MPSA 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association will take place April 7 – April 10, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.

This page contains up-to-date information about the formal theory panels at MPSA, including participants, dates, times and locations.

Disclaimer: Updated information is being provided by panelists, panel chairs and discussants on an ongoing basis, and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

All dates and times listed below are U.S. Central times.

Thursday, April 7

Models of Social Identity and Behavior in Groups
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Room: Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, Clark 10

Chair: Dominik Duell, University of Innsbruck
Discussant: Keith Schnakenberg, Washington University
Discussant: Dan Alexander, University of Rochester

  • A Formal Model of Shared Identity Appeals – Gento Kato, Nazarbayev University; Fan Lu, Queen’s University, Canada
  • Preference Change in Competitive Environments – Kai Ou, Florida State University
  • Collective Action in Heterogeneous Societies and Strategic Uncertainty – Dominik Duell, University of Innsbruck; Catherine I. Hafer; Dimitri Landa, New York University
  • Do Suffrage Extensions Always Cause More Liberal Policy? A Theory of Identity Voting Upon Enfranchisement – Gento Kato, Nazarbayev University; Selina Hofstetter, Stanford University

Policy, Accountability, and Elections
9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: TBA

Chair: Greg Martin, Stanford University
Discussant: Antoine Zerbini, London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Accountability with Multidimensional Policy Experimentation – Jesse M. Crosson, Trinity University; Federica Izzo, University of California-San Diego; Gleason Francis Judd, Princeton University
  • Ideological Competition – Federica Izzo, University of California-San Diego; Gregory John Martin, Stanford University; Steven Callander, Stanford University
  • Policy Bundling and Costly Monitoring – Greg Sasso, Emory University
  • Policymaking in Times of Crisis – Peter Bils, Vanderbilt University; Federica Izzo, University of California-San Diego

Fairness, Efficiency, and Voting
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Martin Castillo Quintana, New York University
Discussant: Keith Hankins, Chapman University

  • Algorithmic Fairness and Voting – John W. Patty, Emory University; Maggie Penn, Emory University
  • Every Normal-Form Game Has a Pareto-Optimal Nonmyopic Equilibrium – Steven J. Brams, New York University; King’s College London, King’s College London
  • Examining the Limits of the Condorcet Jury Theorem – Lucas Boettcher, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management; Georgia Kernell, University of California-Los Angeles
  • Politically Feasible Public Goods Locations under Different Proximate and Global Externalities – Allison K Cuttner, University of Toronto; B Pablo Montagnes, Emory University
  • A Free and Fair Economy: A Game of Justice and Inclusion – Demeze-Jouatsa Ghislain Herman, University of Bielefeld; Roland Pongou, University of Ottawa; Jean-Baptiste Tondji, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Models of Platform Choice and Polarization
4:45 PM to 6:15 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: John W. Patty, Emory University
Discussant: Keith Hankins, Chapman University

  • A Spatial Model of Elections with Voting Costs – Greg Sasso, Emory University
  • The Logic of Term Limits Pledges – Jacob Morrier, California Institute of Technology
  • Term Limits and Challenger Entry – Collin Thomas Schumock, Yale University
  • Why Choose an Agent with a Bad Moral Reputation? – Thomas Choate, George Washington University
  • Legislative Priorities and the Structure of Government – Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago; Antoine Loeper, University Carlos III of Madrid

Friday, April 8

Political Economy of Non-Democratic Regimes
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Room: TBA

Chair: Allison K Cuttner, University of Toronto

  • Crises, Catharses, and Boiling Frogs: Path Dependence in Collective Action – Gaétan T Tchakounte Tchakounte Nandong, Princeton University; Mehdi Shadmehr, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Sofía Correa, University of Chile,
  • Hybrid Electoral Systems: Strategic Replacements and Popular Support – Anna Denisenko, New York University
  • The Liberalization Dilemma: Balancing Insider and Outsider Threats – Jacque Gao, University of Rochester
  • Trajectories of Consolidation – Gloria Cheung, Duke University
  • The Communist State as Veto Point Structure: The Case of Travel Screening – Astrid Hedin, Malmo University

