December 4 , 2004

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

9:00–11:00 AM
Gary Libecap, University of Arizona
“Chinatown: Transaction Costs in Water Rights Exchanges. The Owens Valley Transfer to Los Angeles”

Discussants
David Cutler, Harvard University
Tom Romer, Princeton University

11:00–11:30 AM Coffee break

11:30 AM–1:30 PM
Brian Knight, Brown University
“Legislative Representation, Bargaining Power, and the Distribution of Federal Funds: Evidence from the U.S. Senate”

Discussants
David Baron, Stanford University
Jim Snyder, MIT

1:30–3:00 PM Lunch

3:00–5:00 PM
Sven Feldmann, Northwestern University
“Lobbying Bureaucrats: Delegation and Influence Under Alternative Political Structures”

Discussants
Torben Iversen, Harvard University
Randall Kroszner, University of Chicago