U.S. EDT: July 9 (Thu), 8 - 9 pm JST: July 10 (Fri), 9 - 10 am NOTE: Registration required! LINK   Presenter: Nicholas Fraser (University of Toronto). Abstract: To what extent do natives oppose admitting ethnically or culturally different immigrants? Several experimental studies show that natives in developed countries prefer high-skilled immigrants. This skills premium argument […]

U.S. EDT: 8 – 9 pm, August 13 (Thursday) JST: 9 – 10 am, August 14 (Friday) NOTE: Registration required! LINK   Presenters: Trevor Incerti (Yale University), Hikaru Yamagishi (Yale University). Abstract: A growing literature finds high returns to firms connected to legislative office. Less attention has been paid to benefits from bureaucratic connections. Yet […]

U.S. EDT: 8 – 9 pm, September 17 (Thursday) JST: 9 – 10 am, September 18 (Friday) NOTE: Registration required! Link.   Panelists: Amy Catalinac (NYU), Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth), Christina […]

U.S. EDT: October 1 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: October 2 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link.   Paper can be found here. Presenters: Fan Lu (Queen's University), Gento Kato (Nazarbayev University). Abstract: While there is lively debate on whether higher education cultivates support for admitting foreigners into North America and Europe, […]

U.S. EDT: October 15 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: October 16 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Presenter: Diana Stanescu (Harvard). Chair: Christina Davis (Harvard).

U.S. EDT: October 29 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: October 30 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Presenter: Deirdre Martin (UC Berkeley). Chair: Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth College).

U.S. EDT: November 12 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: November 13 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Abstract: The United States engaged in dual deterrence over the East China Sea dispute from 2008-2014, dissuading both China and Japan from taking escalatory behavior. Contrary to what dual […]

U.S. EDT: December 3 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: December 4 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Abstract: In an article recently published in the American Political Science Review, Allen et al. (2020) argue that citizens in U.S. allies are more likely to nurture favorable attitudes toward the […]

U.S. EDT: December 17 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: December 18 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Presenter: Jordan Hamzawi (University of California, Davis). Discussants: Kentaro Fukumoto (Gakushuin University), Zeynep Somer Topcu (University of Texas at Austin). Chair: Daniel M. Smith (Harvard).