The Political Economy Workshop is a forum for theoretical and empirical research at the intersection of economics and political science. The workshop draws presenters from around the world and participants from around the University with a wide range of substantive interests. The Political Economy Workshop meets on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. in Room 1022 at Harris Public Policy, Keller Center (1307 East 60th Street). The faculty organizers are Adam Zelizer and Daniel Moskowitz. Please note: Some of the PE Workshops will be virtual. 2021-2022 Workshops Winter 2022 February 24 Don Green - (Columbia University) "Revisiting a Natural Experiment: Do Legislators with Daughters Vote More Liberally on Women's Issues" March 24 Federica Izzo (UCSD) - "Policymaking in Times of Crisis (joint with Peter Bils)" March 31 Elisabeth Kempf (Booth) - "The Political Polarization of U.S. Firms" April 7 Hye Young You (NYU) - "How are Politicians Informed? Witnesses and Information Provision in Congress" April 14 Ying Chen (Johns Hopkins) - "Sequential Vote Buying" April 21 Daniel Waldenstrom (Research Institute of Industrial Economics -Sweden) "Democratization and Inequality: Long-Run Evidence from Capital Shares" April 28 Betsy Sinclair (Washington University) -Cancelled May 5 Vladimir Kogan (Ohio State) - "Adult Culture Wars and Student Academic Achievement" May 12 Svetlana Kosterina (Pittsburgh) - "Delegated Bargaining" May 19 Helios Herrera (Warwick) Fall 2021 October 7 Eduardo Teso - (Northwestern University) "Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations" (coauthored with Jorg Spenkuch and Guo Xu) October 14 Gilat Levy (Virtual) - (London School of Economics and Political Science) "Short Term Political Memory and the Inevitability of Polarisation" October 21 Jessica Sun - (Emory University) "State Intervention in Migration in Conflict" November 4 Ian Turner (Yale University) - "Dark Money and Voter Learning" November 11 Alessandro Riboni (Virtual) - (Ecole Polytechnique Universite') "Sticky Spending, Sequestration and Government Debt" November 18 Pavi Suryanarayan - (John Hopkins University) "Hollowing out the State" November 25 - Thanksgiving December 2 Betsy Sinclair - (Washington University in St. Louis) Workshop Archive Political Economy Lunches The Political Economy Lunch meets on the first Friday of every month, and on additional Fridays as needed from 12:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m. in Room 1022 of Harris Public Policy, Keller Center (1307 East 60th Street. The lunch is an informal setting in which graduate students and faculty can present and receive feedback on early stage and ongoing research. We welcome empirical or theoretical work linked in any way to politics or political economy. The PE lunch is also an excellent venue for practice job talks. Graduate students and faculty from any part of the University are welcome to attend, please contact us in advance if you haven't been a regular. If you would like to be added to the PE Lunch mailing list, please email May Woodard-Hickey at mwoodard@uchicago.edu. Recent News Student Profile: Kashif Ahmed, MPP Class of 2022, Pearson Fellow Tue., May 24, 2022 Alumni Profile: Eric Reyes, AM’20 Thu., May 19, 2022 More news Upcoming Events Municipal Bonds as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investments - Masterclass with Justin Marlowe Tue., May 24, 2022 | 4:30 PM Link will be sent to registered guests Chicago, IL 60637 United States UChicago Part-Time Programs Employee Information Session, featuring Harris, Crown, and Booth Wed., May 25, 2022 | 9:30 AM The Keller Center, 4009 Boardroom 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events