workshop
Workshop
on Political Economics
Monday the 30th of March 2009
10am to 5pm
Supported by the Centre for
Research in Microeconomics (CReMic) and by the Royal Economic Society.
Programme and papers
Practical matters
List of participants
How to find
the Faculty of Economics
Venue: The Keynes Room (4th Floor) in Faculty of Economics, Austin
Robinson Building, Sidgwick Site, CB3 9DD, Cambridge.
10.00: Welcome and Coffee in the Stone Room (4th Floor, Faculty of
Economics, Austin Robinson Building).
10.30-11.30: Professor Maitreesh Ghatak and Madhav Aney, LSE,
“Can Market Failure Cause Political
Failure?” (with Massimo Morelli).
Discussant: Miltos Makris (University of Leicester).
11.30-12.30: Professor Henry Chappell, University of South Carolina, “An Econometric Model of Monetary Policy
Decision-Making with Applications to the United Kingdom and Sweden”
(with Todd Vermilyea and Rob Roy McGregor)
Discussant: Andrew Pickering (University of Bristol).
12.30-1.30: Lunch in the Stone Room (4th Floor, Faculty of Economics,
Austin Robinson Building).
1.30-2.30: Dr Sanjay Jain, Cambridge, “Workers
without Borders?
Culture, Migration and the Political Limits to Globalization" (with
Sharun Mukand, Warwick and Tufts)
Discussant: Dr. Francesco Giovannoni (University of Bristol)
2.30-3.30: Dr Clare Leaver, Oxford, and Dr Jordi Blanes i Vidal, LSE, “Are Tenured Judges Insulated from
Political Pressure?”
Discussant: Dr. Facundo Albornoz-Crespo (University of Birmingham)
3.30-4.00: Tea in the Stone Room (4th Floor, Faculty of Economics,
Austin Robinson Building).
4.00-5.00: Dr James Rockey, University of Leicester, “Ideology and the Growth of government”.
Discussant: Professor Jayasri Dutta (University of Birmingham).
If you are interested in attending, please contact Dr. Toke Aidt
(tsa23@econ.cam.ac).
Organisers:
Dr Toke Aidt
Dr Julia Shvets
Practical matters
We have allocated 1 hour for each presentation (with 45 min. for
the presentation, 10 min. for the discussant and 5 min. for general
discussion). The Keynes Room has a data-projector and a computer, so
please bring your presentations on an USB drive.
We are as usual running this on a shoestring so it would be great if
you would consider booking the train tickets in advance (it is a LOT
cheaper that way). A couple of useful links:
Raileasy
Thetrainline
We are planning for an early dinner (for speakers and discussants)
starting at 6pm.
Funding: We can reimburse travel expenses for speakers and discussants
only.
