Polarization and Conflict

POLARIZATION AND CONFLICT (PAC)

A detailed summary of the activities and of the materials produced by the network can be found
on the PAC official website, at www.polarizationandconflict.org

PAC Winter Meeting at Bocconi University, Milan
Dates: December 16th and 17th, 2005
Deadline for paper submission: October 7th, 2005

Conference Organizers: Conchita D'Ambrosio and Eliana La Ferrara

Click here for Travel information and Logistics

 

   The Conference Program: can be downloaded here
 www.unibocconi.it

 
 Conference Location: Room 31, Third Floor
 Università Bocconi
 Via Sarfatti, 25
 20136 Milano
 
 contact: igier@unibocconi.it or nicola.scalzo@unibocconi.it  for more information.
 

  Accommodation
  www.goldentulipcrivis.com
 
 The Conference will cover two full days, so we ask
 that participants arrive on Thursday night (Dec 15th) and
 preferably leave on Sunday (Dec 18th).
 
 Reservations have been made at Hotel Crivi's for three 
 nights (Dec. 15-17th). The hotel is within walking distance
 from the university.

 Conference Program - Please download the papers before the conference

 

Friday, December 16th  
9:00 - 10:30 Workpackage Presentations 
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:50 Matteo Cervellati
"Redistribution with Endogenous Sentiments"
joint with J. Esteban
11:50 - 12:40 Itzhak Gilboa
"Making Statements and Approval Voting"
joint with E.Aragones and A. Weiss
 LUNCH  
14:00 - 15:30 Samuel Bowles
"Evolutionary Dynamics of Class Structures"
joint with Suresh Naidu 
15:30 - 16:00  Coffee Break 
16:00 - 16:50 

Klaus Abbink
"The Syr Darya Conflict: An Experimental Case Study"
joint with L.Moller and S. O'Hara 

16:50 - 17:50 

Stergios Skaperdas
"Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future"
joint with M.McBride 

17:40 - 18:10 Gerald Schneider
"Polarization and the Survival of Coalition Governments: A Comparative Analysis of Western European Democracies"
joint with E.Jozwiak   
20:00

Conference Dinner: at "Osteria Dei Binari"

 

Saturday
December 17th
 
 
9:00 - 9:50  Harvard Hegre
"Polarization and Interstate Conflict"
9:50 - 10:40  Gerard Padro-i-Miguel
"Control of Politicians in Divided Societies: The Politics of Fear"
10:40 - 11:00  Coffee Break 
11:00 - 11:50  Walter Bossert
"Infinite Horizon Choice Functions"
joint with G.Asheim,  Y.Sprumont and K.Suzumura
11:50 - 12:40  Alberto Bisin
"Models of Social Interactions: Characterization and Identification"
joint with O.zgur
LUNCH   
14:00 - 14:50  Kai Konrad
"Equilibrium and Efficiency in the Tug-of-War"
joint with D.Kovenock 
14:50 - 15:40  Ren Torenlievd
"The Embededness of Member State Positions in the European Union"
joint with A.Roeters 
15:40 - 16:10  Coffee Break 
16:10 - 17:00  Marta Reynol-Querol
"The Colonial Origins of Civil War"
joint with S.Djankov
17:00 - 17:50  Vincent Buskens
"The Evolutionary Stability of Exchange Networks"