May 19, 2001

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

9:00–11:00 AM
Philip Keefer, World Bank
“When do special interests run rampant? Disentangling the role of elections, incomplete information, and checks and balances in banking crises”

Discussants
Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles
Randall Kroszner, University of Chicago

11:00–11:30 AM Coffee break

11:30 AM–1:30 PM
Helen Milner and Benjamin Judkins, Columbia University
“Partisanship and International Trade: Is there a Left-Right Divide on Trade Policy?”

Discussants
Alberto Alesina, Harvard University
Howard Rosenthal, Princeton University

1:30–3:00 PM Lunch

3:00–5:00 PM
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Robinson, University of California, Berkeley
“Political Origins of Prosperity and Poverty”

Discussant
Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, University of California, Los Angeles

5:00–6:00 PM General discussion