NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Political Economy Program Meeting

May 6, 2006

Alberto Alesina, Organizer

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, MAY 5:
7:00 pm	Group Dinner
	Royal Sonesta Hotel – University Room
SATURDAY, MAY 6:
8:15 am	Shuttle van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	ENRICO SPOLAORE, Tufts University
	ROMAIN WACZIARG, Stanford University and NBER
	The Diffusion of Development
	Discussant: FRANCESCO CASELLI, London School of Economics and NBER
10:00 am	PAOLA GIULIANO and ANTONIO SPILIMBERGO, IMF
	GIOVANNI TONON, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
	Genetic Map for Economists
	Discussant: LUIGI ZINGALES, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:15 am	ALBERTO ALESINA, Harvard University and NBER
	WILLIAM EASTERLY, New York University
	JANINA MATUSZESKI, Harvard University
	Artificial States
	Discussant: ERNESTO DAL BO, UC, Berkeley
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	EFRAIM BENMELECH, Harvard University
	TOBIAS MOSKOWITZ, University of Chicago and NBER
	The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 18^th and 19^th Century
	Discussant: ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER
2:15 pm	Coffee Break
2:30 pm	EDWARD GLAESER and
	ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University and NBER
	GIACOMO PONZETTO, Harvard University
	Why Does Democracy Need Education?
	Discussant: SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER
3:30 pm	RAGHURAM RAJAN, IMF and NBER
	LUIGI ZINGALES, Harvard University and NBER
	The Persistence of Underdevelopment: Institutions, Human Capital, or Constituencies?
	Discussant: PEDRO DAL BO, Brown University
4:30 pm	Adjourn
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