ECONOMICS 261

Comparative Systems Seminar
Fall 2004
Professor GÉRARD ROLAND
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Seminar Location: 119 Moses
Schedule:
August 30 Chris Woodruff UC San Diego
The Quality of Legal System, Firm and Size
September 13
4-6 in 608-7 Evans
Seema Jayachandran, UC Berkeley Visitor, (Joint with Development)
"Odious Debt"
September 20 Lawrence Dwight, UC Berkeley
Non-Performing Loans in China: A Public Finance Approach
September 22
Wednesday
4-6 in 608-7 Evans
Philippe Aghion, Harvard University
"Volatility, R&D, and Growth: The Role of Financial Development"
October 4
4-6 p.m. 608-7 Evans
Ragnar Torsvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
A Political Economy Theory of the Soft Budget Constraint
October 20
Wednesday
4-6 in 608-7 Evans
Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University
"Political Economy of Land Reforms in West Bengal, 1978-98"
October 25 Jana Kunicova, Cal Tech
"Political Institutions and Corruption"
November 1 Frederico Finan, UC Berkeley
Political Patronage and Local Development. A Brazilian Case Study
November 3
Wednesday
4-6 in 608-7 Evans
Joint with Department Seminar,
November 15 Annette Kim, MIT
A Market without the 'right' property rights



November 29
Monday
4-6 in 608-7 Evans
Martin Ravallion, World Bank
"Land, Labor and Living Standards in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition" (jointly organized with Development Seminar)
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