Max Planck Summer School on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution (PolEcCon) 2021

Aug 2, 2021, 9:00 AM → Aug 6, 2021, 4:30 PM Europe/Berlin

Meitner Hall 1 (Harnack House, Berlin)

Kai A. Konrad (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance), Dan Kovenock (Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, USA), Ronny Razin (London School of Economics )

The Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution (PolEcCon) Summer School 2021 is aimed at young researchers in the early stage of their careers as PhD students and Postdocs, notably in the fields of Economics and Political Science. The School provides research-oriented lectures by senior experts in the field of the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution.

Methodologically it will cover theory and experiments in the field and in the laboratory. In addition to these lectures, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own research and their research papers to the whole group. There will also be a panel discussion by the Summer School lecturers. Opportunities will also be available for work and discussion in informal groups that might lead to collaborative research efforts among the participants.

The working language of the Summer School is English.

Scientific Organizers:

Kai. A. Konrad MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance	Dan Kovenock Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, USA	Ronny Razin London School of Economics

 

Lecturers:

Jana Cahlikova MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance	Subhasish M. Chowdhury University of Bath	Marco Serena MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance	Branislav Slantchev University of California, San Diego

Directions_Harnack-Haus_en.pdf

Harnack House

Summerschool-Call-2020_2.pdf

Monday, August 2

10:00 AM → 10:15 AM Welcome/Introduction

Speakers: Dan Kovenock (Chapman University ), Kai A. Konrad (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

10:15 AM → 10:45 AM Coffee break and informal get to know each other

10:45 AM → 11:45 AM Official Round of Introduction

11:45 AM → 12:45 PM Lecture - Alliances in Contests

Speaker: Kai A. Konrad (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

12:45 PM → 1:45 PM Lunch

1:45 PM → 2:45 PM Lecture - Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields and Colonel Blotto Games

Speaker: Dan Kovenock (Chapman University )

2:45 PM → 3:00 PM Short break

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Work in progress - the topic will be an experimental design for the study of study of policies in the context of an extraction game

Speaker: Marco Catola (Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena (joint programme))

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM When populists deliver on their promises: the electoral effects of a large cash transfer program in Poland

Speaker: Jan Gromadzki (SGH Warsaw School of Economics)

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee Break

4:30 PM → 5:00 PM Growth and Inequality:Exponential Growth Bias Distorts Preferences for Redistribution

Speaker: Jonas Kaiser (Aarhus University)

5:00 PM → 5:30 PM Using Machine Learning to Improve Conflict Predictions in a Changing Climate

Speaker: Sidney Michelini (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK))

5:30 PM → 6:00 PM Taxing moral agents

Speaker: Esteban Muñoz Sobrado (PhD student, Toulouse School of Economics)

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM → 8:00 PM After-Dinner Speech - On the Proper Use of Game-Theoretic Models in Conflict Studies

Speaker: Branislav Slantchev (University of California )

Tuesday, August 3

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Lecture -Temporal Structures in Contests

Speaker: Marco Serena (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Lecture (virtual) - Heterogeneity, Leveling the Playing Field, and Affirmative Action in Contests

Speaker: Subhasish Chowdhury (University of Bath )

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Q&A Session

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Polarization in a multidimensional political space

Speaker: Ms Erika Pini (Université Catholique de Louvain)

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Identity and the Intrinsic Value of Independence

Speaker: Lukas Reinhardt (Graduate School of Economics, Cologne)

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Political Power Sharing with the Young: The Role of Direct Democracy

Speaker: Patricia Schafer (University of Fribourg)

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM A Flag to Wave: Status-Seeking Behavior in Groups

Speaker: Stefan Schmidt (MPI for Research and Collective Goods & University of Cologne)

4:30 PM → 5:00 PM The emergence of conflict between groups

Speaker: Sophia Seelos (University of Innsbruck)

5:00 PM → 6:00 PM Breakout sessions: Breakout sessions 17:00 - open end

Optional trip to downtown Berlin/Brandenburger gate, Berlin Wall etc.

Wednesday, August 4

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Lecture (virtual) - Group biases and ethnic conflicts

Speaker: Jana Cahlikova (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Lecture - Experiments on Colonel Blotto Games

Speaker: Dan Kovenock (Chapman University )

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Q&A Session

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Sabotage in Contests with Group Size Uncertainty (Experimental Design)

Speaker: Jonathan Stäbler (University of Mannheim)

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Living in the caliphate: the impact of exposure to Boko Haram's ideology on school attendance

Speaker: Nicole Stoelinga (European University Institute)

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Re-examining Voting Behavior and Federal Aid: A Formal Approach

Speaker: Sarah Warren (Florida State University )

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Breakout discussions

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM → 8:00 PM After-Dinner Speech - Short Term Political Memory and the Inevitability of Polarisation

Speaker: Ronny Razin (London School of Economics & CEPR )

Thursday, August 5

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Lecture (virtual) - The Economics of Identity and Conflict

Speaker: Subhasish Chowdhury (University of Bath )

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Lecture - Reputation for Toughness

Speaker: Marco Serena (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Q&A Session

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Political Support, Cognitive Dissonance and Polarization (virtual)

Speaker: Francesco Capozza (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Violence and black markets: Evidence from the Niger Delta conflict (virtual)

Speaker: Even Hvinden (BI Norwegian Business School)

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM Lecture (virtual) - Deterrable Opponents and Unattainable Peace: Balance of Threats, Peace Costs, and War

Speaker: Branislav Slantchev (University of California )

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee Break

4:30 PM → 6:00 PM Brainstorming in Subgroups

Friday, August 6

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Lecture - Dynamic Contests and the Discouragement Effekt

Speaker: Kai A. Konrad (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Lecture (virtual) - Nastiness in Groups

Speaker: Jana Cahlikova (MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance )

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Q&A Session

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM 4 Things Nobody tells you about Online News: a Model with Social Networks and Competition

Speaker: Melika Liporace (Bocconi University)

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Wrap up

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffe Break and farewall