LACEA-LAMES 2008: Congress Programme

	PANELIST 1 Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Center for International Development, Harvard University
	PANELIST 2 Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
	PANELIST 3 Eduardo Lora, Chief Economist and General Manager, Research Department, IDB
	PANELIST 4 Mariano Tommasi, Professor of Economics, Universidad de San Andres and Director of the Center of Studies for Institutional Development
	PANELIST 5 Mauricio Cárdenas, Brookings Institute and LACEA
	PANELIST 6 Ernesto Stein, Lead Research Economist at Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank
	PANELIST 7 Ugo Panizza, Unctad
	PANELIST 8 Ernesto Talvi, Executive Director, CERES

08:15 - 09:45

BBVA SPONSORED SESSION: ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA FACING THE CRISIS: HOW MUCH CONTAGION, HOW MUCH DECOUPLING? (LACEA)
Chairperson: Guillermo Perry, Fedesarrollo

Room Auditorium 3

	PANELIST 1 Ernestor dos Santos, BBVA
	PANELIST 2 J. Ernesto Lopez Cordova, Inter-American Development Bank
	PANELIST 3 Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Inter-American Development Bank
	PANELIST 4 Sergio Schmukler, World Bank
	PANELIST 5 Guillermo Perry, Fedesarrollo

08:15 - 09:45

LABOR ECONOMICS III (LACEA)
Chairperson: Manuel Barron, International Food Policy Research Institute

Room 206

	REGIONAL IMBALANCES AND MARKET POTENTIAL IN BRAZIL Mauro LEMOS, Cedeplar/UFMG Co-Authors: Pedro Amaral, CEDEPLAR/UFMG, Flávia Chein, CEDEPLAR/FACE/UFMG and Rodrigo SIMŐES, Cedeplar/UFMG
	MEXICO IN THE 1990S: THE MAIN CROSS-SECTIONAL FACTS Chiara Binelli, Oxford University Co-Author: Orazio Attanasio, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies
	TRANSANTIAGO AND THE LABOR MARKET David Bravo, Centro de Microdatos, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile Co-Author: claudia martinez, Centro de Microdatos, Dept. Economics, Universidad de Chile
	DETERMINANTS OF TIME ALLOCATION TO RURAL NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA: THE ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION Manuel Barron, International Food Policy Research Institute Co-Author: Maximo Torero, IFPRI

08:15 - 09:45

CREDIT AND BANKRUPTCY (LACEA)
Chairperson: Susan Schommer, IMPA - Instituto Nacional de Matematica Pura e Aplicada

Room 232

	DO REORGANIZATION COSTS MATTER FOR EFFICIENCY? EVIDENCE FROM A BANKRUPTCY REFORM IN COLOMBIA Inessa Love, The World Bank Co-Author: Xavier Gine, The World bank
	CREDIT CARD HOLDING AND USAGE IN MEXICO: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLDS' INCOME AND EXPENDITURES 2006 Castellanos Sara, Secretaría de Economía, México Co-Author: Daniel Garrido, Banco de México
	CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AND THE DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA Mariana Alfonso, Inter-American Development Bank
	REGULATED COLLATERAL WITH INCOMPLETE MARKETS Susan Schommer, IMPA - Instituto Nacional de Matematica Pura e Aplicada Co-Authors: Aloisio Araujo, FGV/EPGE and IMPA and Felix Kubler, University of Zurich

08:15 - 09:45

MONETARY POLICY I (LACEA)
Chairperson: Michael Binder, Goethe University Frankfurt

Room 236

	OPTIMAL MONETARY AND AUDIT POLICY WITH IMPERFECT TAXATION Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor Co-Author: Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor
	OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY UNDER ASSET MARKET SEGMENTATION Rajesh Singh, Iowa State University Co-Authors: Amartya Lahiri, University of British Columbia and Carlos Vegh, university of maryland
	WHAT CAN TAYLOR RULES SAY ABOUT MONETARY POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA? Alexandre de Carvalho, IBMEC SĂO PAULO Co-Author: Marcelo Moura, IBMEC SAO PAULO
	ON THE EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY SHOCKS ON EXCHANGE RATES: A MULTILATERAL VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION APPROACH Michael Binder, Goethe University Frankfurt Co-Authors: Qianying Chen, Goethe University Frankfurt and Xuan Zhang, Goethe University Frankfurt

08:15 - 09:45

THE ECONOMICS OF CRIME I (LACEA)
Chairperson: Igor Barenboim, Harvard University

Room 329

	GUN CONTROL, CRIME AND RISK AVERSION Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira, UFRGS
	PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HOMICIDES: AN EVALUATION OF IMPACT IN BRAZIL Betânia Peixoto, CEDEPLAR/UFMG; FJP Co-Authors: Joao Pedro Azevedo, World Bank and Monica Viegas Andrade, CEDEPLAR-UFMG
	DOES CRIME BREED INEQUALITY? EVIDENCE FROM THE FAVELAS OF RIO DE JANEIRO Igor Barenboim, Harvard University Co-Author: Filipe Campante, Harvard University

08:15 - 09:45

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS (LACEA)
Chairperson: Renos Vakis, World Bank

