Priming Predispositions and Changing Policy Positions: An Account of When Mass Opinion is Primed or Changed DateOctober 28, 2013 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Prior research provides limited insights into when political communications prime or change citizens’ underlying opinions. This paper attempts to fill that void by putting forth a new account […]
Comparative Politics Workshop with Thad Dunning DateOctober 27, 2014 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Thad Dunning, UC BerkeleyTitle: "Positive vs. Negative Incentives for Compliance: Evaluating a Randomized Tax Holiday in Uruguay"Abstract:Can positive rather than negative incentives boost tax compliance in developing countries? We study a unique randomized policy innovation in Montevideo, Uruguay, in […]
Nadia E. Brown: "It's More than Hair...That's Why You Should Care" DateOctober 24, 2016 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:African American women female state legislators navigate the politics of appearance differently from others. Black women’s texture and style of their hair and their skin tone influences their experiences as state legislators. In […]
Julia Lee - Practice Job Talk DateOctober 27, 2015 Time12:30pm to 1:45pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Pieces of the Craft DateOctober 28, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Dimitris Vardoulakis DateOctober 26, 2017 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone 3102067558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Understanding Ethnic Cooperation: Evidence from Experiments in Kenya and Tanzania DateNovember 1, 2013 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact We employ lab experiment data from Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to document the extent of ethnic divisions, and to test whether - and how - ethnic divisions can be rendered less […]
REP Reading Group DateOctober 30, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4280 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Banu Bargu, New School for Social Research DateOctober 28, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Link to full paper can be found hereTo recieve an email copy of the paper, contact Michelle Rose: mklrose@ucla.edu Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
International Relations Workshop with Benjamin Graham DateNovember 3, 2014 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Benjamin Graham, University of Southern CaliforniaTitle: "Political Risk and New Firm Entry”Abstract:This paper examines how political risk affects the type of multinational firms that enter a given country via foreign direct investment. It first distinguishes between three distinct types of political […]
