Jointly organized workshop by the TU Dresden and the ifo Institute for Economic Research Branch Dresden
Friday, November 30th 2007
13:00 - 18:45 20:00
Plenary and working group sessions Dinner
Saturday, 1st December 2007
09:00 - 14:30 14:30
Plenary and working group sessions End of conference
12:45 – 13:00
Welcome addressHelmut Seitz (TU Dresden & ifo Research Professor)
13:00 – 13:45(room 1.5)
Democratic Participation and the Size of Regions: An Empirical Study Using Data on German CountiesHelmut Seitz (TU Dresden)Discussant: Giacomo De Luca (University of Namur)
coffee break
14:00 – 15:30parallel sessions
Corruption(room 1.5)
Political Parties and Rent-seeking through NetworksTopi Miettinen (Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena)Discussant: Alexander Kemnitz (TU Dresden)
The demand for transparency: An empirical noteBjörn Frank (Clausthal University of Technology)Discussant: M. Reza Farzanegan (TU Dresden)
Insurance(room 1.7)
Who is going to save us now? Bureaucrats, Politicians and low-probability-high-loss decisionsPaul A. Raschky (University of Innsbruck)Discussant: Daniela Wenzel (University FAF Hamburg)
Financial market lobbies and pension reformAchim Kemmerling (WZB)Discussant: Niklas Potrafke (Humboldt University Berlin)
16:00 – 17:30parallel sessions
Reforms(room 1.5)
The Inverse Domino Effect: Are Economic Reforms Contagious?Martin Gassebner (ETH Zurich, KOF)Discussant: Bernd Süssmuth (Munich University of Technology)
Linkage between Political and Economic Reforms in the Post-Communist CountriesKarsten Staehr (Bank of Estonia)Discussant: Mathias Firchow (Clausthal University of Technology)
Elections(room 1.7)
Strategic Registration of Voters: The Chilean CaseGiacomo De Luca (University of Namur)Discussant: Rafael Espinosa (Universidad de Guadalajara)
Electoral Threshold, Representation, and Parties’ Incentives to Form a BlocAndrei Bremzen (New Economic School Moscow)Discussant: Topi Miettinen (Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena)
18:00 – 18:45parallel sessions
(room 1.5)
Enlargement vs. Deepening: The Trade-off Facing Economic UnionsOliver Lorz (RWTH Aachen University)Discussant: Stefan Napel (University of Bayreuth)
(room 1.7)
Political Regime and Human CapitalJeroen G. Klomp (University of Groningen)Discussant: Paul Raschky (University of Innsbruck)
dinner
Dinner at Wenzel Prager Bierstuben (czech/bohemian cusine)
08:45 - 09:00
morning coffee
09:00 – 09:45(room 1.5)
The European Commission – Appointment, Preferences, and Institutional RelationsStefan Napel (University of Bayreuth) Discussant: Patricia Wruuck (University Potsdam)
10:00 – 10:45parallel session
The Political Economy of Regional Integration Projects at Borders where Rich and Poor Meet: The Role of Cross-Border Shopping and Community SortingKristof Dascher (European University Viadrina)Discussant: Georg Hirte (TU Dresden)
A Voting Model with Greedy PoliticiansJan Klingelhöfer (Stockholm University)Discussant: Andrei Bremzen (New Economic School Moscow)
11:00 – 12:30parallel sessions
Education(room 1.5)
Federal Governance, Accountability, and Public Production of Education: A Political Economy PerspectiveBernd Süssmuth (Munich University of Technology)Discussant: Laura Sabani (University of Florence)
Inequality, redistribution and the allocation of public spending on education: a political-economy approachDeborah di Gioacchino (University of Rome)Discussant: Markus Tepe (Free University Berlin)
Lobbies(room 1.7)
The Danger of Regulatory Self-Defeat: Special Interest Groups and the 4th best transport pricingBernhard Wieland (TU Dresden)Discussant: Aron Kiss (WZB)
Biased Informative Lobbying: Targets and TimingMike Felgenhauer (University of Mannheim)Discussant: Kristoph Dascher (European University Viadrina)
13:00 – 14:30parallel sessions
Political Business Cycles(room 1.5)
Political-economic cycles. The case of public education in GermanyMarkus Tepe (Free University Berlin)Discussant: Gerhard Kempkes (TU Dresden)
The political economy of EDP fiscal forecast: an empirical assessmentNuno Venes (Technical University of Lisbon)Discussant: Martin Gassebner (ETH Zurich, KOF)
Coalitions(room 1.7)
The Political Sources of Financial Risk: Lessons from a Consensus DemocracyRoland Fuess (University of Freiburg)Discussant: Achim Kemmerling (WZB)
Coalition politics and accountabilityAron Kiss (WZB)Discussant: Jan Klingelhöfer (Stockholm University)
14:30
End of conference
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