Economics & Politics Seminar
Organisation:
Axel Dreher and Heike Kullmann
Date:
Tuesday 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., room 01.030, Bergheimer Str. 58
The seminar is organized in cooperation with the Institute for Political Science. Open to everyone!
Winter Term 2019/20
19.11.2019
Thomas Ferreira (Stellenbosch University, Südafrika)
"Does Education Enhance Productivity in Smallholder Agriculture? Causal Evidence from Malawi"
21.01.2020 Talk cancelled
Shaun Bevan (University of Edinburgh, UK)
"The Effects of Transitions on Bureaucratic Attention in the United Kingdom"
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Winter Term 2018/19
16.10.2018
Philip Verwimp (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
"The Political Economy of School Test Scores"
27.11.2018
Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University)
"Way Down in the Hole: Adaptation to Long-Term Water Los in Rural India"
4.12.2018
Manoel Bittencourt (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg)
"Trade Openness and Fertility Rates in Africa: Panel-Data Evidence"
29.01.2019
Michele Valsecchi (New Economic School, Moscow)
"Coercive Institutions and Female Empowerment: Legacies of a Colonial Experiment in Java"
05.02.2019
Melissa M. Lee (Princeton University)
"Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State"
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Summer Term 2018
24.04.2018
Xavier Giné (World Bank)
"Mission and the Bottom Line: Performance Incentives in a Multi-Goal Organization"
15.05.2018
Nan Zhang (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn)
"All in the Familiy: Language and State-Society Interaction in 19th Century France"
12.06.2018
Gary Magee (Monash University)
"Bad News From the Front: Military Fatalities and the Death Penalty in Nazi Germany"
19.06.2018
Bernhard Kittel
"The Transmission of Work Centrality Within the Family in a Cross-national Perspective"
03.07.2018
Christopher Kilby (Villanova University, Villanova)
"Do Domestic Politics Shape U.S. Influence in the World Bank?"
17.07.2018
André Kaiser (University of Cologne)
"Decentralized Authority and the Dynamic Fragmentation of Regional Party Systems"
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Winter Term 2017/18
17.10.2017
Layna Mosley (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Sovereign Debt, the Global Economy and Democracy: Evidence from Primary Capital Markets"
28.11.2017
Niklas Potrafke (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
"The Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap and the partisan balance of the state governments"
05.12.2017
Tobias Seidel (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Mercator School of Management)
"Fiscal equalization in the global economy"
12.12.2017
Alexander Horn (Aarhus University)
"Primacy of politics or market-conformist democracy? New avenues in the study of partisan effects"
19.12.2017
Simone Dietrich (University of Essex)
"Foreign aid and judicial autonomy"
16.01.2018
Aderonke Osikominu (Universität Hohenheim)
"Leadership at School and the Formation of Character Skills"
23.01.2018
Nikolay Marinov (Universität Mannheim)
"Hobbesian Wilsonians: U.S. Pressure for Clean Elections"
30.01.2018
Susan Steiner (Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik)
"Using smartphone technology for research among refugees - Evidence from Germany".