Room 331

	NETWORK STRUCTURE IN A LINK FORMATION GAME: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY Roberto Muńoz, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Co-Authors: Alexander Elbittar, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) and Rodrigo Harrison, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
	DO WELFARE PROGRAMS DAMAGE INTERPERSONAL TRUST? EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES FOR FOUR LATIN AMERICAN CITIES F. Vanessa Rios, Inter-American Development Bank Co-Authors: Alberto Chong, Inter-American Development Bank and Hugo Nopo, Inter-American Development Bank
	THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON INDIVIDUAL INCOMES IN BRAZIL Alexandre Barros, Federal University of Pernambuco Co-Author: Cristiane Mesquita, PIMES - Federal University of Pernambuco
	CHANGING HOUSEHOLDS’ INVESTMENTS AND ASPIRATIONS THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED TRANSFER PROGRAM IN A LOW-INCOME COUNTRY Renos Vakis, World Bank Co-Author: Karen Macours, Johns Hopkins University

08:15 - 09:45

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (LACEA)
Chairperson: Alessandro Maffioli, Inter-American Development Bank

Room 335

	A HARD ROW TO HOE: SMALL-SCALE FARMING ON THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON FRONTIER UNDER INCOMPLETE PROPERTY RIGHTS Robert Tatum, University of North Carolina - Asheville
	AMBIGUITY AVERSION AND PORTFOLIO CHOICE IN SMALL-SCALE PERUVIAN FARMING Sonia Laszlo, McGill University Co-Authors: Jim Engle-Warnick, McGill University and Javier Escobal, GRADE
	TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS Pilar Useche, University of Florida
	THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES: THE CASE OF GRAPE PRODUCTION IN ARGENTINA Alessandro Maffioli, Inter-American Development Bank Co-Authors: Pedro Cerdán-Infantes, Inter-American Development Bank and Diego Ubfal, University of California at Los Angeles

08:15 - 09:45

POVERTY AND WELFARE II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Diego Arias, World Bank

Room 349

	NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION OF GIRLS INFLUENCES THE GROWTH OF THEIR CHILDREN: PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN GUATEMALA Maria Cecilia Calderon, University of Pennsylvania Co-Authors: Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania, John Hoddinott, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Reynaldo Martorell, Emory University, Samuel Preston, University of Pennsylvania and Aryeh Stein, Emory University
	CHRONIC VERSUS ACUTE CONDITIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE INCOME GRADIENT IN BRAZIL Anna Crespo, Princeton University
	THE IMPACT OF FOOD PRICE INCREASES ON POVERTY IN MEXICO Juan Carlos Chavez, CEFP / Universidad de Guanajuato Co-Author: Hector J. Villarreal, EGAP ITESM / CEFP
	HAITI’S FOOD SUPPORT STRUCTURE: RESPONDING TO THE FOOD CRISIS Diego Arias, World Bank Co-Authors: Giau Nguyen, Harvard University, Hector Pena, University of Essex and Christopher Sutton, Harvard University

08:15 - 09:45

FINANCIAL CRISIS (LACEA)
Chairperson: Jihad Dagher, International Monetary Fund

Room 401

	CREDIT CHANNEL AND FLIGHT TO QUALITY IN EMERGING MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM CHILE Rodrigo Troncoso, Universidad Diego Portales
	FINANCIAL FRICTIONS, CRISES AND RECOVERIES Guillermo Ordonez, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
	EFFECTS OF A FINANCIAL CRISIS ON OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Gabriel Madeira, Universidade de Săo Paulo
	SUDDEN STOPS, OUTPUT DROPS AND CREDIT COLLAPSES Jihad Dagher, International Monetary Fund

08:15 - 09:45

SPONSORED AND CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
LAMES - Econometrics and Empirical Economics

08:15 - 09:45

TESTING: DENSITY AND UNIT ROOT (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Jesus Otero, Universidad del Rosario

Room 132

	ROOT-N-UNIFORMLY CONSISTENT DENSITY ESTIMATION IN NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION MODELS David Tomás Jacho-Chávez, Indiana University Co-Author: Juan Carlos Escanciano, Indiana University
	SMALL BANDWIDTH ASYMPTOTICS FOR DENSITY-WEIGHTED AVERAGE DERIVATIVES Matias Cattaneo, University of Michigan Co-Authors: Richard Crump, University of California at Berkeley and Michael Jansson, University of California at Berkeley
	UNIT ROOT TESTING WITH STATIONARY COVARIATES AND A STRUCTURAL BREAK IN THE TREND FUNCTION Sebastian Fossati, University of Washington
	TESTING FOR UNIT ROOTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL HETEROGENEOUS PANELS IN THE PRESENCE OF CROSS-SECTIONAL DEPENDENCE Jesus Otero, Universidad del Rosario Co-Authors: Giulietti Monica, Aston Business School and Jeremy Smith, University of Warwick

08:15 - 09:45

PUBLIC FINANCE (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Enlinson Mattos, Getulio Vargas Foundation - Sao Paulo School of Economics

Room 345

	3-STEP ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC FINANCES SUSTAINABILITY: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Antonio Afonso, ECB and ISEG/UTL Co-Author: Christophe Rault, LEO, University of Orléans
	DEMOCRACY AND REFORMS Prachi Mishra, Research Department, IMF and Antonio Spilimbergo, IMF Co-Author: Paola Giuliano, UCLA
	RICARDIAN EQUIVALENCE THEOREM IN ''A FEW LINES'' Jaime Orrillo, Catholic University of Brasilia Co-Author: Jose Angelo Divino, Catholic University of Brasilia
	ON THE MARGINAL SOCIAL COST OF CASH-CUM-IN-KIND TRANSFERS Enlinson Mattos, Getulio Vargas Foundation - Sao Paulo School of Economics Co-Authors: Lucas Duarte, Getulio Vargas Foundation - Sao Paulo School of Economics and Juliana Serillo, Getulio Vargas Foundation - Sao Paulo School of Economics

