University of Genova
PHD
Economics and Political Economy

Genova Summer School of Political Economy
First edition

3th-7th June 2019
Department of Economics
Aula Fieschi
Via Vivaldi 5, 16126 Genova

Description
The Genova Summer School of Political Economy is open to PhD students and scholars of economic, political and social disciplines.
It has two fundamental objectives. First, it aims to provide an illustration of the basic theoretical schemes of Political Economy. Professor James Snyder from Harvard University will provide morning lectures on these issues. Particular emphasis will be given to the voting and bargaining models as well as to the developments of the models of Meltzer and Richard and of Grossman and Helpman.
The second objective of the course is to show how Political Economy theoretical schemes can be used to explain socio-economic facts that do not find satisfactory explanations within the traditional economic approach. To this aim, afternoon sessions will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of invited and selected applied contributions.
The course is English taught.

Lectures (see) will be held by Prof. James Snyder, Harvard University - USA

Programme
Monday 3th June 2019
9.30/13.00 One-Dimensional Electoral Competition: The Median Voter Theorem, variants, and applications
14.30 Invited paper : Riccardo Puglisi , Università di Pavia - "The Revealed Demand for Hard vs. Soft News: Evidence from Italian TV Viewership", with Marco Gambaro, Valentino Larcinese and James Snyder.
15.30 Panel discussion
Tuesday 4th June 2019
9.30/13.00  Multidimensional Electoral Competition: Generic instability of simple majority rule, and potential solutions.
14.30 Invited paper : Massimiliano Onorato , Università di Bologna - ."War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance During World War II", with Stefano Gagliarducci, Francesco Sobbrio e Guido Tabellini
15.30 Panel discussion
Wednesday 5th June 2019
9.30/13.00  Comparative Electoral Systems: Impacts of different institutional arrangements, and the strategic voting problem.
14.30 Invited paper : Edoardo Grillo, Collegio Carlo Alberto - "Dynamic Campaign Spending", with Avi Acharya, Takuo Sugaya e Eray Turkel.
15.30 Panel discussion
Thursday 6th June 2019
9.30/13.00  Legislative Decision-Making and Bargaining: Inside baseball
14.30 Invited paper : Alessandro Belmonte , IMT Lucca - “The Legacy of Forced Assimilation Policies: Entry Barriers in the Labor Market and Anti-German Sentiments in South Tyrol”, with Armando Di Lillo
15.30 Panel discussion
Friday 7th June 2019
9.30/13.00  Interest -Group Politics
14.30 Panel discussion

How to apply
Participation to the Summer School is free of charge, but formal registration is required, by sendingn an e-mail to the following address:
dottoratodiec@economia.unige.it
Applications must be received no later than 11 May 2019. Those who wish to present their work during the panel sessions must submit the paper at the time of registration.
The scientific committee will examine the applications and decide the admission on the basis of the order of registration and the curriculum.
The maximum number of participants is set at 20 students and researchers. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to derogate on the basis of the number of applications received and the profile of the classroom.
The final list of participants will be communicated by 15 May 2019 .

Venue
The Summer School will take place at the Department of Economics , Via Vivaldi 5, Genova.
The Department is located in the old port area (Darsena), very close to the “Galata Museo del Mare”. It is about 10 minutes walking distance from the main railway station Genova Piazza Principe and 20 minutes walking distance from the center of the town (Piazza De Ferrari).
The Department of Economics is connected to the other railway station of Genova Brignole by underground, Darsena stop or by bus. Please check the AMT web site. (https://www.amt.genova.it/amt/).

Organising and scientific committee
Elena Seghezza - University of Genova
Andrea Vindigni - University of Genova
Giovanni B. Pittaluga - University of Genova
Massimo Bordignon - Catholic University of Sacred Hearth
Anna Bottasso - University of Genova

Secretariat
Erika Deodato
dottoratodiec@economia.unige.it
Tel 010/2095082