Jointly organized workshop by CESifo, the Center of Public Economics at TU Dresden and the Ifo Institute for Economic Research Dresden.
Friday, November 28th, 2008
12:30 - 12:45 12:45 - 17:15 17:30 - 18:30 20:00
Welcome address Working Group Sessions Keynote Lecture: Dennis C. Mueller (University of Vienna) Conference Dinner
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
09:00 - 10:30 11:45 - 12:45 12:00 - 16:00 16:00
Working Group Sessions Keynote Lecture: Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen) Working Group Sessions End of conference
12:30 – 12:45
Welcome addressMichael Berlemann (HSU, CESifo, ifo Research Professor)
12:45 – 13:30
Working Group Sessions
Coffee Break
13:45 – 15:15
Democratic Institutions(room 1.5)
Are there only Black Sheep's in Parliament? Moonlighting Data from Germany Karsten Mause (University Bremen) Discussant: Niklas Potrafke (University of Konstanz)
Which Democracies Pay Higher Wages? James C. Rockey (University of Leicester) Discussant: Anandi Mani (University of Warwick)
Tax Compliance(room 1.7)
New Empirical Evidence on the Economics of Tax Evasion: Moral Commitment as a Filter for Deterrence Guido Mehlkop (TU Dresden) Discussant: Martin Gassebner (ETH Zurich)
Patriotism and Tax Compliance Salmai Qari (WZ Berlin) Discussant: Andreas Bühn (TU Dresden)
15:45 – 17:15
Devolution(room 1.5)
Reforming Legislatures: Is One House Better than Two? Giovanni Facchini (University of Essex and di Milano, CEPR, CESifo, LdA) Discussant: Benedikt Goderis (University of Oxford)
Is it Reasonable to Allocate Power to Appointed Regional Authorities?Claudio Pares Bengoechea (Toulouse School of Economics) Discussant: Mario Mechtel (University Tübingen)
Elections(room 1.7)
The Design of Political Institutions: Electoral Competition and the Choice of Ballot Access Restrictions in the United States Marcus Drometer (LMU) Discussant: Stefan Eichler (TU Dresden)
Unambiguous Campaign as a Signal of Competence in Electoral Competition Sivan Frenkel (Tel-Aviv University) Discussant: Tanja Greiner (LMU)
17:30 – 18:30
Keynote LectureDemocracy and Citizenship (room 1.5) Dennis C. Mueller (University of Vienna) Chair: Christian Lessmann (TU Dresden)
20:00
Conference Dinner, Restaurant „Piazza Nova“
09:00 – 09:45
Checks and Balances(room 1.7)
Human Rights after 9/11 and the Role of Constitutional Constraints Benedikt Goderis (University of Oxford) Discussant: Sivan Frenkel (Tel-Aviv University)
10:00 – 11:30
Political Cycles(room 1.5)
Fiscal Rules and the Opportunistic Behaviour of the Incumbent Politician: Evidence from Italian Municipalities Raffalla Santolini (Università Politecnica delle Marche) Discussant: Gael Lagadec (University of New-Caledonia)
Political Cycles in Active Labor Market Policies Mario Mechtel/Niklas Potrafke (Uni Tübingen / Uni Konstanz) Discussant: Axel Dreher (University of Göttingen, CESifo)
Development(room 1.7)
Domestic Political Constraints to Foreign Aid Effectiveness Lisa Montanari (University of Bologna) Discussant: Edith Sand (Tel-Aviv University)
Travelling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Anandi Mani (University of Warwick) Discussant: Karsten Mause (University Bremen)
11:45 – 12:45
Keynote LectureEMU and Labour Market Reform (room 1.5) Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen, CESifo) Chair: Gunther Markwardt (TU Dresden)
Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00
Demography(room 1.5)
Immigration and Social Security: The Role of Demography in a Political Economy Equilibrium Edith Sand (Tel-Aviv University) Discussant: Alexander Kemnitz (TU Dresden)
The Demographics of Expropriation Risk Philipp Harms (RTWH Aachen, Study Center Gerzensee) Discussant: Salmai Qari (WZ Berlin)
Central Bank Policy(room 1.7)
Monetary Policy and Inflation under Endogenous Conservatism Michael Berlemann (HSU, CESifo, ifo Research Professor) Discussant: Jan Klingelhöfer (IIES, Stockholm University)
Political Determinants of Central Bank Independence: A Political Economy Approach Till Mueller (FU Berlin) Discussant: Rongrong Sun (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
15:15 – 16:00
Corruption(room 1.5)
Greasing the Wheels? The Impact of Regulations and Corruption on Firm Entry Martin Gassebner (ETH Zurich, KOF) Discussant: Mohammad Reza Farzanegan (TU Dresden)
Public Spending(room 1.7)
It's the Media, Stupid - How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending Christian Bruns (University of Göttingen) Discussant: Guido Mehlkop (TU Dresden)
Christian Lessmann Gunther Markwardt
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