2003 Chicago Conference: Program

CONFERENCE ON TRANSACTION COSTS
FEBRUARY 21 - 23, 2003
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
14:00 - 17:00
(Room 602, Gleacher Center, University of Chicago downtown)
14:00 - 17:00
Technical issues concerning survey results
(for technical studies group, as arranged)
18:00 - 18:30
Informal welcome to the conference
Meet in lobby, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
19:00
Dinner
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
8:00 - 17:30
(Room 602, Gleacher Center, University of Chicago downtown)
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
The Issue and Our Goals
Mary Shirley
9:30 - 10:45
Conceptual Issues in Measuring Transaction Costs
Alexandra Benham and Lee Benham
Commentary
Eirik Furubotn, Philip Keefer, John Wallis
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee
11:15 - 12:15
Review of the Literature and of Current Practices
Ning Wang
Commentary
Yoram Barzel, Sam Peltzman
12:15 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 15:15
Lessons from World Bank Surveys
Luke Haggarty and Colin Xu
Commentary
Lee Benham, Sam Peltzman, John Wallis
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee
15:45 - 17:00
Results from Brazil
Decio Zylbersztajn and Ricardo Abramovai
Commentary
Eric Helland, Claude Ménard
Results from Bulgaria
Yordanka Gancheva
Commentary
Mihaly Kopanyi, Michael Sykuta
17:00 - 17:30
Institutional Innovations:
The Chicago Climate Exchange
Richard Sandor
Commentary
Mary Shirley
19:00
Dinner
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23
8:00 - 14:00
(Missouri Room, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers)
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30
Applying Transaction Cost Measures to the Real World
John Sullivan, Michael Sykuta, Nancy Truitt
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:00
Conclusions and Next Steps
Moderator: Philip Keefer
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch and closing discussion

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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