12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

 1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

 Richard Leftwich  (University of Chicago, USA)

 Mary Shirley  (Ronald Coase Institute, USA)

 Welcome

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Sebastian Galiani  (Washington University, USA)

Identifying Causal Effects in Applied Research

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

John Nye  (Washington University, USA)

Persuading Economists: Choosing a Methodological
Framework for Your Research

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

John List  (University of Chicago, USA)

Field Experiments and Economics

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Forum on Methodological Issues

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Reception

7:00 p.m.

Conference dinner

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

State Governance

Alberto Simpser   (University of Chicago, USA)

A Theory of Corrupt Elections

Danila Raskov  (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)

Credibility and Gradualism in a Monetary Reform:  Attempts to Introduce Token Copper Coins in 17th-18th Century Russia

Ivan Ribeiro  (University of São Paulo Law School, Brazil)

Robin Hood vs. King John Redistribution:  How Do Local Judges Decide Cases in Brazil?

Cynthia Lin  (University of California-Davis, USA)

A Theory of Regulatory Delegation, with a Framework for Application to Ozone Smog Regulation

Sam Peltzman  (University of Chicago, USA)

Discussant

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00 p.m.

Property Rights

Lennon H. T. Choy  (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

The Pricing of Imperfectly Delineated Property Rights:
Case Studies in Housing and Land Markets

Bhim Adhikari  (The World Conservation Union, Nepal)

Heterogeneity, Transaction Costs and Collective Action:  Evidence from Common Property Forest Management in Nepal

Erica Gorga  (Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Brazil)

Knowledge Inputs, Legal Institutions and Firm Structure: Towards a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm

Eduardo Araral  (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore)

Property Rights and the Provision of Collective Goods in the Presence of Market Imperfections:  Evidence from Irrigation in the Philippines

Mary Shirley  (Ronald Coase Institute, USA)

Discussant

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Informal Institutions

Maroš Servátka  (University of Mannheim, Germany and University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Reputation vs. Social Influence: Which Is Stronger?

Vladimir Zanoni  ((University of Chicago, USA)

Leasing the Street:  Institutional Arrangements on Street Vendors' Property Rights in Venezuela

Nick Parker  (University of California-Santa Barbara, USA)

Sovereignty, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth on American Indian Reservations

Discussants

 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Steven Levitt  (University of Chicago, USA)

An Economist Sells Doughnuts:  A Case Study in Profit Maximization

7:00 p.m.

Conference dinner

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Markets in Emerging Asian Economies

Tu Anh Vu Thanh  (Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, Vietnam)

Credit and Trust:  Fruit Markets in the Mekong Delta

Li Qi  (Agnes Scott College, USA)

Capital Flows and Domestic Market Integration in China

Junlian Zhang  (China Agricultural University, China)

Mutual Monitoring Mechanism in Tradable Water Right System:  A Case Study in Zhangye City in Northwest China

Ning Wang  (Arizona State University, USA)

History in Institutional Change: The Case of Chinese Agricultural Reforms

John Nye

Discussant

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:30 p.m.

Future Directions for Institutional Research

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch and closing discussion

This conference is made possible through the generous support of
Coase Foundation
       and
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State,
       University of Chicago