Legislative Politics: Bargaining and Delegation
9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: TBA

Chair: Thomas Choate, George Washington University
Discussant: David Robert Foster, Kenyon College

  • Emergency Powers: Delegation under Electoral Uncertainty – Michael M. Ting, Columbia University; Lauren Futter, Columbia University; David Simpson, Columbia University
  • Formal Requirements on Costly Information – Saba Devdariani, The University of Chicago
  • Legislative Particularism and Bureaucratic Policymaking – John W. Patty, Emory University; Ian R. Turner, Yale University
  • The Politics of State Rainy Day Fund Investment – Lauren Futter, Columbia University

Information Transmission in the Context of Elections
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: John W. Patty, Emory University
Discussant: Giovanna Maria Invernizzi, Collegio Carlo Alberto

  • Electoral Volatility and Pre-Electoral Alliances – Giovanna Maria Invernizzi, Collegio Carlo Alberto
  • When To Stop Consulting – Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University; Steven J. Brams, New York University
  • Endogenous Information Acquisition in Delegated Reform Decisions – Liqun Liu, University of Chicago

Models of Conflict and Deterrence
4:45 PM to 6:15 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Robert Gulotty, University of Chicago

  • Denial and Punishment in Deterrence – Livio Di Lonardo, Bocconi University; Scott Allen Tyson, University of Rochester; Kerim Can Kavakli, Bocconi University
  • Deterrence Games and the Disruption of Information – Siyu Ma, China University of Political Science and Law; Yair Tauman, Stony Brook University; Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Nuclear Brinkmanship Through Conventional Conflict – Peter Schram, Vanderbilt University
  • For Whom Does Terrorism Work? – Peter Schram, Vanderbilt University; Andrew James Coe, University of Southern California
  • War and Peace in an Anarchic World – German Sergio Gieczewski, Princeton University

Saturday, April 9

Political Economy of Trade, Aid, and Sanctions
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Room: TBA

Chair: Allison K Cuttner, University of Toronto
Discussant: Richard DiSalvo, Princeton University

  • Bargaining Failure as a Consequence of Economic Sanctions – Yu Mei, University of Rochester
  • Does (Mis)Communication Mitigate the Upshot of Diversity? – Keith Hankins, Chapman University
  • Deterrence and Preventive Sanctions – Livio Di Lonardo, Bocconi University; Scott Allen Tyson, University of Rochester
  • The Consternation Effect: Voter Learning about the Economic Risk – Robert Gulotty, University of Chicago; Minju Kim, University of California-San Diego

Civil War, Transitional Justice and Displacement
9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: TBA

Chair: Kara Camarena, Loyola University Chicago
Discussant: Livio Di Lonardo, Bocconi University

  • Eager Hearts and Radicalized Minds – Todd Lehmann, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Jessica Sun, Emory University; Scott Allen Tyson, University of Rochester
  • Long-Term Survival: A Model of Civilian Security Maximization in Insurgency – Hope Dancy, University of Chicago
  • Third-Party Intervention Between Humanitarian and Stabilization Goals – Livio Di Lonardo, Bocconi University; Scott Allen Tyson, University of Rochester; Jessica Sun, Emory University
  • Politicizing Refugees: Political Interventions in the Asylum Process – Carlo Matthias Horz, Texas A&M; Moritz Marbach, Texas A&M
  • Rebel Strategies and Government Counterinsurgency – Xiaoyan Qiu, IE University

JSS: Models of Domestic Politics
9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Room: TBA

Discussant: German Sergio Gieczewski, Princeton University

  • Communicating Through and Learning From Falsifiable Evidence: Rulemaking and the Role of Biased Information – Ephraim Shimko, Princeton University
  • Executive Constraints and State Resilience – Matheus Thompson Bandeira, Simon Fraser University; Chris Bidner
  • Friendly Lobbying Under Time Pressure – Emiel Awad, London School of Economics and Political Science; Clement Minaudier, University of Vienna
  • Intra-Party Factions and Accountability in the U.S. Congress – Michael Pomirchy, Princeton University
  • Is More Information Good for Voters? – Benjamin Blumenthal, Paris School of Economics

