Sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, each seminar features a presentation of current political science research by leading scholars in the field, including distinguished faculty from other institutions, research fellows of the CSAP, and Ph.D. candidates at Yale.
The American Politics and Public Policy Workshop meets on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in Room A002 at ISPS, 77 Prospect Street.
Links to papers are provided as available.
| SEP 9 |
Joel Middleton, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Yale
"The Microfoundations of Economic Voting: An Experimental Study" |
| SEP 16 |
Brian Knight, Economics and Public Policy, Brown University
"Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements" |
| SEP 23 |
Steven Teles, Political Science, The Johns Hopkins University
"The Foundation as Political Agent: How Political Scientists Might Think About Philanthropy and Why We Don't" |
| SEP 30 |
Lena Edlund, Economics, Columbia University
"Marriage and Emancipation in The Age of The Pill" |
| OCT 7 |
Benjamin Olken, Economics, MIT
"How to Target the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia" |
| OCT 14 |
Stefano DellaVigna, Economics, UC-Berkeley
"Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving" |
| OCT 21 |
Mark Schlesinger, Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale
"Economic Insecurity and Support for the Welfare State: An Evidence Base for Self-Evident Economic Truths" |
| OCT 28 |
Ted Brader, Political Science, University of Michigan
"Personality and Partisanship in Comparative Perspective" |
| NOV 4 |
Jasjeet Sekhon, Political Science, UC-Berkeley
"Incumbency Advantage, Close Elections and Redistricting: When Natural Experiments are Neither Natural nor Experiments" |
| NOV 11 |
David Karol, Political Science, UC-Berkeley
"Elite Opinion, Party Coalitions and the Rise of Interbranch Disagreement in U.S. Trade Policy" |
| NOV 18 |
Gabe Lenz, Political Science, MIT/Visiting Professor, Yale
"Looking the Part: Television Leads Less Informed Citizens to Vote Based on Candidates' Appearance" |
| NOV 25 |
Fall Recess |
| DEC 2 |
Anthony Chen, Public Policy, University of Michigan
"The Long Shadow of the Past: Risk Pooling and the Political Development of Health Care Reform in the States" |
