Benelux PECO is a new, joint initiative to organize an annual, political-economy conference in Brussels (in 2024), Luxembourg (2023), and Rotterdam (in 2025).

2025 "Trust In Political Institutions" Conference Program

Dates: June 19-20, 2025

Location: Erasmus School of Economics, Woudestein Campus, Burgemeesteroudlaan 50, 3062PA Rotterdam

** Getting there: TBA

Thursday, June 19

12:30 – 13:55: Lunch and registration

14:00 – 15:10: Arianna Ornaghi (Hertie School and CEPR)

"The Returns to Viral Media: The Case of US Campaign Contributions" (joint with Johannes Böken, Mirko Draca, and Nicola Mastrorocco.)

Discussant: Camille Urvoy (Mannheim)

15:10 – 16:20: Andrew Little (Berkeley)

"Information Order, Memory, and Partisan Motivated Reasoning " (joint with Salvatore Nunnari)

Discussant: Michael Thaler (UCL London)

16:20 – 16:50: Coffee break

16:50 – 18:00: Gilat Levy (LSE and CEPR)

"Research Waves"

Discussant: Jan Zápal (CERGE-EI)

19:00: Conference dinner

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Friday, June 20

09:00 – 09:30: Coffee and breakfast

09:30 – 10:40: Marco Tabellini (Harvard and CEPR)

"Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution" (joint with Tommaso Giommoni and Gabriel Loumeau)

Discussant: Michele Rosenberg (Essex)

10:40 – 11:10: Coffee break

11:10 – 12:20: Francesco Passarelli (Turin + Bocconi)

" Externalities and the Erosion of Trust" (joint with Gianmarco Daniele, Andrea F.M. Martinangeli, Willem Sas and Lisa Windsteiger)

Discussant: Pilar Sorribas-Navarro (U Barcelona)

12:20 – 13:50: Lunch

13:50 – 16:20: Introductory Talks + Panel Discussion

Panel participants:

· Massimo Morelli (Bocconi and CEPR)

· Sarah Kups (OECD)

· Josje den Ridder (SCP)

Moderator: Dana Sisak (Rotterdam)

16:20 – 17:30: Drinks & Farewell

We gratefully acknowledge the financial and logistical support of CEPR, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus Research Institute of Management and Tinbergen Institute