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” |
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10:00 - 10:20 | General comments Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist Latin America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| | 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. |
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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. |
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