Conference:
Initiatives and Referendums
in the Elections of 2012
Friday, November 16th, 2012
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Hoffman Hall - HOH 2
USC Marshall School of Business
701 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90089-1421
If you wish to attend, RSVP to Christopher Schnieders at cschnieders@law.usc.edu.
For parking information, please call (213) 740-5714.
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8:30 - 9:00 AM
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Continental Breakfast |
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SESSION ONE
Panel Chair: Anthony Bertelli, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy |
9:00 - 9:40 AM
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Mat McCubbins, USC Provost Professor of Business, Law and Political Economy Craig Burnett, Appalachian State University, Political Science Sex, Drugs, and Taxes: How Voters Decided Public Policy in Four States |
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9:45 - 10:25 AM
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Vikram Amar, UC Davis School of Law
Recent Constitutional Challenges to, and Suggested Limits on, the Use of the Initiative Process |
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10:30 - 10:45 AM
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BREAK
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SESSION TWO
Panel Chair: Elizabeth Garrett, USC Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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10:45 - 11:25 AM
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John Matsusaka, USC Marshall School of Business & Gould School of Law
Does Ballot Order Matter for Propositions? |
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11:30 - 12:10 PM
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Thad Kousser, UC San Diego, Political Science Michael Binder, University of North Florida, Political Science First Come First Served? Ballot Order Effects and Propositions |
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12:15 - 1:45 PM
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LUNCH
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SESSION THREE Panel Chair: David Magleby, Brigham Young University, Political Science |
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1:45 - 2:25 PM
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Shaun Bowler, UC Riverside, Political Science
Stephen Nicholson, UC Merced, Political Science |
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2:30 - 3:10 PM
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Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida, Political Science Moved by the Spirit? Atmospherics and Ballot Amendment Vote Choice |
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3:15 - 3:30 PM
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BREAK
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SESSION FOUR Panel Chair: Robert Stern, Past President of the Center for Governmental Studies |
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3:30 - 4:10 PM
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Elisabeth Gerber, University of Michigan, Public Policy & Political Studies
What Votes on Local Tax and Bond Measures Tell Us about Fiscal Policy Preferences |
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4:15 - 4:45 PM
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Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa, Political Science
Same-Sex Marriage, Public Opinion and the Initiative |
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5:00 PM
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Adjournment |
Sponsored By:
USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics
Initiative & Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California
