Workshop Economics & Politics 2021

LIEPP, LEM (Lille Economics Management) and ULB DULBEA (Département d'Économie Appliquée de l'ULB) co-organize the Workshop Economics and Politics 2021 in Paris on December 13th and 14th. 

Location: Sciences Po Paris, 27 rue Saint Guillaume, 75007 (salle 404)

Program 

Monday 13

10.00 – 10.30 Welcome

10.30 – 12.00 Session 1: Redistribution

• Is redistribution driven by politicians' or voters' preferences? An experimental study with local French politicians. Roberto Brunetti (Université de Rennes 1)
  Discutants: Vincent Pons & Ilan Tojerow
• Why do ruling elites in authoritarian contexts support redistribution? The sources of Moroccan MPs' support for welfare policy issues. Ahmed Fouad EL HADDAD (Sciences Po Bordeaux - Centre Emile Durkheim)
  Discutants: Sophie Panel & Quentin David
• Nonviolent and violent protests, A dynamic relationship. Maria Marino (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
  Discutants: Kevin Dano & Jean Lacroix

12.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Session 2: Public opinion and attitude

• Where you live tells you how much you trust: local and national trust as a consequence of the perceived periphery? Davide Vittori (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Discutants: Michael Dorsch & Abel François
• Does information about the inflation rate affect laypersons’ trust in the European Central Bank? A survey experiment from Germany. Pierre-Guillaume Méon (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Discutants: Sebastien Rojon & Laurent Weil

15.30 – 15.45 Coffee Break

15.45 – 17.15 Session 3: Historical Experiences

• Partyless Christian democracy : Evidence from the Papal condemnation of the Action Française. Jean Lacroix (Université Paris-Saclay)
  Discutants: Ilan Tojerow & Abel François
• Can Television Reduce Xenophobia? The Case of East Germany. Sven Hartmann (IAAEU - Trier University)
  Discutants: Maite Laméris & Michaela Limardi
• Public trust and compliance behavior in the shadow of empire. Michael Dorsch (Central European University)
  Discutants: Roberto Ricciuti & Damien Bol

19.30 - … Social Dinner in Paris

Tuesday 14

9.00 – 10.30 Session 4: Voter decision making

• Political Ads and Issue Salience. Cameron Shelton (Institute for Advanced Study, Toulouse)
  Discutants: Sven Hartmann & Emiliano Grossman
• Forced to vote populist? Polarization around progressive issues as a driver of populist votes. Maite Laméris (University of Groningen)
  Discutants: Davide Vittori & Pierre-Guillaume Méon
• Weather to Protest: The Effect of Black Lives Matter Protests on the 2020 Presidential Election. George Melios (London School of Economics and Political Science)
  Discutants: Roberto Brunetti & Pierre-Guillaume Méon

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break

10.45 – 12.15 Session 5: Actors’ strategies

• Coordination and Incumbency Advantage in Multi-Party Systems - Evidence from French Elections. Kevin Dano (University of California, Berkeley)
  Discutants: Cameron Shelton & Emiliano Grossman
• Different citizens, different strategies: identifying citizens’ repertoires of (in)action for influencing politics. Sebastien Rojon (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Discutants: George Melios & Quentin David
• Electoral Turnovers and Country Performance: Evidence from 2,500 National Elections. Vincent Pons (Harvard University)
  Discutants: Abel François & Benjamin Monnery

12.15 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Session 6: Politician behaviors

• The politics of bank failures in Russia. Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)
  Discutants: Sophie Panel & David Gomtsyan
• The Words that Keep People Apart. Official Language, Accountability and Fiscal Capacity. Roberto Ricciuti (University of Verona and CESifo)
  Discutants: Morgan Tanvé & Sophie Panel
• Understanding the party system agenda. Emiliano Grossman (Sciences Po / CEE)
  Discutants: Jean Lacroix & Ahmed Fouad el Haddad

Contact: epal.lille@gmail.com

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