Ninth Annual Workshop
April 19, 2024
New York University
19 W. 4th St., Room 217
12:00 – 1:00 pm Arrival (light lunch at venue)
1:00 – 1:10 pm Welcome
1:10 – 2:00 pm Paper 1: "Unequal Before the Law: Political Intensification of Forbearance of Counternarcotics Enforcement" by Julian Gerez (Columbia). Discussant: Yining Sun (Princeton).
2:00 – 2:50 pm Paper 2: "The Cost of Success: What Sustains Social Movements? Evidence from Contemporary Feminist Movements in Argentina" by Sofia Elverdin (Yale). Discussant: Julieta Valenzuela (NYU).
2:50 – 3:20pm Coffee Break
3:20 – 4:10 pm Paper 3: "All the Autocrat's Men: Police-Military Collaboration in Authoritarian Argentina" by Haley Allen (Yale). Discussant: Eduardo Moncada (Barnard).
4:10 – 5:00 pm Paper 4: "The Electoral Consequences of Militarized Law Enforcement: Support for Military Politicians in Brazil" by Iván San Miguel (NYU). Discussant: Nicolás Idrobo (Penn).
Reception to Follow
Eighth Annual Workshop
April 14, 2023
Princeton University
219 Aaron Burr Hall
12:30 – 1:00 pm Arrival (light lunch at venue)
1:00 – 1:10 pm Welcome
1:10 – 2:00 pm Paper 1: "’They Opened Our Eyes’: Armed Groups’ Influence on Civilian Political Beliefs" by Daniel Hirschel-Burns (Yale). Discussant: Cristina Mac Gregor Vanegas (NYU).
2:10 – 3:00 pm Paper 2: "Bad Foundations: Political Competition and Local Infrastructure Development in Brazil" by Beatriz Barros (Princeton). Discussant: Ella Bayi (Columbia).
3:00 – 3:15pm Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:05 pm Paper 3: "Elites, State Capacity, and Development: Evidence from the Ecuadorian Land Reforms" by Daniel Baquero (NYU). Discussant: Mishella Romo Rivas (Princeton).
4:10 – 5:00 pm Paper 4: "Elite Backlash to Redistribution" by Elena Barham (Columbia). Discussant: Ivan San Miguel Flores (NYU).
Reception to Follow
Seventh Annual Workshop
May 13, 2022, 12-7pm
Yale University
Luce Hall Common Room and Luce Hall Room 203
34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511
12:00 - 12.30pm: Light lunch at conference venue
12:30 - 12:45 pm: Welcome
12:45 pm - 1:35 pm:
Paper 1: "The political consequences of expedient policing: evidence from drug-eradication in Mexico," by Carolina Torreblanca (NYU)
Discussant: Eli Rau (Princeton)
1:40 - 2:30 pm:
Paper 2: "Oil and Violence: An Experiment on the Extensive Margin," by David Cerero Guerra (Yale)
Discussant: Elena Barhan (Columbia)
2.30pm - 2.45pm: Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:35 pm:
Paper 3: "Does the Dismantling of Environmental Institutions Affect Deforestation Inside Conservation Units? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon," by Ella Bayi (Columbia) (co-authored with Kathryn Bharagwanath)
Discussant: Alice Xu (Yale)
3:40-4:30 pm:
Paper 4: "Religious Communication, Gender, and Participation," by Radha Sarkar (Yale) (co-authored with Sofía Elverdin, Sebastian Lucek, and Amar Sarkar)
Discussant: Julian Gerez (Columbia)
4.30pm - 4.40pm: Coffee break
4:40-5:30 pm: Round table on fieldwork and the job search during COVID
Sixth Annual Workshop
February 28th, 2020, 12:30-7pm
Columbia University
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
420 W 118th Street, New York, NY 10025
12:30 - 12:45 pm: Welcome to PELA 2020
12:45 pm - 1:35 pm:
Paper: Daniela Barba-Sánchez (Princeton) “State Capture and Human Rights Violations Under the Veil of the ‘War on Drugs’ in Mexico”
Discussant: Rafael Ch (NYU)
1:40 - 2:30 pm:
Paper: Elsa Voytas (Princeton) “What Can Money Buy? The Political Consequences of Material Reparations”
Discussant: Pablo Argote (Columbia)
2:35 - 3:15 pm:
Research Design: Elena Barham (Columbia) and Julian Gerez (Columbia) “Illicit Industry Collapse and Local Politics”
Discussant: Maria Curiel (NYU)
3:15 - 3:35 pm Coffee Break
3:35-4:25 pm:
Paper: José María Rodríguez-Valadez (Princeton) “Overlapping Jurisdictions: Social Program Delivery in Decentralized States”
Discussant: Lucia Motolinia (NYU)
4:30-5:20 pm:
Paper: Tiago Peterlevitz (Yale) “Open for (Clientelistic) Business: Outsourcing Public Services and Patronage Jobs”
Discussant: Federico Tiberti (Princeton)
Reception to Follow
Political Economy of Latin America (PELA)
A Collaboration between Columbia, NYU, Princeton, and Yale
Fifth Annual Workshop
April 12, 2019, 1:30-7pm
New York University
Institute for Public Knowledge
20 Cooper Square, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10012
1:30 - 1:40 pm: Welcome to PELA 2019
Salo Coslovsky and Pablo Querubin (NYU)
1:40 - 2:30 pm:
Paper: Tiago Peterlevitz (Yale) "Who Turns to Clientelism? Office-Seeking Politicians, Patronage Appointments, and Vote Buying in Brazil"
Discussant: Patricio Navia (NYU)
