Redistribution - The Tradeoff Between Redistribution and Effort: Evidence From the World Value Survey CHRISTOPH ENGEL (MPI Bonn) Discussant: Hannes Öhler (Georg-August University Göttingen)
Redistribution - Explaining Preferences for Redistribution - a Unified Framework to Account for Institutional and Instrumental approaches for the Case of Monetary Transfers for Families and Children ROBERT NEUMANN (Dresden University of Technology) Discussant: Wolfgang Nagl (ifo Dresden)
Fiscal Policy - Are Government's Fiscal Forecasts Different From those of Independent Agencies? Empirical Evidence and Political Economy Considerations JAVIER J. PEREZ (Bank of Spain) Discussant: Michael Berleman (HSU Hamburg, HWWI)
Fiscal Policy - Fiscal Adjustment and the Costs of Public Debt Service: Evidence from OECD Countries MARTIN WEDER (University of Lucerne) Discussant: Oliver Kovacs (ICEG European Center)
Growth - Is Agglomeration Really Good For Growth? Global Efficiency, Interregional Equity and Uneven Growth FRANCESCO MUREDDU (University of Cagliari) Discussant: Antonio Farfan-Vallespin (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg)
Growth - Autocratic Transition and Growth ROBERT RICCIUTI (University of Florence) Discussant: Javier J. Perez (Bank of Spain)
Illicit Actions - An Offer You Can't Refuse: Murdering Journalists as an Enforcement Mechanism of Corrupt Deals CHRISTIAN BJØRNSKOV (Aarhus University) Discussant: Guido Mehlkop (TU Dresden)
Illicit Actions - Ties That Do Not Bind (Directly): The Education Terrorism Nexus Revisited DANIEL MEIERRIEKS (University of Paderborn) Discussant: Samia Costa (University of St. Gallen)
Alignment & Competition - A Model of Party Formation and Competition JAMES ROCKEY (University of Leicester) Discussant: Caterina Gennaioli (Bocconi University)
Alignment & Competition - Tying Your Enemy's Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil! FERNANDA BROLLO (Universidad de Alicante) Discussant: Daniel Meierrieks (University of Paderborn)
Social Integration - White Costs of Moving to Black Opportunity: Residential Integration, Fertility and Human Capital LEONID V. AZARNERT (Bar Ilan University, CESifo) Discussant: Alexander Kemnitz (TU Dresden)
Social Integration - A Different Look at Lenin's Legacy: Trust, Risk, Fairness aand Cooperativeness in the Two Germanies BERND SÜSSMUTH (University of Leipzig) Discussant: Friedrich Heinemann (ZEW Mannheim)
Pension Reform - Intrinsic Work Motivation and Pension Reform Acceptance FRIEDRICH HEINEMANN (ZEW Mannheim) Discussant: Katja Baum (ifo Dresden)
Diplomatic Relations - Paying a Visit: The "Dalai Lama Effect" on International Trade ANDREAS FUCHS (University of Göttingen) Discussant: Bernd Süssmuth (University of Leipzig, CESifo)
Decentralization - Electoral Control under Decentralization: Decentralization as unbundling of public goods provision. ANTONIO FARFAN-VALLESPIN (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg) Discussant: Àgnes Orosz (University of Dresden)
Decentralization - Free-riding or Internalizing? An Opportunistic View on Decentralization versus Centralization AGNESE SACCHI (University of Urbino) Discussant: Heike Auerswald (TU Dresden)
Parties and Elections - Do Political Campaigns Matter? The Case of Priming CATERINA GENNAIOLI (Bocconi University) Discussant: Francesco Mureddu (University of Cagliari, CRENoS)
Parties and Elections - Lobbying and Elections JAN KLINGELHÖFER (European University Institute) Discussant: James Rockey (University of Leicester)
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Conflicts - Social versus Tribal Conflict and the Determination of Political Regimes and their Boundaries SILKE FRIEDRICH (ifo Institute for Economic Research Munich) Discussant: Jan Klingelhöfer (European University Institute)
Conflicts - Beyond Divide and Rule: Sparking Civil War to Hold on Power PETROS SEKERIS (CRED, University of Namur) Discussant: Agnese Sacchi (University of Urbino)
Foreign Transfers - Do Countries with Poor Human Rights Records Receive Less Disaster Relief? SAMIA COSTA (University of St. Gallen) Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus University)
Foreign Transfers - Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme HANNES ÖHLER (Georg-August University Göttingen) Discussant: Fernanda Brollo (Universidad de Alicante)
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