19th Workshop on Political Economy
Scientific Organizers: Christian Lessmann, Gunther Markwardt and Niklas Potrafke
CESifo, the Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE) at TU Dresden and the ifo Institute, Dresden Branch, will jointly organize the 19th Workshop on Political Economy. In the tradition of the previous workshops, the conference will take place in Saxony’s capital Dresden.
The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and will give researchers the opportunity to network.
Please note that the Call for Papers is now closed.
Program
13:25 – 13:30
Welcome and Introduction
Working Group Session 1, Room 1.5
History
13:30 – 14:15
When the Dictator is in Town
NICOLA FONTANA (Trinity College Dublin)
14:15 – 15:00
Gendered voting after war: Casualties and victimization during nation-building
CHRISTIAN OCHSNER (CERGE-EI)
Working Group Session 2, Room 1.7
Political cycles
13:30 – 14:15
Political Consequences of Adverse Labor Market Shocks: Evidence from Mass Layoffs
MAXIMILIAN DOERFLER (Paris School of Economics)
14:15 – 15:00
Voter Preferences for Neighbourhood Change and Political Planning Cycles
ROSA SANCHIS-GUARNER (University of Barcelona)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
Working Group Session 3, Room 1.5
Information
15:15 – 16:00
Silver Tongues vs. Ready Fists: Violent Protests and Eloquent Tweets
THOMAS SCHILLER (Leibniz University Hannover)
16:00 – 16:45
Fact-Checking and Misinformation: Evidence from the Market Leader
YUCHEN HUANG (Sciences Po & HEC Liège)
Working Group Session 4, Room 1.7
Military conflicts
15:15 – 16:00
Perceived Risk of Military Conflict and Policy Preferences: Evidence from a Survey
Experiment
CLARA-MARIE PACHE (Leipzig University)
16:00 – 16:45
Forces of Autocratic Support: Evidence from Russia and the War in Ukraine
MIKAEL ELINDER (Uppsala University)
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break
Working Group Session 5, Room 1.5
Military spending
17:00 – 17:45
Funding and Defunding Military Spending - 200 Years of Evidence
ARMIN A. BOLOURI (Berlin School of Economics and Law)
Working Group Session 6, Room 1.7
Central banking
17:00 – 17:45
(In)dependent Central Banks
THOMAS LAMBERT (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
17:45 – 18:00 Coffee Break
Keynote Lecture I, Room 1.5
Chair: Christian Lessmann
18:00 – 19:00
Emigration in Times of Turmoil
SASCHA O. BECKER (Warwick University)
17:45 – 18:00 Conference Dinner at the Restaurant “Platzhirsch am Schlosseck“
Working Group Session 7, Room 1.5
US Politics
08:45 – 09:30
More Bark Than Bite? Affective Polarization Around the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
CHRISTIAN HÖHNE (University of Cambridge)
09:30 – 10:15
Fiscal policy and politicians’ term length
FEDERICO FRANZONI (University of Barcelona)
Working Group Session 8, Room 1.7
Political representation
08:45 – 09:30
Losing Political Representation
AARON GÜNTHER (ifo Institute)
09:30 – 10:15
Strategy of the Commons: Evidence from a Lottery in UK Parliament
JOEL LAMB (University of Exeter and Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
Working Group Session 9, Room 1.5
Electoral support
10:30 – 11:15
The Quiet Payoff: Mafia Electoral Support and Policy Inaction
ANTONIO SCHIAVONE (University of Bologna)
11:15 – 12:00
The Pulpit and the Polls: The Electoral Impact of Religious Participation
JONATHAN MORENO-MEDINA (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Working Group Session 10, Room 1.7
Political selection
10:30 – 11:15
Job Loss and Political Entry
LAURA BARROS (Georg-August University Göttingen)
11:15 – 12:00
Populist policy makers
ALEXANDER SOHL (Ruhr University Bochum)
12:00 – 12:15 Coffee Break
Keynote Lecture II, Room 1.5
Chair: Niklas Potrafke
12:15 – 13:15
Socializing Alone: How Online Homophily Has Undermined Social Cohesion in the US
RUBEN ENIKOLOPOV (Barcelona School of Economics)
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch