All talks will take place in 25 Baxter Hall (Building 77 on campus map)
Conference Program
Friday, February 24th
9:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 11:00 Stephen
Coate, Cornell University
A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending,
Taxation and Debt
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion led by Jon Eguia, Caltech
11:15 - 12:15 Timothy
Feddersen, Northwestern University
Deliberation, Preference Uncertainty and Voting Rules
12:15 - 12:30
Discussion led by Michael Chwe, University of California at Los Angeles
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00
Steven Callander, Northwestern University
Political Motivations
3:00 - 3:15
Discussion led by Jana Kunicova, Caltech
3:15 - 3:45 Coffee
3:45 - 4:45
John Duggan, University of Rochester
A Dynamic Model of Legislative Bargaining
4:45 - 5:00
Discussion led by David K. Levine, University of California at Los
Angeles
5:30 - Reception and Dinner
Saturday, February 25th
9:00 - 9:30 Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 Tom
Palfrey, Princeton University
The
Paradox of Voter Participation? A Laboratory Study
10:30 - 10:45 Discussion led by Navin Kartik, University of California at San Diego
10:45 - 11:45 John Kagel, Ohio
State University
Veto
Power in Committees
11:45 - 12:00
Discussion led by Tim Groseclose, University of California at Los Angeles
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 -
2:30
Leeat Yariv, Caltech
An Experimental Study of Jury Deliberation
2:30 - 2:45
Discussion led by Gary Charness, University of California at Santa
Barbara
2:45 - 3:15 Coffee
3:15 - 4:15
Marco Battaglini, Princeton University
The
Swing Voter's Curse in the Laboratory
4:45 - 5:00
Discussion led by Seda Ertac, University of California at Los Angeles
5:00 - 6:00 Closing Remarks - Charlie Plott, Caltech