THE 2ND CEDI CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONS
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY – MAY 31 & JUNE 1
Thursday, May 31
09.30 – 10.00 TEA/COFFEE
10.00 – 11.00 STEPHANE STRAUB, University of Edinburgh
The emergence of institutions
Discussant: JAN FIDRMUC, Brunel University
11.00 – 12.00 MAITREESH GHATAK, London School of Economics
The De Soto effect: Property rights, social networks and productivity (with T. Besley)
Discussant: SAUL ESTRIN, London School of Economics
12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH
13.00 – 14.00 AMRITA DHILLON, Warwick University
Development and the interaction of enforcement institutions
Discussant: KUMAR ANIKET, University of Edinburgh
14.00 – 15.00 ORIANA BANDIERA, London School of Economics
The diminishing effect of democracy in diverse societies (with G. Levy)
Discussant: BIBHAS SAHA, University of East Anglia
15.00 – 15.30 TEA/COFFEE
15.30 – 16.30 PRAMILA KRISHNAN, Cambridge University
Links and architecture in village networks (with E. Sciubba)
Discussant: JEAN-MARIE BALAND, University of Namur
16.30 – 17.30 WIJI ARULAMPALAM, Warwick University
Changing neighbourhood and infant mortality in rural India
Discussant: SARMISTHA PAL, Brunel University
Friday, June 1
09.30 – 10.00 TEA/COFFEE
10.00 – 11.00 TOMASZ MICKIEWICZ, SSEES – University College London
Barriers to entrepreneurship (with R. Aidis and S. Estrin)
Discussant: SUMA ATHREYA, Brunel University
11.00 – 12.00 PATRICK LEGROS, Free University of Brussels
Competing for ownership (with A. Newman)
Discussant: JOHN BENNETT, Brunel University
12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH
13.00 – 14.00 JOHANN SWINNEN, LICOS – Catholic University of Leuven
Trade, standards and poverty: Evidence from Senegal
Discussant: CARMEN LI, University of Essex
14.00 – 15.00 JEAN-MARIE BALAND, University of Namur
Land and power: Theory and evidence from Chile (with J.A. Robinson)
Discussant: MICHAEL SPAGAT, Royal Holloway
15.00 – 15.30 TEA/COFFEE
15.30 – 16.30 SVETLANA ANDRIANOVA, University of Leicester
Political economy of financial development (with P. Demetrides and C. Xu)
Discussant: NAURO CAMPOS, Brunel University
16.30 – 17.30 KUMAR ANIKET, University of Edinburgh
Does subsidising the cost of capital really help the poorest? An analysis of savings opportunities in group lending
Discussant: ANJA SHORTLAND, Brunel University
CEDI url: http://www.cedi.org.uk
Contact: Sumon Bhaumik
(Phone: +44 (0)1895 267247; Email: Sumon.Bhaumik@brunel.ac.uk)