Wake Forest University Regional Political Economy Conference

Saturday, 26 September 2020

Virtual event: Zoom link will be provided to all attendees who complete the registration form (link below)

Organizers:
Jac Heckleman (heckeljc@wfu.edu
Koleman Strumpf (strumpks@wfu.edu

Further Details
Registration Page (please complete if you would like to attend)

9:45am Opening Remarks (Heckelman and Strumpf)

10:00 am-10:45 am Keynote address (Chair: Strumpf)
10:00-10:30 James Snyder, Harvard, “Partisan Bias in U.S. Newspapers from 1880 to 1980” (working paper)
10:30-10:45 Audience Q&A

10:45 am-11:00 am Break

11:00 am-12:20 pm Coalitions (Chair: Heckelman)
11:00-11:20 Keith Dougherty, Georgia, “Congressional Apportionment and The Fourteenth Amendment“
11:20-11:30 Andrew Taylor, NC State, Discussant
11:30-11:40 Audience Q&A
11:40-12:00 Georg VanBerg, Duke, “What You See Is Not Always What You Get: Bargaining Before An Audience Under Multiparty Government“
12:00-12:10 Anna Bassi, UNC, Discussant
12:10-12:20 Audience Q&A

12:20 pm-1:30 pm Break

1:30 pm-2:50 pm Elections and Committees (Chair: Strumpf)
1:30-1:50 John McLaren, Virginia, “A Swing-State Theorem, with Evidence“
1:50-2:00 William Hauk, South Carolina, Discussant
2:00-2:10 Audience Q&A
2:10-2:30 Thomas Stratmann, George Mason, “Moral Cost in Weighted Committee Decisions”
2:30-2:40 Jeffrey Lazarus, Georgia State, Discussant
2:40-2:50 Audience, Q&A

2:50 pm-3:00 pm closing remarks (Heckelman and Strumpf)

3:00 pm-??? Social “Hour” (all attendees invited)