Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy
PIEP XXXIX
Cambridge, April 9, 2022
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 “Politics Transformed? How Ranked Choice Voting Shapes Electoral Strategies”
- Speaker: Peter Buisseret (Harvard)
- Discussants: Kathleen Bawn (UCLA) and Catherine Hafer (NYU)
11:00–11:30AM Coffee break
11:30 AM–1:30PM “The end of slavery in Brazil: Escape and resistance on the road to freedom”
- Speaker: Arthur Silve and François Seyler (Laval)
- Discussants: Emily Sellars (Yale) and Daniel Trefler (Toronto)
1:30PM–3:00PM Lunch
3:00PM–5:00PM “Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment”
- Speaker: Nancy Qian (Northwestern)
- Discussants: Saumitra Jha (Stanford) and Kenneth Scheve (Yale)
See also: April 9, 2022