2015 Tel Aviv Workshop: Program

WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
DECEMBER 13–19, 2015
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13
13:30 - 14:00
Registration
14:00 - 14:30
Welcome and introduction
Mary Shirley
Ron Harris
14:30 - 15:00
Environmental Externalities and Coasean Exchange
Gary Libecap
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 16:30
Growth, History, and the NIE: Institutions and the Direction of Future Research
John Nye

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
9:00 - 10:00
Causal Analysis in Social Sciences
Sebastian Galiani
10:00 - 10:30
Institutions, History, and Development
Avner Greif
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Ronald Coase and Research on Institutions
Mary Shirley
11:30 - 12:00
Formulating Research Projects
Alexandra Benham
12:00 - 12:30
Formulating Research Projects
Lee Benham
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Participants present their research in small groups and receive feedback

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
09:00 - 10:00
Behavioral Insights on Development and Institutions
Eyal Winter
10:00 - 10:30
Administrative Procedures, Bureaucracy, and Transparency: Why Does the FCC Vote on Secret Texts?
Scott Wallsten
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Communicating Strategically
Alexandra Benham
11:30 - 12:30
The Origin and Evolution of China's Institution:
A Comparative Institutional Analysis

Chenggang Xu
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Participants revise their research with individual consultations with faculty
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Participants revise their research with individual consultations with faculty

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
09:00 - 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
Presentations by participants
14:00 - 15:00
From Chosen Few to Chosen Many
Zvi Eckstein
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Presentations by participants

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
09:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Presentations by participants
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Presentations by participants
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:00
Presentations by participants

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18
09:00 - 10:30
Presentations by participants
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:30
Assessments
11:30 - 12:30
Wrap-up discussion and ceremony
Overview by faculty of participants' presentations, and feedback from participants
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 18:30
Special event - optional