EGAP 18: New Haven, October 2016

Date: October 14 – 15, 2016
Host: Don Green, Columbia University and Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Theme: Plenary Meeting

Plenary Meeting: Papers & Research Designs
Friday, October 14
Guy Grossman: Information Dissemination, Competitive Pressure, and Politician Performance between Elections: A Field Experiment in Uganda (Appendix)

Alexandra Scacco: Can Social Contact Reduce Prejudice and Discrimination? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria

Brendan Nyhan: The Prevalence and Causes of Conspiracy Belief about Disease Outbreaks

James Ciera: Inequalities in Learning Outcomes in East Africa and Their Implications for Policy: Evidence from Uwezo Learning Assessment Data

Saturday, October 15
Don Green: Can Media Shape Social Norms? A Randomized Experiment Assessing Portrayals of Domestic Violence, Abortion, and Teacher Absenteeism in Rural Uganda

Graeme Blair and Alex Coppock: Declaring and Diagnosing Research Designs

Jennifer Pan: The Economic Consequences of Symbolic Politics: An Experimental Study of the Value of Ideological Loyalty in China’s Labor Market

James Long: Community Performance-Based Financing for Health in Cameroon

Kate Baldwin: Does Community-Based Development Empower Citizens? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Ghana

Participants:
Kevin Arceneaux
Peter Aronow
Kate Baldwin
Graeme Blair
Robert Blair
Annette Brown
Daniel Butler
James Ciera
Alexander Coppock
Ana De La O
Eric Dickson
Leopoldo Fergusson
Thomas Fujiwara
Jessica Gottlieb
Don Green
Karen Greiner
Guy Grossman
Morgan Holmes
Hastings Honde
Gregory Huber
Nahomi Ichino
Peter John
Eliza Keller
Paul Lagunes
James Long
Jason Lyall
Joel Middleton
James Mkandawire
Dan Nielson
Brendan Nyhan
Raul Pacheco-Vega
Laura Paler
Jennifer Pan
Doug Parkerson
Pace Phillips
Jessica Preece
Elizabeth Ruedy
Cyrus Samii
Alexandra Scacco
Johannnes Urpelainen
Pedro Vicente
Chad Vickery
Rebecca Wolfe