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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Political
Economy Workshop |
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July 15, 2008 |
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Alberto Alesina, Organizer |
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PROGRAM |
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TUESDAY, JULY 15: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
PHILIPPE
AGHION, |
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YANN
ALGAN, |
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PIERRE
CAHUC, Ecole Polytechnique |
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ANDREI
SHLEIFER, |
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Discussant:
LUIGI ZINGALES, |
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10:00
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MATTHEW
GENTZKOW and JESSE M. SHAPIRO, |
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MICHAEL
SINKINSON, |
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Competition and Diversity:
Historical Evidence from |
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Discussant:
ROBIN BURGESS, |
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11:00
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Coffee
Break |
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11:30
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WILLIAM
EASTERLY, |
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SHANKER
STAYANATH and DANIEL BERGER, |
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Superpower
Interventions and Their Consequences for Democracy: An Empirical Inquiry |
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Discussant:
DAVID LAITIN, |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
MARCO
BATTAGLINI, |
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STEPHEN
COATE, |
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Fiscal
Policy over the Real Business Cycle: A Positive Theory |
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Discussant: ROBERTO PEROTTI, Universitá Bocconi and
NBER |
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2:30 pm |
Coffee
Break |
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3:00 pm |
STEPHEN
HABER, |
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VICTOR
MENALDO, |
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Do
Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse |
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Discussant:
ROMAIN WACZIARG, |
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4:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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5/29/08 |
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