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"ECONOMICS OF CULTURE, INSTITUTIONS, AND CRIME"

FEEM, Milan
20-22 January 2010

Supported by
FP6 Priority 7 "Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society" Project: Sustainable Development in a Diverse World"(SUS.DIV) (Contract No. CIT3-CT-2005-513438)

University of Padua Research Project "Economic analysis of crime and social interactions" (grant CPDA071899)

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Co-organised by SUS.DIV, FEEM, University of Padua and CEPR

 

WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY

 

9:00 - 9:20 Welcome

 

Session 1: Cultural and Institutional Roots of Crime

 

9:20 - 11:00 A History of Violence: Testing the 'Culture of Honor' of the US South

*Pauline Grosjean (University of California, San Francisco)

 

Discussant: Giulio Zanella (University of Bologna)

 

Advocatus, et non latro? Testing the Supplier-Induced-Demand Hypothesis for Italian Courts of Justice

*Paolo Buonanno (University of Bergamo)
Matteo M. Galizzi (University of Brescia)

 

Discussant: Ernesto Schargrodsky (Universidad Torcuato di Tella)

 

11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break

 

Session 2: Ethnic Diversity and Integration

 

11:20 - 13:00 The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes

*Paolo Masella (Mannheim University)
Ciro Avitabile (CSEF, University of Naples)
Irma Clots-Figueras (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

 

Discussant: Paola Giuliano (UCLA Anderson)

 

Like Oil and Water or Chocolate and Peanut Butter? Ethnic Diversity and Social Participation of Young People in England

*Laura Fumagalli (University of Essex)
Elena Fumagalli (University Ca' Foscari of Venice and University of East Anglia)

 

Discussant: Eric Uslaner (University of Maryland)

 

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

 

Session 3: Moral Values and Social Control

 

14:00 - 15:40 "Thou Shalt Not Covet ...": Prohibitions, Temptations and Moral Values

*Matteo Cervellati (University of Bologna)
Paolo Vanin (University of Bologna)

 

Discussant: Sten Nyberg (Stockholm University)

 

Stigma and Social Control

*Larry Blume (Cornell University)

 

Discussant: Paolo Vanin (University of Bologna)

 

15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break

 

Session 4: Junior Session: Culture and Institutions

 

16:00 - 17:30 Cultural Formation of Preferences

*Michael Pichler (University of Bielefeld)

 

Discussant: Maria Cubel (Universitat de Barcelona)

 

"Driving While Black": A Theory for Interethnic Integration and Evolution of Prejudice

*Fabrizio Panebianco (Advanced School of Economics in Venice)

 

Discussant: Ronny Razin (London School of Economics (LSE) and CEPR)

 

Risk, Cooperation, and the Economic Origins of Social Trust: an Empirical Investigation

*Ruben Durante (Brown University)

 

Discussant: Eleonora Patacchini (Universitŕ di Roma La Sapienza)

 

20:00 Workshop Dinner - Ristorante l'infinito

 

THURSDAY 21ST JANUARY

 

Session 5: Religion

 

9:00 - 10:40 Religious Organizations

*Ronny Razin (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Gilat Levy (London School of Economics)

 

Discussant: Alberto Alesina (Harvard University and CEPR)

 

Trade and Geography in the Origins of Islam

*Alireza Naghavi (University of Bologna and FEEM)
Stelios Michalopoulos (Tufts University)
Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna and FEEM)

 

Discussant: Thierry Verdier (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques and CEPR)

 

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break

 

Session 6: Natural Experiments and Crime

 

11:00 - 13:30 Conscription and Crime

*Ernesto Schargrodsky (Universidad Torcuato di Tella)
Sebastian Galiani (Washington University in St. Louis)
Martín A. Rossi (Universidad de San Andrés)

 

Discussant: Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna and FEEM)

 

Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behavior: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

*Francesco Drago (University of Naples, Parthenope)
Roberto Galbiati (CNRS, EconomiX and Cepremap)

 

Discussant: Danila Serra (Florida State University)

 

Migration Restrictions and Criminal Behavior: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

* Paolo Pinotti (Banca d'Italia)
Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

 

Discussant: Paolo Buonanno (University of Bergamo)

 

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

 

Session 7: Family Values and Women's Rights

 

14:30 - 16:10 Family Values and the Regulation of Labor

*Alberto Alesina (Harvard University and CEPR)
Yann Algan (Sciences Po and OFCE)
Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique and Crest)
Paola Giuliano (UCLA)

 

Discussant: Joel Guttman (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan)

 

Women's Rights and Development

*Raquel Fernández (New York University and CEPR)

 

Discussant: Pauline Grosjean (University of California, San Francisco)

 

16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break

 

Session 8: Junior Session : Crime

 

16:30 - 18:00 Juvenile Law and Recidivism - A Discontinuity-Based Analysis

*Daniel Roemer (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Stefan Pichler (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

 

Discussant: Francesco Drago (University of Naples, Parthenope)

 

Property Crime and Immigration in England and Wales

*George Papadopoulos (University of Essex)

 

Discussant: Daniel Montolio (Universitat de Barcelona)

 

Inequality and Growth: The Role of Beliefs and Culture

*Martin Striebornÿ (Université de Lausanne)

 

Discussant: Matteo Cervellati (University of Bologna)

 

FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY

 

Session 9: Juvenile Delinquency

 

9:00 - 10:40 Crime and Education in a Model of Information Transmission

*Darwin Cortés (Universidad del Rosario)
Guido Friebel (Goethe-Universität)
Dario Maldonado (Universidad del Rosario)

 

Discussant: Fabrizio Adriani (SOAS London)

 

Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism

*Eleonora Patacchini (Universitŕ di Roma La Sapienza)
Yves Zenou (Stockholm University)

 

Discussant: Paolo Pinotti (Banca d'Italia)

 

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break

 

Session 10: Culture, Institutions and Performance

 

11:00 - 13:30 Social Capital and Political Accountability

*Tommaso Nannicini (Bocconi University, IGIER & IZA)
Andrea Stella (Harvard University)
Guido Tabellini (IGIER, Universitŕ Bocconi, Milano and CEPR)
Ugo Troiano (Harvard University)

 

Discussant: Alberto Bisin (New York University)

 

The Right Amount of Trust

*Paola Giuliano (UCLA Anderson)
Jeff Butler (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
Luigi Guiso (European University Institute and Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)

 

Discussant: Larry Blume (Cornell University)

 

Using the Law to Change the Custom

*Jean-Philippe Platteau (University of Namur)
Gani Aldashev (University of Namur)
Imane Chaara (University of Namur)
Zaki WahhaJ (University of Namur)

 

Discussant: Paolo Masella (Mannheim University)

 

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch and End of Conference

 

* Indicates the presenter.
Sessions are organised as follows:
Standard sessions
35 minutes for presenters
10 minutes for discussants
5 minutes for open discussion
Junior Sessions
20 minutes for presenters
5 minutes for discussants
5 minutes for open discussion

 

 

Organizers: Alberto Bisin, New York University
Giovanni Prarolo, University of Bologna and FEEM
Paolo Vanin, University of Bologna
Thierry Verdier, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques and CEPR

 

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