Electoral Geography, Strategic Mobilization, and Implications for Voter Turnout DateNovember 22, 2013 Time6:00am to 7:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact When will parties mobilize the electoral support of low-income voters? This discussion presents evidence that rates of turnout among low-income citizens reflect legislators' and parties' electoral incentives to be responsive to the poor, and that […]
International Law/IR Workshop with Wayne Sandoltz DateNovember 21, 2014 Time2:00pm to 3:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Wayne Sandoltz, University of Southern CaliforniaTitle: "Law and Politics in a Trustee Court: Amnesty Laws and the Inter-American System"Abstract:In a series of decisions starting in 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has ruled that amnesty laws that […]
Recruitment Job Talk with Marko Klasnja DateNovember 21, 2014 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Marko Klasnja, New York UniversityTitle: "Corruption and the Incumbency Disadvantage: Theory and Evidence"Abstract:Incumbents in many developing democracies face significant disadvantages when seeking reelection, in stark contrast to the well-known incumbency advantage that exists in the U.S. and other mature […]
PT Workshop - Jennifer London DateNovember 20, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
IR Reading Group DateNovember 20, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
REP Reading DateNovember 20, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4280 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
PT Workshop - Sharon Krause, Brown University DateNovember 18, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact The password-protected paper can be found here Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Gayil Talshir DateNovember 17, 2017 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone 3102067558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
AP Workshop - Rocio Titiunik DateNovember 23, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact The widespread availability of voter files has changed the study of participation in American politics. However, many studies calculate voter turnout among registrants, which may lead to invalid causal inferences if registration rates differ between treatment and control groups. We introduce […]
AP Workshop - Ariel White, MIT DateNovember 21, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:This paper presents new causal estimates of incarceration's effect on voting, using administrative data on criminal sentencing and voter turnout. I use the random case assignment process of a major county court system as a source of exogenous […]
