2010 Moscow Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
MAY 2–8, 2010
MOSCOW, RUSSIA


SUNDAY, MAY 2
17:00 - 18:30
Registration
18:30
Dinner

MONDAY, MAY 3
7:45
Depart for breakfast and workshop
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Martin Gilman (State University - Higher School of Economics)
9:30 - 10:00
Institutions in Theory and in Practice: Elections, Accountability, and Development
Alberto Simpser (University of Chicago)
10:00 - 10:30
Analyzing Institutions Using Experiments
Maroš Servátka (University of Canterbury)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Using Institutions to Understand How Universities Work
Maria Yudkevich (State University - Higher School of Economics)
11:30 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)
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
Depart for dinner

TUESDAY, MAY 4
7:45
Depart for breakfast and workshop
9:00 - 10:00
History, Growth, and the New Institutional Economics
John Nye (George Mason University)
10:00 - 10:30
Institutions and Development
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:00
Causality in the Small and in the Large: Effects of Secure Property Rights
Sebastian Galiani (Washington University in St. Louis)
12:00 - 12:30
Strategic Communication
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
18:00
Depart for dinner

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
7:45
Depart for breakfast and workshop
9:00 - 9:30
How to Use Contracts and Legal Sources in Social Science Research
Henry Mohrman (Organization Research Group)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 17:00
Presentations by participants
17:00 - 18:30
Roundtable: New Institutional Economics - Confronting Current and Future Challenges
Vladimir Avtonov (State University - Higher School of Economics)
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis & The Ronald Coase Institute)
Peter Murrell (University of Maryland)
John Nye (George Mason University)
Maroš Servátka (University of Canterbury)
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
18:30
Depart for dinner

THURSDAY, MAY 6
7:45
Depart for breakfast and workshop
9:00 - 9:30
The Political Economy of Institutional Change
Konstantin Sonin (New Economic School)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
18:00
Depart for dinner

FRIDAY, MAY 7
7:45
Depart for breakfast and workshop
9:00 - 10:00
Design and Evolution in Institutional Development: The Insignificance of the English Bill of Rights
Peter Murrell (University of Maryland)
10:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:00
Presentations by participants
12:00 - 12:30
Assessments
12:30 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Wrap-up discussion
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
14:00 - 18:30
Special event
18:30
Depart for dinner