Seminars
Room 203 Luce Hall
Monday 12:00–1:30pm
The 2009–2010 Leitner Political Economy Seminar is directed by Ken Scheve. Please contact Heidi McAnnally-Linz if you have questions about the seminar.
Fall 2009
September 14
Cancelled
Massimo Morelli, Columbia University
“Competitive Non Linear Taxation and Constitutional Choice”
September 21
Stephen Haber, Stanford University
"Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism: A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse"
September 28
Paolo Spada, Yale University
“The Political and Economic Effects of Participatory Democracy”
October 5
Kevin Morrison, Cornell University
“Intergovernmental Transfers and Electoral Outcomes: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Brazilian Municipal Executive Elections, 1982-1988”
October 12
Mario Chacon, Yale University
"A Theory of Competitive Authoritarianism and Democratic Transition"
October 19
Allan Drazen, University of Maryland
"How Do Leaders Affect Government Spending Priorities?"
October 26
Randall Stone, Rochester University
"Informal Governance: International Organizations and the Limits of U.S. Power"
November 2
Kyle Bagwell, Stanford University
"The WTO: Theory and Practice"
November 9
Gary Cox, UC San Diego
“War, Moral Hazard and Ministerial Responsibility: England after the Glorious Revolution"
November 16
Torun Dewan, London School of Economics
“Did the Extension of the Franchise Increase the Liberal Vote in Victorian Britain? Evidence from the Second Reform Act”
November 30
Matilde Bombardini, University of British Columbia
“Competition and Political Organization: Together or Alone in Lobbying for Trade Policy?”
Spring 2010
January 25
Alastair Smith, New York University
"Pivotal Patronage"
February 1
Cathy Hafer, New York University
February 8
Johannes Urpelainen, Columbia University
February 22
David Rueda, Oxford University
March 1
Renee Bowen, Stanford University
March 22
Arnd Plagge, Yale University
March 29
Leonid Peisakhin, Yale University
April 5
Jeff Frieden, Harvard University
April 12
Mostafa Beshkar, University of New Hampshire
April 19
Bard Harstad, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
April 26
Jana Von Stein, University of Michigan
May 3
Nuno Limao, University of Maryland
