Conference Program

Venue: Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies - 640 Massachusetts Ave NW.

Monday, May 22

12:00-14:00 Lunch and Registration

14:00-15:00 Francesco Trebbi (University of British Columbia)

Topic: Factions in Nondemocracies: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Communist Party

Discussant: Peter Lorentzen (UC Berkeley)

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30 Anthony Fowler (Harris School)

Topic: Quid Pro Quo? Corporate Returns to Campaign Contributions

Discussant: Michael Barber (Brigham Young University)

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

17:00-18:00 Pierre Yared (Columbia Business School)

Topic: Fiscal Rules and Discretion in a World Economy

Discussant: Edoardo Grillo (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

19:00 Conference Dinner

Tuesday, May 23

8:45:-10:00 Breakfast

10:00-11:00 Pablo Querubin (New York University)

Topic: The Political Class and Redistributive Policies

Discussant: Garance Genicot (Georgetown University)

11:00-11:20 Coffee Break

11:20-12:20 Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton University)

Topic: Unions and Inequality: A Historical Perspective

Discussant: Daniel Stegmueller (Duke University)

12:20-13:45 Lunch

13:45-14:45 Greg Huber (Yale University)

Topic: Experimenting with Legitimacy: How Leaders' Choices about Group Profiling and Error Reduction Affect Compliance

Discussant: Pedro Dal Bo (Brown University)

14:45-15:15 Coffee Break

15:15-16:15 Nicola Persico (Kellogg School of Management)

Topic: Firm-Level Effects of Fiscal Rules: Evidence from Italy's Stability Pact

Discussant: Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton University)