2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

ehavioral patterns, and subject the empirical implications to
empirical evaluation using several statistical techniques.
Presenter The Road to Reconciliation: Avoiding False Conviction and
False Acquittal
(Board 10)
Monika Nalepa, Harvard Academy of Scholars
Overview: The paper uses new opinion poll data from a 2004
survey in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to test several
hypotheses about the determinants of TJ demand.
Presenter Portfolio Allocation as Leadership Strategy: Bargaining
Across Parties
(Board 11)
Yoshikuni Ono, University of Michigan
Overview: Constructing a formal model and drawing on data of
portfolio allocation among coalition parties in 14 European
countries, I demonstrate that portfolio allocation is an instrument
prime ministers use to handle intra-party and inter-party pressures.
Presenter Congressional Politics in Political Economy
(Board 12)
Robi Ragan, University of Georgia
Overview: This paper uses computational models to demonstrate
the need for incorporating formal models of Congress within the
political economy literature on policy formation.
Presenter Why People Pay More Under Proportional System?: Electoral
System, Corporate Governance and Price
(Board 13)
Jaekwon Suh, University of California, Los Angeles
Overview: This paper explains cross–national variation of
competitive price level measured by purchasing power parity
(PPP). The theoretical contribution of the paper is to show firm’s
price-asking behavior in a certain political environment.
Presenter An Agent-Based Model of Atomistic Social Interaction and
Preference Formation
(Board 14)
Dominick E. Wright, University of Michigan
Overview: The paper is first in a series seeking to disentangle the
web of endogenous preference formation processes within states
and in the context of social issues.
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