2024 Rebecca B. Morton Conference on Experimental Political Science
The 2024 Rebecca B. Morton Conference on Experimental Political Science will be held at NYU on March 1-2, 2024.
Location
Hemmerdinger Hall and Silverstein Lounge
Silver Center for Arts and Sciences
31 Washington Pl., New York, NY 10012
Program
Friday, March 1
| 12:30-1:15 PM | Registration and Lunch |
| 1:15-1:25 PM | Welcome |
| 1:30-2:20 PM | Carlo Prato, Columbia University, “Effects of economic and social incentives on bureaucratic quality: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone”
Discussant: Tara Slough, New York University |
| 2:20-3:10 PM | Brenda Van Coppenolle, Sciences Po: “Deliberation in Strategic Environments”
Discussant: Eric Dickson, New York University |
| 3:10-4:00 PM | Haoge Chang, Microsoft Research / Columbia University, “Design-based Estimation Theory for Complex Experiments”
Discussant: Anna Wilke, New York University |
| 4:00-4:20 PM | Break |
| 4:20-5:50 PM | Panel on Algorithms and AI:
Melody Huang, Harvard University, “Do algorithms help humans make better decisions? A framework for experimental evaluation” Yotam Margalit, Tel Aviv University, “The Politics of Using AI in Policy Implementation Evidence form a Field Experiment” Discussant: Scott Tyson, University of Rochester |
| 6:15-7:30 PM | Poster Session |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | Hors d’oeuvres |
Saturday, March 2
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:50 AM | Alexis Palmer, New York University, “The Effectiveness of Narrative Structure in Building Public Support”
Discussant: Kimuli Kasara, Columbia University |
| 9:50-10:40 AM | Krzysztof Krakowski, Collegio Carlo Alberto / King’s College London, “Compliance and Accountability: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Argentina”
Discussant: Anderson Fry, University of Rochester |
| 10:40 -11:10 AM | Break |
| 11:10-12:00 PM | Barton Lee, ETH Zurich, “From Gridlock to Polarization”
Discussant: Tiberiu Dragu, NYU |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:50 PM | Josh Kalla, Yale University, “Issue Voting: Evidence from Field Experiments”
Discussant: Pat Egan, NYU |
| 1:50-2:40 PM | Selina Hofstetter, Tecnológico de Monterrey: “A Field Experiment on Teenage Girl Empowerment and HIV in Nairobi, Kenya”
Discussant: Soledad Prillaman, Stanford University |
| 2:40-3:30 PM | Talbot Andrews, University of Connecticut and Markus Prior, Princeton University, “False Patience: How the (Tr)End Heuristic Distorts Political Evaluations”
Discussant: Brian Guay, Stony Brook University |
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Happy Hour for organizers, presenters, and discussants
28 W. Houston |
Poster Presenters
| Gal Bitton |