Research Group on
Political Institutions and Economic Policy
PIEP XXXVII
Cambridge, December 7, 2019
S020 CGIS SOUTH, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambidge, MA
Sponsored 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 -11.00 AM Jonathan Rodden (Stanford), “Multi-Dimensional Politics, Information, and Political Polarization.”
Discussants: Liz Gerber (Michigan) and Nicola Persico (Northwestern)
11:00 - 11.30 AM Coffee break
11:30 AM –1.30 PM Wioletta Dziuda (Chicago), “Political Scandal: A Theory”
Discussants: David Austen-Smith (Northwestern)and Frances Rosenbluth (Yale)
1:30 – 3.00 PM Lunch
3:00 – 5.00 PM Kathleen Bawn (UCLA), “A Principal-Agent Perspective on Congressional Nominations.”
Discussants: Laurent Bouton (Georgetown) and Sandy Gordon (NYU)
See also: December 7, 2019