WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
MARCH 9–14, 2008
LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES
17:30 - 19:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:00
Welcome - and Governance and Institutions in the Philippines
Fernando Aldaba
(Ateneo de Manila University)
Michael Alba
(De La Salle University)
Siegfried Herzog
(Friedrich Naumann Stiftung)
10:00 - 10:30
Do Effective Regulators Really Need to Be Independent?
Scott Wallsten
(Stanford University)
11:00 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
Lee Benham
(Washington University in St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)
John Nye
(George Mason University)
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
9:00 - 10:00
History, Growth, and the New Institutional Narrative
John Nye
(George Mason University)
10:00 - 10:30
Institutions within Firms: The Case of HR Policy and Practice
Bruce Rayton
(University of Bath)
11:00 - 11:30
Historical Roots of Philippine Economic Institutions
Emmanuel S. De Dios
(University of the Philippines)
11:30 - 12:00
Protection Contracts, Enforcement Capture and the Illegal Gambling (Jueteng) in the Philippines
Raul V. Fabella
(University of the Philippines)
12:00 - 12:30
Communicating Institutional Findings
Alexandra Benham
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
14:00 - 15:30
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
16:00 - 18:00
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
9:00 - 9:30
Empirical Studies of Firms and Institutions
Colin Xu
(The World Bank)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 16:30
Measuring Institutions: Concepts and Examples
Veneta Andonova
(University of the Andes)
16:30 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
9:00 - 10:00
A New Approach to Economic Development
Douglass North
(Washington University in St. Louis, and the Ronald Coase Institute)
10:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:00
Presentations by participants
12:00 - 12:30
The Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of China's Economic Success in the Reform Era
Yang Yao
(Peking University)
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
9:00 - 9:30
Aid and Institutions
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:30
Wrap-up discussion
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
16:00
Depart for resort with swimming and final dinner