PEDD Conference Program 2018
Note: The program might be subject to change.
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Conference venue: CIW
| Program | Time | Venue |
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| Registration | 12:00 – 18:00h | 102 |
| Opening | 14:00 – 14:15h | SCH2 |
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Plenum I: Keynote Lecture Timur Kuran: Intolerant Communities and Democratic Erosion |
14:15 – 15:45h | SCH2 |
| Coffee Break | 15:45 – 16:00h | 101 |
| Parallel Sessions A1-A3 | 16:00 – 17:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
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A1 Constitutions and Social Choice TETSURO OKAZAKI (Takushoku University) Constitutional Reform under Budget Constraint and the Effect of Constitution on Political Bargaining Discussant: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
KATARZYNA METELSKA-SZANIAWSKA (University of Warsaw): Post-Socialist "Illiberal Democracies": Do De Jure Constitutional Rights Matter? Discussant: Thomas Daske
THOMAS DASKE (Technical University of Munich) Externality Assessments, Welfare Judgments, and Mechanism Design Discussant: Tetsuro Okazaki |
107 | |
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A2 Fiscal Capacity, Incumbency Bias and Electoral Outcomes ALESSANDRO BELMONTE (Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca), Desiree Teobaldelli, Davide Ticchi Tax Morale, Fiscal Capacity, and Wars Discussant: Mascha Rauschenbach
Katrin Paula, MASCHA RAUSCHENBACH (University of Mannheim) Blessing or Curse: The Consequences of IMF Scrutiny for Pre-electoral Violence Discussant: Stephan Kyburz
STEPHAN KYBURZ (London School of Economics and Political Science) Does Democracy Moderate Resource-induced Conflicts? Discussant: Alessandro Belmonte |
124 | |
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A3 Types of Autocracy KUNAL SEN (University of Manchester) Who is the Stationary Bandit? Types of Autocracies and Economic Growth Discussant: Matilde Thorsen
MATILDE THORSEN (Aarhus University) Policymaking in Autocracies: When Dictators Are Ideologically Motivated Discussant: Phoebe Wasfy
PHOEBE WASFY (University of Hamburg) Autocratic Survival in Oil Abundant Countries: How to buy a Dictator’s way out? Discussant: Kunal Sen
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125 | |
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Welcome Reception Café Gasolin |
18:00 – 21:00h |
Aegidiistraße 45 |
Friday, March 16, 2018
Conference venue: CIW
| Program | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | 08:30 – 18:00h | 102 |
| Parallel Sessions B1 – B3 | 09:00 – 10:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
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B1 Rent-Seeking and Electoral Outcomes Koen Schoors, LAURENT WEILL (University of Strasbourg) Politics and Banking in Russia: The Rise of Putin Discussant: Kim Leonie Kellermann
KIM LEONIE KELLERMANN (University of Münster) Political Participation and Party Capture in a Dualized Economy |
107 | |
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B2 Regime Change I MAJA ADENA (Berlin Social Science Center), Ruben Enikolopov, Maria Petrova, Hans-Joachim Voth Bombs, Broadcasts, and Betrayal at the Home Front: High Treason in Germany towards the End of World War II Discussant: Muhammad-Basheer Ismail
MUHAMMAD-BASHEER ISMAIL (University of Hull) Regime Change through Terrorism in the Name of Jihad: An Overview of Boko Haram Crisis from Islamic and International Humanitarian Law Perspectives Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
CHRISTIAN BJØRNSKOV (Aarhus University) Coups, Regime Transition, and the Dynamics of Press Freedom Discussant: Maja Adena |
124 | |
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B3 Democratic Institutions Klaus Gründler, TOMMY KRIEGER (University of Konstanz) Machine Learning Indices, Political Institutions, and Economic Development Discussant: Gerhard Wegner
GERHARD WEGNER (Erfurt University) Reassessing the dependence of capitalism on democracy – The case of Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic |
125 | |
| Coffee break |
10:30–11:00h |
101 |
| Parallel Sessions C1 – C3 | 11:00 – 12:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
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C1 Political Preferences Christian Ochsner, FELIX RÖSEL (Ifo Institute Dresden Branch) Activated History - The Case of the Turkish Sieges of Vienna Discussant: Denis Ivanov
DENIS IVANOV (National Research University – Higher School of Economics) The Legacy of Stalin in Georgia: Ideology and Hometown Effect Discussant: Lena Gerling
Kim Leonie Kellermann, LENA GERLING (University of Münster) Contagion Effects of Non-Mainstream Party Support: Evidence from Germany Discussant: Felix Rösel |
107 | |
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C2 (Ethnic) Conflicts and Peace Building NILS-CHRISTIAN BORMANN (University of Exeter; University of Witten-Herdecke), Martin Steinwand Power-Sharing Coalitions and Ethnic Civil War Discussant: Syed Mansoob Murshed
SYED MANSOOB MURSHED (Erasmus University; Coventry University), Muhammad Badiuzzamn On the Impact of Post-Conflict Power Sharing Agreements on Growth in Developing Countries after 1989 Discussant: Tim Krieger
TIM KRIEGER (University of Freiburg), Laura Renner Polygyny and Conflict - Exploring Mechanisms Discussant: Nils-Christian Bormann |
124 | |
