NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010

 

Political Economy Public Finance Workshop

 

Michael Golosov, Organizer

 

July 23, 2010

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel
University BC

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

  

FRIDAY, JULY 23:

 

 

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

9:00 am

Jinhui Bai, Georgetown University

 

Roger Lagunoff, Georgetown University

 

Revealed Political Power

 

 

 

Discussant: Roland Benabou, Princeton University and NBER

 

 

9:50 am

Alberto Alesina, Harvard University and NBER

 

Francesco Passarelli, Bocconi University

 

Regulation versus Taxation

 

 

 

Discussant:  Pierre Yared, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

10:40 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

Alessandra Bonfiglioli, IAE-CSIC

 

Gino Gancia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 

Politicians, Uncertainty and Reforms

 

 

 

Discussant:  Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Ruediger Bachmann, University of Michigan and NBER

 

Jinhui Bai, Georgetown University

 

Government Purchases Over the Business Cycle: the Role of

 

Heterogeneity and Wealth Bias in Political Decision Making

 

 

 

Discussant:  Davide Debortoli, UC, San Diego

 

 

1:50 pm

Allan Drazen, University of  Maryland and NBER

 

Ethan Ilzetzki, London School of Economics

 

Kosher Pork

 

 

 

Discussant:  Marco Battaglini, Princeton University and NBER

 

 

2:40 pm

Break

 

 

3:00 pm

Renee Bowen, Stanford University

 

Limits of the WTO as a Self-Enforcing Institution

 

 

 

Discussant:  Mark Aguiar, University of Rochester and NBER

 

 

3:50 pm

Tommaso Nannicini, Bocconi University

 

Fernanda Brollo, Bocconi University

 

Tying Your Enemy's Hands in Close Races: The Politics of Federal Transfers in Brazil

 

 

 

Discussant:  Filipe Campante, Harvard University

 

 

4:40 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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