Mini-conference on Political Economy and Applied Microeconomy

Erik Snowberg (University of Utah), Niall Hughes (KCL), Giri Parameswaran (Haverford College)

Wednesday 14 May 2025 14:00 - 17:30

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About this event

The PSPE group is hosting a mini conference on political economy and applied microeconomy. The conference aims to bring together scholars working or interested in applied theory. The papers at the conference will touch upon the organisation of the legislature and the connection between theory and empirics.

Programme:
14:00 - 15:00 Niall Hughes (KCL) - Diversity in Committees
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 - 16:20 Giri Parameswaran (Haverford College) - Modelling the Legislature: Parties, Pivots and Policy-making
16:20 - 16:30 Short break
16:30 - 17:30 Erik Snowberg (University of Utah) - Reassessing Qualitative Self-Assessments and Experimental Validation

Please contact Stephane Wolton if you're interested in attending.

For further information please contact Lubala Chibwe, by email: l.chibwe@lse.ac.uk.