WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
MAY 10–16, 2015
HONG KONG, CHINA
17:00 - 18:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome and Introduction
Mary Shirley
K.W. Chau
9:30 - 10:00
Collective Action and Representation in Autocracies: Evidence from Russia's Great Reforms
Scott Gehlbach
10:00 - 10:30
Economic Institutions and the Natural Environment
Dean Lueck
11:00 - 11:30
Ronald Coase and Research on Institutions
Mary Shirley
11:30 - 12:00
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham
12:00 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Lee Benham
14:00 - 15:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
16:00 - 18:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
09:00 - 09:30
Transaction Costs, the Opportunity Cost of Time, and Procrastination in Charitable Giving
Maroš Servátka
09:30 - 10:30
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
Robert Aliber
11:00 - 11:30
Doing Empirical Research on Regulatory Economics: Some Observations and Examples
Marc Law
11:30 - 12:00
Ronald Coase as Scientist
Ning Wang
12:00 - 12:30
Communicating Strategically
Alexandra Benham
14:00 - 15:30
Participants revise their research with individual consultations with faculty
16:00 - 18:00
Participants revise their research with individual consultations with faculty
09:00 - 10:00
Causal Analysis in Social Sciences
Sebastian Galiani
10:00 - 10:30
Presentations by Participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by Participants
14:00 - 15:00
Presentations by Participants
15:00 - 15:30
The Choice of Contractual Arrangements in the Construction Industry
K.W. Chau
16:00 - 16:30
The Allocation of Land Revenue Rights and Political Resource Curse: Evidence from China.
James Kung
16:30 - 18:00
Presentations by Participants
09:00 - 09:30
Research as Zen Practice
Colin Xu
09:30 - 10:30
Presentations by Participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by Participants
14:00 - 15:00
Presentations by Participants
15:00 - 15:30
Defining and Implementing Coasean Urban Research Questions
Christopher Webster
16:00 - 18:00
Presentations by Participants
09:00 - 10:30
Presentations by Participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by Participants
13:30 - 14:00
Assessments
14:00 - 15:00
Wrap-up discussion and ceremon
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
15:00 - 18:30
Special event
Gala dinner