Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy

Cambridge, MA
December 7, 2013

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

• Francesco Trebbi (University of British Columbia) [with David Lucca (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Amit Seru (Chicago)], "The Revolving Door in Banking Regulation: A First Look at the Evidence.”
• Discussants: Mihir Desai (Harvard) and John Ferejohn (NYU)

11:00AM–11:30AM: Coffee break

11:30AM–1:30PM: Session 2

• Maggie Penn (Washington University), "Engagement, Disengagement and Exit."

• Discussants: David Austen-Smith (Northwestern) and Scott Gehlbach (Wisconsin)

1:30PM–3:00PM Lunch

3:00PM–5:00PM: Session 3

• Gary Cox (Stanford), “The Power of the Purse and the Revisionary Budget.”

• Discussants: Charles Stewart (MIT) and Dan Trefler (Toronto)