PEDD Conference Program 2019
Note: The program might be subject to change.
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Conference venue: CIW
Program | Time | Venue |
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Registration | 12:00 – 18:00h | 102 |
Opening Speech | 14:00 – 14:30h | SCH2 |
Plenum I: Keynote Lecture Martin Paldam: What Do We Know about the Democratic Transition? The Links between Income and the Political System |
14:30 – 16:00h | SCH2 |
Coffee Break | 16:00 – 16:30h | 101 |
Parallel Sessions A1-A3 | 16:30 – 18:00h | 107, 124, 125 |
A1 Inequality and Political Transitions Quentin David, LAURA DUTHILLEUL (LEM CNRS UMR 9221, Lille), Abel Francois Does economic inequality poison democracy? Discussant: Rainer Kotschy
RAINER KOTSCHY (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich), Uwe Sunde Income shocks, inequality, and democracy Discussant: Adilzhan Ismailov
Antonio Ciccone, ADILZHAN ISMAILOV (University Pompeu Fabra) Income inequality and political transitions Discussant: Laura Duthilleul
Session Chair: Adilzhan Ismailov |
107 | |
A2 Varieties of Autocracy RAUL V. FABELLA (University of the Philippines and NAST) Dutertismo: The autocrat as solution to the poverty of public goods Discussant: Sylvia Sztern
SYLVIA SZTERN (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Techno-institutional propriety and measurable power - The time and scope of revolution in late imperial Russia Discussant: Mario Ferrero
MARIO FERRERO (University of Eastern Piedmont) Accidental socialism: A natural experiment in Haiti 1796-1820 Discussant: Raul V. Fabella
Session Chair: Mario Ferrero |
124 | |
A3 Terrorism and Domestic Politics Moamen Gouda, SHIMAA HANAFY (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies), Marcus Marktanner Democracy, Personal Freedom, and Islamic State Fighters Discussant: Daniel Meierrieks
Marc Helbling, DANIEL MEIERRIEKS (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) Transnational terrorism and restrictive immigration policies Discussant: Anna Nowak
ANNA NOWAK (University of Münster) You failed! Government satisfaction and party preferences facing Islamist terrorism Discussant: Shimaa Hanafy
Session Chair: Anna Nowak |
125 | |
Welcome Reception Café Gasolin |
18:30 – 21:00h |
Aegidiistraße 45 |
Friday, March 1, 2019
Conference venue: CIW
Program | Time | Venue |
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Registration | 08:30 – 18:00h | 102 |
Plenum I: Keynote Lecture Timothy Besley: The Rise of Identity Politics |
09:00 – 10:30h | SCH2 |
Coffee Break | 10:30 – 11:00h | 101 |
Parallel Sessions B1 – B4 | 11:00 – 12:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
B1 Political Stability and Threats to Democracy RONALD WINTROBE (Western University) 21 reasons and a simple model of why liberal democracy is in decline Discussant: Felix Roesel
Luisa Doerr, Niklas Potrafke, FELIX ROESEL (ifo Institute for Economic Research, Dresden) Right-wing populists in power Discussant: Mario R. Gilli
MARIO R. GILLI (Bicocca University Milan) Populism, the backlash against the elites and the malfunctioning of representative democracy Discussant: Ronald Wintrobe
Session Chair: Mario R. Gilli |
SCH2 | |
B2 Democracy, Aid and Development STEFAN KRUSE (Center for the Study of Democracy, Lüneburg) Democratic governance, civic engagement and the effect of foreign aid on population health Discussant: Katrin Kamin
Vanessa A. Boese, KATRIN KAMIN (University of Kiel) Quadrangulating peace: Democracy, development, trade and conflict Discussant: Andreas Fuchs
ANDREAS FUCHS (Helmut Schmidt University of Hamburg and Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Angelika Müller Democracy and aid donorship Discussant: Stefan Kruse
Session Chair: Andreas Fuchs |
107 | |
