May 7, 2005

8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast and Introduction

9:00-11:00
Carles Boix (Chicago) and Frances Rosenbluth (Yale)
“Bones of Contention: The Political Economy of Height Inequality”

Discussants
Philip Keefer (World Bank)
David Laitin (Stanford)

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-1:30
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (Stanford)
“Fiscal Centralization, Political Institutions, and the Territoriality of Local Public Goods Provision in Europe in the 20th Century”

Discussants
Jonathan Rodden (MIT)
Robert Inman (Penn)

1:30-3:00 Lunch

3:00-5:00
Gene Grossman (Princeton) and Elhanan Helpman (Harvard)
“Party Discipline and Pork Barrel Politics”
Related background paper: “A Protectionist Bias in Majoritarian Politics”

Discussants
Kenneth Shepsle (Harvard)
Dennis Epple (Carnegie Mellon)

5:00-6:00 General Discussion and Refreshments