“Political Economy of Political Institutions” Conference at ISPS

Event time:

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 9:00am through Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 12:00pm

Location:

Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Room A002

77 Prospect Street

New Haven, CT 06511

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Event description:

ISPS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS

This conference brings together a range of political economy scholars employing game theoretic analysis to understand how information and interests come together to shape the choice and implementation of policy. Authors study a range of issues, ranging from echo-chambers to the dynamics of interest group politics, to partisan law enforcement and the end of polarization.

SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 2:

time	activity
8:30 AM	Light breakfast served (Room A001)
9:00 AM	Welcome & Introductions: Adam Meirowitz, Yale University
9:10 AM	PAPER 1: Álvaro Delgado-Vega, University of Chicago “Which Side are You On? Interest Groups and Relational Contracts”
10:25 AM	Coffee break (Room A001)
10:45 AM	PAPER 2: Nina Bobkova, Rice University “The Optimality of Majority Rule: An Information-Choice Perspective”
12:00 PM	Lunch (Room A001)
1:00 PM	PAPER 3: Andrew Little, UC Berkeley “Biased Learning from Elections”
2:15 PM	Coffee break (Room A001)
2:35 PM	Paper 4: Ian Turner, Yale University “Democratic Accountability and Citizen Co-Production”
3:50 PM	Coffee break (Room A001)
4:10 PM	Paper 5: Anna Wilke, New York University “The Partisan Politics of Law Enforcement”
5:25 PM	Break and Adjourn for the Day

SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, MAY 3:

time	activity
8:30 AM	Light breakfast (Room A001)
9:00 AM	PAPER 6: Avidit Acharya, Stanford University “How Polarization Ends”
10:15 AM	Coffee break (Room A001)
10:45 AM	PAPER 7: Xu Tan, University of Washington “A Rational Inattention Theory of Echo Chamber”
12:00 PM	Adjournment and Lunch

This conference is generously supported by the Democratic Innovations Program at the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Open to:

Yale Community Only