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Latin
American and Caribbean Economic Association
- LACEA
Universidad de los Andes - FEDESARROLLO
Political Economy Network - PEG
V Meeting, Cartagena, September 25-26, 2003 |
Agenda |
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Thursday,
September 25 |
| 9
am |
Opening
Remarks. Mauricio Cárdenas (Executive
Director - Fedesarrollo) and Juan Carlos Echeverry
(Dean, Economics Department - Universidad
de los Andes) |
| 9:30
- 12:30 |
First
session. Chair Mauricio Cárdenas
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Ari
Aisen, IMF, "Money Based vs. Exchange
Rate Based Stabilization: Is There
Space for Political Opportunism?"
Discussant: Marcela Eslava. |
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Marcela
Eslava, University of Maryland, "Reconciling
Fiscal Conservatism and Political
Fiscal Cycles". Discussant: Fabio
Sánchez, Universidad de los Andes
- CEDE. |
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Rocco
Macchiavello, DELTA and LSE, "Occupational
Choice, Public Sector Motivation and
Development". Discussant: Emanuel
Kohlscheen. |
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12.30-2.00 |
Lunch |
2.00-5.00 |
Second
session. Chair Roberto Junguito
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Hugo
Borsani, Universidade Estadual do
Norte Fluminense, "Presidents and
Cabinets: The Political Determinants
of Fiscal Behavior in Latin America"
Discussant: Roberto Junguito -
Fedesarrollo, Former Colombian Minister
of Finance. |
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Juan
Dubra, Universidad de Montevideo,
"Why Do Good Cops Defend Bad Cops?"
Discussant: Juan Camilo Cárdenas
- Universidad Javeriana. |
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Mario
Chacón, CEDE Universidad de los Andes,
"Polarización política y violencia
durante "La Violencia"; 1946-1963".
Discussant: Juan Carlos Echeverry. |
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Friday,
September 26 |
9:00
- 12:00 |
Third
session. Chair Fabio Sánchez
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Victor
Tanaka, University of Lund, "Blocked
Political Representation and the Exploitation
of Public Office: A Supply-Side Analysis
of the Political Equilibrium". Discussant:
Eduardo Levy Yeyati. |
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Germán
Lodola, Pittsburgh University, "Popular
Mobilization and Geographic Distributive
Paths: The Case of Argentine Plan
Trabajar". Discussant: Ana María
Ibañez - Universidad de los Andes. |
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Filipe
Campante, Harvard University, "Distribution,
Politics and Efficiency: a Common
Agency Approach". Discussant: Juan
Dubra. |
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12.00-2.00 |
Lunch |
2.00-5.00 |
Fourth
session. Chair Juan Carlos Echeverry
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Eduardo
Levy Yeyati, Universidad Torcuato
Di Tella, "The Fiscal Spending Gap
and the Procyclicality of Public Expenditure".
Discussant: Andrés Arias - Director
of Macroeconomic Policies, Ministry
of Finance (Colombia). |
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Mauricio
Olivera, IADB, "Economic Reforms,
Party Systems and Elections in Latin
America". Discussant: Mauricio
Cárdenas. |
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Emanuel
Kohlscheen, Institute for International
Economic Studies, "Do Constitutional
Side Payments Induce Subnational Bailouts?"
Discussant: Mauricio Olivera. |
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