Sorry for the SPAM but I think many of you might find today's talk in the PPE Seminar very interesting. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~gcamilo/cgj/Research_files/network%20state%20capa… The paper has an interesting structural estimation that could be applied to other questions. Best, Horacio ------------------------------------- Horacio Larreguy Arbesu Assistant Professor of Government | Harvard University 1737 Cambridge St, CGIS Knafel Building RM 408, Cambridge MA 02138 +1 617 496 1497 ________________________________ From: junior-bounces(a)lists.gov.harvard.edu [junior-bounces(a)lists.gov.harvard.edu] on behalf of Stone, Gabrielle [gstone(a)iq.harvard.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:23 AM To: ppe_list(a)lists.iq.harvard.edu Cc: Camilo Garcia-Jimeno (gcamilo(a)sas.upenn.edu) Subject: [junior] [ppe_list] Postive Political Economy Series Today Please join us on Thursday, October 23 at 4:30pm (Room K354 of CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St.) for the next Positive Political Economy Series of the Fall 2014 semester. University of Pennsylvania Professor Camilo Garcia-Jimeno, will present, "State Capacity and Economic Development: A Network Approach." The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect political and economic outcomes in various social, economic, and political systems and how the institutions themselves change and develop in response to individual and collective beliefs, preferences, and strategies. All interested faculty and students are invited to attend. For more information, please go to: http://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/harvard-seminar-positive-political-economy-…. Gabrielle Stone Events Coordinator Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) 1737 Cambridge Street Room K315 Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-9489 gstone@iq.harvard.edu<mailto:gstone@iq.harvard.edu> OFFICE HOURS: M, T, Th 8:30am-4:30pm, out on W, Fr