Conference 2016
Québec Political Economy Conference - 2016
The 4th Quebec conference in Political Economy will take place on the 8-13 of march 2016 in Mont Saint-Anne, Québec Canada.
The conference is organized by Decio Coviello (HEC Montréal) and Nicolas Sahuguet (HEC Montréal).
Program
Thursday 10th
Morning: Persico N. Tightening Fiscal Rules
Lunch Coviello D. Collusion in Procurement
Evening 1 Brusco S. Proportional Systems with Free Entry. A Citizen-Candidate Model
Evening 2: Lizzerri A. Entitlements
Friday 11th
Morning: Perego J. Media Competition and the Source of Disagreement
Lunch Sun P. Structures of Optimal Contracts in Dynamic Mechanism Design.
Evening 1 Fréchette G.The Role of Rules and Commitment in Communication
Evening 2 Karam Kang Lobbyists as Matchmakers in the Market for Access
Saturday 12th
Morning:
Lunch Lopomo P. Budget Constrained Procurement
Evening 1 Angelucci C. Trade, Law and Order, and Political Liberties: Theory and Application to English Medieval Boroughs
Evening 2 Backus M. Why is Productivity Correlated with Competition?
Participants (confirmed list so far)
Charles Angelucci (Columbia University)
Matthew Backus (Columbia University)
Sandro Brusco (Stony Brook University)
Decio Coviello (HEC Montréal)
Ettore Damiano (University of Toronto)
Guillaumme Fréchette (New York University)
Karam Kang (Carnegie Mellon University)
Alessandro Lizzeri (New York University)
Pino Lopomo (Duke University)
Jacopo Perego (New York University)
Nicola Persico (MEDS, Northwestern University)
Nicolas Sahuguet (HEC Montréal)
Peng Sun (Duke University)
Local Contacts
Decio Coviello (decio.coviello(at)hec.ca)
Nicolas Sahuguet (nicolas.sahuguet(at)hec.ca)