Wallis Institute Annual Conference


32nd Annual Conference

September 26-27, 2025

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


Conference Papers

In alphabetical order by speaker.

Marco Battaglini
“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 State Fiscal Policies: Partisan Governments and Balanced Budgets” 
Discussant: Matias Iaryczower, Princeton University

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


Past Conferences

Programs of past conferences: 20242023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000,1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1993, 1992