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W. ALLEN WALLIS INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

3rd Annual Conference

October 11-12, 1996

The Wallis Institute organised its 3rd Annual Conference on October 11-12, 1996 at Schlegel 207. The speakers and papers are listed in the order of presentation at the conference.


Session I : Money and Politics
  • "Political Endorsements by Special Interests",
    Gene Grossman, Princeton University.

  • "The Strategic Decisions of Political Action Committees",
    Nolan McCarty, Columbia Economics and Larry Rothenberg, University of Rochester.


Session II : Comparative Political Institutions
  • "Cohesion in Legislatures",
    Daniel Diermier, Stanford University and Tim Feddersen, Northwestern University.

  • "Electoral Systems, Corruption Levels and Voter Information",
    Mark Fey, Princeton University.


Session III : Redistribution and Taxation
  • "On the Political Economy of Income Distribution and Crime",
    Antonio Merlo, University of Minnesota.

  • "Budget Deficits and Redistributive Politics",
    Alessandro Lizzeri, Princeton University.

  • "On the Political Economy of Income Taxation",
    Marcus Berliant, University of washington at St. Louis.


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