CREST – Ecole Polytechnique - ENSAE April 26, 2018 Junior Workshop on Political Economy: Room 1003 1st floor ENSAE Building 10:00 Welcome Coffee Patio ENSAE 1st floor 10:30-12:00 Campaign Spending (Chair Allan Drazen, U Maryland) 10:30- 11:00 Julia Cagé (Science Po) 11:00- 11:30 Clémence Tricaud (CREST) 11:30- 12:00 Micael Castanheira (ECARES) 12:00- 13:00 Lunch Break 13:00- 15:00 Redistributive Politics (Chair Alessandro Riboni, CREST) 13:00-13:30 Anasuya Raj (CREST) 13:30-14:00 Mickael Melki (Paris Business School) 14:00-14:30 Brice Fabre (PSE - IPP) 14:30-14:45 Coffee break 15:15-16:15 Voting Theory (Chair Yukio Koriyama, CREST) 14:45-15:15 Sébastien Courtin (U Caen) 15:15-15:45 Matias Nunez (U Dauphine) 15:45-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:30 Accountability (Chair Pierre Boyer, CREST) 16:00-16:30 Patrick Le Bihan (Science Po) 16:30-17:00 Paul Maarek (U Cergy) 17:00- 17:30 Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE) End of the Workshop Address : ENSAE ParisTech 5, avenue Henry Le Chatelier 91120 Palaiseau, How to come? Papers presented: Julia Cagé (Science Po) – “The Price of a Vote: Evidence from France, 1993-2014” with Yasmine Bekkouche. Clémence Tricaud (CREST) – “Rankings matter even when they shouldn’t: bandwagon effects in two- round elections” with Vincent Pons. Micael Castanheira (ECARES) – “A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions” with Laurent Bouton and Allan Drazen Anasuya Raj (CREST) – “On the political economy of the income-tax threshold” with Pierre Boyer Mickael Melki (Paris Business School) - "Polarisation and Corruption in America" Brice Fabre (PSE - IPP) - “The returns from private and political connections: new evidence from French municipalities” with Marc Sangnier. Sébastien Courtin (U Caen) - “Multi-dimensions rules” with Annick Laruelle. Matias Nunez (U Dauphine) – “LIBOR and Approval Mechanisms” with D. Xefteris and P. Louis. Patrick Le Bihan (Science Po) – “False Statements and Fake News” with Cathy Hafer and Dimitri Landa. Paul Maarek (U Cergy) – TBA. Oliver Vanden Eynde (PSE) - “Security Transitions” with Thiemo Fetzer and Austin Wright. .