Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy
Cambridge, December 2, 2017
Sponsored by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
CGIS South, S020 Belfer Case Study Room, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
8.30 – 9 AM Continental breakfast and introductions
9 -11 AM
Nico Voigtländer (UCLA), Charles Angelucci (Columbia), and Simone Meraglia (University of Exeter Business School)
“Medieval Origins of Inclusive Institutions”, Appendix
Discussants: Chris Berry (Chicago) and David Stasavage (NYU)
11 - 11.30 AM Coffee break
11.30 AM –1.30 PM
Pablo Montagnes (Emory) and Stephane Wolton (LSE),
“Mass Purges: Top-down Accountability in Autocracy”, Appendix
Discussants: David Baron (Stanford) and Maya Sen (Harvard)
1.30 – 3.00 PM Lunch
3.00 – 5.00 PM
Marit Rehavi (UBC) and Brendan Nyhan (Dartmouth),
“Tipping the Scales? Testing for Political Influence on Public Corruption Prosecutions”, Appendix.
Discussants: Betsy Sinclair (Washington University St. Louis) and Matthew Stephenson (Harvard)
