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 - 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:
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 […]