9th MAPE Workshop

On 25 and 26 September, CUNEF Universidad will host the ninth edition of the Madrid Political Economy Workshop (MAPE) at the Almansa Campus.

Since 2018, the Madrid Political Economy Workshop (MAPE) has brought together leading international researchers in the field of political economy. Organised by Agustín Casas, Director of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at CUNEF Universidad, and Antoni de Moragas, Professor in the Department of Economics at CUNEF Universidad, the workshop has established itself as a key forum for political economy in Spain and Europe. Its aim is to foster the exchange of ideas and rigorous academic discussion in a dynamic and collaborative format.

With keynote speeches by Rocío Titiunik, from Princeton University, Ronny Razin, from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Renée Bowen, from Georgetown University, the workshop will also feature seven additional presentations by academics from Spanish and international universities.

The workshop agenda is as follows:

Friday, September 25th

1.45 pm  Registration and opening remarks

2.00-2.50 pm  Federico Trombetta (UNICATT): "Strategic Obfuscation, Alternative Information, and Electoral Accountability". Discussant: Antoine Zerbini (UAB)

3.00-3.50 pm  Teresa Esteban (King's): "Electoral Backlash to Immigration: Cultural Distance and Economic Stress". Discussant: David Medina (CUNEF Universidad)

3.50 pm  Coffee break

4.20-5.20 pm  Keynote: Ronny Razin (LSE): "AI and Politics: The Occasional Voter Problem and AI-assisted Voting"

8.00 pm Dinner
 

Saturday, September 26th

9.20 am  Welcome

9.30-10.30 am  Keynote: Renee Bowen (Georgetown): "The Political Economy of Morality Policies: Collective Choice and Denial"

10.30 am Coffee break

11.00-11.50 am  Antoine Loeper (UC3M). "Who Should Be in Your Coalition? Size and Composition Inefficiencies in Legislative Bargaining". Discussant: Michael Becher (IE)

11.50-12.40 pm  Francesca Calamunci (U. of Catania): "Identity-Based Regionalism and the Erosion of Tax Compliance". Discussant: Cristian Navarro (CEMFI)

12.40 pm  Lunch

1.40-2.30 pm  Korhan Kocak (IE): "Age, Openness and Conservatism". Discussant: Chara Papioti (UPF)

2.30-3.20 pm  Cathrin Mohr (Kiel Institute and U. Hamburg): "Hysteresis and Selection in the Rise of Fascism". Discussant: Federico Curci (BdE)

3.20 pm  Coffee break

3.50-4.50 pm  Keynote: Rocio Titiunik (Princeton): "Charisma and Democracy: From Concept to Measurement"

4.50-5.40 pm  Giulia Buccione (CEMFI): "Misperceptions of Group Inequality and Support for Redistribution and Sectarian Politics: Experimental Evidence from Lebanon". Discussant: Eleonora Alabrese (Bath)

5.40 pm  Closing remarks and informal drinks

8.00 pm  Dinner 

More information here.