Conference on the Politics of Special Interests

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy
February 13, 2006
Social Sciences Plaza B, Room 5206
University of California, Irvine

Breakfast: 9:00-9:30

Session I: 9:30-12:15

Kimiko TERAI (Hosei University) Electoral Control over Policy-motivated Candidates and Their Policy Biases
Discussant: Masaru KONO

Marty MCGUIRE (UCI) and Toshihiro IHORI (University of Tokyo) Collective Risk Control and Group Security
Discussant: Igor KOPYLOV

Jan BRUECKNER (UCI) Fiscal Federalism and Economic Growth
Discussant: Toshihiro IHORI

Lunch: 12:15-1:00

Session II: 1:00-2:30

Seiji FUJII (UCI) The Timing of Government Spending in Japan and in the US
Discussant: Masaru KONO

Dan BOGART (UCI) The Role of Political Institutions in Economic Growth: Evidence from Turnpike Acts in Eighteenth-century England
Discussant: Hiroki KONDO

Break 2:30-3:00

Session III: 3:00-4:30

Matthew BECKMANN (UCI) The Legislative Politics Of Protectionism: A Theory Of Lobbyists’ Strategy For Influencing U.S. Trade Policy
Discussant: Takashi FUKUSHIMA

Ikuo KUME (Waseda University) Interest Group Politics in Transition: The Case of Japan
Discussant: Kimiko TERAI