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CONFERENCE ON TRANSACTION COSTS
FEBRUARY 21 - 23, 2003
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
(Room 602, Gleacher Center, University of Chicago downtown)
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2:00
5:00 p.m.
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Technical
issues concerning survey results
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6:00
6:30 p.m.
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Informal
welcome to the conference
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7:00
p.m.
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Dinner
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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 22
8:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m.
(Room
602, Gleacher Center, University of Chicago downtown)
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9:00
9:30 a.m.
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The
Issue and Our Goals
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Mary
Shirley
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9:30
10:45 a.m.
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Conceptual
Issues in Measuring Transaction Costs
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Alexandra
Benham and Lee Benham
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Commentary
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Eirik
Furubotn, Philip Keefer, John Wallis
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10:45
11:15 a.m.
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Coffee
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11:15
12:15 p.m.
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Review
of the Literature and of Current Practices
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Ning
Wang
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Commentary
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Yoram
Barzel, Sam Peltzman
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12:15
1:45 p.m.
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Lunch
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1:45
3:15 p.m.
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Lessons
from World Bank Surveys
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Luke
Haggarty and Colin Xu
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Commentary
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Lee
Benham, Sam Peltzman, John Wallis
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3:15
- 3:45 p.m.
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Coffee
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3:45
- 5:00 p.m.
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Results
from Brazil
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Decio
Zylbersztajn and Ricardo Abramovai
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Commentary
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Eric
Helland, Claude Mιnard
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Results
from Bulgaria
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Yordanka
Gancheva
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Commentary
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Mihaly
Kopanyi, Michael Sykuta
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5:00
5:30 p.m.
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Institutional
Innovations:
The Chicago Climate Exchange
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Richard
Sandor
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Commentary
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Mary
Shirley
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7:00
p.m.
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Dinner
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23
8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.
(Missouri Room, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers)
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8:00
8:45 a.m.
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Breakfast
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9:00
10:30 a.m.
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Applying
Transaction Cost Measures
to the Real World
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John
Sullivan, Michael Sykuta, Nancy Truitt
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10:30
- 11:00 a.m.
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Coffee
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11:00
- 12:00 noon
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Conclusions and Next Steps
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Moderator:
Philip Keefer
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This conference was made possible though the generosity of
Coase
Foundation and the George J. Stigler Center for the Study
of the Economy and the State, University of Chicago.
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ALSO SEE
All past events
This conference:
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