MIT Political Science Work in Progress Colloquia (WIP)

Fall Co-Chairs: Chappell Lawson, Lily Tsai

All meetings will take place on Fridays 12:00-1:30 in the Millikan Room (E53-482)

Topics and Papers to download will be posted here as they are received.

 

Fall 2006

September 22 - Richard Locke - MIT
Discussant: Matt Amengual

» Promoting Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Nike

Background Reading: Paper 1 & Paper 2

October 20 - Ana de la O - MIT

Discussant: Gustavo Setrini

» Do Poverty Relief Programs Affect Electoral Choices? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico

Background Reading: Paper 1

October 27 - Neil Ruiz - MIT
Discussant: Akshay Mangla

» Made for Export: Emigration Policy and Higher Education in the Philippines

Background Reading: Paper 1 & Paper 2

November 3 - David Singer - MIT
Discussant: Nathan Cisneros

» Remittances, Government Spending, and the Global Economy

Background Reading: Paper 1

November 17 - Sunshine Hillygus - Harvard
Discussant: Francisco Flores

» The Persuadable Voter: Strategic Candidates and Wedge Issues in Presidential Campaigns

Background Reading: Paper 1

November 30* Thursday 5:00-6:30 - Alejandro Moreno - ITAM & Reforma
Discussant: Paul Staniland

» The Mexican Voter

Background Reading: Paper 1

December 8 - Steve Ansolabehere - MIT
Discussant: William LeBlanc

» The Cooperative Congressional Election Study