Workshop on Political Competition and Government Policy

Friday, May 4, 2007

Venue: SSRI, Room A 103 (directions)

12:30-1:30: Lunch

1:30-1:45: Opening Remarks, Karen Remmer

1:45-3:45: Political Competition and Economic Policy

• Discussants: Nate Jensen, Bennet Zelner

• Quan Li: Democracy, Antitrust Regulation, and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

• Pablo Pinto: The Politics of Investment: Partisan Governments, Wages and Employment

• Sinziana Popa: Open for Business? Political Competition and the Regulation of FDI

 

4:00-6:00: Political Competition and Budgetary Policy

• Discussants: Jose Antonio Cheibub, Kevin Morrison
• James Alt, David Lassen: Political Polarization, Competition, and Fiscal Policy Outcomes in U.S. States
• Christian Breunig: Something's Got to Give: The Political Economy of State Budget Trade-offs

• Matthew Singer: Local Parties and Local Politics: Electoral Fragmentation and Municipal Budget Choices in Bolivia

 

7:30: Dinner at Spice Street (directions)

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Venue: Breedlove Room, Perkins Library (directions)

9:00-9:30: Continental Breakfast

9:30-12:00: Political Competition and Social Policy

• Discussants: Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Guillermo Trejo

• Pradeep Chhibber and Irfan Nooruddin: Ideology, Party Fragmentation, and Public Sector Employment in the Indian States
• Karen Jusko: How Electoral Rules Affect Incentives to Represent Low-Income Citizens

• Guillermo Rosas: Turncoats, True believers, and Turnout: Machine Politics in Australian Ballot Systems

• Lorena Becerra: Is all Competition Good: Party Systems and Public Good Provision in Mexico's Provincial Governments

 

12:30: Lunch at Fairview Washington Duke (directions)