Political Economy.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Political Economy, directed by Alberto Alesina of Harvard University, met in Cambridge on April 12, 2013. These papers were discussed:

* Patrick Francois, University of British Columbia; Ilia Rainer, George Mason University; and Francesco Trebbi, University of British Columbia and NBER, "How Is Power Shared in Africa?" (NBER Working Paper No. 18425)

* Francesco Passarelli, Universita Bocconi, and Guido Tabellini, IGIER, "Emotions and Political Unrest"

* Christian Dippel, University of California, Los Angeles, "The Transmission of Colonial Institutions: Evidence from the 19th Century Caribbean"

* Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University, "Does Interaction Affect Racial Prejudice and Cooperation...