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 Sach’s 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