Fall 2005
October 3
Frederico Finan, UC Berkeley
"Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effect of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes"
October 17
Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University
"Equilibrium Party Hegemony"
October 31
Barbara Geddes, UCLA
"Minimum-Winning Coalitions and Personalization in Authoritarian Regimes"
November 14
Nate Jensen, Washington University, St. Louis
"Measuring Risk: Political Risk Insurance Premiums and Domestic Political Institutions"
December 5
Edward Miguel, UC Berkeley
"The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam"
Frederico Finan, UC Berkeley
"Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effect of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes"
October 17
Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University
"Equilibrium Party Hegemony"
October 31
Barbara Geddes, UCLA
"Minimum-Winning Coalitions and Personalization in Authoritarian Regimes"
November 14
Nate Jensen, Washington University, St. Louis
"Measuring Risk: Political Risk Insurance Premiums and Domestic Political Institutions"
December 5
Edward Miguel, UC Berkeley
"The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam"
Winter 2006
January 9
Orit Kedar, University of Michigan
"How Voters Compensate for Diffusion of Power: Empirical Evidence"
[background paper from APSR (skim pp. 185-191)]
January 23
Jason Wittenberg, UC Berkeley
"Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? Inter-Ethnic Contact and Support for Extremist Parties in Interwar Eastern Europe"
February 6
Erik Wibbels, University of Washington
"Lessons from Strange Cases: Democracy, Development, and the Resource Curse in the U.S. States, 1929-2002"
note from the author
February 27
Jeremy Weinstein, Stanford University
"Who Rebels? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War"
March 13
Michael Ross, UCLA
"A Closer Look at Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War"
Orit Kedar, University of Michigan
"How Voters Compensate for Diffusion of Power: Empirical Evidence"
[background paper from APSR (skim pp. 185-191)]
January 23
Jason Wittenberg, UC Berkeley
"Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? Inter-Ethnic Contact and Support for Extremist Parties in Interwar Eastern Europe"
February 6
Erik Wibbels, University of Washington
"Lessons from Strange Cases: Democracy, Development, and the Resource Curse in the U.S. States, 1929-2002"
note from the author
February 27
Jeremy Weinstein, Stanford University
"Who Rebels? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War"
March 13
Michael Ross, UCLA
"A Closer Look at Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War"
Spring 2006
April 3
Kenneth Scheve, University of Michigan and CASBS
"Estimating the Effect of Elite Communications on Public Opinion Using Instrumental Variables"
April 4
**SPECIAL SEMINAR**
William Easterly, New York University
"The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good"
April 17
Daniel Treisman, UCLA
"Did Government Decentralization Cause China's Economic Miracle?"
May 1
Shanker Satyanath, New York University
"Capital Controls, Political Institutions, and Economic Growth"
May 15
Phil Keefer, World Bank
"Elections, Special Interests and Financial Crisis"
June 5
David Rapoport, UCLA
"Before the Bombs There Were Mobs: American Experiences with Terror"
Kenneth Scheve, University of Michigan and CASBS
"Estimating the Effect of Elite Communications on Public Opinion Using Instrumental Variables"
April 4
**SPECIAL SEMINAR**
William Easterly, New York University
"The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good"
April 17
Daniel Treisman, UCLA
"Did Government Decentralization Cause China's Economic Miracle?"
