LACEA-PEG 2011
Thursday, May 26th
Morning session:
Conflict and inequality
Morning sessions Chair:
Ernesto Dal Bó (UC Berkeley)
9:00 - 9:05 am.
Opening remarks. Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes)
9:05 - 9:55 am.
The Risk of Civil Conflicts and Political Institutions.
Álvaro Aguirre - (University of Pennsylvania)
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Discussant: Juan Fernando Vargas (Universidad del Rosario)
9:55 - 10:45 am.
Civil War and Foreign Influence
Facundo Albornoz-Crespo - (University of Birmingham) and Esther Hauk
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Discussant: Mauricio Olivera (Fedesarrollo)
10:45 - 11:00 am.
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:50 am.
The rich-poor divide, within-groups inequality and armed conflict.
Juan Fernando Vargas - (Universidad del Rosario) and Leopoldo Fergusson
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Discussant: Marcela Eslava (Universidad de los Andes)
11:50 am. - 12:40 pm.
The long trace of inequality: evidence from Cundinamarca, Colombia
Juan Sebastián Galán - (Universidad de Los Andes - IADB)
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Discussant: Frederico Finan (UC Berkeley)
12:40 - 2:00 pm.
Lunch
Afternoon session 1:
Political economy of taxation
Afternoon Sessions Chair:
Claudio Ferraz (PUC Rio)
2:00 - 2:50 pm.
Tax Me, But Spend Wisely : The Political Economy of Taxes, Evidence from Brazilian Local Governments.
Lucie Gadenne - (Paris School of Economics)
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Discussant: Ernesto Stein (IADB)
2:50 - 3:40 pm.
The role of central bank independence on optimal taxation and seigniorage.
Guillermo Vuletin - (Colby College) and Roberto Delhy Nolivos
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Discussant: Natalia Salazar (Fedesarrollo)
3:40 - 4:00 pm.
Coffee break
Afternoon session 2:
The Wealth of Politicians
4:00 - 4:50 pm.
"Wealth Accumulation by U.S. Congressmen, 1845-1875: Were the Civil War Years Exceptional(ly Good)?"
Pablo Querubin - (Universidad de Los Andes and Harvard University) and James M. Snyder, Jr.
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Discussant: Ernesto Dal Bó (UC Berkeley)
4:50 - 5:40 pm.
Wealth and Political Power. Evidence from the Foundation of Buenos Aires.
Martin Rossi - (Universidad de San Andrés)
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Discussant: Pablo Querubín (Universidad de Los Andes and Harvard University)
Friday, May 27th
Morning session:
Political economy of public policy
Morning Sessions Chair:
Ernesto Stein (IADB)
9:00 - 9:50 am.
The Political Economy of Moral Conflict: An Empirical Study of Learning and Law Enforcement under Prohibition.
Camilo García-Jimeno - (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Discussant: Jimena Hurtado (Universidad de los Andes)
9:50 - 10:40 am.
Politics and Preschool: The Political Economy of Investment in Pre-Primary Education.
Katrina Kosec (Stanford University)
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Discussant: Darío Maldonado (Universidad del Rosario)
10:40 - 11:00 am.
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:50 am.
Anti-poverty programs and Presidential election outcomes: Familias en Acción in Colombia.
Oscar Nupia - (Universidad de los Andes)
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Discussant: Claudio Ferraz (PUC Rio)
11:50 am. - 12:50 pm.
Keynote presentation: Special interest politics and the exchange rate
Jeffry Frieden - (Harvard University)
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12:50 - 1:00 pm.
Closing remarks
1:00 - 2:30 pm.
Lunch