Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy
Semi-annual Conference
Editors: Bennett
McCallum
Upcoming Conference
April 19-20, 2002
Simon School, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Carnegie-Rochester Conference Schedule
"Economic Growth and the Role of Institutions"
April 19-20, 2002 (Tentative Schedule)
8:00 pm-11:00 pm Welcome Reception, Hyatt Regency - refer to hotel monitor
8:00 am Bus transportation to campus
8:15-8:45 am Packet Retrieval and Breakfast
CONFERENCE SESSION I - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Charles Plosser
8:45-10:00 am “Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development”
by William Easterly and Ross Levine
Discussant: Stanley Engerman
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15-11:30 am “Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms”
by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson and Yunyong Thaicharoen
Discussant: Alessandra Fogli
11:30-11:45 am Break
11:45 am-1:00 pm “Blueprint for an International Lender of Last Resort” by Adam Lerrick and Allan Meltzer
Discussant: Alan Stockman
1:00-2:00 pm Luncheon – Schlegel Hall Rotunda
CONFERENCE SESSION II - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Bennett McCallum
2:00-3:15 pm “The Injustice of Inequality” by Edward L. Glaeser, Andrei Shleifer and Jose Scheinkman
Discussant: Raquel Fernandez
3:15-3:30 pm Break
3:30-4:45 pm “Institutions, Trade, and Growth” by David Dollar and Aart Kraay
Discussant: Lant Pritchett
4:45 pm Bus Transportation back to the Hyatt Regency
6:30 pm Bus departs Hyatt Regency for transportation to the Country Club of Rochester
6:45 pm Cocktails, Country Club of Rochester
7:30 pm Dinner, Country Club of Rochester
9:30 pm Transportation back to the Hyatt Regency
8:00 am Bus transportation to campus
8:15-8:45 am Breakfast
CONFERENCE SESSION III - SCHLEGEL 207
Chairman: Thomas Cooley
8:45-10:00 am “People’s Opium? The Economic Effect of Religion” by Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales
Discussant: Louise Keely
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15-11:30 am “Social Capital and Growth” by Bryan R. Routledge and Joachim von Amsberg
Discussant: Edward Miguel
11:30 am Lunch available in Schlegel Hall Rotunda.
12:15 pm Bus transportation to airport and to Hyatt Regency.
Transportation will also be available for earlier or later flights if needed.