2022 Affiliate Fellows Conference
September 23-24, 2022
Rubenstein Forum - Chicago
- September 23, 2022
As part of the Affiliate Fellows program at the Stigler Center, fellows will come to Chicago to attend an annual, invite-only, in-person conference aimed at discussing and improving their early research ideas. The goal of this conference will be to bring together academics from different backgrounds to exchange experiences and spur new collaborations that will shape the future of the field of political economy broadly defined. Full details forthcoming.
Learn more about the current cohort here.
Note: This conference is by invitation only.
September 23, 2022 |
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| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT | Lunch | Stigler Center Introduction |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT |
PANEL 1: Measuring Competition / Empirical IO Simcha Barkai, Boston College Felix Montag, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Discussant: Chad Syverson, Chicago Booth |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CT |
PANEL 2: Law, Economics and Political Economy of Regulation Christina Parajon Skinner, University of Pennsylvania Anna Tzanaki, Lund University Discussant: Adam Chilton, University of Chicago Law School |
| 4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CT | Break |
| 4:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. CT |
PANEL 3: Political Economy of Firms and Social Media Rafael Jimenez, Social Science Research Council Jan Stuckatz, Copenhagen Business School Discussant: Marianne Bertrand, Chicago Booth |
| 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. CT | Reception |
| 7:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. CT |
Dinner | Keynote Conversation Marianne Bertrand, Chicago Booth Adam Chilton, University of Chicago Law School Luigi Zingales, Chicago Booth |
September 24, 2022 |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. CT | Breakfast | ProMarket Introduction |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. CT |
PANEL 4: Firms, Governance and Information in Capital Markets Kobi Kastiel, Tel Aviv University Suhas Sridharan, Emory University Discussant: Luigi Zingales, Chicago Booth |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. CT | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CT |
PANEL 5: Transparency, Governance and Monitoring of Firms and Governments Matthias Breuer, Columbia Business School Anya Nakhmurina, Yale University Discussant: Phil Berger, Chicago Booth |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. CT |
PANEL 6: The Role of Markets and Politics in Developing Countries Pablo Balan, Tel Aviv University Krisztina Orban, Monash University Prateek Raj, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Discussant: Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT | Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 p.m. | Conference Adjourns |
Conference Organizers
- Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance & Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Filippo Lancieri, Post-Doctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich Center for Law and Economics; Research Fellow, Stigler Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
For more information, contact:
stiglercenter@chicagobooth.edu