We are sending our 🎉 congratulations to this year's Economics Nobel winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson. POLECONUK Webinar hosted James Robinson just last week - you can rewatch the talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=llq0...
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The recording from this excellent talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=llq0...
Join us at today's seminar by James Robinson: Exploring non-institutional factors in Colombian paramilitaries' mix of public good provision & violence. Suggests commanders' social preferences, shaped by rural upbringing, drive strategies of reciprocity & punishment, tested with a unique dataset!
WE ARE BACK! Our first seminar this term is next Monday, 7 Oct at 3 pm UK time. We welcome 👉James Robinson👈 (Chicago) presenting "Fear and Dreams: Understanding the non-Institutional sources of Leader Strategy” with Bautista, Galán, Torres, and Torvik. Details: sites.google.com/view/polecon...
We are back in 5 weeks!! We have a fantastic lineup this term: James Robinson (Chicago), Matias Iaryczower (Princeton), Johanna Rickne (Stockholm), Benjamin Blumenthal (ETH Zurich), and Arianna Ornaghi (Hertie) Titles TBA
Our last talk this term is TODAY, Mon, 3/Jun: Sulin Sardoschau (Humboldt) will present "Public Signal and Private Action: Right-wing Protest and Hate Crimes against Refugees" (with Annalí Casanueva Artís). The paper has not been circulated so don't miss this event!
We are back this Monday! The email with the Zoom link has been sent to our mailing list, but it can also be found here: mailchi.mp/066a282b9aeb...
On Monday 20/May, we host Wioletta Dziuda (Chicago), who will present a new project: "Dangerous Liaisons. A Model of Reputation Building and Fallout" (with Alvaro Delgado Vega & Will Howell). Don't miss it, as there is no paper yet!
Our next event is on Monday, 29 Apr 2024. Pauline Grosjean (UNSW) will present "Political Trenches: War, Partisanship, and Polarization" (with Saumitra Jha, Yves Zenou, and Michael Vlassopoulos)
In India's electoral game, Newspapers do not stay the same. When constituencies shift, Circulations get a lift, And papers of note stake their claim. __________________________ Learn more next Monday!!!