08:15 - 09:45

ECONOMETRIC THEORY: MACROECONOMICS (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Eduardo Ley, The World Bank

Room 347

	A FRAMEWORK FOR ESTIMATING STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC MODELS WITH AGGREGATE SHOCKS WITH AN APPLICATION TO MORTGAGE DEFAULT IN COLOMBIA BETWEEN 1997 AND 2004 Juan Esteban Carranza, University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-Author: Salvador Navarro, University of Wisconsin-Madison
	EFFICIENT LIKELIHOOD EVALUATION OF NONLINEAR RBC MODELS Guilherme Valle Moura, University of Kiel, Germany Co-Authors: David DeJong, University of Pittsburgh, Roman Lisenfeld, University of Kiel and Jean-Francois Richard, University of Pittsburgh
	IMPULSE RESPONSE MODELS IN VARIANCE AND COVARIANCE Christos Ioannidis, School of Management-Univerisyt of Bath Co-Author: Julian Williams, university of aberdeen
	ON THE EFFECT OF PRIOR ASSUMPTIONS IN BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING WITH APPLICATIONS TO GROWTH REGRESSION Eduardo Ley, The World Bank Co-Author: Mark Steel, University of Warwick

08:15 - 09:45

SPONSORED AND CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
LAMES - Theoretical and Applied Economics

08:15 - 09:45

PRICE DYNAMICS (LAMES TAE)
Chairperson: Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada

Room 130

	CAN EXCHANGE RATES FORECAST COMMODITY PRICES? Yu-chin Chen, University of Washington Co-Authors: Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University and Barbara Rossi, Duke University
	WAGE AND PRICE DYNAMICS IN PORTUGAL Carlos Robalo Marques, Banco de Portugal
	A MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH TO THE U.S. GREAT DEPRESSION Pedro Amaral, Southern Methodist University Co-Author: James MacGee, University of western Ontario
	INVENTORIES, MARKUPS, AND REAL RIGIDITIES IN MENU COST MODELS Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada

08:15 - 09:45

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS II (LAMES TAE)
Chairperson: Georgios Skoulakis, University of Maryland

Room 224

	CHERRY-PICKING AND ASSET COMPLEXITY: A THEORY OF RATINGS INFLATION Vasiliki Skreta, NYU, Stern School of Business Co-Author: Laura Veldkamp, NYU, Stern
	PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COORDINATION: EVIDENCE FROM A CREDIT REGISTRY EXPANSION Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University Co-Authors: Andrew Hertzberg, Columbia University and Jose Liberti, DePaul University
	NONPARAMETRIC LINEAR REGRESSION TO SPOT THE VOLATILITY Isabel Casas, CREATES (University of Aarhus) Co-Author: Irene Gijbels, K.U. Leuven
	DO SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS EXPLAIN ASSET PRICING PUZZLES? Georgios Skoulakis, University of Maryland Co-Author: Gurdip Bakshi, University of Maryland

08:15 - 09:45

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM I (LAMES TAE)
Chairperson: V. Filipe Martins-da-Rocha, Graduate School of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation

Room 228

	THE DYNAMICS OF EFFICIENT ASSET TRADING WITH HETEROGENEOUS BELIEFS Emilio Espino, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Co-Author: Pablo Beker, University of Warwick
	LEVERAGE CYCLES AND THE ANXIOUS ECONOMY Ana Fostel, George Washington University Co-Author: John Geanakoplos, Yale University
	WALRASIAN EQUILIBRIUM AS LIMIT OF A COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM WITHOUT DIVISIBLE GOODS Rivera Jorge, Departamento de Economia, U. de Chile Co-Author: Florig Michael, University of Paris 1
	BELIEF FORMATION AND THE INFORMATION REVEALED BY ENDOGENOUS BORROWING CONSTRAINTS V. Filipe Martins-da-Rocha, Graduate School of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation Co-Author: Yiannis Vailakis, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter

08:15 - 09:45

EXPERIMENTAL GAMES (LAMES TAE)
Chairperson: Andrei Gomberg, ITAM

Room 333

	ENDOGENOUS COMMUNICATION AND TACIT COORDINATION IN MARKET ENTRY GAMES -AN EXPLORATIVE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY Hĺkan Holm, Lund University Co-Author: Ola Andersson, Stockholm School of Economics
	CO-EVOLUTION OF INEQUITY-AVERSE AGENTS Daniel Arce, University of Texas at Dallas
	UNDERSTANDING TRUST Anna Toldra Simats, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Co-Authors: Paola Sapienza, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and Luigi Zingales, GSB, University of Chicago
	A LABORATORY STYDY OF DEMAND REDUCTION AND COLLUSION IN UNIFORM AND DISCRIMINATORY-PRICE AUCTIONS Andrei Gomberg, ITAM Co-Author: Alexander Elbittar, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)

