2020 Development and Political Economics Graduate Student Conference (DEVPEC)
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DEVPEC aims to give PhD students a chance to present their research and learn about what other students are working on in topics related to development economics and political economy. Participants will also interact with each other as well as faculty members in an informal and relaxed environment.
The organizers for this year are: Lukas Leucht (UC Berkeley), Mark Walsh (Stanford), David Qihang Wu (UC Berkeley) and Sally Zhang (Stanford). The event is generously supported by the Berkeley Center for Economics & Politics (BCEP) and the Stanford King Center on Global Development, and sponsored by the departments of Economics at UC Berkeley and Stanford University.
The event was held online on Wednesday, September 16 and Thursday, September 17.
Schedule
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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Welcome and Introduction
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Decentralizing Development
Ricardo Dahis (with Christiane Szerman)
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The State Capacity Ceiling on Tax Rates: Evidence from Randomized Tax Abatements in the DRC
Augustin Bergeron (with Gabriel Tourek and Jonathan Weigel)
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Overcoming Adverse Selection through Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from Pakistani Schools
Christina Brown (with Tahir Andrabi)
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Virtual Coffee Break
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Keynote
Thursday, September 17, 2020
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Delta boys: Bargaining, war, and black market oil in Nigeria
Even Comfort Hvinden (with Jonah Matthew Rexer)
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Worth Your Weight: Experimental Evidence on the Benefits of Obesity in Low-Income Countries
Elisa Macchi
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Environmental Regulation by Trade Policy
Allan Hsiao
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Free and Protected: Trade Costs and Economic Development
Sebastian Ellingsen
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Virtual Social Hour
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