Friday 13 June

9.00   Timothy Besley (London School of Economics) and Robin Burgess (London School of Economics)
Court Efficiency and Economic Performance in India - [background paper]

Discussant: Erik Bergloef (Stockholm School of Economics) 
 

10.00  Rafael Di Tella (Harvard University), and Robert MacCulloch (Princeton University)
Why Doesn't Capitalism Flow to poor Countries?

Discussant: Antoinette Schoar (MIT) 
 

11.30  Juan Botero (Yale University), Simeon Djankov (World Bank), Raphael La Porta (Harvard University), Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes (Yale University), and Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)
The Regulation of Labor

Discussant: Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago) 
 

14.30  Simeon Djankov (World Bank), Ed Glaeser (Harvard University), Raphael La Porta (Harvard University), Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes (Yale University), and Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)
The New Comparative Economics

Discussant: Luigi Guiso (Università di Sassari)
 

Saturday 14 June

9.00   Bruno Biais (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse) and Thomas Mariotti (London School of Economics and Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse),
Credit, Wages, and Bankruptcy Laws

Discussant: Alberto Bennardo (University of Salerno)
 

10.00  Giovanni Immordino (University of Salerno) and Marco Pagano (University of Salerno)
Design and Enforcement  of Legal Standards

Discussant: Thierry Verdier (Delta, Ecole normale supérieure) 
 

11.30  Philip Bond (Nothwestern University), Laws and Contracts

Discussant: Sendhil  Mullainathan (MIT)
 

14.30  Antonio Acconcia (Università di Napoli Federico II) Marcello D'Amato (University of Salerno) and Riccardo Martina (Università di Napoli Federico II),
Tax Evasion and Corruption in Tax Administration

Discussant: Howard Rosenthal (Princeton University)