ECON 542 DISCUSSION TOPICS FALL 2013

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1 ECON 542 DISCUSSION TOPICS FALL 2013 ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TOPICS Discussion 1: Climate Change and Conflict (A) Hsiang, Solomon M., Marshall Burke, and Edward, Miguel. "Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict." Science. Published online 1 August Background Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables Approach (Edward Miguel, Shanker Satyanath, Ernest Sergenti), Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112(4), [lead article] Warming increases risk of civil war in Africa (Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel Shanker Satyanath, John Dykema, David Lobell), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December , 106(49), Re-examining Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict (Edward Miguel Shanker Satyanath), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3(4), Keynote lecture slides: Development_ pdf Discussion 2: Climate Change and Conflict (B) Eliana La Ferrara and Mariaflavia Harari Conflict, Climate and Cells: A Disaggregated Analysis IGIER Working Paper n. 461, 2012 Discussion 3: Deforestation

2 Robin Burgess, Matthew Hansen, Ben Olken, Peter Potapov, and Stefanie Sieber. The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics Quarterly Journal of Economics 127 (4), pp , November Discussion 4: Climate and Agriculture John Felkner, Kamilya Tazhibayeva, and Robert Townsend, The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yields: the Importance of Heterogeneity and Family Networks. Mimeo MIT. Background John Felkner, Kamilya Tazhibayeva, and Robert Townsend. Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Thailand. American Economic Review 99(2), May 2009: Discussion 5: Indoor Air Pollution Rema Hanna, Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves NBER Working Paper. Background Duflo, Esther, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna, and Radha Muthiah. "Clean Cookstoves Must Be Rethought so They Actually Get Used in Developing World." National Geographic NewsWatch, June 18, Discussion 6: Pollution and Mortality Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India NBER Working Paper # Related Readings of Interest: Arceo, Eva, Rema Hanna, and Paulina Oliva. "Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City." NBER Working Paper #18349 Rema Hanna and Paulina Oliva The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence

3 From a Natural Experiment in Mexico City NBER Working Paper # Yuyu Chen, Avraham Ebenstein, Michael Greenstone, and Hongbin Li Evidence on the Impact of Sustained Exposure to Air Pollution on Life Expectancy from China s Huai River Policy mimeo, July, 2013 M. Kudamatsu, T. Persson, D. Strömberg)"Weather and infant mortality in Africa" mimeo Stockholm University. Discussion 7: Pollution and Incentives Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande, and Nicholas Ryan ``Truth-telling by Third-party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India forthcoming in Quarterly Journal of Economics; NBER WP # Related Readings of Interest: Erwin Bulte & Andreas Kontoleon & John List & Ty Turley & Maarten Voors, "Using artefactual field experiments to learn about the incentives for sustainable forest use in developing economies," Artefactual Field Experiments 00017, The Field Experiments Website. General Readings on Environment and Devlopment: Stockholm Conference Papers on Climate Change:

4 BEHAVIOUR AND DEVELOPMENT TOPICS Discussion 8: Culture Spolaore, Enrico and Romain Wacziarg How deep are the roots of economic development Journal of Economic Literature, June 2013 Background Discussion 9: Pro-social behaviour Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, and Kelsey Jack "No Margin, No mission? A field experiment on incentives for pro-social tasks" mimeo LSE. Background 7ff7f3d16c64e4a6b72b71b Discussion 10: Primitive Societies Henrich, J. (2012) Hunter-gatherer cooperation. Nature, 481, Henrich, J.(2000) Does culture matter in economic behavior? Ultimatum game bargaining among the Machiguenga. American Economic Review, 90(4): Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Gintis, H., McElreath, R., and E. Fehr (2001) In search of Homo economicus: Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies. American Economic Review, 91(2), Henrich, J., Ensimger, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J. C., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., & J. Ziker (2010) Markets, Religion, Community Size, and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment. Science, 327,

5 Discussion 11: Social Identity Karla Hoff, Mayuresh Kshetramade and Ernst Fehr Caste and Punishment: the Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement Economic Journal, 121 (556), November 2011, p. F449 F475 ) Background Karla Hoff and Ernst Fehr Introduction: Tastes, Castes and Culture: the Influence of Society on Preferences Economic Journal, 121 (556), November 2011, p. F396 F412. ) Karla Hoff and Priyanka Pandey Discrimination, Social Identity, and Durable Inequalities The American Economic Review Vol. 96, No. 2 (May, 2006), pp Discussion 12: Poverty and Aid Bertrand M, Mullainathan S, Shafir E. Behavioral Economics and Marketing in Aid of Decision Making among the Poor. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. 2012;Vol. 25(No. 1):pp Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jiaying Zhao Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function -- Science -- Aug 30, 2013 Website of Interest: Discussion 13: Clientelism Thomas Fujiwara and Leonard Wantchekon "Can Informed Public Deliberation Overcome Clientelism? Experimental Evidence from Benin", American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Forthcoming. Pedro Vicente and Leonard Wantchekon "Clientelism and Vote Buying: Lessons from Field Experiments in West Africa" Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2009, 25 (2) pp

6 Leonard Wantchekon "Clientelism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin", 2003, World Politics, Vol. 55, pp Discussion 14: Corruption Miguel, Edward and Raymond Fisman. Corruption, Norms and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets. Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115(6), Lisa Cameron, Ananish Chaudhuri, Nisvan Erkal, and Lata Gangadharan Propensities to Engage in and Punish Corrupt Behavior? Experimental Evidence from Australia, India, Indonesia and Singapore Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93(7-8),