Program
All the sessions will take place in Room E13
Thursday, December 20
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9:30-10:00 |
Registration + Welcome of participants |
|---|---|
|
10:00-10:15 |
Introductory words |
| 10:15-11:00 |
Identity, Beliefs and Political Conflict Nicola Gennaïoli (Bocconi) and Guido Tabellini (Bocconi) |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Social Diversity and Bridging Identity Maria Garcia-Alonso (Kent) and Zaki Wahhaj (Kent) |
| 11:45-12:00 | Coffee Break |
| 12:00-12:45 |
An Economic Model of Languages and Identities Bo Chen (SMU), Steven Durlauf (Chicago) and Shlomo Weber (NES) |
| 12:45-14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15-15:00 |
Dharma in General Equilibrium: Caste and Occupational Choice in India Guilhem Cassan (UNamur), Dan Keniston (LSU) and Tatiana Kleineberg (Yale) |
| 15:00-15:45 |
Cultural Persistence, Marriages and Divorces: Theroy and Evidence from Turkish Migrants Catherine Guirkinger (UNamur), Jean-Philippe Platteau (UNamur) and Zaki Wahhaj (Kent) |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15-17:00 |
Diffusion of (non-) discriminatory culture: Evidence from Stalin's ethnic deportations Alain Blum (EHESS), Alexandra Jarotschkin (PSE-EHESS) and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (PSE) |
| 17:00-17:45 |
The Long-Run Effects of War: Population Losses During the 30 Years’ War in Germany and Violent Crime in the Late 19th Century Guido Friebel (Frankfurt) and Stefan Pasch (Frankfurt) |
19:30 Gala Dinner at the "Château de Namur"
Friday, December 21
| 9:00-9:45 |
The Cultural Divide Klaus Desmet (SMU) and Romain Wacziarg (UCLA) |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Culture and Communication Rajiv Sethi (Columbia) and Muhamat Yildiz (MIT) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11h45 |
Tolerance and Compromise in Social Networks Garance Genicot (Georgetown) |
| 11:45-12:30 |
Democracy and Norms of Cooperation across and within Social Groups Devesh Rustagi (Frankfurt) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-14:45 |
Vernacularization, Power and Institutional Change: Evidence from the Reformations Christine Binzel (FAU) and Rajesh Ramachandran (Heidelberg) |
| 14:45-15:30 |
The economics of missionary expansion: Evidence from Africa and implications for development Felix Meier zu Selhausen (Sussex) and Alex Moradi (Sussex) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break and Farewell |