Crime, Punishment, and Policing
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Noam Reich, Princeton University
Discussant: Liqun Liu, University of Chicago

  • Accountability and Stereotyping in Prosecutions – Ryan Hübert, University of California-Davis
  • Bureaucratic Incentives and Policy Making for Racial Equality: The Case of Police Community Relations – Andrew James McCall, University of Chicago
  • Civil-Police Relations: The Effects of Police Power on Electoral Accountability – Alexander Stephenson, University of California-Berkeley
  • Justice or Practicality: The Operation of Vetting Commissions in the Process of Purging the Enforcement Apparatus in Poland – Monika A. Nalepa, University of Chicago; Barbara Maria Piotrowska, King’s College London

JSS: Theories of Conflict
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Livio Di Lonardo, Bocconi University
Discussant: Allison K Cuttner, University of Toronto

  • Fighting to Win! How Discrimination Capacity Affects Parties’ Decision to Commit Pre-Election Violence – Tolgahan Dilgin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • How Multi-Issue Bargaining Stops Preventive War and Makes Peaceful Power Shift – Haonan Dong, Vanderbilt University; Brett V. Benson, Vanderbilt University
  • Issue Salience and International Crisis Bargaining – Xiaoyan Qiu, IE University
  • Peaceful Power Shifts: When Information Uncertainty Decreases the Probability of Preventive Wars – Haonan Dong, Vanderbilt University
  • Targeting Livelihoods in Civil Conflict – Jessica Sun, Emory University

Policing, Accountability, and State Capacity
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Abraham Samuel Aldama Navarrete, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Ryan Hübert, University of California, Davis

  • Institutions, State Capacity, and Economic Growth – Alexander Lee, University of Rochester; Zuheir Desai, IE University
  • Violence, Peace, and Intervention in Illicit Drug Markets – Martin Castillo Quintana, New York University
  • “All-Rounders” and “One-Trick Ponies”: Electoral Accountability in Multiple Dimensions – Zuheir Desai, IE University; Gleason Francis Judd, Princeton University
  • Keeping Score and Taking Blame: Scorekeepers Dual Role in Congress – Jack Rametta, University of California-Davis
  • Marriages and State Territorial Integration in Early Modern Venice – Caterina Chiopris, Harvard University; Yuhua Wang, Harvard University

Models of Proxy Wars and Great Powers
4:45 PM to 6:15 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Jessica Sun, Emory University
Discussant: Katherine Ingram, Princeton University

  • Choosing Sides and Sapping Rivals Through Proxy Warfare – Katherine Ingram, Princeton University
  • International Institutions and Great Power Politics – Yu Mei, University of Rochester
  • Negotiations as a Dynamic Screening Process – Noam Reich, Princeton University

Sunday, April 10

Models of Elections and Voter Turnout
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Room: TBA

Chair: Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University
Discussant: Maggie Penn, Emory University

  • A Kantian Model of Turnout – Eli Gavin Rau, Princeton University
  • Doors and Perceptions: Motivations, Beliefs, and the Returns to Canvassing – Clement Minaudier, University of Vienna
  • Electoral Campaign Attacks: Theory and Evidence – Marcos Yamada Nakaguma, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV); Danilo Paula de Souza, Insper – Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa
  • Is It Better To Be Rich than Famous? – Gleason Francis Judd, Princeton University; Scott Allen Tyson, University of Rochester; Lauren Wright, Princeton University
  • Spatial and Valence Candidate Competition: Experimental Evidence from More Than 50,000 Candidate Choices – Daniel Alexander Novick Goldstein, Yale University; Milan Svolik, Yale University

Political Economy of Corruption, Clientelism, and Oversight
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Room: TBA

Chair: Giovanna Maria Invernizzi, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Discussant: Saba Devdariani, The University of Chicago

  • Goading the Watchdog: How Politicians Evade Accountability – Robert Gulotty, University of Chicago; Zhaotian Luo, University of Chicago
  • Some for the Price of One: Vote Buying on a Network – Perry Jess Carter, Princeton University; Joseph J. Ruggiero, Princeton University
  • The Case for Lobbying Transparency – Antoine Zerbini, London School of Economics and Political Science