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The Political Economy of Social Choices

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Steven Brams, New York Universty

Monday Jul 27, 2015 09:11 - 09:39

The paradox of grading systems

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Video: Steven Brams, "The paradox of grading systems" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507270911-Brams.html

Vincent Merlin, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie & CNRS

Monday Jul 27, 2015 10:31 - 11:17

Evaluating the Likelihood of the Referendum Paradox for Mixed Voting Systems

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Video: Vincent Merlin, "Evaluating the Likelihood of the Referendum Paradox for Mixed Voting Systems" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507271031-Merlin.html

Andrei Gomberg, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Monday Jul 27, 2015 13:30 - 14:18

Ignorance and Bias in Collective Decisions

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Video: Andrei Gomberg, "Ignorance and Bias in Collective Decisions" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507271330-Gomberg.html

Arnaud Dellis, Université Laval

Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 09:03 - 09:58

Informational lobbing and agenda distortion

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Video: Arnaud Dellis, "Informational lobbing and agenda distortion" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507280903-Dellis.html

Robert Erikson, Columbia University

Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 10:37 - 11:17

Electing the agenda setter

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Video: Robert Erikson, "Electing the agenda setter" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507281037-Erikson.html

Eric Magar Meurs, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 12:00 - 12:42

The effects of malapproportionment, turnout and gerrymandering

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Video: Eric Magar Meurs, "The effects of malapproportionment, turnout and gerrymandering" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507281200-MagarMeurs.html

Maria Gallego, Wilfrid Laurier University

Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 09:03 - 10:01

Modelling the effect of campaign advertising on US Presidential elections when differences across states matter

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Video: Maria Gallego, "Modelling the effect of campaign advertising on US Presidential elections when differences across states matter" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507290903-Gallego.html

Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University

Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 10:37 - 11:16

Paths to victory in Presidential Elections: The setup Power of Non-Competitive States

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Video: Marc Kilgour, "Paths to victory in Presidential Elections: The setup Power of Non-Competitive States" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507291037-Kilgour.html

Norman Schofield, Washington University in St. Louis

Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 11:59 - 12:18

Spatial Model of U.S. Presidential Election in 2012

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Video: Norman Schofield, "Spatial Model of U.S. Presidential Election in 2012" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507291159-Schofield.html

Stanley Winer, Carleton University

Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 13:36 - 14:27

Measuring Electoral Competitiveness: The Parliamentary System of Canada, 1867 – 2011

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Video: Stanley Winer, "Measuring Electoral Competitiveness: The Parliamentary System of Canada, 1867 – 2011" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507291336-Winer.html

Brandon Barutt, Washington University in St. Louis

Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 15:03 - 15:53

Measuring Campaign Spending Effects in Post-Citizens United Congressional Elections

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Video: Brandon Barutt, "Measuring Campaign Spending Effects in Post-Citizens United Congressional Elections" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507291503-Barutt.html

John Weymark, Vanderbilt University

Thursday Jul 30, 2015 08:34 - 09:23

Measurement Scales and Welfarist Social Choice

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Video: John Weymark, "Measurement Scales and Welfarist Social Choice" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507300834-Weymark.html

Marcus Pivato, Université de Cergy-Pontoise

Thursday Jul 30, 2015 10:03 - 10:57

Statistical Utilitarianism

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Video: Marcus Pivato, "Statistical Utilitarianism" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507301003-Pivato.html

Olga Shvetsova, Binghamton University

Thursday Jul 30, 2015 13:36 - 14:35

Autocratic Health versus Democratic Health: The Political Economy of which Diseases to Treat First

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Video: Olga Shvetsova, "Autocratic Health versus Democratic Health: The Political Economy of which Diseases to Treat First" http://www.birs.ca/events/2015/5-day-workshops/15w5108/videos/watch/201507301336-Shvetsova.html