09:45 - 10:00

COFFEE BREAK

10:00 - 11:00

INVITED LECTURES
LACEA

10:00 - 11:00

CARLOS ALEJANDRO DIAZ PRIZE: WINNER LECTURE (LACEA)
Chairperson: TBA,

Room Auditorium 2

TBA
Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania

10:00 - 11:00

INVITED LECTURES
LAMES

10:00 - 11:00

SPECIAL LECTURE - SPONSORED BY BANCO ITAú (LAMES)
Chairperson: Paulo Klinger Monteiro, EPGE - FGV

Room Auditorium 1

INCENTIVES TO CULTIVATE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS UNDER ALTERNATIVE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Roger Myerson, University of Chicago

10:00 - 11:00

SPECIAL LECTURE (LAMES)
Chairperson: Joăo Victor Issler, FGV/EPGE/RJ

Room Auditorium 3

ECONONOMIC MODELS AND MOMENT INEQUALITY ESTIMATORS
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University

11:00 - 12:30

INVITED LECTURES AND SESSIONS
LACEA

11:00 - 12:30

MACROECONOMICS II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Carlos E. da Costa, Fundaçăo Getulio Vargas

Room Auditorium 1

	LESSONS FROM THE NEW DYNAMIC PUBLIC FINANCE Narayana Kocherlakota, University of Minnesota
	EQUILIBRIUM DEFAULT Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles Co-Author: Iván Werning, MIT

11:00 - 12:30

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Juliano Assunçăo, Departamento de Economia PUC-Rio

Room Auditorium 3

	NUTRITION AND CHILD CARE CHOICES IN RURAL COLOMBIA Orazio Attanasio, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies
	PAROCHIAL POLITICS: ETHNIC PREFERENCES AND POLITICIAN CORRUPTION Abhijit Banerjee, MIT Co-Author: Rohini Pande, Harvard University

11:00 - 12:30

POLITICAL ECONOMY II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Claudio Ferraz, PUC-Rio

Room 228

	WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE? EVIDENCE FROM THREE FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA Rohini Pande, Harvard University
	PRESS COVERAGE AND POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY David Strömberg, Stockholm University
	SELF-ESTEEM, MORAL CAPITAL, AND WRONGDOING Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California at Berkeley

11:00 - 12:30

INVITED LECTURES AND SESSIONS
LAMES

11:00 - 12:30

HURWICZ LECTURE (LAMES)
Chairperson: Mauricio Bugarin, Ibmec Sao Paulo

Room Auditorium 2

	THE LEVERAGE CYCLE AND THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CRISIS John Geanakoplos, Yale University
	INSIDE AND OUTSIDE LIQUIDITY José Scheinkman, Princeton University Co-Authors: Patrick Bolton, Princeton University and Tano Santos, Columbia University

11:00 - 12:30

MECHANISM DESIGN (LAMES)
Chairperson: Humberto Moreira, FGV -- EPGE

Room 224

	MECHANISM DESIGN WITH BILATERAL CONTRACTING David Martimort, Université Toulouse Co-Author: Vianney Dequiedt, INRA
	DYNAMIC MECHANISM DESIGN Ilya Segal, Stanford University

11:00 - 12:30

SPONSORED SESSION

11:00 - 12:30

IDB SPONSORED SESSION: THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS TO LATIN AMERICA (LACEA)
Chairperson: Andrew Powell, Inter- American Development Bank

Room 232

	PANELIST 1 Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
	PANELIST 2 Mauricio Cárdenas, Brookings Institute and LACEA
	PANELIST 3 Michael Gavin, Citadel Investment Group

12:30 - 13:15

LUNCH

13:15 - 14:45

SPONSORED AND CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
LACEA

13:15 - 14:45

CAF PANEL ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT (CAF FLAGSHIP 2009) (LACEA)
Chairperson: Pablo Sanguinetti, CAF/UTDT
Discussants: Mauricio Cárdenas, Brookings Institute and LACEA, Eduardo Engel, Department of Economics, Yale University and Guillermo Perry, Fedesarrollo

Room Auditorium 1

SPEAKERS
Miguel Castilla, CAF and Pablo Sanguinetti, CAF/UTDT

13:15 - 14:45

IDB SPONSORED SESSION: GROWING PAINS: BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA (LACEA)
Chairperson: Octaviano Canuto, Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank
Discussants: Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank, Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Center for International Development, Harvard University, Charles Sabel, Columbia University and Andres Velasco, Harvard University

Room Auditorium 2

GROWING PAINS: BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
Manuel Agosín, Universidad de Chile and Fidel Jaramillo, Inter-American Development Bank

13:15 - 14:45

UNDP SPONSORED SESSION: THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF INEQUALITY IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (LACEA)
Chairperson: Luis Felipe López-Calva, Regional Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP

Room Auditorium 3

	THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF INEQUALITY IN LAC Isidro Soloaga, Colmex and UNDP Co-Author: Luis Felipe López-Calva, Regional Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP
	MOBILITY AND ASPIRATIONS AND THE TRANSMISSION OF INEQUALITY Garance Genicot, University of Georgetown Co-Author: Debraj Ray, NYU
	AGENCY, EMPOWERMENT AND THE TRANSMISSION OF INEQUALITY. Maria Emma Santos, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford and CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Sur
	COMMENTS TO UNDP´S PROJECT LAC-REGIONAL REPORT ON THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF INEQUALITY IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania

13:15 - 14:45

MONETARY POLICY II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Carlos Montoro, Universidad del Pacifico, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru

