Past Conferences


CESifo-Delphi Conferences on Government, Institutions and Macroeconomic Performance
CESifo Conference Center, Munich, 29-31 May 2008
Programme
Thursday, 29 May 2008
14:40 - 14:55	Welcome and Introduction
14:55 -15:50	Trade Unions Go Global! ALEJANDRO DONADO and Klaus Wälde Discussant: Nils Herger
15:50 - 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:05	The Devil is in the Shadow: Do Institutions Affect Income and Productivity or Only Official Income and Official Productivity? Axel Dreher, PIERRE-GUILLAUME MÉON and Friedrich Schneider Discussant: Michael Funke
Friday, 30 May 2008
09:00 - 09:55	Corruption, Seigniorage, and Growth: Theory and Evidence Keith Blackburn, M. Emranul Hague and KYRIAKOS NEANIDIS Discussant: Pantelis Kammas
09:55 - 10:50	Growing Apart? A Tale of Two Republics: Estonia and Georgia Thorvandur Gylfason and EDUARD HOCHREITER Discussant: Timo Wollmershäuser
10:50 - 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:05	Rent-seeking Competition from State Coffers in a Calibrated General Equilibrium Model of the Euro Area Konstantinos Angelopoulos, APOSTOLIS PHILIPPOPOULOS and Vangelis Vassilatos Discussant: Arye Hillman
12:05 - 13:00	Political Risk, Economic Integration, and the Foreign Direct Investment Decision Yu-Fu Chen and MICHAEL FUNKE Discussant: Alejandro Donado
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:55	Labor Unions, Globalization and Endogenous Growth WOLF-HEIMO GRIEBEN and Mehmet Fuat Sener Discussant: Andreas Knabe
14:55 - 15:50	The (Economic) Effects of Lay Participation in Courts- A Cross-Country Analysis STEFAN VOIGT Discussant: Peter Egger
15:50 - 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:05	Government Risk Premiums in the Bond Market: EMU and Canada LUDGER SCHUKNECHT, Juergen von Hagen and Guido Wolswijk Discussant: Eduard Hochreiter
17:05-18:00	Cross-Border Acquisitions and Institutional Quality NILS HERGER, Christos Kotsogiannis and Steve McCorriston Discussant: Wolf-Heimo Grieben
Saturday, 31 May 2008
09:00 - 09:55	Employment Protection: The Case of Limited Enforceability FLORIAN BAUMANN Discussant: Stefan Voigt
09:55 - 10:50	Political Institutions and Economic Volatility JAKOB DE HAAN and Jeroen Klomp Discussant: Sarantis Kalyvitis
10:50 - 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:05	A Farewell to Critical Junctures: Sorting Out Long-run Causality of Income and Democracy Erich Gundlach and MARTIN PALDAM Discussant: Jakob de Haan
12:05 - 13:00	Decentralization and Electoral Accountability : Incentives, Separation, and Voter Welfare Jean Hindriks and BEN LOCKWOOD Discussant: Apostolis Philippopoulos
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:55	Corruption Epidemics Sascha Becker, PETER EGGER and Tobias Seidel Discussant: Kyriakos Neanidis
14:55 - 15:50	The Stress of Having a Single Monetary Policy in Europe Jan-Egbert Sturm and TIMO WOLLMERSHÄUSER Discussant: Evangelos Dioikitopoulos
15:50 - 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:05	Subsidizing Extra Jobs: Promoting Employment by Taming the Unions ANDREAS KNABE and Ronnie Schöb Discussant: Florian Baumann
17:05 - 18:00	Fiscal Decentralization and Public Sector Effiency: Evidence from the OECD Countries Antonis Adam, Mathos Delis and PANTELIS KAMMAS Discussant: Pierre-Guillaume Méon
19:30	Conference Dinner

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