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Alghero provisional program 2026 
Political economy

JUNE 29

 

 

8:50 | Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

9:00 – 10:00 | Session 1

 

9:00 – 9:30 | Massimo Morelli | Railroads and the Silver Shoes of Populism: The Rise and Fall
of the People’s Party in 19th-Century America

 

9:30 – 10:00 | Hye Young You | Protection by Covariance

 

10:00 – 11:00 | Session 2

 

10:00 – 10:30 | Alessandra Nicolò | Climate Matching, European Settlements, and Long-Run
Development

 

10:30 – 11:00 | Piera Bello | Do Politicians Misread the Climate Consensus? Correcting
Misperceptions with Social Norm Information

 

11:00 – 11:30 | Break

 

11:30 – 13:00 | Session 3

 

11:30 – 12:00 | Torun Dewan | Playing Away: Selection in Competing Teams
12:00 – 12:30 | Luca Braghieri | Frictions in News Consumption: Evidence from Social Media
12:30 – 13:00 | Francesco Squintani | Information Transmission and Commitment in Alliances

 

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch

 

14:00 – 15:00 | Session 4

 

14:00 – 14:30 | Carlo Schwarz | The Staff that Makes Politics
14:30 – 15:00 | Gabriele Gratton | Market Power Is Power



JUNE 30

 

9:00 – 10:00 | Session 5

 

9:00 – 9:30 | Edo Grillo | Vertical and Horizontal Restrainers: Discretion, Intransigency, and
Authoritarian Drifts

 

9:30 – 10:00 | Matteo Camboni | The Dynamics of Random Purges

 

10:00 – 11:00 | Session 6

 

10:00 – 10:30 | Elisa Muscarella | Masculinity Norms and the Far-Right Backlash Against
Female Leadership

 

10:30 – 11:00 | Margherita Negri | Backlash in the Backyard: Female Representation and
Gender Attitudes in the UK

 

11:00 – 11:30 | Break

 

11:30 – 13:00 | Session 7

 

11:30 – 12:00 | Kostas Matakos | The Slippery Slope of Internal Democracy: Nomination
Delegation and Long-Run Leadership Selection

 

12:00 – 12:30 | Sarah Eichmeyer | Article-Level Slant and Polarization of News Consumption on
Social Media

 

12:30 – 13:00 | Margot Belguise | The Normalization of the Far-Right: When the Salience of
Victories Matters

 

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch

 

14:00 – 15:00 | Session 8

 

14:00 – 14:30 | Francesco Capozza | Majority Lost: Global Evidence and Field Experiments on
Voters’ Miscoordination

 

14:30 – 15:00 | Livio Di Lonardo | An Embarrassment of Riches: Deterrence with Multiple Options

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