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C3 Accountability in Autocracies I CHRISTIAN GLÄßEL (University of Mannheim), Adam Scharpf, Belén González Rebel Threat or Political Connections? The Logic of Military Home Deployment Discussant: Sören Schwuchow
SÖREN SCHWUCHOW (Brandenburg University of Technology) Extractive Institutions, Choking Taxes, and War: On the (Beneficial) Impact of Inequality in Autocracies Discussant: Thomas Apolte
THOMAS APOLTE (University of Münster) A Theory of Autocratic Transition: Prerequisites to Self-Enforcing Democracy Discussant: Christian Gläßel |
125 | |
| Lunch | 12:30 – 14:30h | Mensa am Aasee |
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Plenum I: Keynote Lecture Uwe Sunde: Democracy, Demography and Comparative Development |
14:30 – 16:00h | SCH2 |
| Coffee Break | 16:00 – 16:30h | 101 |
| Parallel Sessions D1 – D3 | 16:30 – 18:00h | 107, 124, 125 |
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D1 Drivers of Institutional Change Charles Angelucci, SIMONE MERAGLIA (University of Exeter), Nico Voigtländer The medieval roots of inclusive institutions: from the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act Discussant: Sylvia Sztern
SYLVIA SZTERN (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Railroads to Democracy. Individualism, Rationalism and Literacy. The Challenge to Autocracy in Late Imperial Russia Discussant: Sara Torregrosa
Christian Ducoing (University of Lund), SARA TORREGROSA (Lund University) Growth, Inequality and Extraction in Ibero-American Democratizations Discussant: Simone Meraglia |
107 | |
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D2 Institutions, Investment, and Conflict ARTHUR SILVE (Laval University) Democratic spillovers Discussant: Sophie Panel
Abel Francois, SOPHIE PANEL (Sciences Po Bordeaux), Laurent Weill Are some dictators more attractive to foreign investors? |
124 | |
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D3 Accountability in Autocracies II ANTONIS ADAM (University of Ioannina), Sofia Tsarsitalidou Do Sanctions Lead to a Decline in Civil Liberties? Discussant: Mario Roberto Gilli
MARIO ROBERTO GILLI (University of Milan-Bicocca) Selectorate's Information and Dictator's Accountability |
125 | |
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Conference Dinner Restaurant “Schlossgarten Café" |
18:30 – 21:00h |
Schlossgarten 4 |
Saturday, March 17, 2018
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 |
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E1 Resource Rents, Prosperity and Institutions GERRIT MEYERHEIM (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich) Income and Democracy Revisited Discussant: Jonathan Lehne
JONATHAN LEHNE (Paris School of Economics) The Opium Curse? Long-run consequences of Narcotics Cultivation under the British Raj Discussant: Antonio Savoia
Tania Masi, ANTONIO SAVOIA (University of Manchester), Kunal Sen Is there a fiscal resource curse? Resource rents, fiscal capacity and political institutions Discussant: Gerrit Meyerheim |
107 | |
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E2 Regime Change II Paolo li Donni, MARIA MARINO (University of Florence) Time-Varying Unobserved Heterogeneity in Democratic Processes Discussant: Martin Paldam
MARTIN PALDAM (Aarhus University), Erich Gundlach A Study of Triggering Events: When do Political Regimes Change? Discussant: Mario Ferrero
MARIO FERRERO (University of Eastern Piedmont) A New Theory of Revolution Discussant: Maria Marino |
124 | |
| Coffee break | 10:30 – 11:00h | 101 |
| Parallel Session F1 – F3 | 11:00 – 12:30h | 107, 124, 125 |
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F1 Culture, Fiscal Policy and the Welfare State KLAUS GRÜNDLER (University of Würzburg), Sebastian Köllner Culture, Diversity, and the Welfare State Discussant: Lucia Della Pellegrina
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, GIORGIO DI MAIO (University of Milano-Bicocca), Donato Masciandaro, Margherita Saraceno Vulnerability to Money Laundering and Crime Deterrence: Evidence from Italy Discussant: Giacomo de Luca
Daron Acemoglu, Giuseppe De Feo, GIACOMO DE LUCA (University of York) Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia Discussant: Klaus Gründler |
107 | |
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F2 Accountability in Autocracies III ADAM SCHARPF (University of Mannheim; German Institute of Global and Area Studies), Christian Glaessel How Dictators Staff Their Secret Police: The Case of Argentina's Battalion 601 Discussant: Dmitriy Vorobyev
Oleg Sidorkin, DMITRIY VOROBYEV (University of Wisconsin-Madison; CERGE-EI (Prague)) Extra Votes to Signal Loyalty: Regional Political Cycles and National Elections in Russia Discussant: Alexander Libman
Fabian Burkhardt, ALEXANDER LIBMAN (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich) Tail Wagging the Dog: Control vs. Rent-Seeking in Appointing Bureaucrats in Non-Democratic Regimes Discussant: Adam Scharpf |
124 | |
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F3 Terrorism NICOLA BRUGALI (University of Bologna), Paolo Buonanno, Mario Gilli Italian Terrorism, Data and Network Discussant: Lamis Saleh
LAMIS SALEH (University of Hamburg) Treat them well or they might turn against you: Do refugees bring along terrorism? Discussant: Daniel Meierrieks
Thomas Gries, DANIEL MEIERRIEKS (University of Freiburg) "Pay for it heavily": Does U.S. Support for Israel lead to Anti-American Terrorism? Discussant: Nicola Brugali |
125 | |
| Farewell Lunch | 12:30h |
Mensa am Aasee |