ECONOMICS 261

Comparative Economics Seminar
Fall 2005
Professor GÉRARD ROLAND
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Seminar Location: 119 Moses
Schedule: noon to 2:00 p.m.
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October 19
Wednesday
4-5:30pm
608-7 Evans
Joint with the departmental seminar
Stephen Morris, Princeton University

October 26
Wednesday
4-5:30 p.m.
608-7 Evans
Torsten Persson, University of Stocksholm IIES
(Joint with the departmental seminar)
October 31
4:00 p.m.
608-7 Evans
Robin Burgess, London School of Economics
"Unequal Effects of Liberalization in India"
(Joint with the Planning and Development Seminar)
November 14 Chang Tai-Hsieh, UCB
The Structural Transformation in China
(joint with Loren Brandt and Xiaodong Zhu)
November 21 Fred Finan UCB
"Reelection Incentives and Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil's Municipal Audit Reports"
(Joint with Positive Political Theory Seminar)
November 28
4:00 p.m.
608-7 Evans
Romain Wacziarg, Stanford University, GSB
The Diffusion of Development
(Joint with the Planning and Development Seminar)
December 5
4:00 p.m.
608-7 Evans
Matthias Doepke, UCB
Patience Capital, Occupational Choice, and the Spirit of Capitalism
(Joint with the Planning and Development Seminar)

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