Max Planck Summer School on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution (PolEcCon) 2021
from
Monday, August 2, 2021 (9:00 AM)
to
Friday, August 6, 2021 (4:30 PM)
Monday, August 2, 2021
10:00 AM
Welcome/Introduction
-
Dan Kovenock
(
Chapman University
)
Kai A. Konrad
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Welcome/Introduction
Dan Kovenock
(
Chapman University
)
Kai A. Konrad
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
10:15 AM
Coffee break and informal get to know each other
Coffee break and informal get to know each other
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
10:45 AM
Official Round of Introduction
Official Round of Introduction
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
11:45 AM
Lecture - Alliances in Contests
-
Kai A. Konrad
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Lecture - Alliances in Contests
Kai A. Konrad
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
12:45 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Room: Restaurant
1:45 PM
Lecture - Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields and Colonel Blotto Games
-
Dan Kovenock
(
Chapman University
)
Lecture - Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields and Colonel Blotto Games
Dan Kovenock
(
Chapman University
)
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
2:45 PM
Short break
Short break
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:00 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
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Marco Catola
(
Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena (joint programme)
)
Work in progress - the topic will be an experimental design for the study of study of policies in the context of an extraction game
Marco Catola
(
Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena (joint programme)
)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:30 PM
When populists deliver on their promises: the electoral effects of a large cash transfer program in Poland
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Jan Gromadzki
(
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
)
When populists deliver on their promises: the electoral effects of a large cash transfer program in Poland
(Default)
Jan Gromadzki
(
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
4:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
4:30 PM
Growth and Inequality:Exponential Growth Bias Distorts Preferences for Redistribution
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Jonas Kaiser
(
Aarhus University
)
Growth and Inequality:Exponential Growth Bias Distorts Preferences for Redistribution
(Default)
Jonas Kaiser
(
Aarhus University
)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
5:00 PM
Using Machine Learning to Improve Conflict Predictions in a Changing Climate
-
Sidney Michelini
(
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
)
Using Machine Learning to Improve Conflict Predictions in a Changing Climate
(Default)
Sidney Michelini
(
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
)
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
5:30 PM
Taxing moral agents
-
Esteban Muñoz Sobrado
(
PhD student, Toulouse School of Economics
)
Taxing moral agents
(Default)
Esteban Muñoz Sobrado
(
PhD student, Toulouse School of Economics
)
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
6:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Restaurant
7:00 PM
After-Dinner Speech - On the Proper Use of Game-Theoretic Models in Conflict Studies
-
Branislav Slantchev
(
University of California
)
After-Dinner Speech - On the Proper Use of Game-Theoretic Models in Conflict Studies
Branislav Slantchev
(
University of California
)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
10:00 AM
Lecture -Temporal Structures in Contests
-
Marco Serena
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Lecture -Temporal Structures in Contests
Marco Serena
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
11:30 AM
Lecture (virtual) - Heterogeneity, Leveling the Playing Field, and Affirmative Action in Contests
-
Subhasish Chowdhury
(
University of Bath
)
Lecture (virtual) - Heterogeneity, Leveling the Playing Field, and Affirmative Action in Contests
Subhasish Chowdhury
(
University of Bath
)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
12:30 PM
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Restaurant
2:00 PM
Polarization in a multidimensional political space
-
Erika Pini
(
Université Catholique de Louvain
)
Polarization in a multidimensional political space
(Default)
Erika Pini
(
Université Catholique de Louvain
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
2:30 PM
Identity and the Intrinsic Value of Independence
-
Lukas Reinhardt
(
Graduate School of Economics, Cologne
)
Identity and the Intrinsic Value of Independence
Lukas Reinhardt
(
Graduate School of Economics, Cologne
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:00 PM
Political Power Sharing with the Young: The Role of Direct Democracy
-
Patricia Schafer
(
University of Fribourg
)
Political Power Sharing with the Young: The Role of Direct Democracy
(Default)
Patricia Schafer
(
University of Fribourg
)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
4:00 PM
A Flag to Wave: Status-Seeking Behavior in Groups
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Stefan Schmidt
(
