Calendrier du 08 décembre 2020
PSI-PSE (Petit Séminaire Informel de la Paris School of Economics) Seminar
Du 08/12/2020 de 17:00 à 18:00
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97117933045?pwd=VG5oY0RDaWJMbmtSY2o3Y2F5RkZxZz09
VANSTEENBERGHE Eric (PSE)
Global Games and Tail Risks
Séminaire de recrutement
Du 08/12/2020 de 17:00 à 18:00
ONLINE
DE CHAISEMARTIN Clément (Sciences Po)
Difference-in-differences estimators of intertemporal treatment effects
écrit avec Xavier D'Haultfoeuille
Paris Trade Seminar
Du 08/12/2020 de 14:45 à 16:15
Using Zoom
ALBORNOZ Facundo (Nottingham)
Firm Export Responses to Tariff Hikes
écrit avec Irene Brambilla and Emanuel Ornelas
Texte intégral
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 08/12/2020 de 12:30 à 13:30
via ZOOM
ASSOUAD Lydia (PSE)
Charismatic Leaders and Nation-Building
Can leaders shape identity and legitimize new political orders? I address this question by studying the role of Mustafa Kemal, the founder of modern Turkey, in spreading a new national identity. Using a generalized difference-in-differences design that exploits time and geographic variation in Kemal’s visits to districts, I test whether exposure to a charismatic leader affects citizens’ take-up of the new Turkish identity. I find that people living in visited districts are more likely to embrace the national identity, as proxied by the adoption of first names in Pure Turkish, the new language introduced by the state. I show that Kemal was more efficient in rallying people, compared to Ismet Inonu, his Prime Minister, suggesting that he had an idiosyncratic effect. Results are mostly driven by districts where he met with local elites, rather than with the mass, and where he held a speech. Overall, the findings are consistent with the Weberian view that charismatic authority can legitimize new political orders.