Political Economy.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

NBER's Program on Political Economy met in Cambridge on November 13, 2009. Pedro Dal Bo, NBER and University of California, Berkeley, and Romain Wacziarg, NBER and University of California, Los Angeles, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Lauren Cohen and Joshua D. Coval, Harvard University and NBER, and Christopher Malloy, Harvard University, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?"

* Bard Harstad, Northwestern University, "The Dynamics of Climate Agreements"

* Kaivan Munshi, Brown University and NBER, and Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University, "The Efficacy of Parochial Politics: Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments"

* Raquel Fernandez, New York University and NBER, "Women's Rights and Development"

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