Call for Papers, NBER Political Economy Program Meeting, Cambridge, MA
October 31, 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, October 31,
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
Romain Wacziarg
wacziarg@ucla.edu
The deadline for submission is
September 5, 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 Fri Jul 18 2008 - 15:25:22 EDT
