EGAP 22: Nashville, February 2018

Date: February 9 – 10, 2018
Hosts: Kristin Michelitch and Amanda Clayton, Vanderbilt University
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Theme: Thematic Group Meeting

Elections Representation and Participation Working Group: Papers & Research Designs
Nahomi Ichino Political Party Organization and Women’s Empowerment: A Field Experiment in Ghana. (Paper)

Eric Kramon The Moderating Effect of Debates on Political Attitudes. (Paper) 

Amanda Clayton Group Marginalization and Political Engagement. (Research Design)

Daniel Rubenson and Peter Loewen Testing the Effects on Parliamentarian Behaviour of Assigning Public Opinion Data to Canadian MPs. (Research Design)

Aina Gallego Are Highly Educated Politicians Better Leaders? Experimental Designs with Spanish Mayors. (Paper)

Chad Vickery “Testing effective approaches to addressing the abuse of state resources in election campaigns.” (Brainstorming Session)

Poverty and Inequality Working Group: Papers & Research Designs
Kristin Michelitch Impact Evaluation Design of USAID/Tanzania Strengthening Media And Informational Environment Initiative  (Research Design)

Horacio Larreguy Coordination, Credibility and Framing: An Informational Experiment to Improve Electoral Accountability in Mexico. (Research Design)

David BroockmanThe causal effects of basic income: Experimental evidence from two U.S. states. (Research Design)

Jake Bowers Increasing Response to the 2020 Decennial Census. (Brainstorming Session)

OES Increasing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion Rates.  (Research Design)

David Nickerson Encouraging Uptake of Program to Expunge Criminal Records. (Research Design)

Joint sessions:
Laura Adams Embedding Ethnography in Designs to Test Development Interventions. (Discussion)

Susan Hyde and Guy Grossman “Metaketa I Results: Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning” (Presentation)

Rebecca Wolfe and Aila M. Matanock “Attitude Formation during Peace Processes” (Research Design)

Participants:
Laura Adams
Kelly Bidwell
Jake Bowers
David Broockman
Russell Bumett
Sebastian Chaskel
Amanda Clayton
Alex Coppock
Ray Duch
Aina Gallego
Don Green
Guy Grossman
Susan Hyde
Peter John
Eric Kramon
Horacio Larreguy
Peter Loewen
Geoffrey Macdonald
Aila Matanock
Kristin Michelitch
Cecilia Mo
Andres Moya
David Nickerson
Katherine Nolan
Jessica Preece
Daniel Rubenson
Victoria Shineman
Linda Stern
Ryan T. Moore
Natalie Trisilla
Lynn Vavreck
Chad Vickery
Rebecca Wolfe