The Program on Constutional Government (PCG) Lunchtime Seminar presents:
"We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative" George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
The Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University is directed by Harvey Mansfield. PCG Seminar talks are open to the public but RSVP is required. RSVP to ...
"Reviewing Procedure vs. Judging Substance: The Scope of Review and Bureaucratic Policymaking" Ian Turner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Abstract: How does the scope of review affect bureaucratic policymaking incentives? To explore this question, I consider a simple policymaking environment in which an expert agency develops policy that is upheld or overturned by an overseer who may have different policy goals. The agency can affect the...
The Program on Constitutional Government (PCG) presents:
"Men Without Work" Nick Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Econmy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
The Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University is directed by Harvey Mansfield. PCG Seminar talks are open to the public but RSVP is required. RSVP to pcg@gov.harvard.edu...
"Does Corporate Political Giving Affect Consumer Behavior? Results from Survey and Field Experiments" Costas Panagopoulos, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University
Abstract: To what extent do consumers’ preferences change when they learn about firms’ partisan allegiances? We address this question by conducting a series of experiments in which Democrats and Republicans were...
The Program on Constitutional Government (PCG) Lunchtime Seminar presents:
"Compromise, Good and Bad" Eva Brann, Former Dean, St. John's College
The Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University is directed by Harvey Mansfield. PCG Seminar talks are open to the public but RSVP is required. RSVP to pcg@gov.harvard.edu.
"Campaign Contributions, Judicial Elections, and State Supreme Court Decisions" Brandice Canes-Wrone, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs and Professor of Politics, Princeton University
This talk is part of the American Politics Speaker Series, organized by Prof. Jon Rogowski and sponsored by the Harvard Department of Government and the Cener for American Political Studies (CAPS). This event is free and open to the...
The Program on Constitutional Government (PCG) Lunchtime Seminar presents:
"Madison on Consitutional Interpretation" Gregory Weiner, Associate Professor of Political Science, Assumption College
The Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University is directed by Harvey Mansfield. PCG Seminar talks are open to the public but RSVP is required. RSVP to...
"Are Supreme Court Justices Merely “Legislators in Robes”?" Jeffrey Segal, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook University
Abstract: We evaluate the claim that Supreme Court justices act like legislators in robes by: (1) comparing unidimensional ideal-point estimations of Congressional and Supreme Court decision making, (2) explicitly tying the Supreme Court’s votes on judicial review of federal legislation to Congressional roll call votes on the same...
"Cities in the Statehouse: How Local Governments Use Lobbyists to Secure State Funding" Julia Payson, Assistant Professor of Politics, NYU
Abstract: What happens when local governments hire lobbyists? Although intergovernmental lobbying is common in the U.S. and other federal systems, we know little about its consequences. Using newly compiled data on state-level lobbying across the country, I establish a positive association between city lobbying and state...
The Program on Constitutional Government (PCG) Lunchtime Seminar presents:
"The Development Narrative Versus the Bias Narrative: Persistent Racial Inequality in the 2ast Century" Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University John McWhorter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University...