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Summer Term 2017
02.05.2017
Jan Priebe (Universität Göttingen)
"(Ethnic) discrimination and the value of an elite college degree: Experimental evidence from a resume audit study"
16.5.2017
Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School of Governance)
"So You Want a Bailout? Central banks and the fiscal costs of financial crises"
30.05.2017
Henning Mühlen (Universität Hohenheim)
"Structural Transformation and its Relevance for Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa"
06.06.2017
Malte Lierl (Yale University)
"Cooperation under the Risk of Capture: Why citizens Pay Taxes That Can Be Embezzled"
20.06.2017
Dennis P. Quinn (Georgetown University)
"The Political Origins of Exchange Rate Valuations"
27.06.2017
Lore Vandewalle (The Graduate Institute Geneva)
"Social Identities and Public Policies: Unintended Effects of Gender Quotas in India "
04.07.2017
Ram Singh (Delhi School of Economics)
"Compensation for Expropriation and the Role of Courts: Theory and Evidence from the United States and India"
11.07.2017
Devi Sridhar (University of Edinburgh)
"Global Cooperation in Health: Explaining Shifts Using Principal-Agent Theory"
18.07.2017
Christian Stecker (MZES)
"Why rigid majority coalitions are an increasing nuisance and how we can replace them"
25.07.2017
Simon Wiederhold (Ifo Institute)
"Returns to ICT Skills"
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Winter Term 2016/17
29.11.2016
Alejandro Caparrós (CSIC, Madrid)
"Multilateral versus sequential negotiations over climate change"
13.12.2016
Sabine Carey (University of Mannheim)
"Being prepared: Explaining the escalation of repression"
20.12.2016
Kai Gehring (Universität Zürich)
"Regional Resources and Democratic Secessionism"
10.1.2017
Birgitta Rabe (University of Essex - ISER)
"Parental time investments into children and school quality: evidence from linked household data and administrative records"
24.1.2017
Mark Gradstein (Ben-Gurion-University of the Negev)
"Can Black Gold Shine? The Effect of Oil Prices on Nighttime Light in Brazil"
31.1.2017
Christina Davis (Princeton University)
Summer Term 2016
19.4.2016
Nils B. Weidmann (Universität Konstanz)
"Digital Discrimination: Political Exclusion Deprives Ethnic Groups of Internet Access"
WEDNESDAY 27.4.2016
Jonathan Rodden (Stanford University)
"The Loser's Bonus: Political Geography and Minority Party Representation"
3.5.2016
Gerald Schneider (Universität Konstanz)
"Goodbye Schengen: The Transformation of the European Asylum Regime"
10.5.2016
Christina J. Schneider (University of California, San Diego)
"The Dark Side of Cooperation: How International Organizations Spread National Corruption"
31.5.2016
Joseph Gomes (University of Navarra)
"The Geography of Ethnic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods"
7.6.2016
Michaël Aklin (University of Pittsburgh)
"Moral Hazard and Financial Crises: Evidence from US Troop Deployments."
14.6.2016
Christian Bjørnskov, Aarhus University
"And Yet It Grows: Crisis, Ideology, and Interventionist Policy Ratchets"
28.6.2016
Marius Busemeyer (Universität Konstanz)
"Trade-offs between social investment and passive transfers in the new welfare state: New political coalitions in European welfare states?"
5.7.2016
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (University of Essex & Peace Research Institute Oslo )
"Going, Going, Gone? Varieties of Dissent and Leader Exit"
12.7.2016
Julia Bader (University of Amsterdam)
"Peacekeepers Made in China. China's Contribution to UN Peacekeeping 1990-2011"
Wintersemester 2015/2016
20.10.2015
Agustin Casas (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
"Who monitors the monitors? Effect of party observers on electoral outcomes"
01.12.2015
Konstantin Wacker (Universität Mainz)
"Three Macro Perspectives on Global Poverty Convergence"
08.12.2015
Shaun Bevan (University of Edinburgh)
"When does Government Listen to the Public? Interest Groups & Dynamic Agenda Representation in the United States"
15.12.2015
Martin Elff (Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen):
"Identifying and Explaining Tactical Votes in Plurality Elections: A Finite Mixture Approach"
12.01.2016
Stefan Bauernschuster (Universität Passau)
"When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution and Health"
19.01.2016
Jan Marcus (Universität Hamburg und DIW Berlin)
"The impact of increased instructional time on student performance: Quasi-experimental evidence from PISA"
26.01.2016
Marina E. Henke (Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois)
"Allies for Sale"
01.02.2016 (der Vortrag findet außerplanmäßig am MONTAG, 1. Februar 2016 von 17.15 bis 18.15 in AWI Raum 00.010 statt)
(Please note that this presentation will take place on Monday, February 1, 2015 from 5.15 until 6.15 p.m. in room 00.010)
Vardges Levonyan (ETH Zürich)
"What Led to the Ban on Same-Sex Marriage in California?: Structural Estimation of Voting Data on Proposition 8"
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Sommersemester 2015
19.05.2015
Michael Jetter (Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia)
"Playing with fire: The dangerous interplay between terrorism and the media."
