Gehlbach (Wisconsin), Paul Dower (NES), Evgeny Finkel (GWU), and Steven Nafziger (Williams), “Collective Action and Representation in Autocracies: Evidence from Russia's Great Reforms”
Discussants: Oeindrila Dube (Chicago) and Jon Eguia (Michigan State)
11:00 - 11:30 AM Coffee break
11:30 AM –1:30 PM Gary D. Libecap and Bryan Leonard (UC Santa Barbara), “Economic Analysis of Property Rights: First Possession of Water in the American West,”
Discussants: Cathy Hafer (NYU) and Lakshmi Iyer (Notre Dame)
1:30 – 3:00 PM Lunch
3:00 – 5:00 PM Matthew Blackwell, Maya Sen (Harvard), and Avidit Acharya (Stanford),“Deep Roots: The Political Legacy of Southern Slavery”
Discussants: Paola Giuliano (UCLA) and Suresh Naidu (Columbia)