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 Econˆomica Aplicada, University of California , Berkeley , “Reelection Incentives and Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil 's Municipal Audit Reports”. Discussant: Mauricio Cardenas, Fedesarrollo.

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.

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.