Political economy network- PEG 2007
Agenda
Thursday, February 15th
9:00 - 9:30
Opening Remarks
Mauricio Cardenas (Executive Director - Fedesarrollo) and
Alejandro Gaviria (Dean, Economics Department - Universidad de los Andes)
9:30 - 12:30
First session
Juliano Assunção, (Daniel Carvalho), Department of Economics, PUC-Rio, (Department of Economics, Harvard University ), A Theory of Political Instability, Information Inequality and Redistribution. Discussant: Daniel Mejia, Banco de la República , Colombia.
Sebastian J. Miller, University of Maryland , ¨Why do populist outsiders get elected? The A.B.C. of populism¨. Discussant: Mauricio Olivera, Fedesarrollo.
Claudio Ferraz, (Frederico Finan), Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, University of California , Berkeley , Reelection Incentives and Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil 's Municipal Audit Reports. Discussant: Mauricio Cardenas, Fedesarrollo.
12:30 - 2:00
Lunch
2:00 - 5:00
Second session
Joana Naritomi, (Rodrigo R. Soares, Juliano J. Assunção), Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro ( University of Maryland and Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of `De Facto' Institutions: Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil . Discussant: Adolfo Meisel, Banco de la República , Cartagena - Colombia .
Ethan Ilzetzki, University of Maryland , Rent-Seeking Distortions, Voluntary Insolvency, and Fiscal Procyclciality. Discussant: Claudio Ferraz, University of California , Berkeley.
Robert Lavigne, Bank of Canada , The Institutional and Political Determinants of Fiscal Adjustment. Discussant: Marcela Eslava.
5:00 - 5:45
Keynote speaker: Allan Drazen, University of Maryland
Friday, February 16th
9:00 - 12:00
Third session
Oskar Nupia, Universidad de Los Andes , Bargaining in Legislature: Does the Number of Parties Matter? Discussant: Dario Maldonado, Universidad del Rosario.
Werner L. Hernani-Limarino, Fundación ARU, Fears of Redistribution, Decentralization and Secession: Evidence from Bolivia 's Referendum for Departmental Autonomy. Discussant: Sebastian J. Miller, University of Maryland.
Ricardo D. Paredes, (Andrés Crisosto K, Philippe Martí C), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile , Judicial Auctions: Better without Protection? . Discussant: Oskar Nupia, Universidad de Los Andes.
