Protecting the Polls: The Effect of Observers on Election Fraud DateFebruary 3, 2014 Time4:00am to 5:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Do domestic election observers deter electoral fraud? And under what conditions do political parties respond to the presence of observers to negate their impact? We address these questions by studying observers’ effects on two […]
International Relations Workshop with Michaela Mattes DateFebruary 2, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Michaela Mattes, UC BerkeleyTitle: “Chipping Away at the Issues: Does a Piecemeal Approach to Dispute Settlement Work?”Abstract:Disputants often have the option to resolve their disagreements in a series of partial settlements, addressing a subset of the issues […]
American Politics Workshop with Anthony Fowler DateFebruary 2, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Anthony Fowler, University of ChicagoTitle:"A Bayesian Explanation for Incumbency Advantage"Abstract: Incumbents perform significantly better in elections just because they are incumbents, yet the most commonly proposed explanations for this phenomenon are unsatisfying and inconsistent with empirical […]
Comparative Politics Workshop with James Kung DateFebruary 5, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter: James Kai-sing Kung, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Title: "Do Land Revenue Windfalls Create a Political Resource Curse? Evidence from China” Abstract: By analyzing a panel on the political turnovers of 4,390 county […]
Cristina Beltran, New York University DateFebruary 2, 2017 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:From Brexit to the election of Donald Trump, our politics are increasingly defined by anxieties over the meaning and limits of sovereignty. This paper argues for placing Latinos at the center of our racial analysis in order to better […]
Comparative Politics Workshop with Lisa Blaydes DateFebruary 9, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Lisa Blaydes, Stanford UniversityTitle: "Compliance and Resistance in Iraq under Saddam Hussein: Evidence from the Files of the Ba`th Party”Abstract:What explains patterns of compliance with and resistance to autocratic rule? This paper provides a theoretical framework for […]
Methods Workshop - Groeling/Li/Zhu DateFebruary 8, 2016 Time3:30pm to 5:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Media news plays a vital role in informing citizens, affecting public opinion, and influencing policy making. The flow of information in society is an important topic in social and political science research, but the sheer volume of news data has made manual […]
IR Workshop- Rachel Wellhausen DateFebruary 8, 2016 Time12:00pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact There is extraordinary variation in how governments treat multinational corporations in emerging market countries. Governments around the world have nationalized, expropriated, or eaten away at the value of foreign-owned property in violation of international treaties. This is despite the fact […]
CP Workshop - Jessica Gottlieb, Texas A&M University DateFebruary 6, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract: Contrary to much of the empirical literature, we find that increases in political competition in one new democracy actually decrease the provision of publicly-provided goods. This result is not especially surprising in light of the widespread […]
IR Workshop - Rachel Stein, George Washington University DateFebruary 6, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Public perceptions of threat from abroad can have an important impact on the course of both domestic and foreign policy, but how do ordinary people, who lack both the access to information and the political sophistication […]
