Political economy network - PEG - 2004
Thursday, October 7
9:00 - 9:20
Opening Remarks
Mauricio Cárdenas (Executive Director - Fedesarrollo) and Juan Carlos Echeverry (Dean, Economics Department - Universidad de los Andes)
9:20 - 10:00
Invited Lecture
Ernesto Stein, IDB, Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes. An Intertemporal Transactions Framework
10:00 - 10:20
General comments
Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist Latin America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank.
10:30 - 12:30
Chair: Mauricio Cárdenas
Francisco Monaldi, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Venezuela. Discussant: Juan Carlos Echeverry, Universidad de los Andes.
Jorge Streb, Universidad del CEMA, Separation of Powers and Political Budget Cycles: International Evidence Discussant: Andrés Escobar, Universidad de los Andes.
2:00 - 5:00
Second session
Chair: Juan Carlos Echeverry
Mario Bergara, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes: The Case of Uruguay Discussant: Mauricio Cárdenas, Fedesarrollo.
Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes, Political Budget Cycles When Politicians Have Favorites. Discussant: Valerie Mercer, Fedesarrollo.
Mauricio Olivera, IDB, The Budget Process: Veto Players, Transaction-Cost Politics and Low Powered Incentives. Discussant: Pablo Querubín, Universidad de los Andes.
Friday, October 8
9:00 - 12:00
Third session
Chair: Fabio Sánchez
Marco Bonomo, Graduate School of Economics - Fundação Getulio Vargas, Special Interest and Political Business Cycles Discussant: Jorge Streb, UCEMA.
Mauricio Cárdenas, Fedesarrollo, Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes in Colombia: The effects of the 1991 Constitution. Discussant: Ernesto Stein, IDB.
Eduardo Rodríguez-Oreggia, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (Mexico), On the Individual Decisions to Commit Corruption: A Methodological Contrast. Discussant: Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes.
2.00-5.00
Fourth session
Chair: Ernesto Stein
Leonardo Hernández y Fernando Parro, Banco Central de Chile, Economic Reforms and Growth: Lesson from the Chilean Experience. Discussant: Leopoldo Fergusson, Universidad de los Andes.
Raja Kali, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Social Embeddedness and Economic Governance: A Small World Approach. Discussant: Felipe Barrera, Fedesarrollo.
Elías Albagli, Banco Central de Chile, Labor Market Rigidity and Structural Shocks: An Open-Economy Approach for International Comparisons. Discussant: Fabio Sánchez, Universidad de los Andes.
