WORKSHOP IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

Spring 2001-2002

Date

Presenter(s)

April 15, 2002  

David Abernethy
Department of Political Science, Stanford University
"The Institutional Basis for the Triple Assault"

 

April 22, 2002  

Carlos Alvarez Nogal
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.
"The Ability of a Sovereign King to Borrow during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century: Spain During the Hapsburg Dynasty" (updated April 19)

 

April 29, 2002  

David Holloway
Department of Political Science and History, Stanford University
The Hydrogen Bomb

 

May 6, 2002  

NOTE:  The seminar will start at 6:15 p.m. this Monday

Avner Greif
Department of Economics, Stanford University
Mini-Course:  Comparative and Historical Analysis:  The Game-Theoretic Revolution

  • Introduction and Part I:  Studying Economic Institutions
  • Part II:  Game Theory and the Institutions Around Us

    Required Readings:  Introduction and Chapters 3, 4, and 7

     

  • May 13, 2002  

    Avner Greif
    Department of Economics, Stanford University
    Mini-Course:  Comparative and Historical Analysis:  The Game-Theoretic Revolution

  • Part III: Game Theory and the Institutions Within Ourselves
  • Part IV: Combining Game Theory and Empirics

    Required Readings:  Chapters 11-13

     

  • May 20, 2002  

    Avner Greif
    Department of Economics, Stanford University
    Mini-Course:  Comparative and Historical Analysis:  The Game-Theoretic Revolution

  • Part V: Preliminary to Institutional Dynamics
  • Part VI (1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3): Institutional Dynamics as a Historical Process

    Required Readings:  Chapters 15-18

     

  • June 3, 2002  

    Pradeep Chhibber
    Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
    "Are Federal Nations Decentralized?"

     

     

     


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