Fall 2005
September 13. Pierre Landry, Yale University. “ Disputing the Authoritarian State in China.”
September 20. Gregory Huber, Yale University. “ Uncovering the Persuasive Effects of Presidential Advertisement.”
September 27. Nawreen Sattar, Yale University. “ Explaining Political Party Violence.”
October 4. Kenneth Roberts, Cornell University. “ Labor Movements, Party Systems, and Electoral Volatility in Latin America's Neoliberal Critical Juncture. ”
October 10. Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley. “ The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam. ” Monday meeting: 5:30 in Room 119, 8 Prospect Place.
October 18. Casiano Hacker-Cordon, Reed College & Jeffrey Miley, Yale University. “ An Antitrust Theory of Group Recognition. ”
October 25. Vivek Sharma, Yale University. “Social Institutions and Warfare in Latin Europe.”
November 1. Special session. Ron Kassimir, Social Science Research Council (SSRC). “How to Write Grant Proposals in Comparative Politics.”
November 8. Evan Lieberman, Princeton University. “Politics in Really Hard Times: Ethnicity, Public Goods, and Policy Responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa.”
November 15. Alberto Simpser, University of Chicago. “ Strategic Incentives for Electoral Corruption .”
November 29. Abbey Steele, Yale University. “Flight Patterns: the Logic of Displacement During War.”
December 6. Stephen Kaplan, Yale University. “Do Political Business Cycles Exist in Developing Countries?”