Room 206

	OPTIMAL INTEREST RATE RULES UNDER ENDOGENOUS FISCAL POLICY Mercedes Haga, Universidad Adolfo Ibáńez
	INFLATION TARGETING IN LATIN AMERICA: TOWARDS A MONETARY UNION? Marc Hofstetter, Universidad de los Andes
	BEFORE AND AFTER INFLATION TARGETING: CHANGES IN THE MONETARY POLICY TRANSMISSION MECHANISM IN COLOMBIA. Munir Jalil, Universidad Nacional de Colombia / Banco de la Republica
	MONETARY POLICY IN THE PRESENCE OF INFORMAL LABOUR MARKETS Carlos Montoro, Universidad del Pacifico, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru Co-Author: Paul Castillo, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru

13:15 - 14:45

DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONS (LACEA)
Chairperson: Eduardo Cavallo, Inter-American Development Bank

Room 232

	SCHOOLING AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN A NEOCLASSICAL FRAMEWORK:THEORY AND EVIDENCE Filipe Campante, Harvard University Co-Author: Davin Chor, Singapore Management University
	DEMOCRACY AND INEQUALITY: ELECTIONS AND REDISTRIBUTION IN BRAZIL Fabiana Machado, Inter-American Development Bank
	EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT: HOW UNDER-SERVICING MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTS THE GROWTH AND COMPOSITION OF BRAZILIAN CITIES Leo Feler, Brown University Co-Author: J. Vernon Henderson, Brown University
	ARE CRISES GOOD FOR LONG TERM GROWTH? THE ROLE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Eduardo Cavallo, Inter-American Development Bank Co-Author: Alberto Cavallo, Harvard university

13:15 - 14:45

THE ECONOMICS OF CRIME II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Room 236

	PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES TO TERRORIST SHOCKS: EVIDENCE FROM THE UK Catherine Mueller, DIW Berlin Co-Author: Carlos Bozzoli, DIW Berlin
	TERRORIST SPECTACULARS: BACKLASH ATTACKS AND THE FOCUS OF INTELLIGENCE Daniel Arce, University of Texas at Dallas Co-Author: Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas
	THE WAR ON ILLEGAL DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PLAN COLOMBIA Daniel Mejia, Universidad de los Andes and Fedesarrollo Co-Author: Pascual Restrepo, Universidad de los Andes
	CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM AFTER PRISON AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Co-Author: Rafael Di Tella, Harvard Business School

13:15 - 14:45

POLITICAL CYCLES (LACEA)
Chairperson: Lorena Barberia, Fundaçăo Getúlio Vargas

Room 329

	TERM LENGTH AND POLITICAL PERFORMANCE Martin Rossi, Universidad de San Andres Co-Author: Ernesto Dal Bó, University of California at Berkeley
	MUNICIPALITY SECESSION, VOTER’S PREFERENCE AND PERSISTENCE OF POWER Enlinson Mattos, Getulio Vargas Foundation - Sao Paulo School of Economics Co-Authors: Paulo Arvate, FGV and Michigan State University and Vladimir Ponczek, FGV
	CLIENTELISM-AUGMENTED POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES. EVIDENCE FROM ARGENTINA Osvaldo Meloni, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
	DO POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES DIFFER AMONG LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRACIES? Lorena Barberia, Fundaçăo Getúlio Vargas Co-Author: George Avelino F., Fundaçăo Getúlio Vargas

13:15 - 14:45

POVERTY AND PUBLIC POLICY I (LACEA)
Chairperson: Matias Busso, Inter-American Development Bank

Room 331

	EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF CASH TRANSFERS TO THE POOR: IMPROVING THE DESIGN OF A CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM IN ECUADOR Paul Carrillo, George Washington University
	THE REAL BOTTOM LINE: BENCHMARKING PERFORMANCE IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Joao Pedro Azevedo, World Bank Co-Authors: Ezequiel Molina, World Bank, John Newman, World Bank and Jaime Saavedra, World Bank
	MEASURING THE POVERTY EFFECTS OF MARKET CONCENTRATION Carlos Rodríguez Castelán, Cornell University
	DO LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WORK? EVIDENCE FROM THE FEDERAL EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROGRAM Matias Busso, Inter-American Development Bank

13:15 - 14:45

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Hanan Morsy, International Monetary Fund

Room 335

	EMERGING MARKET FLUCTUATIONS: WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE? Constantino Hevia, The World Bank (DECRG)
	CAPITAL FLOWS, GROWTH AND THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM Matias Fontenla, University of New Mexico
	AN IEO EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL CONDITIONALITY IN IMF–SUPPORTED PROGRAMS Ruben Lamdany, International Monetary Fund
	CURRENT ACCOUNT DETERMINANTS FOR OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES Hanan Morsy, International Monetary Fund

13:15 - 14:45

FAMILY AND EDUCATION II (LACEA)
Chairperson: Felipe Barrera-Osorio, World Bank

Room 349

	APPAREL TRADE AND GENDER BIAS: LATIN AMERICA VS. ASIA William Gruben, TAMIU Co-Author: Darryl Mcleod, LACEA
	IS IT WORTHWHILE TO FINISH? JOB-TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND LOW COMPLETION RATE: THE CASE OF PROJOVEN-PERU Henry Espinoza, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
	I'LL DIVORCE YOUR DAD AS SOON AS YOU GO TO KINDERGARTEN Ximena Quintanilla, University College London - Institute for Fiscal Studies Co-Author: Julio Caceres, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
	ON THE USE AND MISUSE OF COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT IN COLOMBIA Felipe Barrera-Osorio, World Bank Co-Author: Leigh Linden, Columbia University

