Conference Program

Paper 1: Andrew Sinclair (Caltech), “Executive Authority and Implicit Guarantees”

Paper 2: Jennifer Gaudette (UCR), “Follow the Money: Understanding Interest Group Contributions in Local Politics”

Paper 3: Syeda ShahBano Ijaz (Occidental), “Aiding Compliance: Foreign Aid and Social Security Programs in Pakistan”

Paper 4: Sebastian Saiegh (UCSD), “Forecasting the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Financial Markets Trump Opinion Polls and Prediction Markets”

Paper 5: David Fortunato (UCSD), "Choosing Legislative Power"

Conference Program

Paper 1: Clémence Tricaud (UCLA), "Electoral Margins and Political Competition"

Paper 2: Matthew Allen (UCR), "Elite Affective Polarization: The Intersection of Political Behavior and Institutions in American Politics"

Paper 3: Julia Payson (UCLA), "Local Taxes and Economic Voting: Evidence from City Ballot Measures"

Paper 4: Nicholas G. Napolio (UCR), "Do Legislators Care about the Separation of Powers?"

Paper 5: Yang Xie (UCR), "Separation of Powers as a Guardian of Civil Peace"

Conference Program

Paper 1: Dan Thompson (UCLA), "Does Leader Turnover Degrade Local Government Performance? Evidence from Local Election Officials”

Paper 2: Ben Noble (UCSD), “Presidential Negative Partisanship: Going Public for Partisan Gain, Not Policy Success”

Paper 3: Kyuwon Lee (USC), “Bureaucratic Constraints on Embedded Liberalism: Evidence from the Trade Adjustments Assistance”

Paper 4: Matt Beckmann (UCI), “Did Reagan Decline?”

Paper 5: Hunter Rendleman (Berkeley), “The Politics of Progressive Taxation: Evidence from State Tax Changes”

Conference Program

Paper 1: Odilon Camara (USC), "Shareholder Democracy and the Market for Voting Advice." (Discussant: Benjamin Noble, UCSD)

 Paper 2: William Resh (USC), "Representational Change in Poliycentric US Federal Contracting Markets." (Discussant: Nicholas Napolio, UCR)

Paper 3: Joshua Ferrer (UCLA), "Do Local Election Officials Represent Their Constituents?" (Discussant: Varun Karekurves-Ramachandra, USC)

Paper 4: Gabriel Lobez Moctezuma (CalTech), "Money and Votes in Electoral Competition: Evidence from the US Senate." (Discussant: Christ Tausanovitch, UCLA)

Paper 5: Danielle Thomsen (UCI), "Counting Candidates." (Discussant: Pamela Ban, UCSD)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Brian Palmer Rubin (USC), "Accountability in Time: Evolution in Social Accountability Institutions." (Discussant: ShahBano Ijaz, Occidental College)

Paper 2: Tanu Kumar (CGU), "Democratizing Bureaucracy: Citizen Voice and Local Government Responsiveness in Rural India." (Discussant: Jennifer Merolla, UC Riverside)

Paper 3: Sebastian Saiegh (UCSD), "Firm-Level Lobbying and Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Financial Markets." (Discussant: Melissa Rogers, CGU)

Graduate Student Colloquium

James Hendrickson (USC), "Evaluating Institutions, Political Risk, and State Executive Behavior During Crisis."

Sophia Helland (USC), "Gender, Anger, and Federalism: Governing Preferences During the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Jose Alcocer (USC), "Do Minority Legislators Engage in (Co)Sponsorship Activity Differently than Non- Minority Ones? In Short, Yes."

Joshua Ferrer (UCLA), "Turnover of Local Election Officials"

Paper 4: John Matsusaka (USC), "Direct Democratic Backsliding? Quantifying the Prevalence and Investigating Causes 1960-2022." (Discussant: Isaac Hale, Occidental College)

Paper 5: Nicholas Napolio (UC Riverside), "Party Government, the Power Franchise, and the Unification of Powers." (Discussant: Carlos Algara, CGU)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Pablo Argote (USC), “The Internet, Social Media, and Elite Extremism.” (Discussant: Melissa Rogers, CGU)

Paper 2: Allison Hartnett (USC), “The Glorious Revolution that Wasn’t: Rural Elite Conflict and Demand for Democratization.” (Discussant: Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld, UCLA)

