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Meeting on Polarization and Conflict
Barcelona, December 15-16, 2002. 

Organized by the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC with the support of the Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània, the Fundación de Economía Analítica and the Laboratoire Européen Associé (LEA).

Program

Sunday | Monday

Sunday 15

09:15 Opening

09:30-10:15 René Torenvlied (Utrecht University) " Why do Policy Issues keep Pending on the Agenda? A model of Issue Resolution Applied t Anti-Corruption Policy in Seven African Countries" (with C. Klein Haarhuis)
Discussant: Francis Bloch (ESMM and GREQAM, Marseille)

10:15-11:00 Conchita d'Ambrosio (Università Luigi Bocconi and DIW Berlin) "Measuring Social Exclusion"
Discussant: Jacques Silber (Bar-Ilan University)

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Jean Paul Azam (ARQADE, University of Toulouse I) "The Paradox of Power Reconsidered"
Discussant: Conchita d'Ambrosio (Università Luigi Bocconi and DIW Berlin)

12:00-12:45 Marta Reynal-Querol (World Bank and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC) "Why ethnic fractionalization? Polarization, ethnic conflict and growth" (with J. García-Montalvo)
Discussant: Jean-Paul Azam (ARQADE ,University of Toulouse I)

12:45-13:00 Break

 

13:00-13:45 Francesc Torres (NY and Barcelona) "Conflict, History and Memory in the Visual Arts: An Example"

13:45-15:30 Lunch

15:30-16:15 Gerald Schneider (University of Konstanz) "Knocking at the Globalization Door: Regulatory Competition, Regional Convergence and Foreign Economic Liberalization in Developing Countries" (with C. W. Martin)
Discussant: René Torenvlied (Utrecht University)

16:15-17:00 Shlomo Weber (Southern Methodist University) "Voluntary Formation of Communities for the Provision of Public Goods" (with O. Haimanko and M. Le Breton)
Discussant: Clara Ponsatí (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC and CODE-UAB)

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-18:00 Nils Petter Gleditsch (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)) "Globalization and Internal Conflict" (with Håvard Hegre and Ranveig Gissinger)
Discussant: Marta Reynal-Querol (World Bank and IAE, CSIC)

18:00-18:45 Josep Maria Colomer (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) "The median voter minimizes polarization. Worldwide evidence since the 19th century"
Discussant: Gerald Schneider (University of Konstanz)

21:00 Dinner

Monday 16

09:00-09:45 Joan Esteban (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC and Universitat Pompeu Fabra) "Redistributive Taxation with Endogenous Sentiments" (with Larry Kranich)
Discussant: Shlomo Weber (Southern Methodist University)

09:45-10:30 Roland Benabou (Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University) "Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics" (with Jean Tirole)
Discussant: Andrew Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:30 Clara Ponsatí (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC and CODE-UAB) "The ABC of War: Advantage, Bargaining and Confrontation"
Discussant: Fabrizio Germano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

11:30-12:15 David Schmeidler (Tel Aviv University) "Accuracy vs. Simplicity: A Complex Trade-Off" (with E. Aragones, I. Gilboa and A. Postlewaite)
Discussant: Debraj Ray (New York University)

12:15-12:30 Break

12:30-13:15 Debraj Ray (New York University) "Contracts and Externalities: How Things Fall Apart" ( with G. Genicot)
Discussant: Alberto Bisin (New York University and IGIER Bocconi)

13:15: 14:00 Vincent Buskens (Utrecht University) "Imitation and Learning under Uncertainty: A Vignette Experiment " (with D. Barrera)
Discussant: David Schmeidler (Tel Aviv University)

14:00-15:30 Lunch

15:30-16:15 Stergios Skaperdas (University of California, Irvine), "Restraining the Genuine Homo Economicus: Why the Economy Cannot be Divorced from its Governance"
Discussant: Santiago Sánchez-Pagés (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

16:15-17:00 Alberto Bisin (NYU and IGIER Bocconi), "Public Policies and the Dynamics of Cultural Values in the Welfare State" (with T. Verdier)
Discussant: Roland Benabou (Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University)

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-18:00 Francis Bloch (ESMM and GREQAM) "When does universal peace prevail? Secession and group formation in conflicts and contests" (with S. Sánchez Pagés and R. Soubeyran)
Discussant: Vincent Buskens (Utrech University)

18:00-18:45 Santiago Sánchez Pagés (Univesitat Autònoma de Barcelona) "Conflict as a Part of the Bargaining Process: Theory and Empirical Evidence"
Discussant: Stergios Skaperdas ( University of California, Irvine)

18:45-19:00 Submission of an application for a "Network of Excellency" under the European VI Framework Program.

21:00 Dinner