Department of Economics
Political Economy Seminars
Seminars | Brownbag Seminars | Study Group | Workshops
Political Economy Seminars
| Date & Venue | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Kevin LANG Boston University |
TBC |
| 2 November 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Stefan KRASA University of Illinois |
TBC |
| 26 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Garance GENICOT Georgetown University |
TBC |
| 5 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Dr. Philip Edward KEEFER Inter-American Development Bank |
TBC |
| 28 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Joseph WRIGHT Pennsylvania State University |
TBC |
| 21 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Alexander HIRSCH California Institute of Technology |
TBC |
| 14 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Mihaela PAPA Tufts University |
Can BRICS De-dollarize the Global Financial System? |
| 3 August 2022 13:00-17:00 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Baptist-CEIBS-NTU-NUS Workshop on Political Economy | |
| 13 July 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Gabriele GRATTON University of New South Wales |
Liberty, Security, and Accountability: The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Democracies |
| 6 July 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. John MUELLER Ohio State University |
The Stupidity of War |
| 29 June 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Cesar MARTINELLI George Mason University |
Razor-Thin Elections |
| 8 June 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Øivind SCHØYEN Stanford University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
A Theory of Moral Authority: Moral Choices Under Moral Network Externality |
| 1 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Tai-Wei HU University of Bristol |
Voter Polarization and Extremism (Discussant: Dr. Benson LEUNG) |
| 25 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Raymond FISMAN Boston University |
Investing in Influence: Investors, Portfolio Firms, and Political Giving |
| 18 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Xu XU Princeton University |
The Unintrusive Nature of Digital Surveillance and Its Social Consequences |
| 4 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Stergios SKAPERDAS University of California, Irvine |
National Identity and Modern Economic Performance |
| 27 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Peter BUISSERET Harvard University |
Politics Transformed? How Ranked Choice Voting Shapes Electoral Strategies |
| 13 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Shaoda WANG University of Chicago |
Citizen Participation and Government Accountability: National-Scale Experimental Evidence from Pollution Appeals in China |
| 6 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Yeling TAN University of Oregon |
Disaggregating China, Inc.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order |
| 23 March 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Edwin LAI Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
One Currency, Two Markets: China's Attempt to Internationalize the Renminbi |
| 16 March 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Vincent ANESI Université du Luxembourg |
Screening for Consensus: Delegation with Collective Principals |
| 2 March 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Bruce BUENO DE MESQUITA New York University |
The Dictator's Handbook 2/e |
| 23 February 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Mehdi SHADMEHR University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Inspiring Regime Change |
| 10 November 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Scott GEHLBACH University of Chicago |
A Model of Censorship, Propaganda, and Repression |
| 29 September 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Julia CAGÉ Sciences Po |
Small Campaign Contributions (Discussant: Dr. Benson LEUNG) |
| 15 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Avidit ACHARYA Stanford University |
Optimal Political Career Dynamics |
| 1 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Jennifer PAN Stanford University |
Re-framing China: The Counter-Narrative Strategies of Chinese State Media on Twitter |
| 25 August 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Francesco SQUINTANI University of Warwick |
Choosing Political Advisers |
| 21 July 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Sergei GURIEV Sciences Po |
3G Internet and Confidence in Government |
| 14 July 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Christopher BLATTMAN University of Chicago |
Why We Fight |
| 30 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Pedro DAL BÓ Brown University |
The Democracy Effect: a Weights-based Identification Strategy (Discussant: Prof. Ching-I HUANG) |
| 23 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Gerard PADRÓ i MIQUEL Yale University |
The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China (Discussant: Dr. Bei QIN) |
| 9 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Georgy EGOROV Northwestern University |
Social Media and Xenophobia: Theory and Evidence from Russia |
| 2 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Daniel TREISMAN University of California, Los Angeles |
Informational Autocrats |
| 5 May 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Ronny RAZIN London School of Economics |
Misspecified Politics and the Recurrence of Populism |
| 31 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Brian KNIGHT Brown University |
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act |
| 10 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Yuen Yuen ANG University of Michigan |
China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption (Discussant: Dr. Ting CHEN) |
| 24 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Siwan ANDERSON University of British Columbia |
Political Quotas and Governance (Discussant: Prof. Bei QIN) |
| 9 December 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Marcel FAFCHAMPS Stanford University |
Intrahousehold Consumption Allocation and Demand for Agency: A Triple Experimental Investigation |
| 18 November 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Joel MOKYR Northwestern University |
Attitudes, Aptitudes, and the Roots of the Great Enrichment |
| 7 October 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Steven CALLANDER Stanford University |
Policy Decay and Political Competition (Discussant: Dr. Melody LO) |
| 30 September 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. David STRÖMBERG University of Stockholm |
Social Media and Protests in China (Discussant: Prof. Chun-Fang CHIANG) |
| 16 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Roger MYERSON University of Chicago |
State-Building Lessons from the British Empire [slides] (Discussant: Prof. John CARROLL) |
| 9 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Gérard ROLAND University of California, Berkeley |
The Deep Historical Roots Of Modern Culture: A Comparative Perspective. (Discussant: Dr. Ting CHEN) |
| 1 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Viral ACHARYA New York University |
When Is Debt Odious? A Theory of Repression and Growth Traps |
| 12 August 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. David YANG Harvard University |
Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China |
| 5 August 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Glen WEYL Microsoft |
Implications of Covid-19 for the Global Political Economy |
| 22 July 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Yang YAO Peking University |
Markets Price Politicians: Evidence from China's Municipal Bond Markets |
| 24 June 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Guido TABELLINI Bocconi University |
Identity, Beliefs, and Political Conflict |
| 17 June 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Timothy BESLEY London School of Economics |
Escaping the Climate Trap? Values, Technologies, and Politics |
| 10 June 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Patrick FRANÇOIS University of British Columbia |
A Theory of Elite-Initiated Democratization Illustrated with the Case of Myanmar |
| 13 May 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Konstantin SONIN University of Chicago |
Persuasion on Networks |
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