02.06.2015
Levi Littvay (Central European University, Budapest)
"Belief in conspiracies and its impact on Radicalization, Endorsement of Violence and Populism"
09.06.2015
Vianney Dequiedt (CERDI, Université d'Auvergne)
"Local and Consistent Centrality Measures in Networks"
23.06.2015
Mary Stegmaier (University of Missouri)
"The Effects of Electoral Rules on Parliamentary Behavior: A Comparative Analysis of Poland and the Czech Republic"
07.07.2015
Jonas Bunte (University of Texas at Dallas)
"Debt Networks: How Sovereign Creditors Maximize the Political Benefits of Bilateral Loans"
14.07.2015
Michael Bauer (Universität Speyer)
"The EU Budget Process after Lisbon: How the European Parliament Lost Power and How It May Compensate (Somewhat) for It"
21.07.2015
Harald Tauchmann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
"Weight Loss and Sexual Activity in Adult Obese Individuals: Establishing a Causal Link"
Wintersemester 2014-2015
14.10.2014
Magnus Hatlebakk (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen)
"Son-preference, number of children, education and occupational choice in rural Nepal"
21.10.2014
Kumar Aniket (University of Cambridge)
"Beyond Microcredit: Giving the Poor a Way to Save Their Way out of Poverty"
28.10.2014
Fabrizio Gilardi (IPZ, University of Zurich)
"The Temporary Importance of Role Models for Women's Political Representation"
04.11.2014
Martin Koppensteiner (University of Leicester)
"The Effect of Income Shocks on the Incidence of Domestic Violence: Evidence from Rural Tanzania"
18.11.2014
Luna Bellani (Universität Konstanz)
"Heterogeneous preferences and in-kind redistribution"
25.11.2014
James Tremewan (Universität Wien)
"Transparency in Lobbying: a laboratory experiment"
02.12.2014
C.C. von Weizsäcker (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn)
"Die normative Ko-Evolution von Marktwirtschaft und Demokratie"
9.12.2014
Liam McGrath (University of Essex)
"The Politics of Post-Currency Crisis Reserve Accumulation"
16.12.2014
Alexis Antoniades (Georgetown University)
"Mortgage Market Credit Conditions and U.S. Presidential Elections"
13.1.2015
Klaus Armingeon (Universität Bern)
"Ways to Liberalization: A report on an ongoing research project"
20.1.2015
Vera Troeger (University of Warwick)
"The Politics of Strategic Budgeteering"
10.2.2015
Sooyeon Kim (National University of Singapore)
"Does Enforcement Matter? Judicialization in PTAs and Trade Flows"
Sommersemester 2014
15.4.2014
Albert Solé-Ollé (University of Barcelona)
"Does corruption erode trust in government? Evidence from a recent surge of local scandals in Spain"
13.5.2014
Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"The Unipolar Fallacy: Common Agency, American Interests, and the International Financial Institutions"
20.05.2014
Aina Gallego (CSIC, Madrid)
"Issue bundling: An experimental approach"
27.05.2014
Benjamin Elsner (IZA, Bonn)
"Let's be selective about migrant self-selection"
10.06.2014
Susumu Shikano (University of Konstanz)
"Exploiting feeling thermometer scores: A simultaneous estimation of spatial political constellations and valence in party competition"
17.06.2014
Martin Steinwand (Stony Brook University)
"Who Joins and Who Fights? An endogenous network analysis of civil wars"
24.06.2014
Markus Tepe (University of Oldenburg)
"You get what you asked for. A Laboratory Experiment on Framing Effects in Voting on Income Redistribution"
08.07.2014
Ingo Isphording (IZA, Bonn)
"Peer effects in the formation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills - Evidence from US High Schools"
15.07.2014
Dany Jaimovich (Goethe University Frankfurt)
"Missing links, missing markets: Evidence of the transformation process in the economic networks of Gambian villages"
22.07.2014
Jochen Kluve (Humboldt University Berlin)
"Social Norms and Mothers’ Labor Market Attachment: The Medium-run Effects of Parental Benefits"
Wintersemester 2013-2014
12.11.2013
Selim Gulesci (Bocconi University and IGIER)
"For the Love of the Republic. Education, Secularism, and Empowerment"
19.11.2013
Zohal Hessami (University of Konstanz)
"Electoral Rules for Mayors and Incentives to Pork-Barrel: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from German Municipalities"
