14.770  Collective Choice Pol Economy

Dear class,

I am writing to clarify that the final exam will only include the later half of the course (from lecture 3), and not the lectures on the empirics on median voter theorem (lecture 1 and 2).

Good luck with your study! I will post the solution to Problem Set 4 by tomorrow evening.

Best regards,
Chishio

Dear class,

Today's recitation will be a review of the 2nd half of the class.

We will meet between 4-5pm in E52-324 as usual. See you then!

Best regards,
Chishio

Dear class,

Problem set 4 is now posted. It will be due on Friday, December 9th, next week. I will hold the office hour on 930-1030 on Tuesday, 6th, in front of E52-587.

Tomorrow, recitation will cover the following two empirical papers on propaganda:
•Yanagizawa-Drott, David (2014). “Propaganda and Conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 129, no. 4, pp. 1947-1994.
•DellaVigna, Stefano, Ruben Enikolopov, Vera Mironova, Maria Petrova, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2016). “Cross-border Media and Nationalism: Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia”, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

We will meet between 4-5pm in E52-324 as usual. See you then!

Best regards,
Chishio

Dear class,

The recitation today will cover the empirics on lobbying ``Is It Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process'' by Marianne Bertrand, Matilde Bombardini, and Francesco Trebbi (AER 2014) and
an alternative theory on lobbying ``The Determinants of Success of Special Interests in Redistributive Politics'' by Avinash Dixit and John Londregan (Journal of Politics, 1996).

We will meet between 4-5pm in E52-324 as usual. See you then!

Best regards,
Chishio

Dear class,

We have posted the problem set 3 on Stellar, which will be due on November 22nd, Tuesday. I will have an office hour on 17th, Thursday, between 900-1030 in front of E52-587 and on 18th, Friday, between 1500-1600 in E52-324.

Good luck!

Best regards,
Chishio