Political Institutions and Economic Outcomes

October, Thursday 27th | 16-18 hs

Invited Session IS8

Room 103

 
 

Organizing Institution:

 

University of Birmingham

 

 

Chair:

 

Jayasri Dutta, University of Birmingham

 

 

 
 
 

 

Trade Liberalization, Labor Market Reform and Political Instability the World Around

 

 

 

 

Presenter

Jeff Nugent, University of Southern California

 

 

Author(s)

Jeff Nugent, University of Southern California

Nauro Campos, Brunel University

 

 
 
 

 

Democracy and Growth in Latin America

 

 

 

 

Presenter

Jayasri Dutta, University of Birmingham

 

 

Author(s)

Jayasri Dutta, University of Birmingham

Facundo Albornoz, University of Birmingham

 

 
 
 

 

Give and Take: Voting Rights in Latin American in the 20th Century

 

 

 

 

Presenter

Toke Aidt, Cambridge University

 

 

Author(s)

Toke Aidt, Cambridge University

Dalibor Eterovic, Cambridge University

 

 
 
 

 

A Political-Economy Theory of Trade Agreements

 

 

 

 

Presenter

Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, Inter-American Development Bank (winner of the Birmingham Prize)

 

 

Author(s)

Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, Inter-American Development Bank

Giovanni Maggi, Princeton University

 

 
 
 

 

Re-election Incentives and Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil’s Municipal Audit Reports

 

 

 

 

Presenter

Claudio Ferraz, University of California at Berkeley (winner of the Birmingham Prize)

 

 

Author(s)

Claudio Ferraz, University of California at Berkeley

Frederico Finan, University of California at Berkeley