Som trofaste læsere ved, afholder vi hvert år i slutningen af januar den danske public choice workshop. Workshoppen er en éndags-event, hvor forskere fra Danmark og andre lande kommer for at præsentere deres nye forskning, og for at høre og diskutere andres nye forskning i public choice og politisk økonomi. Det er altid en venlig og hyggelig event, hvor folk på alle trin i deres karriere deltager. Jeg har også adskillige gange oplevet både bachelor- og kandidatstuderende, der deltog og fik enten idéer til opgaver, eller en indsigt i, hvad forskere kigger efter. Og særligt for studerende er det en god mulighed for at tale med andre forskere, de måske er interesserede i.

Progammet er nu parat for workshoppen, der afholdes på Aarhus Universitet fredag den 26. januar fra klokken 11-18. Stedet er bygning 2630 (K), lokale 101 og 102. Nedenfor er hele programmet. Alle interesserede er velkomne til at deltage i workshoppen, eller måske bare sidde med på en enkelt session i løbet af dagen.

11.00: Welcome

11.05: Institutions and economic freedom (Chair: Niclas Berggren)

Andreas Bergh (Lund) and Richard Öhrvall (Linköping): Market Friendliness and Social Trust: Evidence from Sweden

Peter Nannestad (Aarhus): Cultural, Economic, and Institutional Correlates of Private Charity: Exploring Some Macro-Level Evidence

Jerg Gutmann (Hamburg) and Tim Krieger (Freiburg): Economic Freedom and Varieties of Peace

Niclas Berggren (IFN, Stockholm) and Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus): Economic Freedom and Academic Freedom: An Extension of the Hayek-Friedman Hypothesis

Martin Paldam (Aarhus): Can Democracy and Religiosity Explain Corruption? An Empirical Survey of Cross-Country Data

12.50: Lunch

14.30a: Local-level effects (Chair: Josh Bedi)

David Sandberg (Lund): The effects of a local labor market shock on young adults: Evidence from military base closures in Sweden

Gert Tinggaard Svendsen (Aarhus): Can Economic Rationality Help Explain Rollo’s Career in Normandy around Year 900?

Josh Bedi (CBS): Protecting Postville? The Impact of Deportation on Local Crime Rates

14.30b: Populist policy (Chair: Andrea Sáenz de Viteri)

Lasse Eskildsen and Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus): Do Blasphemy Restrictions Restrict Terrorism?

Jan Fałkowski, Łukasz Hardt, Jacek Lewkowicz (Warsaw): Political Affiliation and Voting on Interest Rates: Some Evidence from the Monetary Policy Council in Poland, 1998-2022

Andrea Sáenz de Viteri (VSE Prague) and María Julieta Sammartino (Navarra): Currency Overvaluation and Populism in Latin America

1600: Coffee

16.25a: Public economics (Chair: Henrik Jordahl)

Line Andersen and Karsten Bo Larsen (Cepos): Assessing the potential productivity gains in municipal administration: Evidence from benchmarking in Denmark

Rasmus Wiese and Steffen Eriksen (Groningen): Willingness to pay for improved public education and public health systems: The role of income mobility prospects

Jens Lund Andersen and Karsten Bo Larsen (Cepos): Influence of Policy Instruments and Voter Pressure on Pass Rates in Lower Secondary Schools in Denmark

Henrik Jordahl (Örebro), Astghik Mavisakalyan (Curtin), and Panu Poutvaara (CESIfo): Attractiveness and Preferences for Redistribution: The role of Gender

16.25b: Constitutions and autocracy (Chair: Christian Bjørnskov)

Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska (Warsaw), Jerg Gutmann (Hamburg), and Stefan Voigt (Hamburg): Can new constitutions tighten the reins? The effect of constitutional change on constitutional compliance

Stefan Voigt and Jerg Gutmann (Hamburg): Extending the Separation of Powers– A Silver Bullet for Making Constitutional Democracy Sustainable?

Lasse Aaskoven (Southern Denmark) and Brenda van Coppenolle (Sciences Po, Paris): Autocratization and Political Dynasties: Evidence from Denmark

Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus), Andrea Sáenz de Viteri (VSE, Prague), and Martin Rode (Navarra): A Century of Regime Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

18.10: End of workshop