Thursday, May 29th

Morning sessions Chair: Ernesto Dal Bó

Morning session 1: Politicians and leaders 1

8:45 - 9:00

Opening remarks. Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes)

9:00 - 9:45

“Does Oil Make Leaders Unaccountable? Evidence from Brazil’s Off-shoring Boom”
Claudio Ferraz (PUC Rio), Joanna Monteiro
Discussant: Joachim Voth (University of Zurich)

9:45 - 10:30

“Rules Rather Than Discretion: Teacher Hiring and Rent Extraction”
Ricardo Estrada (Paris School of Economics)

Discussant: Darío Maldonado (Universidad del Rosario)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

Morning session 2: Institutions

11:00 - 11:45

“The Size of Local Legislatures and Women’s Political Representation. Evidence fron Brazil”
Ricardo de Abreu Madeira (University of São Paulo), Gabriel Barreto Corrêa

Discussant: Adriana Camacho (Universidad de Los Andes)

11:45 - 12:30

“Political Inequality and the Origins of Distrust: Evidence for Colombia”
Daphne Alvarez (U. Munich)

Discussant: Daniel Gómez (Fedesarrollo)

12:30 – 2:00

Lunch

Afternoon Sessions Chair: Marcela Eslava

2:00 - 3:00

Keynote Presentation "Sovereign Debt and Financial Folly: Lessons from the First Serial Defaulter in History" Joachim Voth (University of Zurich)

Afternoon session: State Capacity

3:00 - 3:45

“Endogenous State Weakness: Paramilitaries in Rio de Janeiro”
Benjamin Lessing (University of Chicago)

Discussant: Leopoldo Fergusson (Universidad de Los Andes)

3:45 – 4:00

Coffee break

4:00 - 4:45

“Political Constraints and State Capacity: Evidence From a Land Allocation Program in Mexico”
Leopoldo Fergusson (Universidad de Los Andes), Horacio Larreguy, Juan Felipe Riaño

Discussant: Claudio Ferraz (PUC Rio)

4:45 - 5:30

“Consolidating Order and Prosperity: State Formation with Endogenous Military and Productive Capabilities”
Ernesto Dal Bó (UC Berkeley), Pablo Hernández and Sebastián Mazzuca
Discussant: Benjamin Lessing (University of Chicago)

Friday, May 30th

Morning Session Chair: Claudio Ferraz

Morning Session 1: Politicians and leaders 2

8:30 - 9:15

“Do Politicians' Relatives Get Better Jobs? Evidence from Municipal Elections in the Philippines”
Julien Labonne (Oxford University)
Discussant: Rafael Santos (Universidad de Los Andes)

9:15 - 10:00

“Balancing the Power to Appoint Officers”
Danilo Santa Cruz Coelho (IPEA), Salvador Barverá

Discussant: Oskar Nupia (Universidad de Los Andes)

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

Morning Session 2:

10:30 - 11:15

“Political Budget Cycles, Information and Development”
Jorge Lorca (University of Minnesota)

Discussant: Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes)

11:15 - 12:00

“Political Advertising in Consolidating Democracies: Radio ads, Clientelism, and Political Development in Mexico
Horacio Larreguy Arbesu (Harvard U.), John Marshall, James M Snyder

Discussant: Ernesto Dal Bó (UC Berkeley)

12:00 - 12:45

“Who monitors the monitor? Efect of Party Observers on Electoral Outcomes”
Agustin Casas (U. Carlos III), Guillermo Dias, Andrade Trindade

Discussant: Julien Labonne (University of Oxford)

12:45 -

Closing remarks, lunch