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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
CHECK THIS PAGE PERIODICALLY FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. [ LAST UPDATE: 10-11-2007 ]
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FRIDAY OCTOBER, 12
ALBRECHT AUDITORIUM, STAUFFER HALL
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
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Coffee |
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9:00-10:30AM
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I. Chair: Patricia Dillon, Scripps College
Mental Models and Political Economy Indicators – Ravi Roy, CGU
Measuring Strong and Weak Governments – Art Denzau and Tom Willett, CGU
New Measures of Political Capacity [ pdf | powerpoint ] – Marina Arbetman Rabinowitz, Sentia Group, and Kristin Johnson, University of Rhode Island |
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| 10:30-10:45AM |
Break |
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| 10:45-12:15PM |
II. Chair: Mark Abdollahian, CGU
Measures of Political Instability – Josh Walton and Robert Arne, CGU
Failed States – Suzanne Danis, Dept. of Homeland Security
Measures of Veto Players and Divided Government – Penny Angkinand, University of Illinois |
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| 12:15-1:30PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:30-3:15PM |
III. Chair: Hal Nelson, CGU
Measures of Good Governance and Institutional Quality – Art Denzau, CGU
Measures of Economic Freedom – King Banaian, St. Cloud State University
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3:15-3:45PM
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Keynote Address – Bryan Roberts, Dept. of Homeland Security |
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| 3:45-4:00PM |
Break |
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| 4:00-6:00PM |
IV. Panel on The Challenge of Improving Trust and Reducing Corruption and Improving Governance in Lower-Income Countries –
Chair: Yi Feng
Robert Klitgaard
Brock Blomberg
Bryan Roberts
King Banaian |
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| 6:00PM |
Reception |
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 13
DAVIDSON LECTURE ROOM, ADAMS HALL
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
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| 8:00-9:00AM |
Coffee |
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| 9:00-10:45AM |
V. Chair: Richard Burdekin, Claremont McKenna College
Measures of Trade Policy [ pdf ] – H. Lane David, Indiana University, South Bend
Measures of Central Bank Independence – King Banaian, St. Cloud State University
New Measures of Financial Regulation [ pdf ] – James Barth, Milken Institute
Measures of Capital Controls and Their Relation to Currency Crises – Josh Walton and Tom Willett, Claremont |
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| 10:45-11:00AM |
Break |
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11:00-12:30PM
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VI. Chair: Meric Keskinel, West Los Angeles College
Financial Liberalization and Banking Crises [ pdf | powerpoint ] – Penny Angkinand, University of Illinois and Wamvimol Sawangngoenyuang, CGU
Measures of Credit Booms [ pdf | powerpoint ] – Wamvimol Sawangngoenyuang, CGU
The Severity of Crises & Their Associated Output Costs – Meow Ratanamaneichat and Sam Schreyer, CGU |
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| 12:30-2:00PM |
Lunch |
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| 2:00-4:00PM |
VII. Chair: Slavi Slavov, Pomona College
The Growth Effects of Bank vs. Market-Led Financial Development [ powerpoint | powerpoint-pdf ] – Ed Phumiwasana, Milken Institute
Measures of Sudden Stops and Capital Flow Reversals – Levan Efremidze, CGU and Ozan Sula, Western Washington University
Measures of Interest Rate Interdependence - Manfred Keil, Claremont McKenna College |
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| 4:00-4:15PM |
Break |
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| 4:15-5:30PM |
VIII. SPECIAL TOPICS AND CONCLUDING DISCUSSION
Chair: Jim Lehman, Pitzer College
Customer Satisfaction at U.S. Airports: Do People Value Time? – Bryan Roberts, Dept. of Homeland Security
Some Issues in Measuring Currency Crises – Tom Willett, Claremont
Some issues in Measuring Contagion – Priscilla Liang, Azusa Pacific and Tom Willett, Claremont |
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Reception |
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Sponsored by
School of Politics & Economics,
Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and
Claremont Colleges Coordinating Committee for Comparative and International Politics and Economics |
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