Conference 2016

The 4th Quebec conference in Political Economy will take place on the 8-13 of march 2016 in Mont Saint-Anne, Québec Canada.

The conference is organized by Decio Coviello (HEC Montréal) and Nicolas Sahuguet (HEC Montréal).

Program

Thursday 10th

Morning: Persico N. Tightening Fiscal Rules

Lunch Coviello D. Collusion in Procurement

Evening 1 Brusco S. Proportional Systems with Free Entry. A Citizen-Candidate Model

Evening 2: Lizzerri A. Entitlements

Friday 11th

Morning: Perego J. Media Competition and the Source of Disagreement

Lunch Sun P. Structures of Optimal Contracts in Dynamic Mechanism Design.

Evening 1 Fréchette G.The Role of Rules and Commitment in Communication

Evening 2 Karam Kang Lobbyists as Matchmakers in the Market for Access

Saturday 12th

Morning:

Lunch Lopomo P. Budget Constrained Procurement

Evening 1 Angelucci C. Trade, Law and Order, and Political Liberties: Theory and Application to English Medieval Boroughs

Evening 2 Backus M. Why is Productivity Correlated with Competition?

Participants (confirmed list so far)

Charles Angelucci (Columbia University)

Matthew Backus (Columbia University)

Sandro Brusco (Stony Brook University)

Decio Coviello (HEC Montréal)

Ettore Damiano (University of Toronto)

Guillaumme Fréchette (New York University)

Karam Kang (Carnegie Mellon University)

Alessandro Lizzeri (New York University)

Pino Lopomo (Duke University)

Jacopo Perego (New York University)

Nicola Persico (MEDS, Northwestern University)

Nicolas Sahuguet (HEC Montréal)

Peng Sun (Duke University)

Local Contacts

Decio Coviello (decio.coviello(at)hec.ca)

Nicolas Sahuguet (nicolas.sahuguet(at)hec.ca)