9-9:15 welcome the organizers

Alberto Alesina, Harvard Economics Department Chair

9:15 - 10:15  Irma Clots-Figueras, LSE

         Are Female Leaders Good for Education? Evidence from India.  

10:15 – 11:15 Gergely Ujhelyi, Harvard Economics

Political institutions, interest groups, and the ratification of international environmental agreements

Discussant: Leandro M. de Magalhaes, Bocconi

11:15 - 11:30 coffee break

11:15 - 12:15 Daniel Mejía, Brown

Populist Policies in the Transition to Democracy  

Discussant: Philip Campante, Harvard

12:15 - 1:45 Posters and Lunch

1:45 - 2:45: Maria Petrova, Harvard

Inequality and Media Capture  

Discussant: Gilles Serra, Harvard University

2:45 - 3:45, Brendan Daley, Stanford GSB

A Multi-Dimensional Signaling Model of Campaign Finance

3:45 - 4:00 coffee break

4:00 - 5:00 Julia Shvets, LSE

Selection of judges and law enforcement  

Brendan Daley, Stanford University

NIGHT: party in the city