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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2004 |
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Income
Distribution and Macroeconomics |
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Daron
Acemoglu, Roland Benabou and Oded Galor, Organizers |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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5
Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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July 19
- 22, 2004 |
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PROGRAM |
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MONDAY, JULY 19: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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Inequality and Market Frictions |
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9:00 a.m. |
DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER |
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SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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Disease
and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy of Economic Growth |
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10:00
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Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
ROBERT J.GARY-BOBO, Université
de Paris I |
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ALAIN TRANNOY, EHESS-GREQAM |
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Efficient
Tuition Fees, Examinations and Subsidies |
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11:15
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Break |
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11:30 a.m. |
JONATHAN HEATHCOTE, Georgetown University |
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KJETIL STORESLETTEN, Oslo
University |
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GIANLUCA VIOLANTE, New York
University |
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Labor Supply and Labor Market
Risk: Normative and Positive Analysis |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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TUESDAY, JULY 20: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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Redistributive Politics |
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9:00 a.m. |
ALBERTO ALESINA, Harvard
University |
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GEORGE-MARIOS ANGELETOS, MIT |
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Fairness and Redistribution |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
FILIPE R.CAMPANTE, Harvard
University |
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FRANCISCO FERREIRA, The World
Bank |
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Inefficient
Lobbying, Populism and Oligarchy |
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11:15 a.m. |
Break |
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11:30 a.m. |
GERARD PADRO-I-MIGUEL, MIT |
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Captured
by Government: Ethnic Conflict and Political Accountability |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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Human Capital, Institutions, and
Growth |
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1:30 p.m. |
ERIC GOULD, OMER MOAV and AVI SIMHON,
Hebrew University |
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The Mystery of Monogamy |
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2:30
p.m. |
NILS-PETTER LAGERLOF, York
University |
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Regional
Income Gaps in the U.S.A. Today--What Can Geography and Slavery Explain |
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3:30 p.m. |
NEIL CANADAY, College and
William and Mary |
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ROBERT TAMURA, Clemson
University |
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White
Discrimination in Provision of Black Education: Plantations and Towns |
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4:30
p.m. |
Adjourn |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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Entry, Exit and Market Structure |
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9:00 a.m. |
ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG and MARK L.J.WRIGHT,
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Stanford University |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
XAVIER GABAIX, MIT and NBER |
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11:15 a.m. |
Break |
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11:30 a.m. |
RETO FOELLMI and JOSEF
ZWEIMULLER, University of Zurich |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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6:00 p.m. |
Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club,
20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA |
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THURSDAY, JULY 22: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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Globalization and Inequality |
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9:00 a.m. |
CAROL SHIUE, University of
Texas, Austin |
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WOLFGANG KELLER, University of
Texas, Austin and NBER |
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Markets
in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
GINO GANCIA, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra |
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11:15 a.m. |
Break |
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11:30 a.m. |
DAVID THESMAR, ENSAE,-CREST |
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MATHIAS THOENIG, CERAS-CNRS |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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4/29/04 |
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