Political Economy.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Conference news - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Political Economy, directed by Alberto Alesina of Harvard University, met in Cambridge on April 15, 2011. hese papers were discussed:

* Stelios Michalopoulos, Tufts University, and Elias Papaioannou, Dartmouth College, "The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa"

* Roland Benabou, Princeton University and NBER, and Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, "Laws and Norms"

* Nicola Gennaioli, CREI; Rafael La Porta, Dartmouth College and NBER; Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, EDHEC Business School and NBER; and Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER, "Human Capital and Regional Development"

* Alberto Alesina and Nathan Nunn, and Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER, "On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough"(NBER...