September 9
Malte Lierl, Yale University
Preferences or Incentives? Experimental Evidence on the Accountability of Village Leaders in Tanzania

September 16
Lucy Martin, Yale University
Taxation, Loss Aversion, and Accountability: Theory and Experimental Evidence for Taxation’s Effect on Citizen Behavior

September 23
Kevin Russell, Yale University
Transformation and Public Accountability under Dominant Party Rule

September 30
Luis Schiumerini, Yale University
Biased or Retrospective Voters? Understanding Incumbency Effects in Developing Democracies

October 7
Jason Stearns, Yale University
The Social Foundations of Armed Groups

October 14
Miriam Golden, UCLA
Protecting the Polls: The Effect of Observers on Election Fraud

October 20
Thad Dunning, UC Berkeley (co-hosted with the Leitner Political Economy Workshop – date change)
TBA

November 4
Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
Gandhi’s Gift: Lessons for Peaceful Reform from India’s Struggle for Democracy

November 11
Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University
War and the Democratic Bargain

November 18
David Collier, UC Berkeley
Questioning Set-Theoretic Comparative Methods: Admirable Goals, Problematic Tools, Better Options

December 2
Fotini Christia, MIT (co-hosted with the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence)
Do Elected Councils Improve Governance? Experimental Evidence on Local Institutions in Afghanistan

December 9
Michael Albertus, University of Chicago
Land Inequality and Rural Unrest: Theory and Evidence from Brazil