Government and Governance
Hosted by IESE Business School
Organized by
CEPR and IESE Business School
Sponsored by
European Commission through its Marie Curie Programme
Barcelona; 4-5 April 2008
IESE South Campus, Conference room G201
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FRIDAY 4 APRIL
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13:30
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Welcome and Coffee (Bar building A, South Campus)
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14:00
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Does Publicity Affect Competition? Evidence from Discontinuities in Public Procurement Auctions
*Decio Coviello (European University Institute)
Mario Mariniello (European University Institute)
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Discussant:
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Rein Jüriado (Stockholm University)
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14:40
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Managed Care and the Safety Net. More Pain for the Uninsured?
Núria Mas (SP-SP Center, IESE Business School)
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Discussant:
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Erik Lindqvist (Stockholm School of Economics)
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15:20
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Deregulation of Business
Evgeny Yakovlev (University of California, Berkeley)
*Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (New Economic School, Moscow and CEPR)
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Discussant:
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Timo Välilä (European Investment Bank)
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16:00
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Coffee Break (Bar building A, South Campus)
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16:30
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Does Within-tenure Experience Make You 'Tougher'? Evidence from Competition Law
Ludivine Garside (University of Bristol and CMPO)
*Paul Grout (University of Bristol and CMPO)
Anna Zalewska (University of Bath and CMPO)
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Discussant:
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Bruno Cassiman (IESE Business School and CEPR)
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17:10
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Coalition Formation in Nondemocracies
Daron Acemoglu (MIT and CEPR)
*Konstantin Sonin (New Economic School, Moscow and CEPR)
Georgy Egorov (Harvard University)
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Discussant:
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Thomas Renström (University of Durham and CEPR)
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17:50
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End of day 1
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20:00
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Dinner (Hotel Sansi Pedralbes)
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SATURDAY 5 APRIL
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09:15
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Political Allocation of Finance
Enrico Perotti (Universiteit van Amsterdam and CEPR)
*Marcel Vorage (University of Amsterdam and IDEI Toulouse)
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Discussant:
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Marian Moszoro (Nowy Sacz School of Business - National-Louis University, Poland)
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09:55
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A Government Debt-Rating Perspective on Public Projects and Privatization
*Ady Pauzner (Tel Aviv University)
Nadav Levy (SUNY, Albany)
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Discussant:
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Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics and CEPR)
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10:35
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Coffee break (Bar building A, South Campus)
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11:00
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Capital Structure and Regulation: Does Ownership Matter?
Bernardo Borlotti (Universitá di Torino)
Carlo Cambini (Politecnico di Torino)
Laura Rondi (Politecnico di Torino)
Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University and CEPR)
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Discussant:
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Elisabetta Iossa (Brunel University and CMPO - Centre for Market & Public Organization)
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11:40
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The Public Management of Risk: Separating Ex Ante and Ex Post Monitors
Yolande Hiriart (TSE)
David Martimort (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR)
Jerôme Pouyet (PSE and CEPR)
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Discussant:
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Nadav Levy (SUNY, Albany)
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12:20
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Governing the Governors: A Clinical Study of Central Banks
Lars Frisell (Sveriges Riksbank)
Kasper Roszbach (Sveriges Riksbank)
*Giancarlo Spagnolo (Univesità di Roma Tor Vergata, SITE - Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR)
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Discussant:
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Kai-Uwe Kühn (University of Michigan and CEPR)
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13:00
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Lunch (Building Q, North campus)
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14:00
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Keynote Speech: "The Basic Public Finance of Public-Private Partnerships"
*Eduardo Engel (Yale University)
Ronald Fischer (Universidad de Chile)
Alexander Galetovic (Universidad de Los Andes)
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Discussant:
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Ian Jewitt (University of Oxford and CEPR)
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14:50
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Coffee Break
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15:10
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The Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel
Sergei Guriev (New Economic School, Moscow and CEPR)
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Discussant:
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Matthew Ellman (Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC))
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15:50
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Regulating a Multi-Utility Firm
*Giacomo Calzolari (University of Bologna and CEPR)
Carlo Scarpa (University of Brescia)
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Discussant:
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Ángel Luis López (SP-SP Center, IESE Business School)
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16:30
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End
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(*) Denotes presenter
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Programme committee
Mathias Dewatripont (ECARES and CEPR)
Pascal Courty (European University Institute and CEPR)
Eduardo Engel (Yale University)
Paul Grout (University of Bristol and CMPO)
Xavier Vives (IESE Business School, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and CEPR)
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