Institutions in Context The Role of Money in Politics

Institutions in Context: The Role of Money in Politics School of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Tampere, Finland June 6-12, 2016 Organized and Hosted by the North American Studies Program of the University of Tampere and the Master’s Degree program in Public Choice Funded by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation Institutions in Context: The Role of Money in Politics Workshop 2016, University of Tampere Professor Katri Sieberg Program Coordinator Anna Vähämäki Conference Assistant Ilmari Reunamäki Assistants Elizabeth Harjunpää and Arseniy Lobanovskiy Preliminary Programme Monday June, 2016 Pinni B 1100 9.30 Registration – Pinni B, lobby Welcome – Introductory Overview 9.55 Katri Sieberg, University of Tampere 10.00 Opening Lecture United States Ambassador to Finland, Charles C Adams Jr 10.30 Coffee Break Lecture Session I: Interest Groups 11.00 The Effect of Interest Group Pressure on Favorable Regulation Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University 11.30 Political Cooperation and Conflict in Restoration England Kara Dimitruk, University of California, Irvine 12.00 Lunch Lecture Session II: Lobbying and Austerity 13.30 Policy Determination Under Persuasive Lobbying: The Role of Biases, Organization, and Resources Stergios Skaperdas, University of California, Irvine 14.00 Variations in the Economic Crisis and Austerity Responses Maria Jimena Valdez, Cornell University 14.30 Harmonizing Fiscal Policies – Institutional Economic Coordination in European Union Olli Herranen, University of Tampere 15.00 Coffee Break Lecture Session III: Money and the Welfare State 15.30 Anu Partanen, Journalist 16.00 Comparative Education Systems – Private and Public Funding Tuomo Kuivalainen, University of Tampere 16.30 Family policy and Gender Inequality in the Process of Career Decisions Saki Kudo, University of Tampere 17.00 Moving from dual provision to multiple providers of health care: Political and well-being implications Jani-Petri Laamanen, University of Tampere 19.00 Reception Hosted by Vice Rector Harri Melin Tuesday June - Main Building A32 Lecture Session IV: Money and Communities 10.00 What will work better, peer-pressure or own responsibility in environmental protection? Elizabeth Harjunpää, University of Tampere 10.30 Grew up in a slaughterhouse - The effect of public policy on gang violence in Chicago, Illinois Pekka Vatanen, University of Tampere 11.00 Coffee Break Lecture Session V: Lobbying and Outcomes 11.30 Congressional Issue Networks: A Temporal Analysis of Network Impacts From a Lobbyist Perspective Cantay Caliskan, Boston University 12.00 The use of an alternative private system in a public health care system – critical viewpoints Mikko Poutanen and Katri Sieberg, University of Tampere 12.30 Lunch Lecture Session VI: Campaign Finance 14.00 The Politics of American Corporations Gregory Robinson, Binghamton University 14.30 Campaign Contributions and Primary Elections Jillian Evans, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 15.00 Institutional Predictors of Campaign Finance Law: An Analysis of 31 Democracies Maneesh Arora, University of California, Irvine 15.30 Coffee Break Lecture Session VII: Money 16.00 International Monetary Power and the End of Bretton Woods: Economic Constraint or "Crisis as Opportunity"? Christopher Zoeller, University of California, Irvine 16.30 Institutional Politics and Class Conflict: National Policy-Making and Regional Implementation in New Deal U.S Labor Policy Tyson Patros, University of California, Irvine 17.00 Regional Economic Growth in the EU: Economic Integration and Redistribution Jan Fidrmuc, Brunel University Wednesday June - Main Building A32 Lecture Session VII: Inequality 10.00 The Political Economy of Inequality Traps: Rent-seeking Interlinkages Mayuri Chaturvedi, University of California, Irvine 10.30 Chiefs in South Africa: What Role in Upholding or Undermining Inequalities? Carol Mershon, University of Virginia 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 Inequality, Elite-Biased Institutions and Democratic Stability Geoff Gordon, University of Virginia 12.00 Lunch Lecture Session IX: Money, Power and Discrimination 13.00 Global Economic Downturn and Local Support for the Far-Right Pauliina Patana, Cornell University 13.30 Radical-Right Backlash in Europe: Church-State Relations, Individual Religiosity, and Party Success Jennifer Simons, University of Virginia 14.00 Policies Towards Minorities: Spatial Voting Modeling Aleksandr Ilikbaev, University of Tampere 14.30 Coffee Break Lecture Session X: Money and Voting 15.00 Money and voting: the effect of intra-generational social class and income mobility on turnout Hanna Wass, University of Helsinki 15.30 Expressive Voting Elena Labzina, Washington University St Louis 16.00 Guessing Right and Wrong: Intra-Party Bargaining and Voter Support in Democracy Arseniy Lobanovskiy, University of Tampere Sauna Evening – Bus leaves from hotel 17.30 – remember your swimsuits! Thursday June - Main Building A32 Lecture Session XI: Returns to Office 10.00 Returns to Office in National and Local Politics Kaisa Kotakorpi, University of Turku 10.30 The Monitoring of Corruption for Economic Growth Purposes: An Empirical Analysis Kouramoudou Keita and Hannu Laurila, University of Tampere 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 Corruption and Red-Tape with Heterogeneous Firms Sebastian Hohmann, London Business School 13.00 Recreational Day Trip – cruise and lunch Friday 10 June - Main Building A32 Lecture Session XII: Experiments 10.00 Do FEC Disclosures Matter Anymore? Prediction Market Evidence using a Natural Experiment AJ Bostian, University of Virginia 10.30 Spending to hurt your competitor: Inter-group conflict in the lab Rick Wilson, Rice University 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 Cooperation and Decision Making Processes Daniel Kalchev, University of Tampere 12.00 Lunch Lecture Session XIII: Money and Foreign Policy 13.30 The Political Implications of Economic Dependence: The Case of Taiwan Emerson Niou, Duke University 14.00 Varieties of Democratic Accountability: Clientelism and Policy-based Linkage in Comparative Perspective Daniel Kselman, Madrid IE School of International Relations 14.30 Coffee Break 15.00 Political and Strategic Implications of Foreign Direct Investment on Host States Youyi Zhang, Cornell University 15.30 Closing Reception Saturday 11 June Activity Restaurant Sunday 12 June Departure .. .Institutions in Context: The Role of Money in Politics Workshop 2016, University of Tampere Professor Katri Sieberg Program Coordinator Anna Vähämäki Conference... Rent-seeking Interlinkages Mayuri Chaturvedi, University of California, Irvine 10.30 Chiefs in South Africa: What Role in Upholding or Undermining Inequalities? Carol Mershon, University of Virginia... Virginia 14.00 Policies Towards Minorities: Spatial Voting Modeling Aleksandr Ilikbaev, University of Tampere 14.30 Coffee Break Lecture Session X: Money and Voting 15.00 Money and voting: the