December 8, 2017, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Robert Bates, Keynote Address 
• Robert A. Blair, Sabrina M. Karim and Benjamin S. Morse,  Establishing the Rule of Law in Weak and War-torn States: Evidence from a Field Experiment with the Liberian National Police
• Pia Raffler and Melina Platas,  Leveling the Playing Field? Voting Behavior in an Electoral Authoritarian Regime
• Constantine Manda, The Nyerere Effect: Minority Presidents and Ethnic Politics