Ronald Coase Institute: 2011 Chicago Program

2011 Chicago Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
MAY 15-21, 2011
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA

SUNDAY, MAY 15

MONDAY, MAY 16

7:30 - 8:15	Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00	Introduction and Welcome
	Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

9:00 – 9:30	How Cross-Country Regressions Lead to Bad Policy: The Case of Broadband
	Scott Wallsten (Technology Policy Institute)

9:30 – 10:00	A Brief History of New Institutional Analysis
	Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee

10:30 – 11:00	Using Institutional Analysis to Understand How Universities Work
	Maria Yudkevich (National Research University - Higher School of Economics)

11:00 – 12:00	Formulating Research Projects
	Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
	Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)

12:00 - 13:00	Lunch

13:00 – 14:30	Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback

14:30 – 15:00	Coffee

15:00 – 17:00	Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback

18:00	Dinner

TUESDAY, MAY 17

7:30 - 8:15	Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30	HIstory, Growth, and the New Institutional Economics
	John Nye (George Mason University)

9:30 – 10:00	Using Field Experiments in Economics
	John List (University of Chicago)

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee

10:30 - 11:00	Communicate Strategically
	Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)

11:00 - 11:30	Why Parties and Governments Manipulate Elections
	Alberto Simpser (University of Chicago)

11:30 - 12:00	Is It Possible to Have a Good Life Being an Economist? Part 1
	Colin Xu (The World Bank)

12:00 - 13:00	Lunch

13:00 – 14:30	Participants revise their research,
	with individual consultations

14:30 – 15:00	Coffee

15:00 – 17:00	Participants revise their research, with individual consultations

18:00	Dinner

7:30 - 8:15	Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00	Presentations by participants

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee

10:30 - 11:00	Presentations by participants

11:00 - 12:00	The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
	Robert Fogel (University of Chicago)

12:00 - 13:00	Lunch

13:00 - 13:30	Question and Answer Session
	Robert Fogel (University of Chicago)

13:30 – 14:30	Presentations by participants

14:30 – 15:00	Coffee

15:00 – 17:00	Presentations by participants

18:00	Dinner

7:30 - 8:15	Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00	Presentations by participants

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee

10:30 – 11:30	Presentations by participants

11:30 –12:00	A Journal Editor's View of the Publication Process
	Sam Peltzman (University of Chicago)

12:00 - 13:00	Lunch

13:00 – 14:30	Presentations by participants

14:30 – 15:00	Coffee

15:00 –17:00	Presentations by participants

18:00	Dinner

FRIDAY, MAY 20

7:30 - 8:15	Breakfast

8:30 –9:00	Is It Possible to Have a Good Life Being an Economist? Part 2
	Colin Xu (The World Bank)

9:00 – 10:00	Presentations by participants

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee

10:30 – 12:00	Presentations by participants

12:00 - 13:00	Lunch

13:00 – 13:30	Assessments

13:30 – 14:30	Wrap-up discussion and ceremony
	Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants

14:30 – 17:00	Special event

18:00	Depart for dinner