DEVPEC
Development and Political Economics
SF Bay Area PhD Student Conference
Stanford University, April 10 & 11, 2015
Final Schedule
This will be a two-day event featuring 11 student presentations with discussion, a poster
session, and keynote talks by Professor Ernesto Dal Bó (Berkeley) and Professor Katherine
Casey (Stanford GSB). Each presentation will be allocated a total of 45 minutes, and it
will include a 10-15 minutes discussion lead by another student.
The conference will take place in the Landau Economics Department of Stanford
University, 579 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305.
Thursday April 9th
Informal welcome and relaxed evening out with graduate students. If you want to meet
some of the participants informally before the event starts, feel free to join us at The Rose
and Crown pub (547 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301) at 6.30pm.
Friday April 10th
8am-8.45am
Breakfast and Registration
8.45-9.15am
Welcome and Introductions
9.15-10.00am
Opening Keynote Speech: Ernesto Dal Bó (Berkeley)
10.00-10.45am
“Political Inclusivity and the Aspirations of Young
Constituents: Identifying the Effects of a National
Empowerment Policy”, by Stephen O’Connell (CUNY)
Discussant: Felipe Gonzalez (Berkeley)
10.45-11.00am
Coffee Break
11.00-11.45am
“Losing Your Dictator: Firm Investment during Chile’s
Transition to Democracy”, by Felipe Gonzalez (Berkeley)
and Mounu Prem (Stanford)
Discussant: Nick Tsivanidis (Chicago Booth)
11.45-12.30pm
“An apple a day: Habit formation in medication
adherence”, by Fernanda Marquez-Padilla (Princeton
University)
Discussant: Eduardo Montero (Harvard)
12.30-1.45pm
Lunch
1.45-2.30pm
“Patronage by Credit: International Sources of Patronage
Spending in Developing Countries”, by Eric Arias (NYU)
Discussant: Matt Lowe (MIT)
2.30-3.15pm
“Elite Capture or Elite Backlash? Evidence from West
Bengal’s Gram Panchayats”, by Matt Lowe (MIT) and Cory
Smith (MIT)
Discussant: Pierre Bachas (Berkeley)
3.15-3.30pm
Coffee Break
3.30-4.15pm
“Blood Rubber: The Effects of Labor Coercion on
Development and Culture in the DRC”, by Sara Lowes
(Harvard) and Eduardo Montero (Harvard)
Discussant: Stephen O’Connell (CUNY)
4.15-5pm
“Getting the Job Done: Local Public Investment Execution
and Wages of Authorities”, by Ricardo Pique Cebrecos
(Northwestern)
Discussant: Eric Arias (MIT)
6.30-9.30pm
Dinner with faculty at The Three Seasons Restaurant
(http://www.threeseasonsrestaurant.com)
Saturday April 11th
8.15-9.00am
Breakfast
9.00-9.45am
“The Long-Term Effect of Demographic Shocks on the
Evolution of Gender Roles: Evidence from the Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade”, by Edoardo Teso (Harvard)
Discussant: Fernanda Marquez-Padilla (Princeton)
9.45-10.30am
“Not(ch) your average tax system: Corporate tax
elasticities from Costa Rica”, by Pierre Bachas (Berkeley)
and Mauricio Soto (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Discussant: Mitra Akhtari (Harvard)
10.30-10.45am
Coffee Break
10.45-11.30am
“Political Turnover, Bureaucratic Turnover, and the Quality
of Public Services”, by Mitra Skhtari (Harvard), Diana
Moreira (Harvard), and Laura Trucco (Harvard)
Discussant: Ricardo Pique Cebrecos (Northwestern)
11.30-12.15pm
“Spatial Frictions and Urban Growth in India”, by Nick
Tsivanidis (Chicago Booth)
Discussant: Edoardo Teso (Harvard)
12.15-1.15pm
Lunch at SIEPR
1.15-2.15pm
Poster Session
2.15-2.30pm
Coffee Break
2.30-3.30pm
Closing Keynote Speech: Katherine Casey (Stanford GSB)
3.30-4.00pm
End of conference
4pm-
Party with live music (Conjunto Salvaje) on campus
Please do not hesitate to contact the organizers at: [email protected]