Graduate Student Panels
                                 

Panel A: PIPE and American Politics

Presenters: Jose Alcocer (USC), Joshua Ferrer (UCLA)

Discussants: David Miller + Nico Napolio (UCR)

Panel B: Behavioral Implications of PIPE

Presenters: Jacob Sutherland (UCI), Minhye Joo (UCR)

Discussant: Natalie Masuoka (UCLA)

Panel C: PIPE and Comparative Politics

Presenters: Adam Hobbs + Alex Ross (UCR), Julian Michel (UCLA)

Discussant: Tine Paulsen (USC)

Paper 3: Mike Gibilisco (CalTech), “Juking the Stats: Policing, Misreporting, and Policy Evaluation.” (Discussant: Federica Izzo, UCSD)      

Paper 4: Sven-Oliver Proksch (UCSD), “Voices of the Party Base: The Dilemma of Established Parties in Responding to New Parties.” (Discussant: Indridi Indridason, UCR)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Umberto Mignozzetti (UCSD), "Predatory Elections: How Norms of Democracy and the Rural Economy Incentivize Electoral Violence and Fraud." (Discussant: Darin Christiansen, UCLA)

 Paper 2: Joanna Huey (Caltech), "The Effects of Peremptory Challenges on Jury Diversity and Conviction Rates." (Discussant: Federica Izzo, UCSD)

Paper 3: Jenifer Gaudette (UCSD), "Understanding the Effects of Police Union Endorsements in Local Elections." (Discussant: Daniel Thompson, UCLA)

Paper 4: Varun Karekurves-Ramachandra (USC), "Can Gender Quotas Improve Public Service Provision? Evidence from Indian Local Government." (Discussant: Tanu Kumar, CGU)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Samantha Vortherms (UCI), "FDI and Urbanization: Skill-Dependence and Labor Market Management in China." (Discussant: Allison Hartnett, USC)

Paper 2: Federica Izzo (UCSD), "Ideological Infection." (Discussant: Alexander Hirsch, Caltech)

Paper 3: Jeffery Jenkins (USC), "Congress and the Political Economy of the Indian Removal Act." (Discussant: J. Morgan Kousser, Caltech)

Paper 4: Marek Kaminski (UCI), "Coordination not Consolidation: Duverger's Law Works...Sort Of." (Discussant: Sebastien Saiegh, UCSD)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Allison Hartnett (USC), "After the Commons: Legacies of Land Privatization and Communal Norms under Colonial Rule." (Discussant: Jared Rubin, Chapman University)

Paper 2: Alexander Hirsch (Caltech), “Veto Players and Policy Development." (Discussant: Chad Kendall, USC)

Paper 3: Pamela Ban (UCSD), “Bureaucrats in Congress: Strategic Information Sharing in Policymaking." (Discussant: Nicholas Napolio, USC)

Paper 4: Darin Christenson (UCLA), "The Point of Attack: Where and Why Does Oil Cause Armed Conflict in Africa?" (Discussant: Umberto Mignozzetti, UCSD)

Paper 5: Melissa Rogers (CGU), "Democracy Distorted." Discussant: Sebastian Saiegh, UCSD)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Jeffery Jenkins (USC), "Estimating Disenfranchisement in  U.S. Elections, 1870-1980." (Discussant: Thad Kousser, UCSD)

Paper 2: Danielle Thomsen (UCI), "Dropout Decision in U.S. House Elections." (Discussant: Daniel Thompson, UCLA)

Paper 3: Maria Carreri (UCSD), "Fiscal Rules, Austerity in Public Administration, and Political Accountability." (Discussant: Sebastian Saeigh, UCSD)

Paper 4: Samuel Bazzi (UCSD), "The Other Great Migration: Southern Whites and the New Right." (Discussant: Melissa Rogers, CGU)

Conference Program

Paper 1: Pamela Clouser McCann (USC) and Abby Wood (USC), "The Political Economy of COVID-19 Policy Choices." (Discussant: Pamela Ban, UCSD)

Paper 2: Sebastian Saiegh (UCSD), "Partisan Polarization and Political Risk." (Discussant: Steven Liao, UCR)

Paper 3: Clayton Nall (UCSB), Chris Elmendorf (UCD), and Stan Oklobdzija (UCR), "Housing Narratives: Understanding Americans' Mental Models of Housing Markets." (Discussant: Christ Tausanovitch, UCLA)