political economy 2019



Lecture 1 ELITES, DEMOCRATIZATION

Homework#1 (due nov 26th)

Homework#2 due jan 14th

slides

  1. Acemoglu and Robinson, Economic Origin of Dictatorship and Democracy. Ch. 5.6 Cambridge University Press
  2. Acemoglu, Political Economy Lecture Notes (ch 18) MIT
  3. Lizzeri and Persico, 2004, Why did the elite extend the suffrage? Democracy and the scope of government with an applications of Britain's age of reform, QJE
  4. Acemoglu et al. 2015 Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality, Handbook Income Distribution
  5. Bruckner and Ciccone, 2011, Rain and the Democratic Window of Opportunity, Econometrica
  6. Passarelli and Tabellini (2018) Emotions and Political Unrest, JPE
  7. Ponticelli and Voth, (2011) Austerity and Anarchy, Budget cuts and social unrest in Europe, 1919-2008, mimeo


Lecture 2 STATE BUILDING

slides


  1. Besley, Timothy, and Torsten Persson. 2011. Section 2.1 Pillars of Prosperity. Princeton University Press
  2. Acemoglu Robinson, 2017, The emergence of Weak, Dispotic and Inclusive States, wp, MIT, video
  3. Sanchez de la Sierra, 2019, On the origin of the states: stationary bandits and taxation in Eastern Congo, Journal of Political Economy
  4. Johnson and Koyama, 2017, States and Economic Growth: Capacity and Constraints, Explorations in Economic History
  5. Dell, Lane, Querubin, 2018, The Historical State, Local Collective Action and Economic Development in Vietman, Econometrica
  6. Lowes, Nunn, Robinson, Weigel, 2017. The evolution of culture and institution: evidence from the Kuba Kingdom, Econometrica
  7. Tabellini Guido 2008 The Scope of Cooperation, Value and Incentives, QJE


Lectures 3-4 IDENTITY POLITICS, NATIONALISM

slides1 slides2

  1. Alesina, Reich, Riboni, 2017, Nationalism, Nation Building and Wars, mimeo
  2. Alesina, Tabellini, Trebbi, 2017, Is Europe an Optimal Political Area, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
  3. Alesina, Stantcheva Teso, 2019, Intergenerational Mobility and Preference for Redistribution, AER
  4. Alesina, Miano, Stantcheva, 2019, The Polarization of Reality, mimeo
  5. Shayo, 2009, A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy, APSR
  6. Shayo, 2019 Social Identity and Economic Policy
  7. Gennaioli and Tabellini 2018, Identity, Beliefs and Political Conflict, mimeo slides
  8. Noury and Roland, 2019 Identity Politics and Populism in Europe, Berkely, mimeo
  9. Tajfel and Turner, 1986, The social identity theory of intergroup behavior

Lecture 5 LEGISLATIVE BARGAINING

slides bargaining

Homework2 due jan 14


  1. Austen-Smith David and Jeffey S. Banks, 2005, Positive Political Theory II Strategy and Structure