WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
SEPTEMBER 16–21, 2006
BOULDER, COLORADO, USA
17:30 - 19:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:00
Housing, Health, and Happiness
Sebastian Galiani
(Washington University in St. Louis)
10:00 - 10:30
Businessman Candidates
Scott Gehlbach
(University of Wisconsin)
11:00 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
Lee Benham
(Washington University in St. Louis, and The Ronald Coase Institute)
John Nye
(Washington University in St. Louis)
14:00 - 15:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
16:00 - 18:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
9:00 - 10:00
History, Growth, and the New Institutional Narrative
John Nye
(Washington University in St. Louis)
10:00 - 10:30
Political Economy and Policy Failure in Poor Countries
Philip Keefer
(The World Bank)
11:00 - 12:00
Strategies for Evaluating Policies
Sebastian Galiani
(Washington University in St. Louis)
12:00 - 12:30
Broadcasting and the Internet: A Comparison of Regulating Institutions
Henry Mohrman
(Mohrmanlaw LC)
14:00 - 14:30
Communicating Institutional Findings
Alexandra Benham
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
14:30 - 15:30
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
16:00 - 18:00
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
9:00 - 9:30
What Do and Don't We Know About Institutions and Development?
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 14:30
Equity and Risk Allocation in Defense Procurement Contracts: How To Build a Database
Claude Ménard
(Universite de Paris, Pantheon-Sorbonne; and the Ronald Coase Institute)
14:30 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
9:00 - 9:30
Why Are There Corrupt Elections?
Alberto Simpser
(University of Chicago)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 17:00
The Cognitive Foundations of the Social Sciences
Douglass North
(Washington University in St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)
17:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
19:00
Depart for special dinner
9:00 - 9:30
Transaction Costs, Property Rights, and Resource and Environmental Problems
Gary Libecap
(University of California-Santa Barbara, and the Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:00
Transaction Cost Economics: An Introduction
Oliver Williamson
(University of California-Berkeley)
12:00 - 13:00
Wrap-up discussion
Evaluations, overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants