9:00-9:30
coffee and registration
9:30-10:15
Lin Hu (ANU) Optimal News Consumption and Policy Polarization (with Anqi Li)
10:15-11:00
Rebecca Morton (NYU) Polarizing Information and Support for Reform (with Nick Haas, Mazen Hassan, and Sarah Mansour)
11:00-11:20
coffee break
11:20-12:05
Juan Carlos Carbajal (UNSW) Inertia in the Design of Economic Reform Programs
12:05-12:50
Haishan Yuan (UQ) Restrictive Voting Laws, Voter Turnout, and Partisan Vote Composition: Evidence from Ohio (with Ethan Kaplan) link
12:50-14:20
Lunch
14:20-15:05
Steve Callender (Stanford) Cause and Effect in Political Polarisation: A Dynamic Analysis
15:05-15:25
coffee break
15:25-16:10
Maleke Fourati (UNSW) Render Unto Caesar: Taxes, Charity, and Political Islam
16:10-16:55
Cesar Martinelli (GMU) Electoral Accountability and Responsive Democracy
18:00-22:00
Dinner (free for speakers)