B3 Democratic Institutions Shiyu Bo, LIUCHUN DENG (IWH Halle Institute for Economic Research and University of Jena), Yufeng Sun, Boqun Wang On intergovernmental communication: A tale of two decentralization reforms Discussant: Andrea Schneider
ANDREA SCHNEIDER (University of Münster) Policy diffusion and the competition for mobile resources Discussant: Vincenzo Galasso
VINCENZO GALASSO (Bocconi University) Market reactions to non-violent claim of independence: Evidence from Catalonia Discussant: Liuchun Deng
Session Chair: Vincenzo Galasso |
124 | |
B4 Political Accountability and Redistribution EDWIN ATILANO ROBLES (Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, A.C. (CIDE)) The politics of authoritarian income redistribution Discussant: Antonio Smith Bravo
Michael Dorsch, ANTONIO SMITH BRAVO (Central European University) Constraining the executive in petrostates Discussant: Moamen Gouda
MOAMEN GOUDA (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies), Jerg Gutmann Are Islamic constitutions bad for minorities? Discussant: Edwin Atilano Robles
Session Chair: Moamen Gouda |
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125 |
Lunch | 12:30 – 14:00h | Mensa am Aasee |
Parallel Sessions C1 – C3 | 14:00 – 15:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
C1 Political Instability and Leadership Survival RICHARD JONG-A-PIN (University of Groningen), Shu Yu Rich or alive? Political (in)stability, political leader selection and economic growth Discussant: Cosima Meyer
COSIMA MEYER (University of Mannheim) Surviving the aftermath: Understanding how military and political experience affect post-war political leadership survival Discussant: Lena Gerling
LENA GERLING (University of Münster) Public protests, coups and elections: Evidence from Africa Discussant: Richard Jong-A-Pin
Session Chair: Lena Gerling |
107 | |
C2 State Capacity, Development and the Threat of Conflict JOHANNES BLUM (ifo Institute for Economic Research) The impact of democracy’s Third Wave on national defense burdens: Evidence from a spatial panel analysis 1972-2013 Discussant: Sezer Yasar
SEZER YASAR (TED University) Fiscal capacity with accumulating defense activities Discussant: Antonio Savoia
Roberto Ricciuti, ANTONIO SAVOIA (University of Manchester), Kunal Sen What determines administrative capacity in developing countries? Discussant: Johannes Blum
Session Chair: Antonio Savoia |
124 | |
C3 Electoral Institutions, Redistribution and Democracy Sugat Chaturvedi, SABYASACHI DAS (Ashoka University) Group size and political representation under alternate electoral systems Discussant: Izaskun Zuazu
IZASKUN ZUAZU (University of the Basque Country) Electoral systems and income inequality: A tale of political equality Discussant: Jan U. Auerbach
JAN U. AUERBACH (University of Exeter) Office-holding premia and representative democracy Discussant: Sabyasachi Das
Session Chair: Jan U. Auerbach |
125 | |
Coffee Break | 15:30 – 16:00h | 101 |
Parallel Sessions D1 – D3 | 16:00 – 17:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
D1 Accountability and Political Outcomes PATRICK BALLES (University of Basel), Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention Discussant: Alfa Farah
ALFA FARAH (University of Münster) Winning a local office in a clientelistic society: Evidence from a decentralized Indonesia Discussant: Patrick Balles
Session Chair: Alfa Farah |
107 | |
D2 Regime Transitions and Institutional Quality TOMMY KRIEGER (University of Konstanz) Democracy and institutional quality: Theory and evidence Discussant: Martin Roessler
MARTIN ROESSLER (TU Dresden), Jonathan D. Old, Patrick Zwerschke (When) does democratization reduce state repression? Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Daniel L. Bennett, CHRISTIAN BJØRNSKOV (Aarhus University), Stephan F. Gohmann Coups, regime transitions, and institutional change Discussant: Tommy Krieger
