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Research Group on
Political
Institutions and Economic Policy
Princeton, May 19, 2007
Sponsored by the Research Program in Political
Economy, the Niehaus Center for
Globalization
and Governance, and the Princeton Institute for International
and Regional Studies
Organizers: Helen Milner and Thomas Romer
***Please note: This conference is by invitation only***
Conference sessions will be held in Room 300 Wallace Hall
| 8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast and Introduction |
| 9:00-11:00 | Abhijit Banerjee (MIT) and Rohini Pande (Harvard), "Parochial Politics: Ethnicity, Competition and Politician Corruption in India" Discussants: Peter Rosendorff (NYU) and Philip Keefer (World Bank) |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30-1:30 | Mark Kayser (Rochester), "Partisan Waves: International Sources of Electoral Choice" Discussants: Robert Franzese (Michigan) and Jeffry Frieden (Harvard) |
| 1:30-3:00 |
Lunch |
| 3:00-5:00 |
Marco Battaglini (Princeton) and Stephen Coate (Cornell) "A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation and Debt" Discussants: David Baron (Stanford) and Gerard Roland (Berkeley) |
| 5:00-6:00 | General Discussion and Refreshments |