PIER Conference on Political Economics

University of Pennsylvania
September 13 & 14, 2003

Working Papers

 

"How do electoral rules shape party structures, government coalitions, and economic policies?" by Torsten Persson (IIES, Stockholm University), Gerard Roland (University of California, Berkely), and Guido Tabellini (IGIER, Bocconi University)


"Trust, Coordination, and The Industrial Organization of Political Activism" by Marco Battaglini and Roland Benabou (Princeton University)


"Voting Weights and Formateur Advantages in the Formation of Coalition Governments " by Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder, Aaron B. Strauss (MIT) and Michael M. Ting (Columbia University)

 

"Deliberation and Voting Rules" by David Austen-Smith and Tim Feddersen (Northwestern University)


"Do citizens vote strategically (if they vote at all)?" by Arianna Degan (University of Rochester and UQAM) and Antonio Merlo (University of Pennsylvania)


"The Political Economy of State Television" by Andrea Prat (London School of Economics) and David Stromberg (Stockholm University)


"Regional spending and pork-barrel politics" by Michael Smart (University of Toronto) and Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia)