Friday, May 1
8:30
Breakfast and registration
9:15
Welcome and opening remarks
9:30
Benjamin Lauderdale and Tom Clark, “Estimating Vote-Specific Preferences from Roll-Call Data Using Conditional
Autoregressive Priors” (Discussant: Devin Caughey)
10:45
Alex Tahk, “Properties of Ideal-Point
Estimators” (Discussant: Teppei Yamamoto)
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Roundtable: Keith Poole, Kevin Quinn, Howard Rosenthal, and Jeff Lewis (Moderator: Chris Warshaw)
2:15
Chris Tausanovitch and Jeff Lewis, “When Does Joint Scaling Allow For Direct Comparisons of Preferences?” (Discussant: Mike Bailey)
3:30
Stephen Jessee, “(How) Can We Estimate the
Ideology of Citizens and Political Elites on the Same Scale?” (Discussant: Seth Hill)
4:45
Doug Ahler and David Broockman, “Does Polarization Imply Poor Representation? A New Perspective on the “Disconnect” Between Politicians
and Voters” (Discussant: Bob Erikson)
6:30
Dinner
Saturday, May 2
8:00
Breakfast
8:30
James Lo, “Fast Estimation of Ideal Points with Massive Data” (Discussant: Jacob Montgomery)
9:45
Daniel Pemstein, “Bridging in Item Response Theory Models: Improving Latent Trait Estimation in Expert Surveys” (Discussant: Christopher Hare)
11:00
In Song Kim and Marc Ratkovic, “Voting, Speechmaking, and the Dimensions of Conflict in the US Senate” (Discussant: Arthur Spirling)
12:15
Lunch
1:15
Michael Peress and Jesse Richman, “Policy
Representation in the State Legislatures” (Discussant: Constanza
Figueroa-Schibber)
2:30
Adam Bonica and Maya Sen, “The Politics of
Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan
Incentives to Politicize the Judiciary” (Discussant: Jeff Jenkins)
3:35
Conference ends
6:00
Informal dinner for remaining attendees at Area Four (500 Technology Square)
8:30
Breakfast and registration
9:15
Welcome and opening remarks
9:30
Benjamin Lauderdale and Tom Clark, “Estimating Vote-Specific Preferences from Roll-Call Data Using Conditional Autoregressive Priors” (Discussant: Devin Caughey)
10:45
Alex Tahk, “Properties of Ideal-Point Estimators” (Discussant: Teppei Yamamoto)
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Roundtable: Keith Poole, Kevin Quinn, Howard Rosenthal, and Jeff Lewis (Moderator: Chris Warshaw)
2:15
Chris Tausanovitch and Jeff Lewis, “When Does Joint Scaling Allow For Direct Comparisons of Preferences?” (Discussant: Mike Bailey)
3:30
Stephen Jessee, “(How) Can We Estimate the Ideology of Citizens and Political Elites on the Same Scale?” (Discussant: Seth Hill)
4:45
Doug Ahler and David Broockman, “Does Polarization Imply Poor Representation? A New Perspective on the “Disconnect” Between Politicians and Voters” (Discussant: Bob Erikson)
6:30
Dinner
Saturday, May 2
8:00
Breakfast
8:30
James Lo, “Fast Estimation of Ideal Points with Massive Data” (Discussant: Jacob Montgomery)
9:45
Daniel Pemstein, “Bridging in Item Response Theory Models: Improving Latent Trait Estimation in Expert Surveys” (Discussant: Christopher Hare)
11:00
In Song Kim and Marc Ratkovic, “Voting, Speechmaking, and the Dimensions of Conflict in the US Senate” (Discussant: Arthur Spirling)
12:15
Lunch
1:15
Michael Peress and Jesse Richman, “Policy
Representation in the State Legislatures” (Discussant: Constanza
Figueroa-Schibber)
2:30
Adam Bonica and Maya Sen, “The Politics of
Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan
Incentives to Politicize the Judiciary” (Discussant: Jeff Jenkins)
3:35
Conference ends
6:00
Informal dinner for remaining attendees at Area Four (500 Technology Square)
8:00
Breakfast
8:30
James Lo, “Fast Estimation of Ideal Points with Massive Data” (Discussant: Jacob Montgomery)
9:45
Daniel Pemstein, “Bridging in Item Response Theory Models: Improving Latent Trait Estimation in Expert Surveys” (Discussant: Christopher Hare)
11:00
In Song Kim and Marc Ratkovic, “Voting, Speechmaking, and the Dimensions of Conflict in the US Senate” (Discussant: Arthur Spirling)
12:15
Lunch
1:15
Michael Peress and Jesse Richman, “Policy Representation in the State Legislatures” (Discussant: Constanza Figueroa-Schibber)
2:30
Adam Bonica and Maya Sen, “The Politics of Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan Incentives to Politicize the Judiciary” (Discussant: Jeff Jenkins)
3:35
Conference ends
6:00
Informal dinner for remaining attendees at Area Four (500 Technology Square)