13:15 - 14:45

LABOR ECONOMICS IV (LACEA)
Chairperson: Alberto P Gonzales Castillo, Inter-American Development Bank

Room 401

	DOES THE MINIMUM WAGE HAVE A HIGHER IMPACT ON THE INFORMAL THAN ON THE FORMAL LABOR MARKET? EVIDENCE FROM QUASI-EXPERIMENTS Melanie Khamis, London School of Economics and IZA
	ARE INFORMAL WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LACK OF FRINGE BENEFITS?FREE HEALTH CARE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR FORMALITY Laura Juarez, CIE-ITAM
	FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY AND CHILD CARE SUPPLY IN CHILE Puentes Esteban, Centro de Microdatos, Universidad de Chile Co-Authors: David Bravo, Centro de Microdatos, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile and Dante Contreras, Centro de Microdatos, Universidad de Chile
	GENDER AND ETHNIC WAGE GAPS IN GUATEMALA FROM A MATCHING COMPARISONS PERSPECTIVE Alberto P Gonzales Castillo, Inter-American Development Bank Co-Author: Hugo Nopo, Inter-American Development Bank

13:15 - 14:45

SPONSORED AND CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
LAMES - Econometrics and Empirical Economics

13:15 - 14:45

MACRO/INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Roberto Alvarez, Central Bank of Chile and Intelis, University of Chile

Room 130

	NOMINAL SHOCKS AND REAL EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS Luciana Juvenal, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
	FISCAL SHOCKS AND REAL EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS: SOME EVIDENCE FOR LATIN AMERICA Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Brunel University
	GROWING UP IN BAD TIMES: MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY AND THE FORMATION OF BELIEFS Paola Giuliano, UCLA Co-Author: Antonio Spilimbergo, IMF
	DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH: THE IMPACT OF CHINESE COMPETITION ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Roberto Alvarez, Central Bank of Chile and Intelis, University of Chile

13:15 - 14:45

TRADE AND FIRMS (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Oskar Nupia, Universidad de los Andes

Room 132

	THE FLATTENING FIRM AND PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION: THE EFFECT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION Maria Guadalupe, Columbia University Co-Author: Julie Wulf, Harvard Business School
	SERVICES FDI AND MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: EVIDENCE FOR CHILE Caroline Paunov, OECD Development Centre Co-Author: Ana Margarida Fernandes, The World Bank
	HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS AND IMPORT QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM TRANSACTION-LEVEL PRICES Benjamin Mandel, University of California, Davis
	TRUST AND TRADE Oskar Nupia, Universidad de los Andes

13:15 - 14:45

ECONOMETRIC THEORY II (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Ignacio Lobato, ITAM

Room 224

	MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF FRACTIONALLY COINTEGRATED SYSTEMS Katarzyna Łasak, CREATES, University of Aarhus
	HOW MUCH DO WE LEARN FROM THE ESTIMATION OF DSGE MODELS? A CASE STUDY OF IDENTIFICATION ISSUES IN A NEW KEYNESIAN BUSINESS CYCLE MODEL Nikolay Iskrev, Bank of Portugal
	SPATIAL DYNAMIC FACTOR MODEL Dani Gamerman, Instituto de Matemática - UFRJ Co-Authors: Hedibert Lopes, Graduate School of Business, Chicago and Esther Salazar, Instituto de Matemática - UFRJ
	AN AUTOMATIC PORTMANTEAU TEST FOR SERIAL CORRELATION Ignacio Lobato, ITAM Co-Author: Juan Carlos Escanciano, Indiana University

13:15 - 14:45

ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Ariaster Chimeli, Ohio University

Room 333

	A STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF FEMICIDE RATES IN MEXICAN CITIES ALONG THE US-MEXICO BORDER Pedro Albuquerque, University of Minnesota Duluth Co-Author: Prasad R. Vemala, Texas A&M International University
	THE EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOR ON THE HEALTH OF BRAZILIAN ADULTS Nishijima Marislei, EACH-USP Co-Author: André Souza, FGV
	AN ORDERED PROBIT MODEL FOR DRUGS DEMAND IN THE CITY OF SAO PAULO (2001) Fernanda Perini de Castro, Centro Universitario Padre Anchieta Co-Author: Alexandre Sartoris, Sao Paulo State University - UNESP
	PROHIBITION AND THE SUPPLY OF BRAZILIAN MAHOGANY Ariaster Chimeli, Ohio University

13:15 - 14:45

FINANCE I (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Pedro Valls Pereira, EESP-FGV

Room 345

	FUTURES MARKETS, OIL PRICES AND THE INTERTEMPORAL APPROACH TO THE CURRENT ACCOUNT Elif Arbatli, Bank of Canada
	TERM STRUCTURE FITTING, REGIME CHANGE AND THE EXPECTATION HYPOTHESES: A STUDY FOR BRAZIL Gyorgy Varga, FCE Consulting
	ON THE STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL CONTAGION: ECONOMETRIC TESTS AND MERCOSUR EVIDENCE Ariel Viale, Florida Atlantic University Co-Authors: David Bessler, Texas A & M University, James Kolari, Texas A & M University and Seppo Pynnönen, University of Vaasa
	PREDICTABILITY OF EQUITY MODELS Pedro Valls Pereira, EESP-FGV

