2003 Budapest Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
SEPTEMBER 6–11, 2003
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
18:00 - 19:00
18:00 - 19:00
Registration
19:00
Dinner

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
8:30 - 17:30
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast in the hotel
8:30
Depart for the workshop
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Balázs Hámori (Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration)
9:30 - 10:00
Doing Institutional Analysis: Current Research in Political Economy and Development
Philip Keefer (The World Bank)
10:00 - 10:30
Water for Life
Sebastian Galiani (Universidad de San Andres; Washington University in St. Louis)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis; The Ronald Coase Institute)
John Nye (Washington University in St. Louis)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
19:00
Dinner

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
8:30 - 17:30
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast in the hotel
8:30
Depart for the workshop
9:00 - 10:00
Institutional Analysis and Social Change
John Nye (Washington University in St. Louis)
10:00 - 10:30
Combining Local Knowledge and General Principles
Mihaly Kopanyi (The World Bank)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
The Political Economics of Russian Federalism
Konstantin Sonin (New Economic School, Moscow; CEFIR)
11:30 - 12:00
Human Nature and Institutional Analysis
Benito Arruñada (Pompeu Fabra University)
12:00 - 12:30
Measuring the Costs of Exchange
Lee Benham (Washington University in St. Louis; The Ronald Coase Institute)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
Communicating Institutional Findings
Alexandra Benham (The Ronald Coase Institute)
Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)
14:30 - 15:00
Participants revise their research, with consultation
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Participants revise their research, with consultation
19:00
Dinner

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
8:30 - 17:30
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast in the hotel
8:30
Depart for the workshop
9:00 - 9:30
Methods in Institutional Analysis
Sebastian Galiani (Universidad de San Andres; Washington University in St. Louis)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Presentations by participants
11:30 - 12:00
One Scholar, New Technology: Influencing Ideas and Policy
Lynne Kiesling (Northwestern University; Reason Public Policy Institute)
12:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
Presentations by participants
14:30 - 15:00
How To Encapsulate the NIE Program Within a Handbook
Claude Ménard (Université de Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne; The Ronald Coase Institute)
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Presentations by participants
19:00
Dinner

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
8:30 - 17:30
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast in the hotel
8:30
Depart for the workshop
9:00 - 9:30
Rules of the Game and Policy Options
Georgy Ganev (Sofia University; Centre for Liberal Strategies)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Transaction Costs and Problems of the Common Pool
Gary Libecap (University of Arizona)
11:30 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Presentations by participants
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 16:30
Defining and Studying Institutions
Paul Joskow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
16:30 - 17:00
Presentations by participants
Evening
Special dinner and evening

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
8:00 - 13:30
7:00 - 8:00
Breakfast in the hotel (Note the earlier time!)
8:00
Depart for the workshop
8:30 - 9:45
Cognitive Science and Economics
Douglass North (Washington University in St. Louis; The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:45 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Presentations by participants
11:30 - 12:30
Concluding Discussion
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, feedback from participants, and closing ceremony
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch