2003 São Paulo Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
DECEMBER 6–11, 2003
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
16:00 - 18:00
Registration for the workshop
18:00 - 18:30
Opening Session
Welcome
Luiz Nunes de Oliveira (Pro-Rector of Research, USP)
Suely Vilela (Pro-Rector of Graduate Studies, USP)
Maria Tereza Leme Fleury (Dean of FEA/USP)
18:30 - 19:00
Introduction to the Workshop
Mary Shirley (Ronald Coase Institute)
19:00 - 19:30
Research Agenda: NIE in Latin America
Decio Zylbersztajn (FEA/USP)
20:00
Dinner

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Formulating Research Projects
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis; Ronald Coase Institute)
Alexandra Benham (Ronald Coase Institute)
9:00 - 10:00
Property Rights to Land and Natural Resources in Brazil
Bernardo Mueller (University of Brasilia)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Quality Regulation: Public - Private Complementarities
Eduardo Spers (UNIMEP)
11:00 - 11:30
Doing Institutional Analysis with Experimental Research
Sergio Lazzarini (IBMEC)
11:00 - 11:30
Law, Economics, and Institutional Analysis
Rachel Sztajn (Law School, USP)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
18:00 - 22:00
Dinner

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Collective Organizations
Ricardo Abramovay (FEA/USP)
9:30 - 10:00
Does Culture Matter for Corporate Governance? A Case Study of Brazil
Erica Gorga (Law School, USP)
10:00 - 10:30
Industrial Organization and NIE Complementarities
Elizabeth Farina (FEA/USP)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Institutional Barriers and WTO Negotiations
Marcos S. Jank (FEA/USP)
11:30 - 12:30
Communicating Research Ideas
Alexandra Benham (Ronald Coase Institute)
Mara Batlin (Ronald Coase Institute)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Participants revise presentations in consultation with faculty
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Participants revise presentations in consultation with faculty
18:00 - 22:00
Dinner

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Presentations by participants
10:00 - 10:30
Empirical Research in Property Rights
Lee Alston (University of Colorado)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Institutional Change in Developing Counties
Mary Shirley (Ronald Coase Institute)
11:30 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 16:30
Strange Contractual Arrangements
Paulo Furquim de Azevedo (FGV)
16:30 - 17:00
Consortium of Employers: A Fair and Efficient Solution for Short-Term Jobs
Helio Zylbersztajn (FEA/USP)
17:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
18:00 - 22:00
Dinner

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Contracts in Agriculture
Decio Zylbersztajn (FEA/USP)
14:30 - 15:00
Institutional Reform in Brazil
Basilia Maria Aguirre (FEA/USP)
15:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
18:00 - 22:00
Dinner

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Presentations by participants
9:30 - 11:00
Understanding the Process of Economic Change
Douglass North (Washington University in St. Louis; The Ronald Coase Institute)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:30
Closing Session
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis; The Ronald Coase Institute)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch reception