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Political Economy Program Meeting/Econ of Culture & Institutions
Organized by Alberto F. Alesina
April 8, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel
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9:00 am
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The Paradox of Civilization. Pre-Institutional Sources of Security and Prosperity
Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Pablo I. Hernández-Lagos, Yeshiva University, Sy Syms School of Business
Sebastián Mazzuca, Johns Hopkins
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10:15 am
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Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy
Joram Mayshar, Hebrew University
Omer Moav, University of Warwick
Zvika Neeman, Tel Aviv University
Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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11:15 am
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Reform Fatigue
Renee Bowen, Georgetown University and NBER
Jackie M.L. Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Oeindrila Dube, The University of Chicago and NBER
Nicolas S. Lambert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1:30 pm
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Image Versus Information: Changing Societal Norms and Optimal Privacy
Roland Bénabou, Princeton University and NBER
S. Nageeb Ali, The Pennsylvania State University
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2:45 pm
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Bombing the Way to State-Building? Lessons from the Vietnam War
Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER
Pablo Querubin, New York University and NBER
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3:45 pm
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Contracting out the Last-Mile of Service Delivery: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia
Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER
Jordan C. Kyle, IFPRI
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sudarno Sumarto, TNP2K
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