Fall Co-Chairs: Chappell Lawson, Lily Tsai
All meetings will take place on Fridays 12:00-1:30 in the Millikan Room (E53-482)
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