Conference Agenda

Session

The Real Effects of Polarization and Partisanship

Time:

Friday, 13/Mar/2026:

3:30pm - 5:15pm

Session Chair: Runjing Lu, University of Toronto

Location: Caspian

Presentations

Partisan Borders: Political Ideology and Frictions in Interstate Job-to-Job Flows

Brooke Wang

Miami University

Discussant: Wanyi Wang (Babson College)

Fiscal Risk Perception: Evidence from Analyst Forecasts

Nancy Xu¹, Yuxi Yang², Yang You²

1: Boston College; 2: University of Hong Kong

Discussant: Matthew Denes (Carnegie Mellon University)

Political Polarization and Corporate Investment

Julian Atanassov¹, Brandon Julio², Tiecheng Leng³, Qiaoqiao Zhu⁴

1: University of Nebraska; 2: University of Oregon; 3: Harbin Institute of Technology; 4: Australian National University

Discussant: Ramona Dagostino (University of Virginia)