The Workshop in Political Economy is organized around rational choice and game theoretic approaches to the study of politics and economics, broadly construed. Workshop topics include positive analysis of political, economic and social behavior, as well as normative models of public choice, experimental tests, and philosophical critiques. We also expect some of the work presented to focus on empirical and policy applications of political economy models. Thus the workshop is inherently interdisciplinary - combining economic methodology with political science questions, and building political considerations into economic analysis. Workshop sessions will apply these combinations to a broad range of social science issues and substantive topics. The Political Economy Workshop is jointly sponsored by the Harris School and the Departments of Economics and Political Science. The workshop meets in Room 140B at the Harris School on Thursdays from 12:00-1:15 PM. The faculty organizer is Pablo Montagnes.
| October 4 | Maria Petrova (NEU, Visiting IAS-Princeton) |
| October 11 | Christian Dippel (UCLA Economics) |
| October 18 | Effi Benmelech (Harvard Economics) |
| November 1 | Joyee Deb (NYU Stern) |
| January 24 | Ernesto Dal Bo (Berkeley Haas) |
| January 31 | Hulya Eraslan (Johns Hopkins Economics) |
| February 28 | Melissa Dell (Harvard Society of Fellows) |
| March 7 | Gerad Pedro I Miquel (LSE Economics) |
| April 10 | Rafael Hortala-Vallve (LSE Government) (special date & time) |
| April 18 | Oeindrila Dube (NYU Politics) |
| May 9 | Ruben Enikolopov (NEU, Visiting IAS-Princeton) |
| May 15 | Pablo Querubin (NYU Politics) |
| May 23 | Scott Gelhbach (Wisconsin Political Science) |
The Political Economy Lunch meets on the first Friday of every month, and on additional Fridays as needed. The lunch in intended as an informal setting in which graduate students and faculty can present and receive feedback on early stage and ongoing research. We welcome empirical or theoretical work linked in any way to politics or political economy. The PE lunch is also an excellent venue for practice job talks. Graduate students and faculty from any part of the University are welcome to attend, though please contact us in advance if you haven't been a regular.
If you would like to be added to the PE Lunch mailing list, please contact Ethan Bueno de Mesquita at bdm@uchicago.edu.
