SLAMM! 2016

The Saint Louis Area Methods Meeting
American University
Washington, DC
Friday, 29 April 2016

Registration:

SLAMM! is always free to attend, but registration is mandatory.

Schedule:

(PDF version here.)

• 8.45 - 9.15am
  Coffee and light breakfast

• 9.15 - 9.30
  Opening remarks

• 9.30 - 10.30
  "Identification and Estimation of Joint Treatment Effects with Instrumental Variables"
  Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University
  (Paper available at http://www.mattblackwell.org/files/papers/joint-iv.pdf)
  (Discussant: Jamie Monogan, University of Georgia)

• 10.45 - 11.45
  "Voters, Nonvoters and Attitudes Toward Income Inequality"
  Jan Leighley, American University
  (Discussant: Christopher Hare, University of California, Davis)

• Noon - 12.30
  "NSF Funding Opportunities for Political Methodologists"
  Cheryl L. Eavey, National Science Foundation

• 12.30 - 1.45
  Lunch

• 1.45 - 2.45
  "Can Caucuses Alleviate Partisan Polarization in Congress?"
  Jennifer N. Victor, George Mason University
  (Paper available at http://ryantmoore.org/files/slamm/VictorHaptonstahlRinge.pdf)
  (Discussant: Chris Warshaw, MIT)

• 2.45 - 3pm
  Coffee and light snack

• 3.00 - 4.00pm
  "What's the Alternative?: An Equivalence Approach to Balance and Placebo Tests"
  Erin Hartman, Princeton University/University of California, Los Angeles
  (Paper available at http://ryantmoore.org/files/slamm/hartman_equivalence_SLAMM2016.pdf)
  (Discussant: Hans Noel, Georgetown)

• 4.00 - 4.10pm
  Closing remarks

• 5 - 8pm
  Conference Dinner
  Chef Geoff's (link)
  3201 New Mexico Ave NW
  (PDF map here.)

Location

Yuma Building at the Washington College of Law (WCL)
Terrace Room 17

Directions

WCL is 1 block from the Tenleytown-AU Metro Station, on Metro's Red Line.
The Yuma Building is directly across the street from 4001 Yuma Street NW.
If you enter the WCL Warren Building at 4300 Nebraska Avenue NW, walk straight through and access the Yuma Building from the WCL courtyard.

Parking at WCL

A limited number of free parking passes are available. Please email ccps@american.edu for a permit.

Parking is available at WCL for $2 per hour, $16 per day. The parking entrance is on 4300 Nebraska Avenue. To get to the Yuma Building, Terrace Room 17, drive to the end of level P1 or P2, take the bank of elevators there, come up to Terrace Level, and YT 17 is down the hallway in front of you, slightly to left.

Nearby Hotels

See http://www.american.edu/ocl/orientation/Local-Hotels.cfm for a list of hotels near American University.

Coffee near WCL

• Atrium Cafe (between the Yuma Building and Capital Hall)
• WCL Dining Hall (Yuma Building)
• Bourbon Coffee (link), 4200 Wisconsin Ave NW
• Panera, 4501 Wisconsin Ave NW
• Starbucks, 4513 Wisconsin Ave NW

Special Thanks

We are indebted to our sponsors for making this meeting possible:

• The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University
• The School of Public Affairs Dean's office Excellence with Impact program