The First Annual Workshop of CEPR Research and Policy Network on Populism
The First Annual Workshop of CEPR Research and Policy Network on Populism
Paris, 1-2 July 2019
Sciences Po, Paris
Department of Economics, 28 rue des Saints Peres, Paris 75007
Monday 1 July
13:30-14:00 Registration and refreshments
14:00-16:00 Drivers of populism: immigration and automation
Anna Maria Mayda* (Georgetown and CEPR)
“The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States”
Bruno Palier (Sciences Po), Nonna Mayer (Sciences Po)
“The “losers of automation”: A reservoir of votes for the radical right?” (Slides)
Tito Boeri* (Bocconi and CEPR).
“Populism and the Civil Society”
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:50 Populism in France
Yann Algan* (Sciences Po and CEPR) and Martial Foucault (Sciences Po)
“The Rise of Populism and the Collapse of the Left-Right Paradigm: Lessons from the 2017 French Presidential Election”
Caterina Froio (Sciences Po), Emiliano Grossman (Sciences Po)
“Media content and support for the radical right: the Front National France” (Slides)
17:50-19:30 Cocktail reception for all conference participants
20:00 Dinner for speakers and network members
Tuesday 2 July
9:00-11:00 Supply side of populism: leadership style and social media
Lou Safra (Sciences Po)
“Why would anyone elect a narcissistic untrustworthy leader?”
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya* (Paris School of Economics and CEPR)
“3G Internet and Confidence in Government”
Emeric Henry* (Sciences Po and CEPR)
“Sharing False News”
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:50 Social dynamics and identity politics I
Jan Rovny (Sciences Po), Cornelia Woll (Sciences Po)
“The Social Origins of European Populism"
Marc Lazar (Sciences Po)
“Peoplocracy: the mutation of our democracies.”
12:50-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:20 Social dynamics and identity politics II
Torsten Persson* (Stockholm University and CEPR)
“Economic Losers and Political Winners: Sweden's Radical Right”
Guido Tabellini* (Bocconi and CEPR)
“Identity, Beliefs, and Political Conflict” (Slides)
15:20-15:30 Closing the conference
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:00 RPN meeting
(network members only)
RPN Members attending:
David Dorn* (Zurich and CEPR)
Luigi Guiso* (Einaudi and CEPR)
Sergei Guriev* (Sciences Po and CEPR)
Helios Herrera* (Warwick and CEPR)
Elias Papaioannou* (London Business School and CEPR)
Gilles Saint-Paul* (Paris School of Economics and CEPR)
Stefanie Stantcheva* (Harvard and CEPR)
* Members of the CEPR Research and Policy Network on Populism.