Lecture 1 ELITES, DEMOCRATIZATION
Homework#1 (due nov 26th)
Homework#2 due jan 14th
slides
- Acemoglu and Robinson, Economic Origin of Dictatorship and Democracy. Ch. 5.6 Cambridge University Press
- Acemoglu, Political Economy Lecture Notes (ch 18) MIT
- 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
- Acemoglu et al. 2015 Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality, Handbook Income Distribution
- Bruckner and Ciccone, 2011, Rain and the Democratic Window of Opportunity, Econometrica
- Passarelli and Tabellini (2018) Emotions and Political Unrest, JPE
- Ponticelli and Voth, (2011) Austerity and Anarchy, Budget cuts and social unrest in Europe, 1919-2008, mimeo
Lecture 2 STATE BUILDING
slides
- Besley, Timothy, and Torsten Persson. 2011. Section 2.1 Pillars of Prosperity. Princeton University Press
- Acemoglu Robinson, 2017, The emergence of Weak, Dispotic and Inclusive States, wp, MIT, video
- Sanchez de la Sierra, 2019, On the origin of the states: stationary bandits and taxation in Eastern Congo, Journal of Political Economy
- Johnson and Koyama, 2017, States and Economic Growth: Capacity and Constraints, Explorations in Economic History
- Dell, Lane, Querubin, 2018, The Historical State, Local Collective Action and Economic Development in Vietman, Econometrica
- Lowes, Nunn, Robinson, Weigel, 2017. The evolution of culture and institution: evidence from the Kuba Kingdom, Econometrica
- Tabellini Guido 2008 The Scope of Cooperation, Value and Incentives, QJE
Lectures 3-4 IDENTITY POLITICS, NATIONALISM
slides1 slides2
- Alesina, Reich, Riboni, 2017, Nationalism, Nation Building and Wars, mimeo
- Alesina, Tabellini, Trebbi, 2017, Is Europe an Optimal Political Area, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
- Alesina, Stantcheva Teso, 2019, Intergenerational Mobility and Preference for Redistribution, AER
- Alesina, Miano, Stantcheva, 2019, The Polarization of Reality, mimeo
- Shayo, 2009, A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy, APSR
- Shayo, 2019 Social Identity and Economic Policy
- Gennaioli and Tabellini 2018, Identity, Beliefs and Political Conflict, mimeo slides
- Noury and Roland, 2019 Identity Politics and Populism in Europe, Berkely, mimeo
- Tajfel and Turner, 1986, The social identity theory of intergroup behavior
Lecture 5 LEGISLATIVE BARGAINING
slides bargaining
Homework2 due jan 14
- Austen-Smith David and Jeffey S. Banks, 2005, Positive Political Theory II Strategy and Structure