University of Houston

Department of Political Science

Friday Noon Talk Series - Fall 2003

September 12

Professor Raymond Duch – University of Houston

“A Contextual Model of the Economic Vote in Comparative Perspective”

(co-authored with Randy Stevenson)

September 26

Room 313 PGH
Professor Anthony Bertelli – Texas A&M University

“Strategic Delegation and the Administrative Presidency”

October 3

Professor Vanessa Baird – University of Colorado

“How Courts Get Their Cases: An Information Theory of Supreme Court Agenda Setting”
The manuscript (including empirical chapters) are available at Prof. Baird's homepage.

October 24

Professor Judd Owen – Emory University

“Religious Apathy and Democracy: Is Religious Zeal a Good Riddance?”

November 7

Professor Christine LeVeaux – University of Houston

“Face Value: Assessing the Symbolic Benefits of Descriptive Representation”

AND * Tables * for “Face Value”

November 21

Professor James E. Alt – Harvard University

“Ficsal Transparency, Political Parties and Debt in OECD Coutries”
NOTE: Prof. Alt's talk starts at 3 pm.

Guest Lecture Series Homepage for Rice University's Department of Political Science.