Course Syllabus
Fall 2019
Seminar meets Thursdays in Littauer M-16 from 12:00-1:15PM. Lunch is provided.
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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Sep. 12 |
Shom Mazumder (Harvard University) |
"A Brief Moment in the Sun: Race, Politics, and the Prison in Late 19th Century Georgia" |
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Sep. 19 |
Max Winkler (University of Zurich) |
"Shocks and Cultural Tightness" |
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Sep. 26 |
Moya Chin (Harvard University) |
"Electoral Systems and Political Incentives" |
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Oct. 3 |
Michael Thaler (Harvard University) |
"The 'Fake News' Effect: An Experiment on Motivated Reasoning and Trust in News" |
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Oct. 10 |
Alejandro Lagomarsino |
"The Welfare Ratchet Effect: Evidence from Uruguay" |
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Oct. 17 |
Clemence Tricaud (École Polytechnique) |
"Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Inter-municipal Cooperation" |
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Oct. 24 |
Tzachi Raz (Harvard University) |
"Free Land: The Homestead Act and the Development of the American West" |
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Oct. 31 |
Gloria Gennaro |
"Banlieue at the Ballot Box - Immigration and Political Outcomes in the Suburbs" |
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Nov. 7 |
Lydia Assouad (Paris School of Economics) |
"Leaders Matter: Ataturk's Visits and Nation-building in Turkey" |
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Nov. 14 |
Anke Becker |
"Women's Within Household Bargaining Power: The Role of Women's Historical Importance in Subsistence" |
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Nov. 21 |
No meeting | |
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Nov. 28 |
Thanksgiving |
Course Summary:
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