2009 Bratislava Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
MAY 10–15, 2009
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA


SUNDAY, MAY 10
17:00 - 18:00
Registration
18:00
Depart for dinner

MONDAY, MAY 11
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:00
Does Privatization Increase Mortality?
Scott Gehlbach (University of Wisconsin)
10:00 - 10:30
Analyzing Institutions Using Experiments
Maroš Servátka (University of Canterbury)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Interlocking Bulgarian Business Elites During the First and Second Eras of Bulgarian Capitalism
Georgy Ganev (Centre for Liberal Strategies and Sofia University)
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
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
18:30
Depart for dinner

TUESDAY, MAY 12
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
History, Growth, and the New Institutional Economics
John Nye (George Mason University)
10:00 - 10:30
Aid and Institutions
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:00
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods in Applied Research
Sebastian Galiani (Washington University in St. Louis)
12:00 - 12:30
Strategic Communication
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
18:30
Depart for dinner

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Long-Term Capital Management and the World Financial Crisis: Organizational and Institutional Challenges to the Nation State
Henry Mohrman (Mohrmanlaw LC)
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 - 17:00
Presentations by participants
17:00 - 18:00
Four Financial Crises in the Last 25 Years: A New World Record
Robert Aliber (University of Chicago, Emeritus)
18:30
Depart for dinner

THURSDAY, MAY 14
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Toward Research University: Budget Uncertainty and Faculty Contracts
Maria Yudkevich (State University Higher School of Economics)
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
Institutions and Subjective Well-Being
Anetta Caplanova (University of Economics in Bratislava)
16:30 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
18:30
Depart for dinner

FRIDAY, MAY 15
8:00 - 8:45
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Institutions within Firms: The Case of HR Policy and Practice
Bruce Rayton (University of Bath)
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 - 18:30
Special event
19:30
Depart for dinner