Workshop on “The Political Economics of Democratic Freedom”

The workshop is hosted by the Forum Basiliense, Faculty of Business and Economics and Institute for European Global Studies.

Tentative Schedule of the Program

09.15 h – 09.20 h 
Welcome

09.20 h – 10.00 h
Ulrich Matter (University of St. Gallen) on "Search Engines, Online News and Political Polarization"

10.05 h – 10.45 h 
Denise Traber (University of Basel) on "Issue Voting and Exposure to Political Arguments Break"

11.05 h – 11.45 h 
Stefanie Bailer (University of Basel) on "Modelling the Perfect Politician – How Citizens Want to be Represented in Politics"

11.50 h – 12.30 h
Mark Schelker (University of Fribourg) on "Female Suffrage and Political Competition"

13.30 h – 14.10 h
Mariana Lopes da Fonseca (University of St. Gallen) on "The Impact of Monitoring on Floor Attendance"

14.15 h – 14.55 h
Barton Lee (ETH Zurich) on "From Gridlock to Polarization"

15.00 h – 15.40 h
Patrick Balles (University of Basel) on "Quid Pro Quo in Independent Campaign Support? Evidence from Congressional Roll Call Voting"

16.00 h – 16.40 h
Shrey Kapoor (University of Basel and Cornell University) on "The World's Largest Democracy as a Node of Transnational Repression?"

16.45 h – 17. 25 h
Thomas Stratmann (George Mason University) on "Effects of Politically Responsive Agency Spending on Incumbent Vote Share"

For participation, please register: E-Mail

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