Program

Program

Friday, May 30
8:45–9:30am – Breakfast and Welcome

9:30–10:45am
Mehdi Shadmehr (UNC, Public Policy)
“Missing Discussions: A Theory of Islamic Political Thought”
Joint with A. Arda Gitmez and James A. Robinson
Discussant: Scott Tyson (Rochester, Political Science)

10:45–12:00pm
Aliz Toth (LSE, Government)
“Vote Tourism: How Electoral Fraud Facilitates Elite Rent-Sharing"
Joint with Liam Rose
Discussant: Arturas Rozenas (NYU, Politics)

12:00–1:15pm – LUNCH

1:15–2:30pm
Pablo Montagnes (Emory, Political Science)
“How Well Do Voting Choice Policies Represent Public and Investor Preferences?”
Joint with Zackary Peskowitz and Suhas A. Sridharam
Discussant: Sandy Handan-Nader (NYU, Politics)

2:30–3:45pm
Arjada Bardhi (NYU, Economics)
“Statistics Speak But Anecdotes Stick”
Joint with Nina Bobkova
Discussant: Stephane Wolton (LSE, Government)

3:45–4:15pm – Coffee Break

4:15–5:30pm
Ali Cirone (LSE, Public Policy)
“Gender Dynamics in Online Deliberation: Evidence from the 2023 Meta Community Forum on AI Chatbots”
Joint with Estelle Joanna Ciesla and Lodewijk Gelauff
Discussant: Anna Wilke (NYU, Politics)

5:30–6:30pm – Wine Reception

Saturday, May 31
8:15–9:00am – Breakfast

9:00–10:15am
Valentino Larcinese (LSE, Government)
“Income Inequality and Campaign Contributions: Evidence from the Reagan Tax Cut”
Joint with Alberto Parmigiani
Discussant: Zhao Li (NYU, Stern School of Business)

10:15–11:30am
Gleason Judd (Princeton, Politics)
"Electoral Competition with Targeted Voting Costs"
Joint with Greg Sasso and Reilly S. Steel
Discussant: Cathy Hafer (NYU, Politics) 

11:30–12:00pm – Coffee Break

12:00–1:15pm
Manon Revel (Meta FAIR)
“Tracking Truth with Liquid Democracy”
Joint with Adam J. Berinsky, Daniel Halpern, Joseph Y. Halpern, Ali Jadbabaie, Elchanan Mossel, and Ariel Procaccia
Discussant: Alessandra Casella (Columbia, Economics)

1:15–2:30pm – LUNCH

2:30–3:45pm
Andy Hall (Stanford, Political Science)
“What Happens When Anyone Can Be Your Representative? Studying the Use of Liquid Democracy for High-Stakes Decisions in Online Platforms”
Joint with Sho Miyazaki
Discussant: David Stasavage (NYU, Politics)

3:45–5:00pm
Giovanna Invernizzi (Bocconi, Political Science)
“Governing Through Division”
Joint with Federico Trombetta
Discussant: Tiberiu Dragu (NYU, Politics)

5:00pm – Parting Toast