Past Seminars
Monday, September 13th, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time)
José-Alberto Guerra: Train to Opportunity: the Effect of Infrastructure on Intergenerational Mobility (with Costas-Fernandez J and Mohnen M).
Monday, May 24th, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time)
Wilman J. Iglesias Pinedo: Moved to Poverty? A Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa (with B. Carrillo and C. Charris)
Monday, May 17th, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time)
Antonella Bandiera: The Effect of Rents on Behavior: Evidence from Illegal Gold Mining in Peru
Monday, May 3rd, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Leopoldo Fergusson: The Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire (with G. Chiovelli, L. R. Martinez, J.D. Torres, and F. Valencia-Caicedo)
Monday, April 19, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Sara Lazzaroni: Ideological Contagion and Populism: Evidence from Argentina.
Monday, April 5, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Jaakko Meriläinen: The Violent Origins of Finnish Equality (with M. Mitrunen and T. Virkola)
Monday, March 22, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Nicola Mastrorocco: "From Patronage to the Modern State. Evidence from 100 Years of Personnel Policies of The US Federal Bureaucracy" (with S. Agarwal and E. Teso)
Monday, March 8, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Micaela Sviatschi: "Gangs, Labor mobility and Development" (with N. Melnikov and C. Schmidt-Padilla)
Monday, February 22, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Juan Sebastian Galan: "The Colonial State, Dispute Resolution, and Economic Development in Mexico"
Monday, February 22, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Diego Ramos-Toro: "Self-Emancipation and Progressive Politics: The Legacy of Civil War Refugee Camps"
Monday, January 25, 2021 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
José A. Jurado: "Violence Against Journalists and Freedom of the Press: Evidence from Mexico" (with Juan S. Morales)
Monday, December 7, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Fernanda Sobrino: "Mexican Cartel Wars: Fighting for the U.S Opioid Market "
Monday, November 30, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Aldo Elizalde: "Public good or public "bad"? Indigenous institutions, nation building, and the demand for road infrastructure in Mexico” (with E. Hidalgo and N. Salgado)
Monday, November 16, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Agustina Paglayan : "When Does Education Promote Democracy? Evidence from Curriculum Reforms in Mexico" (with Francisco Garfias and Enrique Seira)
Monday, November 2, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Dany Jaimovich: "The grievances of a failed reform: Chilean land reform and conflict with indigenous communities"
Monday, Octubre 19, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Guilherme Lambais: "Slave Resistance, Cultural Transmission, and Brazil’s Long-Run Economic Development"
Monday, Octubre 12, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Melissa Rubio: "From Plantations to Prisons: The Legacy of Slavery on Black Incarceration in the US"
Monday, Octubre 5, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Eduardo Montero: "Market Structure and Extortion: Evidence from El Salvador" (with Zach Y. Brown, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, and Maria Mica Sviatschi)
Monday, September 28, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Alvaro Forteza: "Does political gridlock undermine checks and balances? A Lab Experiment" (with Irene Mussio and Juan Sebastian Pereyra)
Monday, September 21, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Stelios Michalopoulos: Folklore (with Melanie Meng Xue). Keynote Lecture
Monday, September 14, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Emily Sellars and Francisco Garfias: Epidemics, Rent Extraction, and the Value of Holding Office
Monday, August 31, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Martin Fiszbein: Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina (with Federico Droller)
Monday, August 24, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Raphael Corbi: Edited Democracy: Media Manipulation and the News Coverage of Presidential Debates (with Alexsandros Cavgias, Luis Meloni and Lucas Novaes)
Monday, August 10, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Diana Van Patten: Multinationals, Monopsony and Local Development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company (with Esteban Méndez-Chacón)
Monday, July 27, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Emilio Depetris-Chauvin: The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the US (with Ruben Durante and Filipe Campante)
Monday, July 13, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Luz Marina Arias: The Long Run Legacy of Colonial Estates in Mexico (with Diana Flores Peregrina)
Monday, June 29, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Luis R. Martinez: Chile’s Missing Students: Dictatorship, Higher Education and Social Mobility (with Maria A. Bautista, Felipe Gonzalez, Pablo Muñoz, Mounu Prem)
Monday, June 22, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
James A. Robinson: "The Political Economy of Latin America: New Visions" (with José Luis Falconi). Keynote Lecture.
Monday, June 15, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Felipe Valencia: Country of Women? Repercussions of the War of the Triple Alliance (with Laura Schechter, Jennifer Alix-Garcia and Siyao Jessica Zhu)
Monday, June 1, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Nathan J. Canen: Political Uncertainty, Market Structure and the Forms of State Capture (with Rafael Ch and Leonard Wantchekon)
Monday, May 18, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Ömer Özak: Borderline Disorder: (De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa (with Emilio Depetris-Chauvin)
Monday, May 11, 2020 (3:15 pm Eastern Time).
Claudio Ferraz: Political Power and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Brazil's Regime Transition (with Frederico Finan and Monica Martínez-Bravo)