Conference on Bureaucratic and Interest Group Politics

Date & Time Mar 22 2024 8:45 AM - 4:45 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Bowl 016
Topics Politics
Speaker(s)
Rachel Potter (University of Virginia)
Benjamin Egerod (Copenhagen Business School)
Reilly Steel (Princeton University)
Kyuwon Lee and Dahyun Choi (Princeton University)
Lawrence Rothenberg (University of Rochester)
Pamela Ban (UC San Diego)
Jennifer Nou (Chicago Law School)
Audience Restricted to Princeton University

Schedule

8:45– 9:30 AM: Breakfast

9:30 – 10:15 AM: Session 1 | “Bypassing Bureaucrats: Policy Outsourcing & Private Sector Contractors”

  • Presenter: Rachel Potter (University of Virginia)
  • Discussant: Hye Young You (Princeton University)

10:20 – 11:05 AM: Session 2 | “Revolvers in the Corporate Elite”

  • Presenter: Benjamin Egerod (Copenhagen Business School)
  • Discussant: Connor Phillips (Princeton University)

11:05  – 11:20 AM: Break

11:20 – 12:05 AM: Session 3 | “Political Threads in Legal Tapestry: A Computational Analysis of Executive Branch Legal Interpretation, 1934–2022”

  • Presenter: Reilly Steel (Princeton University)
  • Discussant: John de Figueiredo (Duke University)

12:05– 1:20 PM: Lunch

1:20 – 2:05 PM: Session 4 | “Navigating Enforcement: How Firms Use Politics to Counter Environmental Agencies”

  • Presenters: Kyuwon Lee and Dahyun Choi (Princeton University)
  • Discussant: Frances Lee (Princeton University)

2:10 – 2:55 PM: Session 5 | “Corporate Influence through Campaign Contributions: Evidence from the U.S. House, 1990 - 2020”

  • Presenter: Lawrence Rothenberg (University of Rochester)
  • Discussant: Dahyun Choi (Princeton University)

2:55 – 3:10 PM: Break

3:10 – 3:55 PM: Session 6 | “Efficacy of Congressional Oversight”

  • Presenter: Pamela Ban (University of California, San Diego)
  • Discussant: Nolan McCarty (Princeton University)

4:00 – 4:45 PM: Session 7 | “The Policymaking President”

  • Presenter: Jennifer Nou (Chicago Law School)
  • Discussant: Gleason Judd (Princeton University)