May 1
Shanker Satyanath, New York University
"Capital Controls, Political Institutions, and Economic Growth"
May 15
Phil Keefer, World Bank
"Elections, Special Interests and Financial Crisis"
June 5
David Rapoport, UCLA
"Before the Bombs There Were Mobs: American Experiences with Terror"
Fall 2006
October 16
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University
"From Clientelism to Entitlements: The Politics of Social Transfers in Mexico, 1989-2006"
SPECIAL SEMINAR (Note special time: 1-2:30pm)
October 20
James Robinson, Harvard University
"Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions"
October 30
Craig McIntosh, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD
"Using Polls to Measure Pork"
November 13
Jeff Timmons, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
"Taxation and Credible Commitment: The Fiscal Basis of Social, Worker and Corporate Welfare in the OECD"
December 4
Elisabeth Wood, Yale University
"Sexual Violence during War: Understanding Variation"
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University
"From Clientelism to Entitlements: The Politics of Social Transfers in Mexico, 1989-2006"
SPECIAL SEMINAR (Note special time: 1-2:30pm)
October 20
James Robinson, Harvard University
"Persistence of Power, Elites and Institutions"
October 30
Craig McIntosh, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD
"Using Polls to Measure Pork"
November 13
Jeff Timmons, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
"Taxation and Credible Commitment: The Fiscal Basis of Social, Worker and Corporate Welfare in the OECD"
December 4
Elisabeth Wood, Yale University
"Sexual Violence during War: Understanding Variation"
Winter 2007
January 8
Jana Kunicova, World Bank
"Coming to Terms with the Past: Strategic Institutional Choice in Post-Communist Europe"
Appendices
January 22
Pradeep Chhibber, UC Berkeley
"Duty, Empowerment and Patronage: Patterns of Political Participation in India"
SPECIAL SEMINAR (Note special date and time: Friday, 12-1:30pm)
February 9
Raymond Duch, Oxford University
"Context, Strategic Voting and the Economy"
February 26
Lucy Goodhart, Columbia University
"Who Decides? Policy Rights and Coalition Government"
March 19
George Tsebelis, UCLA
"Coalition Theory: A Veto Players Approach"
Jana Kunicova, World Bank
"Coming to Terms with the Past: Strategic Institutional Choice in Post-Communist Europe"
Appendices
January 22
Pradeep Chhibber, UC Berkeley
"Duty, Empowerment and Patronage: Patterns of Political Participation in India"
SPECIAL SEMINAR (Note special date and time: Friday, 12-1:30pm)
February 9
Raymond Duch, Oxford University
"Context, Strategic Voting and the Economy"
February 26
Lucy Goodhart, Columbia University
"Who Decides? Policy Rights and Coalition Government"
March 19
George Tsebelis, UCLA
"Coalition Theory: A Veto Players Approach"
Spring 2007
April 9
Steven Wilkinson, University of Chicago
"Colonial Legacies and Democratic Outcomes after Independence"
April 23
Risa Brooks, Northwestern University
"From Militants to Democrats: How do Political Opportunities Influence Terrorist Group Strategy?"
May 7
Carles Boix, Princeton University
"Non-tyrannical Autocracies"
May 21
Joshua Tucker, New York University
"Reflective and Unreflective Partisans: Experimental Evidence on the Links between Information, Opinion and Party Identification"
June 4
Scott Desposato, UCSD
[Note: there are 2 short papers for Scott's presentation, along with an abstract of the larger project of which they are a part]
project abstract
"The Impact of Campaigng Messages in New Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Brazil"
"Going Negative in Comparative Perspective: Electoral Rules and Campaign Strategies"
Steven Wilkinson, University of Chicago
"Colonial Legacies and Democratic Outcomes after Independence"
April 23
Risa Brooks, Northwestern University
"From Militants to Democrats: How do Political Opportunities Influence Terrorist Group Strategy?"
May 7
Carles Boix, Princeton University
"Non-tyrannical Autocracies"
May 21
Joshua Tucker, New York University
"Reflective and Unreflective Partisans: Experimental Evidence on the Links between Information, Opinion and Party Identification"
June 4
Scott Desposato, UCSD
[Note: there are 2 short papers for Scott's presentation, along with an abstract of the larger project of which they are a part]
project abstract
"The Impact of Campaigng Messages in New Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Brazil"
"Going Negative in Comparative Perspective: Electoral Rules and Campaign Strategies"
Fall 2008
October 1
David Stasavage, NYU
"The Conscription of Wealth: Mass Warfare and the Demand for Progressive Taxation"
October 15
Andrew Healy, Loyola Marymount
"Preferring a Pound of Cure to an Ounce of Prevention: Retrospective Voting and Failures in Electoral Accountability"
October 23
Fuad Aleskerov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
"Power Distribution in Electoral Bodies and its Application to the Russian Parliament"
[SPECIAL THURSDAY SEMINAR AT 1:30PM; CO-SPONSORED WITH DEPARTMENT SPEAKER SERIES]
November 3
Jonathan Rodden, Stanford
"The Industrial Gerrymander: Electoral Bias in the Shadow of the 19th Century"
[SPECIAL MONDAY SEMINAR AT 12:15pm; CO-SPONSORED WITH DEPARTMENT SPEAKER SERIES]
November 12
Margaret Levi, University of Washington
"The Lenin Problem: How Some Organizations Transform Conceptions of Self-Interest"
December 3
Ron Rogowski, UCLA
"What Changes Inequality and What Does Inequality Change?"
