82nd International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 13 - 16, 2016 | Washington, USA

105 Political Economy

Friday, October 14, 2016: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Chair:
Hong V. Nguyen, University of Scranton—USA
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
Autocracy and the public - threats of mass revolts and policy control in dictatorships
Thomas Apolte, University of Muenster—Germany
A critical view on the role of NGOs in systemic capacity building
Roland Bardy Sr., Florida Gulf Coast University—USA; Philip Awekeya, Regentropfen College of Applied Sciences—Ghana
Political economy of public sector reform: Redistributive promises and transfers to special interests
Sumon Majumdar, Queen's University—Canada; Sanjay Jain, University of Cambridge—United Kingdom
Reassessing the effect of soda taxes on body weight
Nathalie Mathieu-Bolh, University of Vermont—USA; Stephen Colagiuri, University of Sydney—Australia
Discussants:
Nathalie Mathieu-Bolh, University of Vermont—USA ; Thomas Apolte, University of Muenster—Germany ; Roland Bardy Sr., Florida Gulf Coast University—USA and Sumon Majumdar, Queen's University—Canada
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