Research Group on Political Institutions and Economic Policy
Center for Government and International Studies
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S020
Cambridge, MA 02138
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
"The Rents From Trade and Coercive Institutions: Removing the Sugar Coating”
- Daniel Trefler (University of Toronto)
- Christian Dippel (UCLA)
- Avner Greif (Stanford)
- Discussants: Lee Alston (Indiana) and Saumitra Jha (Stanford)
11:30AM-1:30PM: Session 2
“Fail-Safe Federalism”
- Sanford Gordon (NYU)
- Dimitri Landa (NYU)
- Discussants: Jenna Bednar (Michigan) and Alessandra Casella (Columbia)
1:30PM-3:00PM: Lunch
3:00PM-5:00PM: Session 3
“The U.S. Federal Debt Limit”
- George Hall (Brandeis)
- Thomas Sargent (NYU)
- Discussants: Randall Calvert (Washington University, St. Louis) and James Alt (Harvard)