2023 MONEY IN POLITICS CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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wednesday, august 30, 2023 (All events in Room TBD)
8:30 - 9:00am welcome and housekeeping
panel 1: Campaign contributions
9:00-10:30
Support and Preference for Grassroots Fundraising
Authors: Silvia Kim and Yimeng Li
Discussant: Rachel Yu
The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and the Wealth of Politicians
Authors: Lucia Motolinia, Marko Klasnja, and Simon Weschle
Discussant: Rachel Porter
10:30 - 11:00
coffee break
PANEL 2: Business interests
11:00 - 12:30
Revolvers in the Corporate Elite
Authors: Benjamin Egerod, Michael Müller, and Jan Stuckatz
Discussant: Rahel Freiburghaus
Risk and Roll Calls: How Legislators' Personal Finances Shape Congressional Decisions
Authors: Christian Grose and Jordan Peterson
Discussant: Simon Weschle
lunch break
12:30 - 1:30
panel 3: Lobbying
Lobbying as Insurance Against Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Financial Markets
Authors: Kristy Buzard, Nathan Canen, and Sebastian Saiegh
Discussant: Keith Schnakenburg
(When) are lobbying expenditures a good proxy for lobbying activity?
Authors: Sebastian Thieme
Discussant: Alice Malmberg
1:30 - 3:00
coffee break
3:00 - 3:30
panel 4: Organized interests
Holding on to High Cotton: How Narrow Economic Interests Resist Policy Retrenchment
Author: Jake Jares
Discussant: Marko Klasnja
Teaming Up across Political Divides: Evidence from Climate Regulations
Author: Dahyun Choi
Discussant: Giulia Leila Travaglini
Campaign Agendas and Issue Group Strategy in Congressional Primaries
Author: Mellissa Meisels
Discussant: Sean Kates