Jointly organized workshop by CESifo, the Center of Public Economics at TU Dresden and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research Dresden.
Friday, 04 December 2009
12:30 - 12:45 12:45 - 13:45 14:15 - 18:30 20:00
Welcome address Keynote Lecture Arye L. Hillmann (Bar-Ilan University, CESifo) Working Group Sessions Conference Dinner
Saturday, 05 December 2009
09:00 - 10:30 11:45 - 12:45 12:00 - 16:00 16:00
Working Group Sessions Keynote Lecture Thierry A. Verdier (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques) Working Group Sessions End of conference
12:30 – 12:45
Welcome addressMarcel Thum (TU Dresden, CESifo, Director, ifo Institute for Economic Research, Dresden)
12:45 – 13:45
Keynote Lecture The Political Economy of Expressive Behavior (room 1.5) Arye L. Hillmann (Bar-Ilan University, CESifo) Chair: Christian Lessmann (TU Dresden)
Coffee Break
14:15 – 15:45
Working Group Sessions
The Swing Voters’ Blessing Jan Klingelhöfer (IIES Stockholm University) Discussant: Thushyanthan Baskaran (University of Heidelberg)
Federalism and Accountability with Distorted Election Choices Sebastian G. Kessing (University of Siegen, CESifo) Discussant: Karsten Staehr (Tallinn University of Technology)
Federalism (room 1.7)
The Political Economy of Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from the Canadian Federation Mario Jametti (York University, University of Lugano, CESifo) Discussant: Lenka Stastna (Charles University in Prague)
The Political Competition-Economic Performance Puzzle: Evidence from the OECD Countries and the Italian Regions Roberto Ricciuti (Università degli Studi di Firenze) Discussant: Eckhard Janeba (University of Mannheim, CESifo, ZEW)
16:00 – 17:30
Contests(room 1.5)
The Lifeboat Problem Kai A. Konrad (MPI München, WZB Berlin, CESifo) Discussant: Magnus Hoffmann (University of Magdeburg)
When the Underdog does not Lead – Endogenous Prize and Leadership in Contests Magnus Hoffmann (University of Magdeburg) Discussant: Kai Konrad (MPI München, WZB Berlin, CESifo)
Electoral Competition(room 1.7)
Competing on Good Politicians Vincenzo Galasso (Università, Bocconi, IGIER, CEPR) Discussant: Niklas Potrafke (University of Konstanz)
Discretion and Renegotiation in Electoral Campaigns Elena Manzoni (Università Bocconi) Discussant: Jan Klingelhöfer (IIES Stockholm University)
17:45 – 18:30
Regulation(room 1.5)
The Political Economy of Regulators Risk Roland Strausz (Humboldt University Berlin) Discussant: Henning Bohn (University of California Santa Barbara, CESifo)
Economic Voting(room 1.7)
Incumbency Advantage and Economic Voting: Evidence from Quasi-Experiment for the German Federal Elections Ronny Freier (Stockholm School of Economics) Discussant: Tanja Greiner (LMU)
20:00
Conference Dinner, Restaurant „Brunetti“
09:00 – 09:45
Rotation Model (room 1.5)
Media Bias(room 1.7)
Political Distortions, Disenchantment with Politics and the Role of Media Tanja Greiner (LMU) Discussant: Elena Manzoni (Università Bocconi)
10:00 – 11:30
Ideology(room 1.5)
Political Ideology and Tax Competition: Experimental Evidence Eckhard Janeba (University of Mannheim, CESifo, ZEW) Discussant: Ronny Freier (Stockholm School of Economics)
Does Government Ideology Matter in Monetary Policy? A Panel Data Analysis for OECD Countries Niklas Potrafke (University of Konstanz) Discussant: Roberto Ricciuti (Università degli Studi di Firenze)
Impact of Democracy(room 1.7)
Does Democracy Affect Taxation? Evidence from Developing Countries Paola Profeta (Università Bocconi) Discussant: Andreas Bühn (TU Dresden)
Economic and Democratic Reforms in the Post-communist Countries. The Copenhagen Criteria and the Importance of Prospective EU Membership Karsten Staehr (Tallinn University of Technology) Discussant: Mario Jametti (York University, University of Lugano, CESifo)
11:45 – 12:45
Keynote LectureThe Political Economy of State Capacity Building and Redistribution in Elite Dominated Societies (room 1.5) Thierry A. Verdier (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques) Chair: Gunther Markwardt (TU Dresden)
Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00
Immigration(room 1.5)
The Political Economy of Illegal Immigration Giovanni Facchini (Erasmus University Rotterdam, CEPR, LdA, CESifo) Discussant: Alexander Kemnitz (TU Dresden, CESifo)
Intergenerational Mobility and the Political Economy of Immigration Henning Bohn (University of California Santa Barbara, CESifo) Discussant: Vincenzo Galasso (Università, Bocconi, IGIER, CEPR)
Institutional Quality(room 1.7)
Financial Integration in Autocracies: Greasing the Wheel or More to Steal? Ramin Dadasov (RWTH Aachen University) Discussant: Sebastian G. Kessing (University of Siegen, CESifo)
The Effect of the Protection and Stability of Creditor Rights on the Fifth Wave of M&As Martin Gassebner (ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute) Discussant: Samia Costa (Bar-Ilan University)
15:15 – 16:00
Globalization(room 1.5)
Globalization, Redistribution, and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures Thushyanthan Baskaran (University of Heidelberg) Discussant: Heike Auerswald (TU Dresden)
Conflicts(room 1.7)
Natural Disasters and the Incidence of Civil War Samia Costa (Bar-Ilan University) Discussant: Martin Gassebner (ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute)
Christian Lessmann Gunther Markwardt
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