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2008 Philippines Workshop: Program


WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
MARCH 9-14, 2008
LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES


SUNDAY, MARCH 9
 

17:30 – 19:00

Registration

 

 

19:00

Depart for dinner

 

MONDAY, MARCH 10
 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

Introduction and Welcome

 

Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

9:30 – 10:00

Welcome - and Governance and Institutions in the Philippines

 

Fernando Aldaba (Ateneo de Manila University)
with Michael Alba (De La Salle University)
and Siegfried Herzog (Friedrich Naumann Stiftung)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Do Effective Regulators Really Need to Be Independent?

 

Scott Wallsten (Stanford University)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 – 12:30

Formulating Research Projects

 

Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

Lee Benham (Washington University in
St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)

 

John Nye (George Mason University)

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

Participants present their research
in small groups and receive feedback

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee

 

 

16:00 – 18:00

Participants present their research
in small groups and receive feedback

 

 

19:00

Depart for dinner


TUESDAY, MARCH 11

 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 10:00

History, Growth, and the New Institutional Narrative

 

John Nye (George Mason University)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Institutions within Firms: The Case of HR Policy and Practice

 

Bruce Rayton (University of Bath)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 - 11:30 Historical Roots of Philippine Economic Institutions
Emmanuel S. De Dios (University of the Philippines)

 

 

11:30 - 12:00

Protection Contracts, Enforcement Capture and the Illegal Gambling (Jueteng) in the Philippines

 

Raul V. Fabella (University of the Philippines)

 

 

12:00 – 12:30

Communicating Institutional Findings

 

Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

Participants revise their research,

 

with individual consultations

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee

 

 

16:00 – 18:00

Participants revise their research,

 

with individual consultations

 

 

19:00

Depart for dinner

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12
 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 - 9:30

Empirical Studies of Firms and Institutions

 

Colin Xu (The World Bank)

 

 

9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 - 12:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee

 

 

16:00 – 16:30

Measuring Institutions: Concepts and  Examples

 

Veneta Andonova (University of the Andes)

 

 

16:30 – 18:00

Presentations by participants

 

 

19:00

Depart for dinner

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 13
 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 –10:00

A New Approach to Economic Development

 

Douglass North (Washington University in St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 – 12:00

Presentations by participants

 

 

12:00 – 12:30

The Disinterested Government:  An Interpretation of China's Economic Success in the Reform Era

 

Yang Yao (Peking University)

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee

 

 

16:00 – 18:00

Presentations by participants

 

 

19:00

Depart for dinner

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 14

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

Aid and Institutions

 

Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

 

 

11:00 – 12:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

Wrap-up discussion

 

Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee

 

 

16:00

Depart for resort with swimming and final dinner

 
Program
|2001 Berkeley |2001 Rio |2002 St. Louis |2002 Cambridge |2003 Budapest|
|2003 São Paulo |2004 Tucson |2005 Barcelona |2006 Boulder |2007 Reykjavik|
|2008 Singapore |2008 Philippines |2008 Beijing |2009 Bratislava |2009 Xiamen|
|2010 Moscow |2010 Shanghai |2011 Chicago|




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