Session Chair: Howard Petith, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Date: December 12, 2007
Time: 11:10 - 13:10
Location: Auditorium
Which Institutions for Sustained Economic Growth?
By Abdoul Ganiou Mijiyawa, CERDI-CNRS, Université d’Auvergne
Presented by: Abdoul Mijiyawa
Discussant: Howard Petith, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Transitioning out of Poverty
By Mika Kato, Howard University, Washington DC, & Willi Semmler, New School for Social Research, & David Brasington, Louisiana State University
Presented by: Willi Semmler
Discussant: Davide Dottori, Université Catholique de Louvain
Taking Seriously Parameter Heterogeneity: Culture, Market Rules, Returns to Human Capital and Economic Development
By Leonardo Becchetti, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" & Giovanni Trovato, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Presented by: Giovanni Trovato
Discussant: Aashish Mehta, University of California at Santa Barbara
Fiscal Centralization, Limited Government, and Public Revenues in Europe, 1650-1913
By Mark Dincecco, IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies
Presented by: Mark Dincecco