ECONOMICS 261

Comparative Economics Seminar
Spring 2005
Professor GÉRARD ROLAND
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Seminar Location: 119 Moses
Schedule: noon to 2:00 p.m.
January 24 Konstantin Sonin Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
"Dictators and Their Viziers: Agency Problems in Dictatorships"
(Joint with Positive Political Theory Seminar)
January 31 Edward Miguel UC Berkeley
"The Long Run Impact of Bombing in Vietnam"
February 7 Ernesto Dalbo , Haas Business School, UC Berkeley
TBA
(Joint with Positive Political Theory and Development Seminars)
February 14
Kathy Terell, Michigan University
The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
February 28
in 608-7 Evans
4-5:30 p.m.
Abhijit Banerjee, MIT
TBA
(Joint with Development Seminar)

March 7
Guido Tabellini, IGIER, Bocconi University
Culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe
(Joint with Positive Political Theory Seminar)
March 14 Bard Harstad, Northwestern University
Harmonization and Side Payments in Political Cooperation
(Joint with Positive Political Theory Seminar)
March 28 Sergei Braguinsky, SUNY at Buffalo
Capital and Growth with Oligarchic Property Rights
April 4
in 608-7 Evans
4-5:30 p.m.
Michael Kremer, Harvard University
"Globalization of Household Production
(Joint with Development Seminar)
April 11
in 608-7 Evans
from 4-5:30 p.m.
Eliana La Ferrara, IGIER Bocconi
TBA
(Joint with Development Seminar)
April 18

James Robinson Harvard University
TBA
(Joint with Positive Political Theory and Development Seminars)
April 25
No meeting

May 9 Suresh Naidu, UC Berkeley
An Evolutionary Approach to Institutional Transitions

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