Wallis Institute Annual Conference : Events : W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy : University of Rochester

Wallis Institute Annual Conference

The Wallis Institute Annual Conference on Political Economy will be held on September 26-27, 2025.

In alphabetical order by speaker.

Marco Battaglini
Thomas Palfrey
“The Curse of the Silent Majority”
Discussant: Federica Izzo, Vanderbilt University

John Duggan
Avidit Acharya
“Multidimensional Elections”
Discussant: Laurent Bouton, Georgetown University

Gleason Judd
Peter Bils
“Working for the Revolving Door”
Discussant: Jean Guillaume Forand, University of Waterloo

Nicolas Longuet-Marx
“Party Lines or Voter Preferences? Explaining Political Realignment”
Discussant: Shiro Kuriwaki, Yale University

Gaetan Nandong
“Suppressing Dissent with Limited Information”
Discussant: Jessica Sun, Emory University

Holger Sieg
Chamna Yoon
“Estimating a Dynamic Game of U.S. State Fiscal Policies: Adjustment Costs and Balanced Budgets”
Discussant: Gabriel Lopez Moctezuma, California Institute of Technology

Richard Van Weelden
Peter Buisseret
“Inequality, Polarization, and Culture Wars”
Discussant: Mattias Polborn, Vanderbilt University