Spring Semester, 2006
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IFIR Workshops
Friday, January 13, 2006:
(Co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science)
Speaker: Charles Shipan, Political Science Department, University of Iowa
Title: "Diffusion, Preemption, and Venue Shopping: The Spread of Local Anti-smoking Policies"
Time: 2PM
Place: Student Center, Room 203
Wednesday, February 1, 2006:
Speaker: Ben Lockwood, Economics Department, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
IFIR Visiting Scholar
Title: "Fiscal Decentralization and Political Accountability"
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
This presentation will survey some major policy issues as well as presenting some of the speaker's current research. As background for this talk, please consult the following papers: "Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: Incentives, Separation, and Voter Welfare." and "Political Budget Cycles and Fiscal Decentralization."
Wednesday, February 8, 2006:
Speaker: Paul Rothstein, Economics Department, Washington University
Title: "Fiscal Cooperation and the Permission to Tax"
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
Professor Rothstein has provided a copy of the materials that he will present at his talk, which includes discussion of policy-related issues as well as formal analysis. This talk is based on research that is presented more formally in this manuscript of the same title.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006:
Speaker: John Huber, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Title: "Religious Belief, Religious Participation, and Social Policy Attitudes Across Countries"
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
Wednesday, February 22, 2006:
The workshop with Professor Hallerberg previously scheduled for this date has been moved to March 29. See below for further details.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006:
(Co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science)
Speaker: Craig Volden, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
Title: "The Diffusion of Successful TANF Policies"
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
Wednesday, March 8, 2006:
Speaker: William Fischel, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College
Title: "Why Voters Veto Vouchers: Public Schools and Community-Specific Social Capital."
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006:
Speaker: David Figlio, Department of Economics, University of Florida
Title: "Cramming: The Effects of School Accountability on College Study Habits and Performance."
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, West End Boardroom
Wednesday, March 29, 2006:
(Co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science)
Speaker: Mark Hallerberg, Department of Politcal Science, Emory Univerity
Title: "Fiscal Governance in Europe."
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, West End Boardroom
Wednesday, April 5, 2006:
Speaker: Ralph A. Rossum, Government Department, Claremont McKenna College
Title: "Scalia's Federalism and the New Federalism Jurisprudence."
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
Thursday, April 6, 2006:
Professor Rossum will present a second workshop on
"The Seventeenth Amendment and Founding Fathers Federalism."
Time: 4:00PM
Place: Combs Building, IRAPP Kibbey Room, Morehead State University
Wednesday, April 12, 2006:
Speaker: Robin W. Boadway, Department of Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
IFIR Visiting Scholar
Title: "The Principles and Practice of Federalism: Lessons for the EU?"
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Main Building, Board Room (Room 103)
Wednesday, April 19, 2006:
Speaker: Wallace E. Oates, Department of Economics, University of Maryland
Title: "On Fiscal Decentralization in Theory and Practice"
Time: 1:30PM-2:45PM
Place: Student Center Addition, Room 230
Professor Oates' lecture will be followed by a reception from 2:45--3:30 in the same room. All Martin School students and faculty are invited to attend.
Thursday, April 27, 2006:
(Sponsered by Morehead State University)
Speaker: Mark Murphy, Philosophy Department, Georgetown University
Title: "War, Massacre, and the Natural Law"
Time: 4:30PM
Place: Combs Building, Room 401, Morehead State University