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Research Group on
Political
Institutions and Economic Policy
Princeton, May 16, 2009
Sponsored by the Research Program in Political
Economy and the Niehaus Center for
Globalization
and Governance
Organizers: Helen Milner and Thomas Romer
***Please note: This conference is by invitation only***
Conference sessions will be held in Room 300 Wallace Hall
| 8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast and Introduction | |
| 9:00-11:00 | Antonio Merlo (University of Pennsylvania), "The Labor Market of Italian Politicians" (with V. Galasso, M. Landi, and A. Mattozzi) Discussants: Scott Ashworth (Princeton) and Nicola Persico (NYU) |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break | |
| 11:30-1:30 | Lee Alston (University of Colorado), "De Facto and De Jure Property Rights: Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers" (with E. Harris and B. Mueller) Discussants: Stephen Haber (Stanford) and Ernesto Dal Bó (Berkeley) |
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| 1:30-3:00 |
Lunch | |
| 3:00-5:00 |
Beatriz Magaloni and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (Stanford), "Why Authoritarian Regimes Sabotage Economic Growth: Land Reform in Mexico" (with B. Weingast) Discussants: Susan Stokes (Yale) and Rohini Pande (Harvard) |
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