WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
JANUARY 5–10, 2008
SINGAPORE
17:30 - 19:00
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
9:30 - 10:00
New Challenges of Global Governance
Kishore Mahbubani
(Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)
10:00 - 10:30
Measuring Things That Are Hard To Measure
Alberto Simpser
(University of Chicago)
11:00 - 11:30
Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness
Scott Gehlbach
(University of Wisconsin)
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)
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
The Not So Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier
P. J. Hill
(Wheaton College and Property & Environment Research Center)
10:00 - 10:30
Research on Institutions for Collective Action
Eduardo Araral
(Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)
11:00 - 11:30
The Role of Institutions in Social Security Reform
Mukul Asher
(Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)
11:30 - 12:00
Financial Innovation and the Limits of Risk Management
Henry Mohrman
(Mohrmanlaw LC)
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
Institutional Building and Change in Singapore
Boon Siong Neo
(Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:00
Institutions and Development
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
15:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 17:30
Presentations by participants
9:00 - 9:30
Global Institutions
Ann Florini
(Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 14:30
Presentations by participants
14:30 - 15:00
Institutional Determinants of Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence from Medical Licensing Boards in the United States
Marc Law
(University of Vermont)
15:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 17:30
Presentations by participants
9:00 - 9:30
The Subversion of Institutions for Electoral Purposes
Alberto Simpser
(University of Chicago)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 11:30
Water Rights
P. J. Hill
(Wheaton College and Property & Environment Research Center)
11:30 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:30
Wrap-up discussion
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
16:00 - 17:15
Walk in National Botanic Garden