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BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010 |
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Political Economy |
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July 19 and 20, 2010 |
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Organizers: Ernesto Dal Bó
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NBER |
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PROGRAM |
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MONDAY, JULY 19: |
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Coffee and Pastries |
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Gèrard Roland, UC, Berkeley |
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Culture Institutions and the Wealth of Nations |
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Discussant: Philippe
Aghion, |
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Coffee Break |
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Ruben Enikolopov, New Economic School |
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Elite
Capture of Local Institutions: Evidence from a Field Experiment in
Afghanistan |
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Discussant: Claudio
Ferraz, PUC-Rio |
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Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, New Economic School |
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Elite
Capture in the Absence of Democracy: Evidence from Backgrounds of Chinese
Provincial Leaders |
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Discussant: John Friedman, |
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Lunch |
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Discussant: Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Paola Conconi, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
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Discussant: Suresh
Naidu, UC, Berkeley |
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Adjourn |
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TUESDAY, JULY 20: |
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Coffee and Pastries |
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Federico Cingano,
Bank of |
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Politicians at Work. The Private
Returns and Social Costs of Political Connections |
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Discussant: Pedro
Dal Bó, |
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Coffee Break |
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Claire Lim, |
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Discussant: Stefano
DellaVigna, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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Information Aggregation
Learning and Non-Strategic Behavior in Voting Environments |
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Discussant: Navin Kartik,
Columbia University |
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Lunch |
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Chris Edmond, |
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Discussant: Matías Iaryczower,
UC, Los Angeles |
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Peter Murrell, |
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Design and
Evolution in Institutional Development: The Insignificance of the English
Bill of Rights |
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Discussant: Richard
Hornbeck, Harvard University |
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Adjourn |