MPI for Research and Collective Goods & University of Cologne
)
A Flag to Wave: Status-Seeking Behavior in Groups
Stefan Schmidt
(
MPI for Research and Collective Goods & University of Cologne
)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
4:30 PM
The emergence of conflict between groups
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Sophia Seelos
(
University of Innsbruck
)
The emergence of conflict between groups
Sophia Seelos
(
University of Innsbruck
)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
5:00 PM
Breakout sessions 17:00 - open end
Breakout sessions 17:00 - open end
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1 & 2
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
10:00 AM
Lecture (virtual) - Group biases and ethnic conflicts
-
Jana Cahlikova
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Lecture (virtual) - Group biases and ethnic conflicts
Jana Cahlikova
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
11:30 AM
Lecture - Experiments on Colonel Blotto Games
-
Dan Kovenock
(
Chapman University
)
Lecture - Experiments on Colonel Blotto Games
Dan Kovenock
(
Chapman University
)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
12:30 PM
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Restaurant
2:00 PM
Sabotage in Contests with Group Size Uncertainty (Experimental Design)
-
Jonathan Stäbler
(
University of Mannheim
)
Sabotage in Contests with Group Size Uncertainty (Experimental Design)
Jonathan Stäbler
(
University of Mannheim
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
2:30 PM
Living in the caliphate: the impact of exposure to Boko Haram's ideology on school attendance
-
Nicole Stoelinga
(
European University Institute
)
Living in the caliphate: the impact of exposure to Boko Haram's ideology on school attendance
(Default)
Nicole Stoelinga
(
European University Institute
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:00 PM
Re-examining Voting Behavior and Federal Aid: A Formal Approach
-
Sarah Warren
(
Florida State University
)
Re-examining Voting Behavior and Federal Aid: A Formal Approach
Sarah Warren
(
Florida State University
)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1 & 2
6:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Restaurant
7:00 PM
After-Dinner Speech - Short Term Political Memory and the Inevitability of Polarisation
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Ronny Razin
(
London School of Economics & CEPR
)
After-Dinner Speech - Short Term Political Memory and the Inevitability of Polarisation
Ronny Razin
(
London School of Economics & CEPR
)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
Thursday, August 5, 2021
10:00 AM
Lecture (virtual) - The Economics of Identity and Conflict
-
Subhasish Chowdhury
(
University of Bath
)
Lecture (virtual) - The Economics of Identity and Conflict
Subhasish Chowdhury
(
University of Bath
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
11:30 AM
Lecture - Reputation for Toughness
-
Marco Serena
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Lecture - Reputation for Toughness
Marco Serena
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
12:30 PM
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Restaurant
2:00 PM
Political Support, Cognitive Dissonance and Polarization (virtual)
-
Francesco Capozza
(
Erasmus University Rotterdam
)
Political Support, Cognitive Dissonance and Polarization (virtual)
Francesco Capozza
(
Erasmus University Rotterdam
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
2:30 PM
Violence and black markets: Evidence from the Niger Delta conflict (virtual)
-
Even Hvinden
(
BI Norwegian Business School
)
Violence and black markets: Evidence from the Niger Delta conflict (virtual)
Even Hvinden
(
BI Norwegian Business School
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:00 PM
Lecture (virtual) - Deterrable Opponents and Unattainable Peace: Balance of Threats, Peace Costs, and War
-
Branislav Slantchev
(
University of California
)
Lecture (virtual) - Deterrable Opponents and Unattainable Peace: Balance of Threats, Peace Costs, and War
Branislav Slantchev
(
University of California
)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
4:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1 & 2
Friday, August 6, 2021
10:00 AM
Lecture - Dynamic Contests and the Discouragement Effekt
-
Kai A. Konrad
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Lecture - Dynamic Contests and the Discouragement Effekt
Kai A. Konrad
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meitner Hall 2
11:30 AM
Lecture (virtual) - Nastiness in Groups
-
Jana Cahlikova
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
Lecture (virtual) - Nastiness in Groups
Jana Cahlikova
(
MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
12:30 PM
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Restaurant
2:00 PM
4 Things Nobody tells you about Online News: a Model with Social Networks and Competition
-
Melika Liporace
(
Bocconi University
)
4 Things Nobody tells you about Online News: a Model with Social Networks and Competition
(Default)
Melika Liporace
(
Bocconi University
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
2:30 PM
Wrap up
Wrap up
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 1
3:00 PM
Coffe Break and farewall
Coffe Break and farewall
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Meitner Hall 2