Call for Papers, NBER Political Economy Program Meeting, Cambridge, MA
April 18, 2008
We are soliciting papers for the next National Bureau of Economic Research
Program Meeting on the Political Economy. The meeting will be held in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The program on Political Economy focuses on the interaction between
economic policies and outcomes and political institutions broadly
defined. It is by now common for economists to recognize that purely
economic forces alone cannot explain complex phenomena such as different
degrees of economic development, quality and types of economic policies,
income distribution, and quality of government organization such as
corruption, protection of property right etc. Political institutions are
important determinants of these economic outcomes. In turn, the state of
the economy affects political outcomes, both in the long run and in the
short. Economic development affects the evolution of institutions and short
run economic conditions affect political change and elections. We will
interpret "political institutions" in a broad sense and we will also be
interested in related issues such as the role and evolution of legal and
administrative institutions, and issues concerning social
interactions. The group focuses both on developed and developing economies
and both on "macroeconomic" and "microeconomic" issues including
international trade and international relations.
For the upcoming meeting, the group is interested in any papers which
relate to the topics above. If you are interested in presenting a paper at
the meeting, please e-mail a version to Alberto Alesina
<mailto:aalesina_at_harvard.edu>aalesina_at_harvard.edu and Yvonne Zinfon
<mailto:yzinfon_at_fas.harvard.edu>yzinfon_at_fas.harvard.edu.
The deadline for submission is March 7, 2008.
We will only consider papers already completed by the time of the
submission. The travel and hotel costs for the authors and discussants will
be covered by the NBER.
Received on Tue Feb 05 2008 - 12:15:23 EST