13:15 - 14:45

PROGRAM EVALUATION II (LAMES EEE)
Chairperson: Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University

Room 347

	DO DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME ADJUSTMENTS IMPACT HUMAN PERFORMANCE? Doug Steigerwald, UC Santa Barbara Co-Author: Marc Conte, UC Santa Barbara
	THE EFFECTS OF HEALTH-CONDITIONAL AND HEALTH-UNCONDITIONAL PROGRESA CASH TRANSFERS ON HEALTH Carlos Chiapa, El Colegio de México
	INCOME EXPECTATIONS IN RURAL MEXICO Vincenzo Di Maro, University College London Co-Author: Orazio Attanasio, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies
	DECENTRALIZATION AND WATER POLLUTION SPILLOVERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE RE-DRAWING OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES IN BRAZIL Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University

13:15 - 14:45

SPONSORED AND CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS
LAMES - Theoretical and Applied Economics

13:15 - 14:45

MECHANISM DESIGN I (LAMES TAE)
Chairperson: Piaser Gwenael, Université du Luxembourg

Room 228

	CHARACTERIZATION OF DOMINANT STRATEGY MECHANISMS IN RICH DOMAINS Juan Carlos Carbajal, School of Economics - The University of Queensland Co-Author: Rabee Tourky, School of Economics, University of Queensland
	MULTIDIMENSIONAL INCENTIVE-COMPATIBILITY UNDER MULTIPLICATIVE SEPARABILITY Daniel Gottlieb, MIT Co-Authors: Aloisio Araujo, FGV/EPGE and IMPA and Humberto Moreira, FGV -- EPGE
	ON THE PLANNERS' LOSS DUE TO INCOMPLETE INFORMATION IN BAYESIAN MECHANISM DESIGN Nicolas Figueroa, Universidad de Chile-CEA Co-Author: José Correa, Universidad de Chile-DII
	DIRECT MECHANISMS, MENUS AND LATENT CONTRACTS Piaser Gwenael, Université du Luxembourg

14:45 - 16:15

INVITED AND SPONSORED SESSIONS
LACEA

14:45 - 16:15

WORLD BANK SPONSORED PANEL: WHITHER THE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE AND REGULATORY ARCHITECTURE? LOOKING BEYOND THE CRISIS (LACEA)
Chairperson: Guillermo Perry, Fedesarrollo
Organizers: Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank and Guillermo Perry, Fedesarrollo

Room Auditorium 2

	PANELIST 1 Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
	PANELIST 2 Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
	PANELIST 3 Michael Dooley, University of California, Santa Cruz
	PANELIST 4 Sérgio R. C. Werlang , Banco Itaú and EPGE/FGV
	PANELIST 5 Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Barclays Capital

14:45 - 16:15

FGV-IBRE SPONSORED SESSION: PRICE MICRO DATA IN MACROECONOMICS (LACEA)
Chairperson: Vagner Ardeo, IBRE-FGV
Discussant: Carlos Viana de Carvalho, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Room 228

	UNDERSTANDING MOVEMENTS IN AGGREGATE AND PRODUCT-LEVEL REAL-EXCHANGE RATES Nir Jaimovitch, Stanford University Co-Author: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles
	STATE-DEPENDENT OR TIME-DEPENDENT PRICING: DOES IT MATTER FOR RECENT U.S. INFLATION? Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada Co-Author: Pete Klenow, Stanford University
	THE EVOLUTION OF PRICE SETTING IN A VARIABLE MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE BRAZILIAN CPI Marco Bonomo, FGV/EPGE Co-Authors: Rebecca Barros, IBRE-FGV and Sílvia Matos, IBRE-FGV

14:45 - 16:15

WORLD BANK SPONSORED SESSION: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: THEORY, EVIDENCE AND POLICY (LACEA)
Chairperson: Francisco H. G. Ferreira, World Bank
Discussant: Orazio Attanasio, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies

Room 232

	THE ECONOMIC RATIONALE FOR CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS Francisco H. G. Ferreira, World Bank
	THE IMPACT OF CCTS ON HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LIVELIHOODS: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE Norbert Schady, World Bank
	SECOND GENERATION CCTS?: POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE DESIGN OF EFFECTIVE CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS Ariel Fiszbein, World Bank

14:45 - 16:15

IDB SPONSORED SESSION: SOVEREIGN DEBT AND INTERNATIONAL RESERVES (LACEA)
Chairperson: Luis Catao, Inter-American Development Bank

Room 236

	OPTIMAL RESERVE MANAGEMENT AND SOVEREIGN DEBT Laura Alfaro, Harvard Business School Discussant(s): Luis Catao, Inter-American Development Bank Co-Author: Fabil Kanczuk, USP
	THE PROBLEM THAT WASNT: COORDINATION FAILURES IN SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS Marcos Chamon, International Monetary Fund Discussant(s): Eduardo Borensztein, International Monetary Fund Co-Author: Jeromin Zettlemeier, EBRD
	INDEXED SOVEREIGN DEBT: AN APPLIED FRAMEWORK Guido Sandleris, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Discussant(s): Mark Wright, University of California, Los Angeles Co-Authors: Horacio Sapriza, Rutgers Business School and Filippo Taddei, Collegio Carlo Alberto

14:45 - 16:15

LATIN AMERICA PRODUCTIVITY DECLINE (LACEA)
Chairperson: Pedro C. Ferreira, FGV-EPGE

