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报告题目：Pandering in the Shadows: How Natural Disasters Affect Special Interest Politics

报  告 人：袁海山（昆士兰经济学院 高级讲师）

主  持 人：朱传奇（中山大学岭南学院 副教授）

时      间：2024年6月26日（周三）14:30

地      址：岭南堂林植宣会议室（103）

语      言：中英文

摘要：

We exploit the quasi-random timing of natural disasters to study the connection between public attention to politics and legislators’ support for special interests. We show that when a disaster strikes, the news media reduce both their coverage of politics in general as well as that of individual legislators in particular. At the same time, members of the House of Representatives become significantly more likely to adopt the positions of special-interest donors as they vote on bills. Taken together, the evidence implies that politicians are more inclined to take actions that benefit special interests when the public is distracted. More broadly, our findings suggest that attention to politics improves electoral accountability, even in an environment with stringent transparency and disclosure requirements.

报告人介绍：

        袁海山，昆士兰大学经济学院高级讲师（Senior Lecturer），澳大利亚国立大学税收与转移政策研究所研究员。博士毕业于马里兰大学，本科毕业于悉尼大学，主要研究领域为政治经济学和发展经济学。多篇论文发表于American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization等国际一流SSCI期刊，主要讲授全球化与经济发展，劳动经济学，公共经济学等课程。

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