#  Local Political Economy Conference, APSA 2025 

 



We are very excited to welcome people to the 2025 Local Political Economy pre-Conference. We will be meeting on the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus from 10am-6pm on **Wednesday, September 10th**. Please let us know if you've not yet RSVP'd but would like to attend via [email](mailto:jessica.l.trounstine@vanderbilt.edu,jdbk@hks.harvard.edu,sborwein@mail.ubc.ca,mrholman@central.uh.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 ([Sophie Borwein](mailto:sborwein@mail.ubc.ca?subject=LPEC%20question), [Jessica Trounstine](mailto:jessica.l.trounstine@vanderbilt.edu?subject=LPEC%20question), [Mirya Holman](mailto:mrholman@central.uh.edu?subject=LPEC%20question), and [Justin de Benedictis-Kessner](mailto:jdbk@hks.harvard.edu?subject=LPEC%20question)) if you have questions.

## Location:

- [Buchanan Tower, University of British Columbia](https://maps.app.goo.gl/8fut9id2bhmz75kM9) - BUTO Room 225 (*not* Buchanan Block)
- Address: 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- All sessions will take place in (room TBA)

## Transportation:

There are several transportation options from the main conference area.

1. The UBC bus loop. For those who want to take the bus: there is a bus that goes from Waterfront station (right near the Vancouver Convention Centre) to UBC. It’s called the 44 (direction: UBC). You can pay by credit card when you get on by tapping your card against the machine. Take the bus to the last stop (UBC bus loop). The walk to Buchanan Tower from the bus stop is about 5 minutes.
2. The UBC Rose Garden Parkade is a pay parking area for folks who drive, and also not a bad place to direct ride hail vehicles

## Schedule:

LPEC 2025 will take place on Wednesday, September 10. Papers will be posted here on September 3rd (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 (5-10 minutes) and Q&A with the audience in order to maximize feedback.

Posters will be set up on the walls of the room throughout the day, with time to circulate and view them during lunch and the afternoon break.

Sort**Time****Paper Title****Paper Author(s)****Discussant**10-10:30am

[Does Segregation Produce Local Political Leaders? Evidence from White Ethnic Enclaves](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-08/MoyVitale-min.pdf)

[Bryant J. Moy](https://bryantjmoy.com/) (w/ [Luca Vitale](https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/lucavitale/))

[Jen Gaudette](https://www.jennifercgaudette.com/)

10:30-11am

[Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Where are Female Police Chiefs Appointed?](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-08/GundersonHuber_LPEC.pdf)

[Anna Gunderson](https://www.annagunderson.com/) (w/ [Laura Huber](http://www.laurakhuber.com/))

[Mirya Holman](https://sites.google.com/view/miryaholman)

11-11:15am

**Break**



11:15-11:45am

[Moving in and Mobilizing: Gentrifiers and Local Political Participation](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Verrilli_LPEC25_gentrifer_pol-min.pdf)

[Allison Verrilli](https://agverrilli.com/)

[Alexander Sahn](https://www.alexandersahn.com/)

11:45am-12:15pm

["We need the right kind of people in this neighborhood": Racial Motivation in Opposition to New Housing Construction](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Becker_lpec.pdf)

[Clayton Becker](https://sites.google.com/view/claytonbecker)

[Jessica Trounstine](https://sites.google.com/view/jessicatrounstine)

12:15-1:30pm

**Lunch & Poster Session**



 

[The Effects of At-Large Elections: Evidence from School Boards](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/asher_lpec_2025_poster.pdf)

[Sam G.Z. Asher](https://sgzasher.com/)

[Michael Hankinson](https://www.mhankinson.com/)

 

[Coordination Advantage: An Explanation for Why Political Alignment Pays Off](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Quid_Pro_Quo%20%282%29-min-min.pdf)

[Natalia Bueno](https://nataliabueno.github.io/) (w/ [Fernando Meireles](https://fmeireles.com/) and [Marcus Vinícius de Sá Torres](https://marcustorresz.github.io/))

[Manuela Munoz](https://www.manuelamunoz.com/)

 

[Vested Interests in Candidate Selection: Evidence from School Boards](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Vested_Interests_Paper.pdf)

[David Nguyen](https://polisci.wustl.edu/people/thanh-nguyen)

[Anna Weissman](https://annaweissman.com/)

 

[Affordable for Whom? Public Opinion About Housing Affordability](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Insufficiently_Affordable_APSA_2025_Mendelberg_Novoa_Pietrzak.pdf)

[Adrian Pietrzak](https://apietrzak.org/)

[Charley Willison](https://charleywillison.publichealth.cornell.edu/)

1:30-2pm

[Building Representation: The Politics of Development, Diversity, and Institutional Norms](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Cha_lpec.pdf)

[Jeremiah Cha](https://www.jeremiahcha.com/)

[Christopher Warshaw](http://www.chriswarshaw.com/)

2-2:30pm

[The Spatial Dynamics of State Capacity](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/Borba_LPEC25.pdf)

[Lucas Borba](https://lucas-borba.com/)

[Maria Carreri](https://www.mariacarreri.com/)

2:30-3pm

[How Much Do Police Tactics Matter? Experimental Evidence from Jacksonville](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/naftel_jacksonville_09042025.pdf)

[Danny Naftel](https://dnaftel.github.io/)

[Josh McCrain](https://www.joshuamccrain.com/)

3-3:30pm

**Break**



3:30-4pm

[The Death of Pork? Federal Particularism and Local Capacity](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/KVR_LPEC25_LocalCapacity.pdf)

[Kyle Van Rensselaer](https://www.kylevanr.com/)

[Justin de Benedictis-Kessner](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/)

4-4:30pm

[Nationalization and Local Government Turnover: Evidence from School Board Members and Superintendents](https://jdbk.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum4201/files/2025-09/simko_lpec.pdf)

[Tyler Simko](https://tylersimko.com/) (w/ [Erik Peterson](https://www.erik-peterson.net/), [Maranda Joyce](https://sites.google.com/rice.edu/marandajoyce/), [Rachel White](https://education.utexas.edu/faculty/rachel_white/), and [Josh McCrain](https://www.joshuamccrain.com/))

[Vlad Kogan](https://u.osu.edu/kogan.18/)

4:30-6pm

**Happy hour reception @ Koerner's Pub**