David Stasavage, NYU
"The Conscription of Wealth: Mass Warfare and the Demand for Progressive Taxation"
October 15
Andrew Healy, Loyola Marymount
"Preferring a Pound of Cure to an Ounce of Prevention: Retrospective Voting and Failures in Electoral Accountability"
October 23
Fuad Aleskerov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
"Power Distribution in Electoral Bodies and its Application to the Russian Parliament"
[SPECIAL THURSDAY SEMINAR AT 1:30PM; CO-SPONSORED WITH DEPARTMENT SPEAKER SERIES]
November 3
Jonathan Rodden, Stanford
"The Industrial Gerrymander: Electoral Bias in the Shadow of the 19th Century"
[SPECIAL MONDAY SEMINAR AT 12:15pm; CO-SPONSORED WITH DEPARTMENT SPEAKER SERIES]
November 12
Margaret Levi, University of Washington
"The Lenin Problem: How Some Organizations Transform Conceptions of Self-Interest"
December 3
Ron Rogowski, UCLA
"What Changes Inequality and What Does Inequality Change?"
Winter 2009
January 14
Saumitra Jha, Stanford GSB
"A Theory of Ethnic Tolerance"
January 28
Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton
"Immigration and Conflict"
[Note: this is the entire book manuscript; we will focus discussion on chapters 1 and 2]
February 11
Maria Victoria Murillo, Columbia
"When Parties Meet Voters: Partisan Networks and Distributive Expectations in Argentina and Chile"
February 25
Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan
"The Sacralization of Politics in Advanced and Post-Communist Democracies"
March 9
Margarita Estevez-Abe, Syracuse University
"Explaining Gender Inequality in Japan, Europe and North America"
[SPECIAL MONDAY SEMINAR; CO-SPONSORED WITH CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES]
Saumitra Jha, Stanford GSB
"A Theory of Ethnic Tolerance"
January 28
Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton
"Immigration and Conflict"
[Note: this is the entire book manuscript; we will focus discussion on chapters 1 and 2]
February 11
Maria Victoria Murillo, Columbia
"When Parties Meet Voters: Partisan Networks and Distributive Expectations in Argentina and Chile"
February 25
Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan
"The Sacralization of Politics in Advanced and Post-Communist Democracies"
March 9
Margarita Estevez-Abe, Syracuse University
"Explaining Gender Inequality in Japan, Europe and North America"
[SPECIAL MONDAY SEMINAR; CO-SPONSORED WITH CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES]
Spring 2009
April 15
Eddy Malesky, IRPS, UCSD
"Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China"
April 22
James Fowler, UCSD
"Games, Genes and Politics"
May 6
Lynn Vavreck, UCLA
"The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns"
June 3
Jorge Bravo, UCLA
"Politics When He's in the U.S. and She Isn't: Out-migration, Lopsided Sex Ratios, Local Marriage Markets, and Women's Political Engagement in Mexico"
Eddy Malesky, IRPS, UCSD
"Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China"
April 22
James Fowler, UCSD
"Games, Genes and Politics"
May 6
Lynn Vavreck, UCLA
"The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns"
June 3
Jorge Bravo, UCLA
"Politics When He's in the U.S. and She Isn't: Out-migration, Lopsided Sex Ratios, Local Marriage Markets, and Women's Political Engagement in Mexico"