Claremont Workshop on Political Economy Data and Analysis
Workshop on Political Economy Data and Analysis
October 7, 2005
Albrecht Auditorium, Claremont Graduate University
Website: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/1382.asp
8:30 9:00: Coffee
9:00 10:15:
I. Measurement of Political Economy Concepts
Chair: Art Denzau, CGU
· Measures of Economic Freedom King Banaian, St. Cloud State
· Updating Estimates of Relative Political Capacity Marina Arbetman Rabinowitz, Kristin Johnson, CGU
10:15 10:30: Break
10:30 12:00:
· Political Economy Measures of Welfare Outcomes: Data Availability Ahead of Theory Bryan Roberts, Barents Group, KPMG
· Measures of Good Governance Marie Besancon, Harvard
12:00 1:15: Lunch
1:15 - 3:15:
II. Research using Political Economy Data
Chair: Yi Feng, CGU
· Effects of Political Instability and Violence on Trade, Investment and Growth Brock Blomberg, CMC
· Recent Research on Corruption Omer Gokcekus, Seton Hall
· Interrelationships Among Income Distribution, Institutions and Growth and Hypotheses on the Effects of Different Types of FDI Art Denzau and Daniel Lee, CGU
· Evaluating Jeff Sachs Critique of the View that Good Governance is important for the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid Hilton Root, Pitzer
3:15 3:30: Break
3:30 5:15:
III. Political Currency Regimes and Crises
Chair: Tom Willett, Claremont
· Characterizing Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Regimes
Jeff Kim and Alice Ouyang, CGU, and Pierre Siklos, Wilfrid Laurier
· Political Variables, Exchange Rate Regimes, and Economic Instability Eric Chiu, CGU
· Interest Group Influence on Exchange Rate Policy during Speculative Attacks Stefanie Walter, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
5:15: Wine and Cheese Reception
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