WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
DECEMBER 12–18, 2010
SHANGHAI, CHINA
17:00 - 18:30
Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction and Welcome
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
Lei Shi
(Fudan University)
9:30 - 10:00
Mass Media and Public Goods: The Effects of Radio Access on Public Education in Benin
Philip Keefer
(The World Bank)
10:00 - 10:30
A Brief History of New Institutional Analysis
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
11:00 - 11:30
How to Do Empirical Research on Regulation
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 - 9:30
Understanding Why Similar Economic Reforms Often Produce Dissimilar Outcomes
Scott Gehlbach
(University of Wisconsin)
9:30 - 10:30
Panel: Doing Research on New Institutional Economics
Chair: Lee Benham
(Washington University)
Philip Keefer
(The World Bank)
Marc Law
(University of Vermont)
Gary Libecap
(University of California - Santa Barbara)
Mary Shirley
(The Ronald Coase Institute)
11:00 - 11:30
Analyzing Institutions Using Experiments
Maroš Servátka
(University of Canterbury)
1130 - 12:00
From the Economist as Preacher to the Economist as Guru
Weisen Li
(Fudan University)
12:00 - 12:30
Strategies for 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
Doing Empirical Economics the Easy Way
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 - 17:00
Presentations by participants
17:00 - 18:00
The Cause of Unemployment: A Clear Reason at Last!
Steven N. S. Cheung
(University of Hong Kong - Emeritus)
9:00 - 10:00
What's Hot in Institutional Economics Research
Peter Murrell
(University of Maryland)
10:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
16:00 - 16:30
Evaluating the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in China: Technological Effects or Institutional Impact?
Cheryl Long
(Colgate University)
9:00 - 9:30
Research on Property Rights Institutions
Gary Libecap
(University of California - Santa Barbara)
9:30 - 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 ceremony
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
15:00 - 18:00
Special event