Wallis Institute Annual Conference
33rd Annual Conference
September 25-26, 2026
The Wallis Institute Annual Conference on Political Economy will be held on September 25-26, 2026.
Conference Papers
(In alphabetical order by speaker.)
Matteo Camboni
Sam Kapon
“The Dynamics of Random Purges”
Discussant: Brenton Kenkel, Vanderbilt University
Scott Gehlbach
Zhaotian Luo
Spencer Pantoja
“A Relational Theory of Autocracy”
Discussant: Maria “Masha” Titova, Vanderbilt University
Horacio Larreguy
Jeremy Bowles
Shelley Liu
Ahmet Akbiyik
“Polarization and Exposure to Cross-Partisan Media in an Electoral Autocracy”
Discussant: Ceren Baysan, University of Toronto
Anqi Li
Lin Hu
Xu Tan
“Rationally Inattentive Echo Chambers”
Discussant: Peter Buisseret, Harvard University
Elliot Lipnowski
Navin Kartik
Harry Pei
“Replacement and Reputation”
Discussant: Nicolas Bonneton, Vanderbilt University
Mehdi Shadmehr
Daron Acemoglu
A. Arda Gitmez
“Automation and Repression”
Discussant: Roger Lagunoff, Georgetown University
Ernesto Tiburcio
Vasiliki Fouka
Marco Tabellini
“Immigration and the Political Behavior of Naturalized and Hispanic Americans”
Discussant: Stephanie Zonszein Strauss, UC Berkeley
Past Conferences
Programs of past conferences: 2025, 2024, 2023, 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