2005 Barcelona Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
SEPTEMBER 17–22, 2005
BARCELONA, SPAIN


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
18:00 - 20:00
Registration
20:00
Depart for dinner

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
8:30 - 9:15
Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
10:00 - 10:30
The Evolution of Property Rights
P. J. Hill (Wheaton College and Political Economic Research Center)
10:30 - 11:00
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis, and The Ronald Coase Institute)
John Nye (Washington University in St. Louis)
12:30 - 13:00
What Do and Don't We Know About Institutions and Development?
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee
16:30 - 18:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
20:00
Depart for dinner

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
8:30 - 9:15
Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30
The NIE and Economic History: The Rise of the New Institutional Narrative
John Nye (Washington University in St. Louis)
10:30 - 11:00
Past Ideas, Present Realities: How Remnants from Marxism Can Explain Today's Bulgarian Economic Condition
Georgy Ganev (Centre for Liberal Studies and Sofia University)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
The Nature of Entry Regulation
Benito Arrunada (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
12:00 - 12:30
NIE and Employment Relationships
Bruce Rayton (University of Bath)
12:30 - 13:00
Long Term Capital Management: A Case Study in Institutional Economics
Henry Mohrman (Mohrmanlaw LC)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 15:00
Communicating Institutional Findings
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
15:00 - 15:30
Discussion of writing and communicating
15:30 - 16:00
Participants revise their research, with consultation
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee
16:30 - 18:30
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
20:00
Depart for dinner

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
8:30 - 9:15
Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00
On Credibility
Philip Keefer (The World Bank)
10:00 - 11:00
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
Presentations by participants
12:00 - 12:30
Markets, Contracts, or Integration? The Adoption, Diffusion, and Evolution of Organizational Form
Michael Sykuta (University of Missouri)
12:30 - 13:00
Presentations by participants
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee
16:30 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
20:00
Depart for dinner

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
8:30 - 9:15
Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00
Why the State?
P. J. Hill (Wheaton College and Political Economic Research Center)
10:00 - 11:00
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
Presentations by participants
12:00 - 12:30
Testing the Economics of Institutions in Iceland
Thrainn Eggertsson (New York University and University of Iceland)
12:30 - 13:00
Presentations by participants
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee
16:30 - 17:00
Measuring the Costs of Doing Business
Olga Nashchekina (National Technical University, Kharkov)
Igor Timoshenkov (Kharkov University of Humanities)
17:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
18:30
Depart for walking tour and dinner

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8:00 - 8:25
Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30
Transaction Costs and Coasean Solutions to Environmental and Resource Problems
Gary Libecap (University of Arizona)
9:30 - 11:00
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 13:00
Wrap-up discussion
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations and feedback from participants
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch