May 20, 2000

8:30–9:00 AM Continental breakfast and introductions

9:00–9:45 AM
Michael Wallerstein, Northwestern University
“Inequality, Social Insurance and Redistribution”

9:45–10:30 AM
David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University
“Redistributing Income under Proportional Representation”

10:30–11:00 AM Coffee break

11:00–12:30 General Discussion

Discussants
Tom Romer, Princeton University
Michael Wallerstein, Northwestern University

11:30 AM–1:30 PM
Gene Grossman, Princeton University and Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University
“Educating Voters”

Discussants
Roger Noll, Stanford University
Ronald Rogowski, University of California, Los Angeles

12:30–2:00 PM Lunch

2:00–3:30 PM
Gary Cox and Mat McCubbins, University of California, San Diego
“The Institutional Determinants of Economic Policy Outcomes”

Discussant
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University

3:30–4:00 PM Coffee break

4:00–5:30 PM
Randall Kroszner, University of Chicago
“TWhat Drives Regulatory Change? Economics and Politics of Bank Regulatory Reforms in the United States”

Discussant
David Baron, Stanford University

5:30–6:00 PM General discussion