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2009 Xiamen Workshop: Program



WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
DECEMBER 13-19, 2009
XIAMEN, CHINA


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13
 

17:00 – 18:30

Registration in hotel

 

 

18:30

Dinner

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
 

7:30 – 8:15

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

Introduction and Welcome

 

Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Yongmiao Hong (WISE, Xiamen University)

 

9:30 – 10:00

The Demarcation of Land and the Role of Coordinating Institutions

 

Gary Libecap (University of California - Santa Barbara)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Secondary Spectrum Markets: Coase and the FCC 50 Years Later

 

Scott Wallsten (Federal Communications Commission)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 – 11:30

Regulation During the Progressive Era:  Lessons for Political Economy

 

Marc Law (University of Vermont)

 

 

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

 

 

18:00

Depart for dinner


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15

 

7:30 – 8:15

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 10:00

History, Growth, and the New Institutional Economics

 

John Nye (George Mason University)

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Model, Illustrate, and Investigate:
How to Use Contracts and Legal Sources
in Social Science Research

 

Henry Mohrman (Mohrmanlaw LC)

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 - 12:00 Avoiding Common Failings in Research: A Case Study of Electricity Privatization
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

 

 

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

 

 

18:00

Depart for dinner

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
 

7:30 – 8:15

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 - 9:30

Conducting Research: Personal Experiences and Challenges

 

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

Growth, Institutions, and the Nonlinear Relationship

 

Ying Fang (Xiamen University)

 

 

16:30 - 18:00

Presentations by participants

 

18:00

Depart for dinner

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
 

7:30 – 8:15

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in China's Economic Transformation: The Court, the Government, and Business Associations

 

Cheryl Long (Colgate University)

 

 

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

Special Lecture

 

Steven N. S. Cheung (University of Hong Kong, Emeritus)

 

18:00

Depart for dinner

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18

7:30 – 8:15

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 – 9:30

Not Just Democracy: Interpreting Subjective Measures of Political Regimes

 

Philip Keefer (The World Bank)

 

 

9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

 

 

11:00 – 12:30

Presentations by participants

 

 

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

 

 

13:30 – 14:50

Wrap-up discussion

 

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

 

 

14:50 – 15:00

Coffee

 

 

15:00 – 18:30

Special event

 

 

19:30

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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