Venice Summer Institute Workshop on

Political Economy
and Development

Venice International University,

San Servolo, 20 - 21 July 2005

	Programme
	Wednesday, 20 July 2005
	Session 1 Chair: Mark Gradstein
09:00 - 09:10	Introduction & Welcome
09:10 - 10:00	Keynote lecture Decentralization: A Cautionary Tale MICHAEL KREMER
10:00 - 10:50	The Modern Impact of Pre-Colonial Centralization in Africa NICOLA GENNAIOLI and Ilia Rainer Discussant: Moses Shayo
10:50 - 11:10	Coffee Break
	Session 2 Chair: Mark Gradstein
11:10 - 12:00	Can Delegation Promote Fiscal Discipline in a Federation? Evidence from Fiscal Performance in the Indian States STUTI KHEMANI Discussant: Pedro Camarinha Vicente
12:00 - 12:50	Information and Incomplete Investor Protection KARL WÄRNERYD Discussant: Gisela Waisman
12:50 - 14:00	Lunch
	Session 3 Chair: Stergios Skaperdas
14:00 - 14:50	Does Oil Corrupt? Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa PEDRO CAMARINHA VICENTE Discussant: Nicola Gennaioli
14:50 - 15:40	Complementary Controls of Corruption GISELA WAISMAN Discussant: Toke Aidt
15:40 - 16:00	Coffee Break
	Session 4 Chair: Stergios Skaperdas
16:00 - 16:50	Nation, Class and Redistribution: Applying Social Identity Research to Political Economy MOSES SHAYO Discussant: Stergios Skaperdas
19:00	Conference Dinner
	Thursday, 21 July 2005
	Session 5 Chair: Kai Konrad
09:00 - 09:50	Keynote Lecture The Big Push vs Incremental Reform in Economic Development WILLIAM EASTERLY
09:50 - 10:40	Credit Markets and Corruption Arye L.Hillman and MIRIAM KRAUSZ Discussant: Daniel L.Chen
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Session 6 Chair: Kai Konrad
11:00 - 11:50	Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future Michael Mc Bride and STERGIOS SKAPERDAS Discussant: Arye L.Hillman
11:50 - 12:40	Islamic Resurgence and Social Violence During the Indonesian Financial Crisis DANIEL L.CHEN Discussant: Stuti Khemani
12:40 - 13:30	Lunch

Venice Summer Institute Workshop on

Political Economy and Development

Venice International University, San Servolo, 20 - 21 July 2005

Programme

Political Economy
and Development

Venice International University,

San Servolo, 20 - 21 July 2005