NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC
Corruption and Reform Pre-conference
Claudia Goldin and Edward Glaeser, Organizers
July 13, 2003
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
PROGRAM
SUNDAY, JULY 13:
8:15 AM Coffee
and Pastries
8:45 AM Overview:
When Good Government Goes Bad, When it Does Not, and Why
EDWARD
GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER
Notes on a
Timeline of American Political Corruption
MATTHEW
GENTZKOW, Harvard University
EDWARD
GLAESER and CLAUDIA GOLDIN, Harvard University and NBER
Mass
Circulation, the Independent Press, and Corruption
JOHN WALLIS,
University of Maryland and NBER
Systematic and Venal Corruption in American Politics or
Big C (=
Political Control) and Small c (= Personal Gain) Corruption
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Antebellum Corruption
and Reform
HOWARD
BODENHORN, Lafayette College and NBER
Bank
Chartering and Political Corruption in Antebellum New York:
The Iron
Glove Falls from the Invisible Hand
STANLEY
ENGERMAN, University of Rochester and NBER
KENNETH
SOKOLOFF, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Digging the Dirt at Public Expense:
Corruption in the Building of the Erie and Other New York Canals
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM Progressive Era: Cities and Corruption
DAVID CUTLER,
Harvard University and NBER
GRANT MILLER,
Harvard University
Water, Water Everywhere: Water Reforms in American Cities
REBECCA
MENES, George Mason University and NBER
Political
Reform in Cities
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM Progressive
Era: Corruption and Regulation
PRICE
FISHBACK, University of Arizona and NBER
Corruption,
Capture, and the Development of Workplace Safety Regulations
through the
Progressive Era
GARY LIBECAP,
University of Arizona and NBER
MARC LAW,
Washington University in St. Louis
Corruption and Reform? The Emergence of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
1:45 PM Progressive
Era: Corruption and the Rule of Law
WILLIAM
NOVAK, University of Chicago
The
Problem of the Rule of Law in the Progressive Era
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM The
New Deal
PRICE
FISHBACK and SHAWN KANTOR, University of Arizona and NBER
JOHN WALLIS,
University of Maryland and NBER
Politics, Relief, and Reform:
The Transformation of America's Social Welfare System During the New Deal
3:00 PM Corporate
Governance and the Role of the Government
NAOMI
LAMOREAUX, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Corporate
Governance and the Problem of Corruption in the U.S.
before the
S.E.C.
WERNER
TROESKEN, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Competition and Corruption:
Lessons from 150 Years of Industrial Governance
4:00 PM Lessons
for and from Developing Countries and Transition Economies
LEE J.
ALSTON, University of Colorado and NBER
KARA GORSKI,
Analysis Group-Economics
Voters and Corruption in Brazil:
Implications for the Historical U.S. Experience and Lessons for Developing Countries
4:30 PM Adjourn
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