December 6 , 2003

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

9:00–11:00 AM
David Austen-Smith and Michael Wallerstein (Northwestern University)
“Redistribution in a Divided Society”

Discussants
Gerard Roland (University of California, Berkeley)
Daniel Diermeier (Northwestern University)

11:00–11:30 AM Coffee break

11:30 AM–1:30 PM
Peter Lindert (University of California, Davis)
“Whence the Welfare State”
Addendum: Lindert chapter on “Minimal Theory of Transfers”

Discussants
Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
John Londregan (Princeton University)

1:30–3:00 PM Lunch

3:00–5:00 PM
Allan Drazen (Tel Aviv University and University of Maryland) and Nuno Limão (University of Maryland)
“Government Gains from Self-Restraint: A Bargaining Theory of Inefficient Redistribution Policies”

Discussants
Elhanan Helpman (Harvard University)
Helen Milner (Columbia)