8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Introduction
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Defining and Studying Institutions
Lee Alston (University of Illinois)

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Micro Analysis of Institutions
Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University)

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Coffee

11:00 - 12:00 noon

Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute) and
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis; The
Ronald Coase Institute)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Analysis of Political Institutions
Michael Ross (University of California at Los Angeles)

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Small group sessions to discuss participants' research
(in Business Center small rooms)

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Small group sessions to discuss participants' research
(in Business Center small rooms)

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Panel on Development and Institutions

An Application to Urban Water and Telecommunications Systems
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

An Application to Brazil
Bernardo Mueller (Universidade de Brasília)

Transaction Cost Analysis
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis; The
Ronald Coase Institute)

Experimental Analysis
Juan Camilo Cardenas (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee

10:30 - 12:30 p.m.

Participants present their research  (two parallel sessions)  (in Business Center large rooms)

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Participants present their research (two parallel sessions)  (in Business Center large rooms)

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Participants present their research  (two parallel sessions)  (in Business Center large rooms)

Overview and final remarks (in Ipanema Room)