The Research Program in Political Economy 
and
The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
present
CONFERENCEON COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
APRIL18 & 19, 2003
PrincetonUniversity
Organizers: John Huber and Thomas Romer
Pleasenote: This conference is by invitation only
Conferencesessions will be held in Room 016 Robertson Hall
FRIDAY,APRIL 18, 2003
Noonto 1:30 p.m. - Sign-in and luncheon - Robertson Hall
1:30p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
MarianoTommasi (Universidad de San Andrés, visiting Yale) "Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes: AnIntertemporal Transactions Framework"
Discussant: Olga Shvetsova (Washington University)
2:45p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Refreshment break
3:00p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
AntonioRangel (Stanford) "How to Protect Future Generations Using Tax BaseRestrictions"
Discussant: Anastassios Kalandrakis (Yale)
4:15p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Refreshment break
4:30p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
DanielTreisman (UCLA) "Political Decentralization: A Formal Analysis"
Discussant: Kenneth Scheve (Yale)
5:45p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Free time
7:00p.m. - Conference dinner at Palmer House
SATURDAY,APRIL 19, 2003
8:30a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Continental breakfast - Robertson Hall
9:00a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
JohnCarey (Washington University) "Getting Their Way or Getting in theWay? Presidents and Party Unity in Legislative Voting"
Discussant: Daniel Diermeier (Northwestern)
10:15a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Refreshment break
10:30a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
AlbertoDiaz-Cayeros (Stanford) "Fiscal Decentralization, Legislative Institutions,and Particularistic Spending"
Discussant: Scott Morgenstern (Duke)
11:45a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Lunch - Robertson Hall
1:30p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
GeorgVanberg (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) "The Effect of Partisan Judges on Legislative Policy: The Invisible Hand of Judicial Review "
Discussant: Charles Cameron (Columbia)
2:45p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Refreshment break
3:00p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
TorbenIversen (Harvard) "Electoral Systems and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More than Others"
Discussant: Timothy Frye (Ohio State)
4:15p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Open discussion, conclusion of conference
7:00p.m. - Dinner