The EcoNomicSday of the ENS de Lyon's Economics Department and of the Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict is a workshop series for front-line research in public and political economy. Leading-edge economists are invited to present their latest research projects in depth, and discuss and exchange with invited scholars, advanced students, and researchers from the ENS de Lyon.

This 11th edition, organized in partnership with the CEPR, adresses the theme of "Political Leaders".

PROGRAM

June 15

12:00 am - 1:45 pm REGISTRATION AND LUNCH

1:30-2:15 “Electoral Turnovers”
                        Vincent PONS (Harvard Business School, CEPR & NBER)

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm “History's Masters: The Effect of European Monarchs on State Performance”
                        Sebastian OTTINGER (CERGE-EI)

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm “Leadership and Nation-Building”
                       Lydia ASSOUAD (LSE)

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm COFFEE BREAK

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm “Corruption, Bureaucracies and Government Transitions: Evidence from
                         Brazilian Municipal Audits”
                        Julieta PEVERI (ENS de Lyon)

5:00 - 5:45 “The Class Ceiling in Politics”
                        Olle FOLKE (Uppsala University)
 

June 16

9:00 am - 9:45 am “The (Market) Value of State Honors”
                        Marc SANGNIER (AMSE)

9:45 am - 10:30 am “War, Partisanship, and Polarization”
                        Pauline GROSJEAN (UNSW & CEPR)

10:30 am - 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK

11:00 am - 11:45 am “Connecting the Unconnected: Facebook Access and Female Political Representation in sub-Saharan Africa”
                        Sophie HATTE (ENS de Lyon)

11:45 am - 12:30 am “The Colonial Origins of State Capacity: Evidence from Spanish Conquerors in Latin America”
                        Marta REYNAL-QUEROL (UPF, Barcelona GSE & CEPR)

12:45 am INFORMAL LUNCH