2010 Shanghai Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
DECEMBER 12–18, 2010
SHANGHAI, CHINA


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12
17:00 - 18:30
Registration
18:30
Dinner

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast
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)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
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)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
18:00
Depart for dinner

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast
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)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
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)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 18:00
Participants revise their research, with individual consultations
18:00
Depart for dinner

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Doing Empirical Economics the Easy Way
Colin Xu (The World Bank)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
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)
18:00
Depart for dinner

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
What's Hot in Institutional Economics Research
Peter Murrell (University of Maryland)
10:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Presentations by participants
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 16:30
Evaluating the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in China: Technological Effects or Institutional Impact?
Cheryl Long (Colgate University)
18:00
Depart for dinner

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Research on Property Rights Institutions
Gary Libecap (University of California - Santa Barbara)
9:30 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
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
18:30
Depart for dinner