Room 333

	THE EVOLUTION OF THE TFP IN LATIN AMERICA Pedro C. Ferreira, FGV-EPGE
	THE LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto
	EAST ASIA VS. LATIN AMERICA: TFP AND HUMAN CAPITAL POLICIES Rodolfo Manuelli, Winsconsin University

14:45 - 16:15

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT (LACEA)
Chairperson: Francisco Buera, Northwestern/UCLA

Room 335

	FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT: A TALE OF TWO SECTORS Yongs Shin, Wash. U. St. Louis and U. Wisconsin-Madison
	COMPLEXITY AND GROWTH Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Center for International Development, Harvard University Co-Author: Cesar Hidalgo,
	LEARNING THE WEALTH OF NATIONS Francisco Buera, Northwestern/UCLA Co-Authors: Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Penn State University and Giorgio E. Primiceri, Northwestern University

14:45 - 16:15

IDB SPONSORED SESSION: UNDERSTANDING QUALITY OF LIFE: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH (LACEA)
Chairperson: Carol Graham, Brookings Institution

Room 347

	INCOME, DEPRIVATION AND PERCEPTIONS Leonardo Gasparini, Universidad de La Plata
	THE CONFLICTIVE RELATION BETWEEN SATISFACTION AND INCOME Eduardo Lora, Chief Economist and General Manager, Research Department, IDB
	VULNERABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE PERCEPTIONS Mauricio Cárdenas, Brookings Institute and LACEA
	WORKING CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE Naercio Menezes-Filho, FEA-USP and Ibmec/SP

14:45 - 16:15

INVITED AND SPONSORED SESSIONS
LAMES

14:45 - 16:15

IDENTIFICATION OF DISCRETE CHOICE DEMAND MODELS (LAMES)
Chairperson: Joăo Manoel De Mello, PUC-Rio

Room Auditorium 1

	NONPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION OF MULTINOMIAL CHOICE DEMAND MODELS WITH HETEROGENEOUS CONSUMERS Steven Berry, Yale University Co-Author: Philip A. Haile, Yale University
	IDENTIFICATION OF DISCRETE CHOICE DEMAND FROM MARKET LEVEL DATA Philip A. Haile, Yale University Co-Author: Steven Berry, Yale University

14:45 - 16:15

PRIVATE INFORMATION IN MARKETS AND CONTRACTS (LAMES)
Chairperson: Vinicius Carrasco, Department of Economis, PUC-Rio

Room Auditorium 3

	DECENTRALIZED TRADE WITH PRIVATE INFORMATION Mikhail Golosov, MIT Co-Authors: Guido Lorenzoni, MIT and Aleh Tsyvinski, Yale and NES
	LEARNING IN DYNAMIC INCENTIVE CONTRACTS Yuliy Sannikov, University of California Berkeley Co-Author: Peter DeMarzo, Stanford University

14:45 - 16:15

WOMEN, FERTILITY, AND DEVELOPMENT (LAMES)
Chairperson: Vladimir Ponczek, EESP - FGV/SP

Room 224

	WOMEN'S RIGHTS: FERTILITY AND THE TRADEOFF BETWEEN SELFISH HUSBANDS AND ALTRUISTIC FATHERS Raquel Fernandez, NYU
	SON PREFERENCE, SEX SELECTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF SOUTH KOREA Lena Edlund, Columbia University

KEYNOTE LECTURE - SPONSORED BY BNDES (LACEA-LAMES)
Chairperson: Pedro Valls Pereira, EESP-FGV

Room Auditorium 2

THE HUMAN SIDE OF MECHANISM DESIGN
Daniel McFadden, University of California, Berkeley

17:30 - 18:30

INVITED LECTURES
LACEA

17:30 - 18:30

RAUL PREBISH LECTURE (LACEA)
Chairperson: Walter Novaes, PUC-Rio

Room Auditorium 1

REFERENCE-DEPENDENT PREFERENCES: NEWS, UTILITY, AND CHOICE
Matthew Rabin, University of California Berkeley

17:30 - 18:30

INVITED LECTURES
LAMES

17:30 - 18:30

MIGUEL SIDRAUSKI LECTURE (LAMES)
Chairperson: Fernando de Holanda Barbosa, EPGE/FGV

Room Auditorium 3

STEPPING ON A RAKE: THE ROLE OF FISCAL POLICY IN THE INFLATION OF THE 1970'S
Christopher A. Sims, Princeton University

18:30 - 19:30

LACEA PLENARY SESSION

18:30 - 19:30

IDB SPONSORED PLENARY SESSION: SAILING IN TURBULENT WATERS: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR LATIN AMERICA? (LACEA)
Chairperson: Alejandro Izquierdo, Inter-American Development Bank

Room Auditorium 1

	PANELIST 1 Ernesto Talvi, Executive Director, CERES
	PANELIST 2 Guillermo Calvo, Professor of Economics, International & Public Affairs - Columbia University
	PANELIST 3 Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Center for International Development, Harvard University
	PANELIST 4 Armínio Fraga, Gávea Investimentos

18:30 - 19:30

LAMES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

18:30 - 19:30

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (LAMES)
Chairperson: Pablo Neumeyer, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Room Auditorium 2

STATE CAPACITY, CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
Torsten Persson, Institute for International Economic Studies
Co-Author(s): Timothy Besley, London School of Economics

20:30

CONFERENCE PARTY

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