WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
DECEMBER 13–19, 2009
XIAMEN, CHINA
17:00 - 18:30
Registration in hotel
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
Yongmiao Hong
(WISE, Xiamen University)
9:30 - 10:00
The Demarcation of Land and the Role of Coordinating Institutions
Gary Libecap
(University of California - Santa Barbara)
10:00 - 10:30
Secondary Spectrum Markets: Coase and the FCC 50 Years Later
Scott Wallsten
(Federal Communications Commission)
11:00 - 11:30
Regulation During the Progressive Era: Lessons for Political Economy
Marc Law
(University of Vermont)
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
History, Growth, and the New Institutional Economics
John Nye
(George Mason University)
10:00 - 10:30
Model, Illustrate, and Investigate: How to Use Contracts and Legal Sources in Social Science Research
Henry Mohrman
(Mohrmanlaw LC)
11:00 - 12:00
Avoiding Common Failings in Research: A Case Study of Electricity Privatization
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
12:00 - 12:30
Strategic Communication
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
Conducting Research: Personal Experiences and Challenges
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
Growth, Institutions, and the Nonlinear Relationship
Ying Fang
(Xiamen University)
16:30 - 18:00
Presentations by participants
9:00 - 9:30
The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in China's Economic Transformation: The Court, the Government, and Business Associations
Cheryl Long
(Colgate University)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 17:00
Presentations by participants
17:00 - 18:00
Special Lecture
Steven N. S. Cheung
(University of Hong Kong, Emeritus)
9:00 - 9:30
Not Just Democracy: Interpreting Subjective Measures of Political Regimes
Philip Keefer
(The World Bank)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
13:30 - 14:50
Wrap-up discussion
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
15:00 - 18:30
Special event