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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2009 |
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Political
Economy Workshop |
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July 13 and 14, 2009 |
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Alberto Alesina, Organizer
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NBER |
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1050 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge, MA |
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PROGRAM |
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MONDAY, JULY 13: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER |
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DAVIDE CANTONI, Harvard University |
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SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER |
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JAMES A. ROBINSON, Harvard University and NBER |
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Discussant:
ERNESTO DAL BO, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 am |
STEFANO
GAGLIARDUCCI, CEMFI |
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M.
DANIELE PASERMAN, Boston University and NBER |
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Gender Interactions
within Hierarchies: Evidence from the
Political Arena |
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Discussant: PAOLA GIULIANO, UC, Los Angeles and NBER |
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11:30
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BENJAMIN
OLKEN, Harvard University and NBER |
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Direct Democracy and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in
Indonesia |
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Discussant:
ERZO LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
SILVIA ARDAGNA, Harvard
University |
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ANNAMARIA LUSARDI,
Dartmouth College and NBER |
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Where
Does Regulation Hurt? Evidence from New Businesses across Countries |
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Discussant:
MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER |
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2:30
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ARINDRAJIT DUBE, UC, Berkeley |
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ETHAN KAPLAN, Stockholm University |
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SURESH NAIDU, Harvard Academy |
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Discussant: EKHATERINA ZHURAVSKAYA, NES |
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3:30
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Adjourn |
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TUESDAY, JULY 14: |
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8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
FRANCESCO
CASELLI, London School of Economics and NBER |
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GUY
MICHAELS, London School of Economics |
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Do Oil
Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil |
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Discussant:
STEVE HABER, Standford University and NBER |
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10:00
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Coffee
Break |
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10:30
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RAPHAËL
FRANCK, Bar Ilan University |
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ILIA
RAINER, George Mason University |
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Does
the Leaders Ethnicity Matter? Ethnic Favoritism, Education and Health in
Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Discussant:
ROMAIN WACZIARG, Stanford University and NBER |
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11:30
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ALBERTO
BISIN, New York University and NBER |
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ELEONORA
PATACCHINI, IZA |
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THIERRY
VERDIER, Paris School of Economics |
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YVES
ZENOU, Stockholm University |
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Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic
Identity and Integration |
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Discussant:
WILLIAM EASTERLY, New York University and NBER |
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12:30
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Lunch |
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1:30
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NANCY
QIAN, Yale University and NBER |
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DAVID
YANAGIZAWA, Stockholm University |
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Discussant:
MATT GENTZKOW, University of Chicago and NBER |
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2:30
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PAULINE
GROSJEAN, UC, Berkeley |
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The Role
of Geography and History in Cultural Diffusion: A Gravity Approach |
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Discussant :
EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER |
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3:30
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Adjourn |