#  Local Political Economy Conference, APSA 2022 

 



 We are very excited to welcome people to the 2022 Local Political Economy pre-Conference. We will be meeting on the McGill University campus from 10am-5pm on **Wednesday, September 14th**. Please let us know if you've not yet RSVP'd but would like to attend via [email](/jdbk/mailto:jtrounstine@ucmerced.edu?subject=late%20RSVP%20for%20LPEC). Please feel free to share the invite with anyone you think would be interested in joining us, but tell them to RSVP so we have sufficient refreshments. Email us ([Jessica Trounstine](/jdbk/mailto:jtrounstine@ucmerced.edu?subject=LPEC%20question), [Mirya Holman](/jdbk/mailto:mholman@tulane.edu?subject=LPEC%20question), and [Justin de Benedictis-Kessner](/jdbk/mailto:jdbk@hks.harvard.edu?subject=LPEC%20question)) if you have questions.


##  Location:

- [McGill University Faculty Club](https://goo.gl/maps/niwpBS7cSYy45NWH6)
- Address: 3450 Mc Tavish St Montreal, QC H3A 0E5 Canada
- Walking [directions](https://goo.gl/maps/79tepwSPBz8JH67n9) (~25 min) from the conference venue
- All sessions will take place in the Billiard Room

##  Schedule:

 LPEC 2022 will take place on Wednesday, September 14. Papers will be posted here on September 7th (presenters, please [email](/jdbk/mailto:jdbk@hks.harvard.edu?subject=LPEC%20paper) your papers to Justin)

 Presentations should be ~10 minutes, with the rest of each time slot dedicated to the discussant and Q&A with the audience in order to maximize feedback.

Sort    Time

 

  Paper Title

 

  Paper Author(s)

 

  Discussant

 

    10-10:30am

 

  [Out of Power but Not Powerless: Electoral Consequences of Disaster Response in the Wake of Hurricane Mari­a in Puerto Rico](/file_url/153)

 

  [Fernando Tormos-Aponte](http://www.fernandotormos.com/) (w/ [Mary Painter](https://www.themarypainter.com/), [Brevin Franklin](https://www.cessrst.org/about/our-people/detail/brevin-franklin), and [Sameer Shah](http://www.sameerhshah.com/))

 

  Zac Peskowitz

 

    10:30-11am

 

  [Women and party building: Evidence from municipal governments in Brazil](/file_url/144)

 

  [Tanushree Goyal](https://www.tanushreegoyal.com/) (w/ [Cameron Sells](https://www.cameronsells.com/))

 

  David Fortunato

 

    11-11:15am

 

  Break

 

  

  

    11:15-11:45am

 

  [Arrested (Policy) Development: Explaining Change in Police Executives' Support for Civilian Review Boards](/file_url/149)

 

  [Kaylyn Jackson Schiff](https://www.kaylynjacksonschiff.com/) (w/ [Ian T. Adam](https://ianadamsresearch.com/), [Joshua McCrain](http://joshuamccrain.com/), [Daniel S. Schiff](https://danielschiff.com/), and [Scott M. Mourtgos](https://smourtgos.netlify.app/))

 

  Andrea Benjamin

 

    11:45am-12:15pm

 

  [Political Divisions in Large Cities: The Socio-Spatial Basis of Legislative Behavior in Chicago and Toronto](/file_url/145)

 

  [Zack Taylor](https://zacktaylor.com/) (w/ [David Armstrong](https://quantoid.net/))

 

  Vladimir Kogan

 

    12:15-1:30pm

 

  Lunch

 

  

  

    1:30-2pm

 

  [City Lobbying and Member's Legislative Performance](/file_url/146)

 

  [Fred Gui](https://www.fredgui.com/)

 

  Julia Payson

 

    2-2:30pm

 

  [Political Power of Bureaucratic Agents: Evidence from Policing in New York City](/file_url/147)

 

  [Elisa Wirsching](https://elisawirsching.github.io/)

 

  Asya Magazinnik

 

    2:30-3pm

 

  [Racial Threat and the Emergence of Criminal Activity Nuisance Ordinances](/file_url/150)

 

  [Bryant Moy](https://bryantjmoy.com/)

 

  Katherine Levine Einstein

 

    3-3:30pm

 

  Break

 

  

  

    3:30-4pm

 

  [City Limits: Why Citizen Opposition to Urban Development Become Concentrated in Expensive Housing Markets](/file_url/151)

 

  [Martin Vinæs Larsen](https://www.martinvlarsen.com/) (w/ [Jacob Nyrup](http://www.jacobnyrup.dk/))

 

  Max Palmer

 

    4-4:30pm

 

  [The Power of Developers: Evidence from California](/file_url/152)

 

  [Albert Sole-Olle](https://albertsoleolle.wordpress.com/)

 

  Alexander Sahn

 

    4:30-5pm

 

  [What Drives Politicians to Act on Climate? A Field Experiment with Local Officials in Six Countries](/file_url/148)

 

  [Miguel Pereira](https://miguelmpereira.com/) (w/ [Maria Perez](https://www.mariadperez.com/), [Nathalie Giger](http://www.nathaliegiger.de/), and [Kaya Axelsson](https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/person/kaya-axelsson))

 

  Megan Mullin