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National
Bureau of Economic Research |
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Economics
of Culture and Institutions |
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Organized
by Alberto Bisin and Paola Giuliano |
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NBER |
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2nd
Floor Conference Room |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge,
MA |
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November
20, 2010 |
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PROGRAM |
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Saturday, November 20: |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle van departs
Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
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Lawrence Blume, Cornell
University |
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William Brock, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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Steven Durlauf, University of
Wisconsin, Madison and NBER |
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Yannis
Ioannides, Tufts University |
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Discussant: Tim Conley, University of Western Ontario |
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9:50 am |
Cultural
Assimilation, Cultural Diffusion, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations |
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Quamrul
Ashraf, Williams College |
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Oded
Galor, Brown University |
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Discussant: Raquel Fernandez, New York University and NBER |
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10:40 am |
Break |
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11:10 am |
Divide
and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa |
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Stelios
Michalopoulos, Tufts University |
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Elias Papaioannu, Dartmouth
College |
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Discussant: Nico Voigtlaender, UC, Los Angeles |
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12:00
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
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Yann Algan,
Science Po |
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Pierre Cahuc,
Ecole Politechnique |
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Andrei Shleifer,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Discussant: Roland Benabou, Princeton University and NBER |
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1:50 pm |
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Luigi Guiso, European Institute |
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Paola Sapienza, Northwestern
University and NBER |
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Luigi Zingales, University of
Chicago and NBER |
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Discussant: Alberto Alessina, Harvard University and NBER |
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2:40 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:00 pm |
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Benjamin
Feigerber, MIT |
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Erica Field,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Rohini Pande,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Discussant: Shawn Cole, Harvard
University and NBER |
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3:50 pm |
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Nicholas
Bloom, Stanford University and NBER |
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Raffaella Sadun, London School
of Economics and NBER |
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John
Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER |
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Discussant:
Cesare Fracassi,
University of Texas at Austin |
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4:40 pm |
Adjourn |
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