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2008 Singapore Workshop: Program



WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
JANUARY 5-10, 2008
SINGAPORE


SATURDAY, JANUARY 5
 

17:30 – 19:00

Registration

 

 

19:00

Depart for dinner

 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 6
 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

Introduction and Welcome

 

Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

9:30 – 10:00

New Challenges of Global Governance

 

Kishore Mahbubani (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Measuring Things That Are Hard To Measure

 

Alberto Simpser (University of Chicago)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

11:00 – 11:30

Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

 

Scott Gehlbach (University of Wisconsin)

 

 

11:30 – 12:30

Formulating Research Projects

 

Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

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

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

Participants present their research
in small groups and receive feedback

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

16:00 – 18:00

Participants present their research
in small groups and receive feedback

 

 

18:45

Depart for dinner


MONDAY, JANUARY 7

 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 10:00

The Not So Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier

 

P. J. Hill (Wheaton College and Property & Environment Research Center)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Research on Institutions for Collective Action

 

Eduardo Araral (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

11:00 - 11:30 The Role of Institutions in Social Security Reform
Mukul Asher (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)

 

 

11:30 - 12:00

Financial Innovation and the Limits of Risk Management

 

Henry Mohrman (Mohrmanlaw LC)

 

 

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

Tea/coffee

 

 

16:00 – 18:00

Participants revise their research,

 

with individual consultations

 

 

18:45

Depart for dinner

 

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 - 9:30

Institutional Building and Change in Singapore

 

Boon Siong Neo (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)

 

 

9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

11:00 - 12:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 15:00

Institutions and Development

 

Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

15:00 – 15:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

16:00 – 17:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

18:45

Depart for dinner

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9
 

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 –9:30

Global Institutions

 

Ann Florini (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)

 

 

9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

11:00 – 12:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00 – 14:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

14:30 – 15:00

Institutional Determinants of Regulatory Enforcement:  Evidence from Medical Licensing Boards in the United States

 

Marc Law (University of Vermont)

 

 

15:00 – 15:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

16:00 – 17:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

18:45

Depart for dinner

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10

8:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

The Subversion of Institutions for Electoral Purposes

 

Alberto Simpser (University of Chicago)

 

 

9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Tea/coffee

 

 

11:00 – 11:30

Water Rights

 

P. J. Hill (Wheaton College and Property & Environment Research Center)

 

 

11:30 – 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

Tea/coffee

 

 

16:00 – 17:15

Walk in National Botanic Garden

 

 

18:45

Depart for 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|




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