Lecture: Behavioral Political Economy: studying political movements in real time
Papers to be discussed (in order of priority):

1. Davide Cantoni, David Y. Yang, Noam Yuchtman, Y. Jane Zhang, “Protests as Strategic Games: Experimental Evidence from Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 134, N. 2 (May 2019): pp. 1021–1077.
LINK: www.davidecantoni.net/pdfs/hk_protest_experiment_20181012.pdf

2. Leonardo Bursztyn, Davide Cantoni, David Y. Yang, Noam Yuchtman, Y. Jane Zhang, “Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements,” American Economic Review: Insights, Vol. 3, N. 2 (June 2021): pp. 233–250.
LINK: www.davidecantoni.net/pdfs/aeri.20200261.pdf

3. Davide Cantoni, Louis-Jonas Heizlsperger, David Y. Yang, Noam Yuchtman, Y. Jane Zhang, “The Fundamental Determinants of Protest Participation: Evidence from Hong Kong’s Antiauthoritarian Movement,” January 2022, working paper.
LINK: www.davidecantoni.net/pdfs/hk_democrats_20220201.pdf “
Date: 2 March 2022, 16:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Common Room or Join Zoom https://zoom.us/j/97148964387
Speaker: Noam Yuchtman (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Economics
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Emma Heritage