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Events: Upcoming Conference

Political Economy Research Conference: Institutions and Policy Outcomes

February 19-21, 2010
Kingston, Jamaica

Recent evidence challenging the causal relationship between institutions and economic growth (for example, Henry and Miller, 2008) has prompted researchers to further explore the link between facilitation of "good" policies and the political, constitutional and legal framework of a country. This conference brings together leading scholars in the field of political economy to address this issue. We will examine new research in the area, and what directions future research should take.

The setting will be Jamaica, a recently independent emerging economy that has continued to struggle for economic stability in spite of possessing institutional arrangements typically associated with positive economic outcomes.

Attendance at this conference is by invitation only. Please forward queries to Betsy Reid.

List of Participants PDF icon

Preliminary Agenda

Friday, February 19
  
1:00-3:00 Lunch and Welcome
3:00-3:45 David Baron, Stanford University
Alexander V. Hirsch, Stanford University
"Common Agency Lobbying over Coalitions and Policy" PDF icon
3:45-4:30 Jonathan Bendor, Stanford University, and Josh Bendor
"Democracies, Dictatorships, and REALLY Dumb Decisions" Word icon
4:30-4:45 Coffee Break
4:45-5:30 Allan Drazen, University of Maryland
Saturday, February 20
  
9:00-9:45 Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University
"Foreign Informational Lobbying can Enhance Tourism: Evidence from the Caribbean" PDF icon
9:45-10:30 John Rapley, Caribbean Policy Research Institute
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30

Panel Discussion: "Institutions and Policy Outcomes: What do we know?"
Susan Collins, Univeristy of Michigan
Peter Henry, Stanford University
Wesley Hughes, Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Jamaica
Damien King, University of the West Indies and CaPRI
Eddie Lazear, Stanford University and Chief Economic Advisor to President George W. Bush
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:45 Ken Scheve , Yale University
"Two Centuries of Taxing Inherited Wealth"
2:45-3:30 Renee Bowen, Stanford University
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-4:30 Alessandra Casella, Columbia University
4:30-5:15 Steven Callander, Stanford University
"Why Does Political Power Alternate?"
Sunday, February 21
  
8:30-9:15 Marco Battaglini, Princeton University
9:15-10:00 Gerard Padro i Miguel, London School of Economics
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:00 Jeff Frieden, Harvard University