Lacea - PEG 2009

Thursday, May 28th

Morning session chair

Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes).

10:00 -10:10

Opening remarks.

10:10 - 11:00

“Vengeance.”

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Naci Mocan - (Lousiana State University).

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Discussant: Christian Jaramillo (Universidad de Los Andes).

11:00 - 11:50

“Military Empowerment and Civilian Targeting in Civil War.”

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Juan Fernando Vargas - (Universidad del Rosario).

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Discussant: Ernesto Dal Bó (UC Berkeley).

11:50 - 12:40

“The War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking: An Economic Evaluation of Plan Colombia.”

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Daniel Mejía - (Universidad de Los Andes) and Pascual Restrepo (Universidad de Los Andes).

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Discussant: Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes).

12:40 – 2:00

Lunch

Afternoon session chair

Ernesto Dal Bó (UC Berkeley).

2:00 – 2:50

“Does Exposing Corrupt Politicians Reduce Corruption?”

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Gustavo Bobonis - (University of Toronto) and Luis R. Cámara Fuertes (University of Puerto Rico).

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Discussant: Adriana Camacho (Universidad de Los Andes).

2:50 – 3:40

“Electoral Rules, Political Competition and Fiscal Spending: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities.”

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João M. P. De Mello – (PUC Rio), Marcos Chamon (IMF), and Sergio Firpo (Fundacao de Getulio Vargas).

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Discussant: Naci Mocan (Luisiana State University).

3:40 – 4:00

Coffee break

4:00 – 4:50

“Vote Splitting, Reelection and Electoral Control: Political Gridlocks, Ideology and the War on Terror.”

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Mauricio Bugarin - (IBMEC).

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Discussant: Oskar Nupia (Universidad de Los Andes).

4:50 – 5:40

Executive Performance under Direct and Hierarchical Accountability Structure.”

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Razvan Vlaicu - (University of Maryland).

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Discussant: Ruben Durante (Brown University).

Friday, May 29th

Morning session chair

Roberto Steiner (Fedesarrollo).

9:00 – 9:50

“The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?”

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Carlos Scartascini - (IDB) and Mariano Tommasi (Universidad de San Andrés).

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Discussant: Razvan Vlaicu (University of Maryland).

9:50 – 10:40

“Politics, policies, and the dynamics of aggregate productivity in Colombia.”

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Marcela Meléndez - (Fedesarrollo) and Marcela Eslava (Universidad de Los Andes).

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Discussant: Mauricio Santamaría (Fedesarrollo).

10:40 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:50

“Explaining Lula: Loss-averse voters, Retrospective Evaluations and Convergence to Low Inflation Policy.”

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Renata Rizzi- (Universidade de São Paulo).

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Discussant: Carlos Scartascini (IDB).

11:50 – 12:40

“Partisan Control, Media Bias and Viewers’ Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi’s Italy.”

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Ruben Durante - (Brown University) and Brian Knight (Brown University).

Discussant: Roberto Steiner (Fedesarrollo).

12:40 – 2:00

Lunch