Workshop Program
Friday, 26th November 2021
09:00 – 09:30 Registration and opening remarks
09:30 – 10:15 Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna) “Socio-Economic Micro-Shocks and Electoral Turnout”
10:15 – 11:00 Julieta Peveri (Aix-Marseille School of Economics) “Interest Groups’ Contributions and Political Selection: Evidence from Brazil”
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15 Leandro De Magalhaes (University of Bristol) “War and the Rise of Parliaments”
12:15 – 13:15 Keynote address: Shanker Satyanath (New York University)
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 Nicola Fontana (Trinity College Dublin) “ Backlash against Airbnb: Evidence from London ”
15:00 – 15:45 Sergio Galletta (University of Bergamo) “Media Slant is Contagious”
15:45 – 16:30 Eleonora Alabrese (University of Warwick) “Bad Science: Retraction, Citations and Media Coverage”
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:45 Alexandru Savu (University of Cambridge) “The Local Political Economy of Austerity: Lessons from Hospital Closures”
17:45 – 18:30 Gian Luca Tedeschi (University of Padua) “Pork, Infrastructure and Growth: Evidence from the Italian Railway Expansion”
Saturday, 27th November 2021
09:15 – 09:45 Registration and opening remarks
09:45 – 10:30 Valerio Dotti (University of Venice) “Consistent Flexibility: Enforcement of Fiscal Rules Through Political Incentives”
10:30 – 11:15 Federico Trombetta (Catholic University of Milan) “Fiscal Rules and the Selection of Politicians: Theory and Evidence from Italy”
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:30 Michela Redoano (University of Warwick) “Can Data Disclosure Improve Local Government’s Performance? Evidence from Italian Municipalities”
12:30 – 13:15 Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI) “The Dracula Effect: Voter Information and Trade Policy”
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 Paolo Roberti (University of Bolzano) “A Commitment Theory of Populism”
15:00 – 15:45 Eugenio Levi (Masaryk University of Brno) “Does lack of trust boost populist attitudes and votes? Evidence from European countries”
15:45 – 16:30 Riccardo Puglisi (University of Pavia) “Women’s Voice on Redistribution: From Gender Norm to Taxation
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:45 Giovanna Invernizzi (Collegio Carlo Alberto) “Power Sharing, Mobilization, and Party Organization”
17:45 – 18:30 Elsa Fornero (University of Turin) “Sense and Sensibility in Economic Reforms”