Session Chair: Stephan F. Gohmann |
124 | |
D3 Ideology, Electoral Outcomes and Policies Dodge Cahan, NIKLAS POTRAFKE (University of Munich and ifo Institute for Economic Research) The Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap and the partisan balance of the state governments Discussant: Nicolas Schreiner
NICOLAS SCHREINER (University of Basel), Alois Stutzer Direct democracy and political extremism Discussant: Niklas Potrafke
Session Chair: Niklas Potrafke |
125 | |
Conference Dinner Lolas Schicksaal |
18:30 – 21:00h |
Albersloher Weg 12 |
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Conference venue: CIW
PROGRAM | TIME | VENUE |
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Registration | 08:30 – 12:00h | 102 |
Parallel Session E1 – E2 | 09:00 – 10:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
E1 Political Conflict and Democratic Institutions JEAN LACROIX (Université libre de Bruxelles) Ballots instead of shots? The impact of the Voting Rights Act on political violence Discussant: Vanessa A. Boese
VANESSA A. BOESE (Humboldt University of Berlin), Scott Gates, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Håvard Strand Patterns of Democracy over Space and Time Discussant: Soeren C. Schwuchow
SOEREN C. SCHWUCHOW (Brandenburg University of Technology), George Tridimas Taking sides: The political economy of Solon’s Law for civil wars Discussant: Jean Lacroix
Session Chair: Soeren C. Schwuchow |
107 | |
E2 Religion, Culture and Institutional Quality ANTONIS ADAM (University of Ioannina), Sofia Tsarsitalidou Serving two masters: State religion and fiscal capacity Discussant: Christian J. Sander
Aloys Prinz, CHRISTIAN J. SANDER (University of Münster) Leadership and public goods provision: Does religion matter? Discussant: Antonis Adam
Session Chair: Christian J. Sander |
124 | |
Coffee break | 10:30 – 11:00h | 101 |
Parallel Session F1 – F3 | 11:00 – 12:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
F1 Violent Conflicts – Determinants and Strategies Uih Ran Lee, PIOTR LIS (Coventry University), Michael Spagat Civilian targeting in African conflicts – a poor actor´s game that spreads through space Discussant: S. Mansoob Murshed
Muhammad Badiuzzaman, Scott Gates, Rashel Hasan, S. MANSOOB MURSHED (Coventry University and Erasmus University), Havard Strand Food insecurity and conflict Discussant: Uih Ran Lee
UIH RAN LEE (University of Sussex) Public opinion and war casualties: Interplay and misinterpretation Discussant: Piotr Lis
Session Chair: Uih Ran Lee |
107 | |
F2 Culture, Institutions and Politico-Economic Outcomes NOUHOUM TOURÉ (University Paris II Panthéon-Assas) Culture, institutions and the industrialization process Discussant: Felix Hoch
FELIX HOCH (University of Münster), Todor S. Lohwasser Do political characteristics influence the relationship between family control and performance? A meta-analytical approach Discussant: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
KATARZYNA METELSKA-SZANIAWSKA (University of Warsaw) De jure and de facto democracy in post-socialist countries Discussant: Nouhoum Touré
Session Chair: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska |
124 | |
F3 Ethnic Inequality, Political Institutions and Economic Outcomes ANDREAS BACKHAUS (Centre for European Policy Studies) Ethnic favoritism revisited: Competitive voting in Ghana Discussant: Lennart Kaplan
LENNART KAPLAN (Georg-August University of Göttingen) Unequal gains from trade – The role of political biases Discussant: Klaus Gründler
KLAUS GRÜNDLER (ifo Institute for Economic Research), Andreas Link Ethnic inequality and the wealth of nations Discussant: Andreas Backhaus
Session Chair: Andreas Link |
125 | |
Farewell Lunch | 12:30h |
Mensa am Aasee |