Agenda Control in Real Time
Jeff Ely, Northwestern (Micro Theory Seminar)
Incentive Compatibility for Dynamic Information Design
Ludwig Straub, Harvard (Macroeconomics Seminar)
Paper Title: Disaggregated Economic Accounts
The Impact of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protests on the 2020 US Presidential Election Joyce Law
Can protests lead to political change by influencing voting behaviour in subsequent elections? My thesis examines whether the ‘Black Lives Matter’ (BLM) protests helped the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 US election. Using an instrumental variables strategy with rainfall, I find that non-violent BLM protests increased the Democratic vote share in swing states in part by discouraging Republican voter turnout. Simple model predications also suggest that the BLM protests had an impact in three states that flipped Democrat in the 2020 election.
The Long-Run Impacts of Hurricanes on Educational Attainment in Puerto Rico Felipe Grosso
Are there long-term negative educational effects that stem from hurricanes? Does living through hurricanes during key educational years (6 to 9 yrs.) entail worse long-term educational outcomes? In my honors thesis, I explore these questions focusing on Puerto Rico, an understudied territory subject to extreme climate risk. I found that, on average, hurricanes have little impact on the long-run highest grade completed in Puerto Rico; I also find no statistically significant results that those individuals ages 6 to 9 are more at risk than other cohorts
