Political economy.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - National Bureau of Economic Research meetings on political economy - Conference news - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Political Economy met in Cambridge on April 4, 2014. Program Director Alberto Alesina of Harvard University chose these papers to discuss:

* Marina Azzimonti, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, "Partisan Conflict"

* Roland Benabou, Princeton University and NBER, and Davide Ticchi and Andrea Vindigni, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, "Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth"

* Pedro Bordalo, University of London; Nicola Gennaioli, Universita Bocconi; and Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER, "Stereotypes"

* Amine Ouazad, INSEAD, and Romain Ranciere, International Monetary Fund, "Credit Standards and...