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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC |
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Corruption
and Reform Pre-conference |
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Claudia Goldin and Edward Glaeser, Organizers |
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July
13, 2003 |
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NBER |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge,
MA |
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PRELIMINARY
PROGRAM |
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SUNDAY, JULY 13: |
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8:15 AM |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:45
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Overview: When Good Government
Goes Bad, When it Does Not, and Why |
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EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard
University and NBER |
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Notes on a Timeline of American Political Corruption |
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MATTHEW GENTZKOW, Harvard
University |
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EDWARD GLAESER and CLAUDIA
GOLDIN, Harvard University and NBER |
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Mass Circulation, the Independent Press, and Corruption |
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JOHN WALLIS, University of
Maryland and NBER |
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Big C (= Political Control) and Small c (= Personal Gain) Corruption |
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10:00 AM |
Break |
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10:15 AM |
Antebellum Corruption and
Reform |
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HOWARD BODENHORN, Lafayette
College and NBER |
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Bank Chartering and Political Corruption in Antebellum New York |
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STANLEY ENGERMAN, University
of Rochester and NBER |
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KENNETH SOKOLOFF, UC, Los
Angeles and NBER |
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Antebellum Corruption |
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11:00 AM |
Break |
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11:15 AM |
Progressive Era: Cities and Corruption |
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DAVID CUTLER, Harvard
University and NBER |
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GRANT MILLER, Harvard
University |
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The Health of Urban Public Health |
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REBECCA MENES, George Mason
University and NBER |
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Political Reform in Cities |
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12:00 N |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Progressive Era: Corruption and Regulation |
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PRICE FISHBACK, University of
Arizona and NBER |
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Corruption, Capture, and the Development of Workplace Safety |
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Legislation through the Progressive Era |
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GARY LIBECAP, University of
Arizona and NBER |
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MARC LAW, Washington
University in St. Louis |
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The Political Economy of the Pure Food and Drug Act |
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1:45 PM |
Progressive Era: Corruption and the Rule of Law |
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WILLIAM NOVAK, University of
Chicago |
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The Problem of the Rule of Law in the Progressive Era |
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2:15 PM |
Break |
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2:30 PM |
The New Deal |
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PRICE FISHBACK and SHAWN
KANTOR, University of Arizona and NBER |
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JOHN WALLIS, University of
Maryland and NBER |
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Institutional Designs and the
Problem of Corruption during the New Deal |
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3:00 PM |
Corporate Governance and the
Role of the Government |
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NAOMI LAMOREAUX, UC, Los
Angeles and NBER |
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Corporate Governance and the Problem of Corruption in the U.S. |
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before the S.E.C. |
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WERNER TROESKEN, University of
Pittsburgh and NBER |
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Corruption and Governance in Public Utility Industries |
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4:00 PM |
Lessons for and from
Developing Countries and Transition Economies |
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LEE J. ALSTON, University of
Colorado and NBER |
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KARA GORSKI, Analysis
Group-Economics |
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Voters, Corruption and Reform: Lessons from U.S. History |
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4:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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6/23/03 |
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