NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007

Political Economy Workshop

July 17, 2007

Alberto Alesina, Organizer

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

TUESDAY, JULY 17:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	STEFANO DELLAVIGNA, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	ELIANA LA FERRARA, University of Bocconi
	Detecting Illegal Arms Trade
	Discussant: JUSTIN WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
10:00 am	Coffee Break
10:15 am	BENJAMIN JONES, Northwestern University and NBER
	BENJAMIN OLKEN, Harvard University and NBER
	Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assassinations on Institutions and War
	Discussant: ROHINI PANDE, Harvard University
11:15 am	Coffee Break
11:30 am	CLAUDIO FERRAZ, UC, Berkeley
	FREDERICO FINAN, UC, Los Angeles
	Electoral Accountability and Corruption in Local Governments: Evidence from Audit Reports
	Discussant: FILIPE CAMPANTE, Harvard University
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	EVGENY YAKOVLEV, UC, Berkeley
	EKATERINA ZHURAVSKAYA, New Economic School
	Deregulation of Business
	Discussant: PAOLA SAPIENZA, Northwestern University
2:30 pm	Coffee Break
2:45 pm	DAVID BARON, Stanford University
	DANIEL DIERMEIER, Northwestern University
	POHAN FONG, University of Rochester
	Policy Dynamics and Inefficiency in a Parliamentary Democracy With Proportional Representation
	Discussant: STEPHEN COATE, Cornell University
3:45 pm	GUIDO TABELLINI, IGIER
	The Scope of Cooperation: Norms and Incentives
	Discussant: RICHARD HOLDEN, MIT
4:45 pm	Adjourn
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