MATIAS IARYCZOWER
Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science
California Institute of Technology


Division of Humanitites and Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125, MC 228-77
Office: 312 Baxter Hall
Phone: (626) 395-4061
E-mail: miaryc@hss.caltech.edu

Research
Classes
Political Economy Workshop
CV

Research Interests

Positive Political Theory, Political Economy, Applied Game Theory


Papers 

  • "The not-so-popular branch: Bicameralism as a Counter-Majoritarian Device.", with Gabriel Katz and Sebastian Saiegh.
  • "The Supreme Court," with Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi, in Pablo Spiller and Mariano Tommasi (eds.), The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina: A Transaction Cost Approach, 2007, Cambridge University Press.

Work in Progress
  • "Choosing Records",with Andrea Mattozzi
  • "The Quality of Elected and Appointed Judges", with Mattew Shum
  • "Voting with Common Values: The Supreme Court", with Matthew Shum
  • "Voting with Common Values: Legislatures", with M.Shum and G.Freitas
  • "Regulating Competition in PR Elections.", with Andrea Mattozzi
  • "Politics in the Firm: Delegation and Contracts with Disagreement in Strategic Plans", with Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
  • "A Ranking of Unicameral and Bicameral Systems under Strategic Voting."

Other Working Papers and Publications (In Spanish)

  • "Coming Together. The Industrial Organization of Federalism." 1999. With Mariano Tommasi and Sebastian Saiegh. CEDI Working Paper No.30. (donwload)
  • The Institutional Sources of Development in Argentina. Towards an Institutional Agenda. 2000. Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires  UNDP-CEDI. Project Directors: Mariano Tommasi and Pablo Spiller.
  • "Federal Fiscal Institutions. A Reform Proposal." 2000. With Juan Sanguinetti and Mariano Tommasi. CEDI Working Paper No. 43. (download)
  • "Institutions, Contracts, and Infrastructure Regulation in Argentina." 1998. With Manuel Abdala. CEDI Working Paper No. 15. (download)
  • "Some Considerations about the Optimal Design of Federal Fiscal Institutions." 1998. With Mariano Tommasi and Sebastian Saiegh. Economica, XLIV, no.3. (download)
  • "An Economic Analysis of Housing Policies in Argentina." 1997. With Marcela Cristini. Asociacion Argentina de Economia Politica, XXXII Annual Meeting, vol. II.

Classes

  • Industrial Organization, EC105
  • Analyzing Legislatures, PS121
  • Foundations of Political Economy, SS210


Political Economy Workshop @ Caltech

  • See upcoming talks here
  • Previous quarters


Random Stuff

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"Untitled", by Fede







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