INTER-AMERICAN SEMINAR ON ECONOMICS

Sebastian Edwards and Eduardo Engel, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 16, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 15:

8:00 PM Dinner - East Coast Grill, 1271 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

TUESDAY, JULY 16:

8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries

9:00 AM CHANG-TAI HSIEH, Princeton University

MIGUEL URQUIOLA, Cornell University

When Schools Compete, How do they compete? An Assessment of Chile's Nationwide School Voucher Program

JOSHUA ANGRIST, MIT and NBER

ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University

ERIK BLOOM, Research Triangle Institute

ELIZABETH KING, The World Bank

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

Vouchers for Private Schooling in Columbia: Evidence from a

Randomized Natural Experiment

Discussants: CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

PILAR ROMAGUERA, Universidad de Chile

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM BHARAT ANAND, Harvard University

ALEXANDER GALETOVIC, Universidad de Chile

Investment Banking and Security Market Development:

Why is Chile Different from the United States?

Discussant: SERGIO SCHMUKLER, World Bank

11:45 AM RAFAEL LAPORTA, Harvard University and NBER

FLORENCIO LOPEZ-DE-SILANES, Yale University and NBER

GUILLERMO ZAMARRIPA,

National Banking and Securities Commission, Mexico

Related Lending

Discussant: SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER

IASE

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12:30 PM Lunch

2:00 PM MIHIR DESAI, Harvard University and NBER

C.FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard University

JAMES HINES, University Michigan and NBER

Capital Controls, Liberalizations, and Foreign Direct Investment

Discussant: ROBERT LAWRENCE, Harvard University and NBER

2:45 PM SEBASTIAN GALLIANI, Universidad de San Andres

PAUL GERTLER, UC, Berkeley and NBER

ERNESTO SCHARGRODSKY, Universidad Torcuato di Tella

Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services

on Child Mortality

Discussant: JOSHUA ANGRIST, MIT and NBER

3:30 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM CHANG-TAI HSIEH, Princeton University

JONATHAN PARKER, Princeton University and NBER

Taxes and Growth in a Financially Underdeveloped Country:

Explaining the Chilean Investment Boom

Discussant: RODRIGO VALDES, Central Bank of Chile

FABIO SCHIANTARELLI, Boston College

5:00 PM Adjourn

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