Matias Iaryczower 040 Corwin Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 miaryc@princeton.edu (609) 258-1018 sites.google.com/site/miaryc/ Education - Ph.D. in Economics. University of California, Los Angeles. May, 2005. - M.A. in Economics. Universidad de San Andres (Argentina). August,1998. - Lic. in Economics. Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). April, 1998. Academic Positions - Associate Professor of Politics, Princeton University. Jul. 2015 - Present. - Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University. Jul. 2010 - Jul. 2015. - Assist. Professor of Economics, California Institute of Technology. Jul. 2005 - Jul. 2010. Publications - Competing for Loyalty: The Dynamics of Rallying Support, with Santiago Oliveros. Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Review. - Words Get in the Way. The Effect of Deliberation in Collective Decision-Making, with Matthew Shum and Xiaoxia Shi. Forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy. - Power Brokers: Middlemen in Legislative Bargaining, with Santiago Oliveros. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 162, March 2016, pp. 209-236. - More than Politics: Ideology and Information in the British Appellate Committee, with Gabriel Katz. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Vol. 32 (1), 2016, pp. 61-93. - What does it Take for Congress to Enact Good Policies?, with Gabriel Katz. Economics & Politics, Vol 28 (1), March 2016, pp. 79-104. - Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality, with Gabriel Katz and Sebastian Saiegh. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Vol. 29, No. 5, Oct. 2013, pp. 957-991. (Winner of the 2013 Oliver E. Williamson Prize for the best article in Law, Economics & Organization.) - On the Nature of Competition in Alternative Electoral Systems, with Andrea Mattozzi. Journal of Politics, Vol. 75, No. 3, July 2013.
Matias Iaryczower 2 - To Elect or to Appoint? Bias, Information, and Responsiveness of Bureaucrats and Politicians, with Garrett Lewis and Matt Shum. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 97, Jan. 2013, pp. 230-244. - The Value of Information in the Court: Get it Right, Keep it Tight, with Matthew Shum. American Economic Review, Vol. 102, No. 1, Feb. 2012, pp. 202-237. - The Pro-Competitive Effect of Campaign Limits in Non-Majoritarian Elections, with Andrea Mattozzi. Economic Theory, Vol. 49, No. 3, Mar. 2012, pp. 591-619. - Many Enemies, Much Honor? On the Competitiveness of Elections in Proportional Representation Systems, with Andrea Mattozzi. In Aragones, E., Bevia, C., Llavador, H., Schofield, N., Eds., The Political Economy of Democracy, Fundacion BBVA, 2008. - Contestable Leadership: Party Leaders as Principals and Agents, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol. 3, No.3, October 2008, pp 203-225. - The Supreme Court, with Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi, in Pablo Spiller and Mariano Tommasi (eds.), The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina: A Transaction Cost Approach, 2007, Cambridge University Press. - Judicial Lobbying: The Politics of Labor Law Constitutional Interpretation, with Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi. American Political Science Review, Vol. 100, No. 1, Feb 2006, pp. 85-97. - Judicial Independence in Unstable Environments: Argentina 1935-1998, with Pablo Spiller and Mariano Tommasi. American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 46, No. 4, Oct. 2002, pp. 699-716. Working Papers - Career Concerns and the Dynamics of Electoral Accountability, with Gabriel Lopez Moctezuma and Adam Meirowitz. - Delegation with Strings Attached: Underfunding a Biased Agent, with Nemanja Antic. Under Review. - Money in Judicial Politics: Individual Contributions and Collective Decisions, with Matthew Shum. R&R Rand Journal of Economics. - Strategic Voting in Sequential Committees. Work in Progress - Intertemporal Discrimination in Sequential Contracting, with Santiago Oliveros.
Matias Iaryczower 3 - Sequential Contributions to Multiple Joint Projects, with Santiago Oliveros. - Dynamic Competition in Presidential Elections, with Gabriel Katz and Gabriel Lopez Moctezuma. - The Causal Effect of Campaign Contributions on Legislators Voting Behavior, with Gabriel Lopez Moctezuma. - Choosing Policy-Makers: Learning from Past Decisions in a Changing Environment, with Andrea Mattozzi and Juha Tolvanen. Working Papers and Publications in Spanish - Federal Fiscal Institutions. A Reform Proposal. 2000. CEDI Working Paper No. 43. With Juan Sanguinetti and Mariano Tommasi. - The Institutional Sources of Development in Argentina. Towards an Institutional Agenda. 2000. Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires UNDP - CEDI. Project Directors: Mariano Tommasi and Pablo Spiller. - Coming Together, the Industrial Organization of Federalism. 1999. CEDI Working Paper No.30. With Mariano Tommasi and Sebastian Saiegh. - Institutions, Contracts, and Infrastructure Regulation in Argentina. 1998. CEDI Working Paper No. 15. With Manuel Abdala. Grants and Awards - 2013 Oliver E. Williamson prize for best article in Law, Economics and Organization, for Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality. with Gabriel Katz and Sebastian Saiegh. - NSF grant SES-1061326 (2011-2012), Empirical Analysis of Committee Voting, with Matthew Shum - Excellence in Refereeing Award 2011, American Economic Review. - Robert Ettinger Prize, 2005 (Best Graduate Student Paper, Economics, UCLA). - Dissertation Year Fellowship. University of California, Los Angeles, 2004-2005. - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000-2004.
