Workshop on Institutions, Contracts and Growth:

Links and Dynamics

Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC)

Barcelona, June 22-23, 2009

 
 

Program

Monday, June 22

 

10:00 - 10:30

Registration and Welcome

 
10:30 – 13:00

Session 1: Institutions and Development

"Development and the Interaction of Enforcement Institutions"
Amrita Dhillon (University of Warwick)
Jamele Rigolini (World Bank)
Discussant: Hannes Mueller (IAE-CSIC)

"Financing Development: the Role of Information Costs"
Jeremy Greenwood (University of Pennsylvania)
Juan Sánchez (Richmond FED)
Cheng Wang (Iowa State University)
Discussant: Gerard Llobet (CEMFI)

"Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors"
Francisco Buera (Northwestern University)
Joseph Kaboski (Ohio State University)
Yongseok Shin(Washington University, St. Louis)
Discussant: Omar Licandro (European University Institute)

 
13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

 

14:30 – 16:10

Session 2: Institutions and Finance

"Political Allocation of Finance"
Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam)
Marcel Vorage (University of Amsterdam)
Discussant: Giacomo Ponzetto (Harvard University)

"Connections and Information Acquisition in Capital Allocation"
Mariassunta Giannetti (Stockholm School of Economics)
Xiaoyun Yu (Kennedy School of Business, Indiana University)
Discussant: Mathias Thoenig (University of Geneva)

 
16:10 – 16:40

Coffee Break

 
16:40 – 18:20

Session 3: Contract Enforcement in Open Economies

"International Trade and Institutional Change"
Andrei Levchenko (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Josep Vilarrubia (Banc Sabadell)

"Institutions, Public Debt and Foreign Finance"
Nicola Gennaioli (CREI and UPF)
Alberto Martin (CREI and UPF)
Stefano Rossi (Stockholm School of Economics)
Discussant: Amrita Dhillon (University of Warwick)

 
21:00

Dinner

 

Tuesday, June 23

 
10:00– 11:00

Keynote Lecture

"Endogenous Intertemporal Participation Constraints"
Ramon Marimon (European University Institute)

 
11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

 
11:30 - 13:10 Session 4: Contracts and Development

"Institutions, Markets and Growth: a Theory of Comparative Corporate Governance"
Simi Kedia (Rutgers University)
Kose John (NYU Stern School of Business)
Discussant: Nicola Gennaioli (CREI and UPF)

"Growth, Selection and Appropriate Contracts"
Alessandra Bonfiglioli (IAE-CSIC)
Gino Gancia (CREI and UPF)
Discussant: Gianluca Clementi (NYU Stern School of Business)

 
13:10 - 14:30

Lunch

 
14:30 - 15:30

Keynote Lecture (CANCELLED)

"Academia in the Innovation Process"
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)