Workshop Political Economics of Representation
| Venue | Hotel Vitznauerhof, Seestrasse 80, 6354 Vitznau (Switzerland) Room Le Lac 1 / Conference building |
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| Organizers | Cornelia Brunnschweiler, Simon Luechinger, Margarida Matos, and Lukas Schmid, Univeristy of Lucerne |
| Funds | The workshop is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number Grant Number 100018_204550) and the research committee of the University of Lucerne (grant number 92809). |
Programme
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Welcome address |
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| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Party factions and candidate selection (Christine T. Bangum, Jon H. Fiva, Giovanna M. Invernizzi, Carlo Prato, and Janne Tukiainen) Abstract, see Paper |
| 14:45 - 14:50 | Short break |
| 14:50 - 15:35 | Promises, policies and accountability: evidence from Brazilian mayors (Claudio Ferraz and Caroline Le Pennec) Abstract |
| 15:35 - 15:55 | Coffee break |
| 15:55 - 16:40 | The effects of geographical representation on legislators’ behavior (Simon Luechinger, Margarida Matos, and Lukas Schmid) Abstract |
| 16:40 - 16:45 | Short break |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Gender norms, social pressure, and the gender gap in turnout: evidence from Swiss elections (Alda Marchese and Felix Schönenberger) Abstract |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Losing political representation (Aaron Guenther, Niklas Potrafke, Felix Roesel, and Timo Wochner) Abstract, see Paper |
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| 09:45 - 09:50 | Short break |
| 09:50 - 10:35 | Geographical representation, intergovernmental transfers, voter attitudes, and turnout (Cornelia Brunnschweiler, Simon Luechinger, Margarida Matos, and Lukas Schmid) |
| 10:35 - 10:55 | Coffee break |
| 10:55 - 11:40 | Legislative institutions and distributive politics: Evidence from Germany’s federal budget committee (Anina Harter) Abstract |
| 11:40 - 11:45 | Short break |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | The effect of legislative misalignment on the representation of constituency interests (Vardges Levonyan and Oda Nedregård) Abstract |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | The global incumbency advantage (Raphaël Descamps, Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Vincent Rollet) Abstract, see Paper |
| 14:45 - 14:50 | Short break |
| 14:50 - 15:35 | Quid pro quo in independent campaign support by special interest groups? Evidence from congressional roll call voting (Patrick Balles, Ulrich Matter, and Alois Stutzer) Abstract |
| 15:35 - 15:55 | Coffee break |
| 15:55 - 16:40 | The (ir)relevance of institutional proliferation: evidence from foreigners' advisory councils (Sebastian Blesse, Zohal Hessami, and Clara Wobbe) |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
Participants
| Cornelia Brunnschweiler (University of Lucerne) |
| Jon Fiva (Norwegian Business School) |
| Anina Harter (German Council of Economic Experts) |
| Zohal Hessami (Ruhr University Bochum) |
| Caroline Le Pennec (HEC Montréal) |
| Simon Luechinger (University of Lucerne) |
| Alda Marchese (Università della Svizzera italiana) |
| Margarida Matos (University of Lucerne) |
| Oda Nedregård (King’s College London) |
| Vincent Pons (Harvard University) |
| Felix Roesel (TU Braunschweig) |
| Lukas Schmid (University of Lucerne) |
| Alois Stutzer (University of Basel) |