26.11.2013
Roland Hodler (University of Lucerne)
"The Effects of Voting Costs on the Democratic Process and Public Finances"
17.12.2013
Michael M. Bechtel (University of St. Gallen)
"Studying Public Opinion on Multidimensional Policies: The Case of the Eurozone Bailouts"
7.1.2014
Damien de Walque (World Bank, Development Research Group)
"Safe Sex for a Chance to Win"
14.1.2014
Karin Mayr (University of Vienna)
"Birthplace Diversity of the Workforce and Productivity Spill-Overs in Firms"
21.1.2014
Tessa Bold (Goethe University Frankfurt)
"Insurance Companies of the Poor"
28.1.2014
Sarah See (University of Bologna)
"Maternal Labour Supply and Time with Children: Insurance Mechanisms of Married and Lone Mothers"
4.2.2014
Helmut Herwartz (University of Goettingen)
"Persistence in the Price-to-Dividend Ratio and its Macroeconomic Fundamentals"
Sommersemester 2013
7.5.2013
Alexander Herzog (London School of Economics and Political Science)
"Pivotal Politics and Public Policy in Cabinet Governments"
21.5.2013
L. Venkatachalam (Madras Institute of Development Studies)
"Efficient Allocation of Irrigation Water: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India"
4.6.2013
Steffen Henzel (Ifo Institute)
"Macroeconomic uncertainty: A common factor analysis"
25.6.2013
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute)
"Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme"
2.7.2013
Jale Tosun (Heidelberg University)
"Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency and Entrepreneurship"
9.7.2013
Macartan Humphreys (Columbia University)
"Importing Institutions: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Congo"
Wintersemester 2012-2013
30.10.2012
Sandra Sequeira (LSE)
"Displacing Corruption"
13.11.2012
Galina Zudenkova (University of Mannheim)
"A Rationale for Intra-Party Democracy"
20.11.2012
Christoph Moser (KOF, ETH Zurich)
"The Value of the Revolving Door: Political Appointees and the Stock Market"
27.11.2012
Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State University)
"School Feeding Programs, Intrahousehold Allocation and the Nutrition of Siblings: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso"
4.12.2012
Dimiter Toshkov (Leiden University)
"Why do legislative proposals fail?"
11.12.2012
Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano-Bicocca)
"Did high debts distort loans and grants allocation to IDA countries?"
22.1.2013
Thomas Siedler (University of Hamburg)
"The Economics of Information: Job Information Centers and Labor Market Outcomes"
29.1.2013
Puriya Abbassi (Deutsche Bundesbank)
"Liquidity of Financial Markets and the Demand for Reserves"
5.2.2013
Timo Weishaupt (University of Mannheim)
"Assessing the Impact of International Organizations on National Labor-Market Reforms"
Sommersemester 2012
15.5.2012
Raji Jayaraman (European School of Management and Technology)
"Productivity Responses to a Contract Change"
22.5.2012
Todd Sandler (University of Texas at Dallas)
"Terrorist Success in Hostage-Taking Missions: 1978-2010"
29.5.2012
Daniel Finke (Heidelberg University)
"Does domestic level parliamentary scrutiny influence EU legislation?"
12.6.2012
Patrick Nolen (University of Essex)
"Gender Composition and Performance: The effect of single-sex classes on exam scores"
19.6.2012
Stefanie Walter (Heidelberg University)
"Distributional Politics in Times of Crisis. Eastern European Policy Responses to the 2008-10 Global Economic Crisis"
26.6.2012
Atilim Seymen (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
"The Effects of Countercyclical Fiscal Policy: Firm-Level Evidence from a Recent Natural Experiment in Turkey"
3.7.2012
Christoph Sajons (Pompeu Fabra)
"Is Bob the Banker more electable than Bob the Builder? The effect of profession information on voter satisfaction and behavior in open-list elections"
10.7.2012
Matthias Neuenkirch (Philipps-University Marburg)
"What's in a Second Opinion? Shadowing the ECB and the Bank of England"
17.7.2012
Herbert Obinger (University of Bremen), Carina Schmitt (University of Bremen), Reimut Zohlnhöfer (Heidelberg University)
"Partisan Politics and Privatizations in the OECD, 1980-2008"