Matias Iaryczower 4 - Fulbright Scholarship, 2000 (declined). Manuscript Reviewing AEJ: Economic Policy, AEJ: Microeconomics, American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Econometrica, Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Legislative Studies Quarterly, National Science Foundation, PNAS, Public Choice, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Social Choice and Welfare, Theoretical Economics, World Politics. Invited Talks and Conferences (Last Few Years) 16-17 Université libre de Bruxelles (ECARES Political Economy conference) (scheduled), Universidad Carlos III (Economics) (scheduled), CEMFI (scheduled), U of Chicago (Harris), Stanford (GSB), Université du Québec à Montréal (CIRPÉE Conference in Political Economy) (scheduled). 15-16 Bocconi (ECO), Cornell Political Economy Conference, European University Institute (ECO), Emory CSLPE Conference, PECO Washington Conference (discussant), Yale (POL). 14-15 UC Berkeley (Conference on Political Economy and Governance), UC Berkeley (Haas School of Business), Caltech, Universidad de Chile (Workshop in Political Economy); Harvard University (Political Economy), MPSA Annual Conference, Northwestern University (MEDS, Kellogg School of Management), Rice University (ECO), SAET Conference. 13-14 Columbia University (Political Economy), Georgetown University (ECO), Warwick/Princeton Political Economy Conference. 12-13 Emory University (POL), EPSA Annual Conference, Higher School of Economics, Russia (Quantitative Analysis in Political Science Workshop), LSE-NYU Conference on Political Science and Political Economy, Université de Montréal (ECO), MPSA Annual Conference, NBER Summer Institute (Discussant), Princeton University (Political Economy Research Seminar, Conference on Judicial Institutions), Workshop on Institutions, Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes (CRENoS).
Matias Iaryczower 5 11-12 APSA Annual Meeting, AEA Annual Meeting, UC San Diego (POL), Cornell University (ECO), Erasmus University Rotterdam (Political Economy Workshop), LSE (Government), MPSA Annual Conference, University of Maryland (ECO), University of Toronto (ECO), Yale University (POL), University of Western Ontario (ECO). 10-11 Columbia University (Political Economy Seminar), Princeton University (Political Economy Seminar), APSA Annual Meeting, MPSA Annual Meeting, Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference, Priorat Workshop in Theoretical Political Science, 11 th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Ec. Theory. 09-10 USC (Marshall School of Business), Princeton University (POL), Caltech (HSS), UC Davis (ECO), MPSA Annual Meeting, NBER Summer Institute in Political Economy (discussant), NYU (Political Economy Workshop). Conferences Attended: UC Berkeley Conference on Political Economy and Governance (2013-2015), UC Berkeley Workshop on Endogenous Institutions and Political Conflict (2011), Columbia Conference in Political Economy (2013-2015), Cornell Political Economy Conference (2015), Emory CSLPE Conference (2015), LSE-NYU Conference on Political Economy (2011-15); NBER Political Economy Program Meeting (2010), NBER Summer Institute in Political Economy (2010-11); Princeton Conference on Political Agency and Institutions (2011); Princeton Conference on Political Economy (2011); Yale Conference in Political Economy (2015), Wallis Institute Conference on Political Economy (2010-16), Washington PECO (2014-16). Teaching Experience @ Princeton: - Mathematical Models in Political Science (undergraduate): 2011-17. - Formal Political Analysis II (graduate): 2010-17. - Analyzing Legislatures (undergraduate): Fall 2010. @ Caltech: - Industrial Organization (undergraduate): 2005-10. - Analyzing Legislatures (undergraduate): 2007-10. - Foundations of Political Economy (graduate): 2005-10. @ EITM Summer Institute: - Structural Estimation Module: 2011, 2012.
Matias Iaryczower 6 Department Service - Director of Undergraduate Studies (2016-2017). - Advisor, Political Economy Program, Department of Politics (2011-17). - Co-Organizer, Workshop in Political Economy (2011-17). - Faculty Organizer, Research Seminar in Political Economy (2014-17). - Formal and Quantitative Methods Field Coordinator (2016-17). - Formal and Quantitative Methods Recruiting Committee (2016-17). - Priorities Committee, Politics Department (2016-17). - Advisory Committee to the Chair, Politics Department (2016-17). Previous Employment (in Argentina) - Researcher, Center of Studies for Institutional Development (CEDI), 1998-2000. - Junior Economist, Fundacion Investigaciones Economicas Latinoamericanas, 1997-1998. March, 2017