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X-WR-CALNAME:PIPE* Workshop:  Chad Kendall\, USC
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DESCRIPTION:Unbundling Polarization\n\nChad Kendall will discuss his co-aut
 hored research on investigating the determinants of political polarization
 \, a phenomenon of increasing relevance in Western democracies. How much o
 f polarization is driven by divergence in the ideologies of politicians? H
 ow much is instead the result of changes in the capacity of parties to con
 trol their members? Detailed internal information on party discipline in t
 he context of the U.S. Congress – whip count data for 1977-1986 – is u
 sed to identify and structurally estimate an economic model of legislative
  activity where agenda selection\, party discipline\, and member votes are
  endogenous. The model delivers estimates of the ideological preferences o
 f politicians\, the extent of party control\, and allows us to assess the 
 effects of polarization through agenda setting (i.e. which alternatives to
  a status quo are strategically pursued). We find that parties account for
  approximately 40 percent of the political polarization in legislative vot
 ing over this time period\, a critical inflection point in U.S. polarizati
 on.\n\nChad Kendall\, assistant professor of Finance and Business Economic
 s\, USC Marshall School of Business\, is an economist who specializes in f
 inancial economics and political economy. He is particularly interested in
  questions related to the acquisition and use of information in these doma
 ins. His work has been published in the American Economic Review and his c
 urrent projects look at the ability of markets to aggregate information\, 
 both theoretically and experimentally. He previously worked as a semicondu
 ctor engineer. He earned his Ph.D. at University of British Columbia and M
 A\, BA.Sc. at Simon Fraser University.\n\n \n\nMust be registered to atten
 d\; preference given to students\n\n*Political Institutions and Political 
 Economy
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LOCATION:Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD)\, 203
SUMMARY:PIPE* Workshop:  Chad Kendall\, USC
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