Paris Empirical Political Economy Seminar (PEPES)
The Paris Empirical Political Economy Seminar is a monthly seminar series co-organised by the Department and the Paris School of Economics.
It is a forum for front-line research in applied political economy providing top international scholars in the field with the opportunity to present their work. The seminar also aims to provide a common platform in which researchers working in this field in the Paris area may come together.
Thursday - 12:30 - 14:00 (sandwiches are served to registered participants).
Please sign up on the google doc sheet.
Seminar organised by Benjamin MARX (Sciences Po) and Oliver VANDEN EYNDE (PSE).
fall semester 2021
September 23rd - Ruben DURANTE (ICREA - Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona)
The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist
September 30th - Dominic ROHNER (University of Lausanne)
Donor Attention and Civil Unrest in Africa
*PEPES Junior* October 14th - Antonela MIHO (PSE) and Vladimir AVETIAN (Sciences Po)
Small Screen, Big Echo? Estimating the political persuasion of local television news bias using Sinclair Broadcast Group as a natural experiment and
Consider the Slavs: Overt Discrimination and Racial Disparities in the Rental Housing
November 18th - Jeanet SINDING BENTZEN (University of Copenhagen)
In the Name of God! Religiosity and the Transition to Modern Growth
*PEPES Junior* December 16th - Etienne MADINIER (PSE) and Edgard DEWITTE (Sciences Po)
Explaining the Heterogeneous Effect of Internet on Elections and
The Historical Roots of Climate Change Denial
winter-spring semester 2022
March 17th - Mara SQUICCIARINI (Bocconi University)
Religiosity and Science: An Oxymoron? Evidence from the Great Influenza Epidemic
April 7th - Jared RUBIN (Chapman University)
Ideology and Economic Change: The Path to the Modern Economy in China and Japan
May 5th - Luis MARTINEZ (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago)
Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire
*PEPES Junior* May 12th - Ariane SALEM (University of Geneva) and Philine WIDMER (University of Saint Gallen)
En Route: The Colonial Origins of Francophone Africa's Emigration Patterns and
Propaganda Responds to Foreign News Access
May 19th - Gua XU (Berkeley Haas)
Strengthening State Capacity: Postal Reform and Innovation during the Gilded Age
June 7th - Samuel BAZZI (USC, San Diego)
archives 2020-2021
Fall Semester 2020
Colonization, Early Settlers and Development: The Case of Latin America
December 17th - Paola GIULIANO (UCLA)
The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States
Winter-Spring Semester 2021
March 11th - Mathieu COUTTENIER (ENS Lyon)
The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Production Network Approach
*Joint seminar with Bocconi* March 23rd - Matthew GENTZKOW (Stanford)
Digital Addiction
April 29th - Raul SANCHEZ DE LA SIERRA (Chicago Harris)
The Forging of a Rebel
June 3rd - Michael CALLEN (London School of Economics)
Does Revolution Work? Evidence from the Birth of Nepal's Federal Democracy
archives 2019-2020
September 19th - Marco TABELLINI (Harvard)
From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration
September 26th - James SNYDER (Harvard)
The Growth of Campaign Advertising in the U.S., 1880 to 1930
November 14th - Julien LABONNE (Oxford)
Making Policies Matter: Voter Response to Campaign Promises
November 21st - Brian KNIGHT (Brown University)
Opposition Media, State Censorship, and Political Accountability: Evidence from Chavez's Venezuela
*CANCELLED* March 12th - Samuel BAZZI (Boston University)
*POSTPONED* March 19th - Marta REYNAL-QUEROL (Barcelona GSE)
*POSTPONED* April 2nd - Mike CALLEN (UC San Diego)
*POSTPONED* May 7th - Maria PETROVA (Barcelona GSE)
*CANCELLED* May 28th - Joachim VOTH (University of Zürich)
*POSTPONED* June 4th - Paola GIULIANO (UCLA)