2:30 - 3:20 pm:
Paper: Alicia Cooperman (Columbia) "Trading Favors: Local Politics and Development in Brazil"
Discussant: Ana de la O (Yale)
3:20 - 3:50 pm Coffee Break
3:50-4:40 pm:
Paper: Eli Rau (Yale) "Party Strategy and Turnout Decline: Evidence from Chile"
Discussant: John Londregan (Princeton)
4:40-5:30 pm:
Paper: Mateo Vásquez (NYU) “Criminality as a Social Process: Evidence from Colombian Ex-Combatants"
Discussant: Sarah Daly (Columbia)
Reception and Dinner to Follow
Fourth Annual Workshop
April 20, 2018, 1:30-7pm
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Bowl 1
1:00 - 1:30 pm: Coffee and Snacks, Robertson Hall, Bernstein Gallery
1:30 - 1:40 pm: Welcome to PELA 2018
Deborah Yashar (Princeton)
1:40 - 2:20 pm:
Discussant: Sue Stokes (Yale)
2:20 - 3:00 pm:
Paper: Guliana Pardelli (Princeton), “Agrarian Elites, EconomicDiversification and Local Fiscal Capacity”
Discussant: Vicky Murillo (Columbia)
3:00 – 3:40 pm:
Paper: Jorge Mangonnet and Jacob Kopas (Columbia, with Johannes Urpelainen), “Playing Politics with Environmental Protection: The Political Economy of Designating Protected Areas” (Supplementary Appendix)
Discussant: Pablo Querubín (NYU)
Coffee Break, Robertson Hall, Bernstein Gallery
4:00-4:40 pm:
Discussant: Alisha Holland (Princeton)
4:40-5:10 pm:
Research Proposal: Abraham Aldama (NYU, with Eric Arias, Rebecca Hanson, and Dorothy Kronick), “Community Trust and Police Legitimacy: Proposal for ALab-in-the-Field Experiment in Medellín, Colombia”
Discussant: Paul Lagunes (Columbia)
Reception and Dinner to Follow, Robertson Hall, Bernstein Gallery
Third Annual Workshop
March 3, 2017, 1:30-7pm
Yale University
Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center
391 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
1:30 - 1:40pm: A Welcome & Brief Introduction to PELA 2017
Professor Susan Stokes (Yale)
1:40 - 2:20pm: Patronage by Credit: International Sources of Patronage Politics
Author: Eric Arias (NYU)
Discussant: Salo Coslovsky (NYU)
2:20 - 3:00pm: Programmatic Parties and Local Politics
Author: Peter G. Johannessen (Princeton)
Discussant: Pablo Querubin (NYU)
3:00 - 3:40pm: Direct or Indirect Democracy? Explaining the Use of the Recall in Peru and Latin America
Author: Mariana Alvarado (NYU)
Discussant: Paul Lagunes (Columbia)
3:40 - 4:00pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:40pm: Transparency Interventions in Extractive Industries to Improve Accountability: Preliminary Evidence from a Field Experiment in Peru
Author: Renard Sexton (NYU)
Discussant: Professor Ana De La O (Yale)
4:40 - 5:40pm: Research Proposals and Plans
4:40 - 5:10pm: Subverting Land Institutions in Nascent Democracies: Brazil's Fifth Republic, 1978-1985
Author: Jorge Mangonnet (Columbia)
Discussant: Deborah Yashar (Princeton)
5:15pm: Dinner
Second Annual Workshop
November 13, 2015, 2-6pm
Columbia University
2:00 - 2:10pm: A Welcome & Brief Introduction to PELA 2015
Prof. Victoria Murillo (Columbia)
2:10 - 2:50pm: "Price Shocks and Land Displacement: Evidence from Colombia," Antonella Bandiera (NYU)
Discussant: Prof. Eduardo Moncada (Barnard)
2:50 - 3:30pm: "Religion & Public Goods: Evidence from Brazil," Alicia Cooperman and Tara Slough (Columbia)
Discussant: Prof. Salo Coslovsky (NYU)
3:30 - 4:10pm: "Women’s Political Participation in the Aftermath of Civil War: Evidence from Peru," Omar García-Ponce (NYU)
Discussant: Prof. Paul Lagunes (Columbia)
4:10 - 4:40pm: Ten-Minute Coffee Break
4:40 - 5:20pm: "Dynamic Transparency: A Study of Mexico’s Freedom of Information Act," Oscar Pocasangre and Paul Lagunes (Columbia)
Discussant: Prof. Pablo Querubín (NYU)
5:20- 5:50pm: Prospective Work
Proposal 1: "Land, Rights, and Political Engagement Examining the Effect of Formal Property Rights on Political Attitudes and Behavior," Jacob Kopas (Columbia)
Discussant: Prof. Isabela Mares (Columbia)
First Annual Workshop
November 21, 2014
New York University
3:00-3:40pm: “Elites Tweet to get Feet off the Streets: Measuring Regime Response to Protest Using Social Media”, Kevin Munger (NYU)
Discussant: Pablo Querubin (NYU)
3:40-4:20pm: "Shaking the parameters: Do natural disasters affect voters’ utility function?", Giancarlo Visconti (Columbia)
Discussant: Vicky Murillo (Columbia)
4:20-4:40pm Coffee Break
4:40-5:20pm: "Do Natural Resources Influence Who Comes to Power, and How? An Analysis of Oil Price Shocks, Elections and Conflict in Colombia”, Maria Carreri (NYU)
Discussant: Gustavo Setrini (NYU)
5:20-6:00pm: Research Design: "What is the Effect of Information on Local Level Confict? Design for a Field Experiment”, Renard Sexton (NYU)
Discussant: Paul Lagunes (Columbia)
6:15pm: Dinner and Drinks