Activities - Conferences

Growth and Political Institutions

March 31st-April 1st, 1995

This conference was organized by CREI and Harvard University. The program was prepared by Professors Ramon Marimon (European University Institute, Florence and Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Robert Barro (Harvard University).

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Program

FRIDAY 31 MARCH, 1995

Democracy and Growth
Robert J. Barro. (Harvard University, Bank of England, NBER)
Discussant: Robert Waldman (EUI, Florence)
Session Chair: Ramon Marimon (EUI, UPF, CREI, CEPR, NBER)

Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
Peter Boone (LSE, Center for Economic Performance)
Discussant: William Easterly (The World Bank)

Growth, the Terms of Trade and Power Concentration
Philip R. Lane (Harvard University) and Aaron Tornell (Harvard University, NBER)
Discussant: Daniel Cohen (CEPREMAP, CEPR )
Session Chair: Joan M. Esteban (IAE-CSIC)

Politico-Economic Transition
Per Krusell (University of Rochester) and José Victor Ríos Rull (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant: Andreu Mas-Colell (Harvard University, UPF)
Session Chair: Josep M. Colomer (IESA-CSIC, UPF)

On The Number And Size Of Nations
Alberto Alesina (Harvard University, NBER, CEPR), Enrico Spolaore (ECARE - Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Discussant: Oded Galor (Brown University, Hebrew University)
Session Chair: Salvador Barberà (UAB)

SATURDAY 1 APRIL, 1995

Property and Contract Rights under Democracy and Dictatorship
Philip Keefer (The World Bank), Stephan Knack (IRIS - University of Maryland, American University), Christopher Clague and Mancur Olson (IRIS - University of Maryland)
Discussant: Edward Glaesser (Hoover Institution, Harvard University)
Session Chair: Teresa Garcia-Milà (UPF, CREI).

Eliminating Corruption
Abhijit V. Banerjee (MIT)
Discussant: Xavier Sala-i-Martín (Yale University, UPF, CEPR)

An Empirical Investigation on Income Distribution, Democratic Institutions and Growth
Roberto Perotti (Columbia University and NBER)
Discussant: Torsten Persson (IIES - U. of Stockholm, CEPR)
Session Chair: Albert Marcet (UPF)

PROGRAM ORGANIZERS
Robert Barro and Ramon Marimon
LOCAL ORGANIZER
Teresa Garcia-Milà