2025 Affiliate Fellows Conference
September 25-26, 2025
Gleacher Center - Chicago
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 25, 2025 |
Room 406 |
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| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT | Lunch | Stigler Center Welcome Rachel Piontek, Executive Director - Stigler Center |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. CT |
PANEL 1: Finance Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University Dynamic Investment and Oligopoly: The Network-Q Theory Jorge Ale-Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile Market Liberalization and Competition in the Card Payments Market in Chile Discussant: Pascal Noel, University of Chicago |
| 1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT | Break |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. CT |
PANEL 2: Political Economy in the Public Sphere |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. CT | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT |
PANEL 3: Economics in History Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth College Historical Narratives and Political Behavior in the US Marcus Painter, Saint Louis University Withdrawn Trust: Partisan Banking after SVB Max Posch, University of Exeter Doux Commerce: Markets, Culture, and Cooperation in 1850-1920 U.S. Discussant: Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago |
| PIMCO Midway Club | |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CT | Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CT | Dinner |
September 26, 2025 |
Room 406 |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CT | Breakfast |
| 9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. CT |
PANEL 5: Employment & Regulation Bo Cowgill, Columbia University Clause and Effect: Theory and Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses Lisa Liu, Columbia University How Do Multiple Regulators Regulate? Evidence from Fairness Opinion Providers’ Conflict of Interest Disclosures David Samuel, Singapore Management University Carbon Pricing Policies and Executive Compensation Tied to ESG Performance Discussant: Virginia Minni, University of Chicago |
| 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. CT | Break |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:55 p.m. CT |
PANEL 6: Law Aneil Kovvali, Yeshiva University Corporate Resistance Filippo Lancieri, Georgetown University/University of Chicago Are State Supreme Courts Captured by Business? Discussant: William Hubbard, University of Chicago |
| 12:55 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CT | Lunch + AF Program Brainstorming Session |
| 2:00 p.m. CT | 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, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Research Fellow, Stigler Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
For more information, contact:
stiglercenter@chicagobooth.edu