24th NES Research Conference
November 6–8, 2008
Thursday, November 6
10:00-10:10,room 521 Registration, opening
10:10-11:20, room 521 Session 1
Chairperson: Grigory Kosenok
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin: Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs
Discussant: Alexei Savvateev
Alexei Savvateev:Vertical-horisontal differentiation of public goods: the core is empty
Discussant: Konstantin Sonin
11:20-11:40, first floor Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:50, room 521 Session 2
Chairperson: Oleg Zamulin
Victor Polterovich, Vladimir Popov and Alexander Tonis:Instability of Democracy as Resource Curse
Discussant: Alexander Vasin
Paul Dower: Land Titling Programs as Investments under Uncertainty
Discussant: Andrei Markevich
12:50-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:10, room 521 Session 3
Chairperson: Pavel Katyshev
Stanislav Anatolyev and Grigory Kosenok: Sequential testing with uniformly distributed size
Discussant:Oleg Zamulin
Stanislav Anatolyev and Grigory Kosenok: Inference about predictive ability when there are many predictors
Discussant: Sergei Golovan
15:10-15:30, first floor Coffee/Tea
15:30-16:40, room 521 Session 4
Chairperson: Anton Suvorov
Andrei Bremzen:Too diverse a country: an explanation for consistent failure of Russian XVIII century merchants to coordinate on export markets
Discussant: Andrei Markevich
Mark Harrison, Andrei Markevich: Contracting for Quality under a Dictator: the Soviet Defense Market, 1930 to 1950
Discussant: Andrei Bremzen
16:40-17:00 Break, registration
17:00-18:30, room 521 Keynote Address
Chairperson: Sergei Guriev
Stanislav Voskresensky(Deputy Minister of Economic Development): “On the current economic situation in Russia”
18:30, room 520 Wine&Cheese
Friday, November7
10:00-11:45, room 521 Session 5
Chairperson: Ruben Enikolopov
Art Durnev, Sergei Guriev:The Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel
Discussant: Ruben Enikolopov
Dmitry Makarov:Strategic Asset Allocation in Money Management
Discussant: Sergei Izmalkov
Alberto Alesina and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya:Segregation and the quality of government in a cross-section of countries
Discussant: Sergei Izmalkov
11:45-12:05, fist floor Coffee/Tea
12:05-13:15, room 521 Session 6
Chairperson: Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Ruben Enikolopov, Maria Petrova and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya: Media and Political Persuasion: Evidence from Russia
Discussant: Paul Dower
Art Durnev and Maria Petrova: Politics, instability, and international equity flows
Discussant: Sergei Guriev
13:15-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-15:40, room 521Session 7
Chairperson: Alexei Goriaev
Oleg Eismont: Analysis of Russian-European “Gas” Strategies
Discussant: Tatiana Mikhailova
Alexander Vasin, Anton Gusev, Agata Sharikova, Nikolay Shevirev:Comparative Analysis of One-stage and Two-stage Markets for a Homogeneous Good
Discussant: Michael Davidson
15:40-16:00, fist floor Coffee/Tea
16:00-17:10, room 521 Session 8
Chairperson: Dmitry Makarov
Anatoly Peresetsky, Alexander Karminsky, Sergei Golovan, Yaroslav Linnik, Dmitry Schigolev:Russiaand Kazakhstan. Two bank systems
Discussant: Tatiana Mikhailova
Alexei Goriaev: Performance evaluation of Russian mutual funds
Discussant: Tatiana Mikhailova
17:10-17:30 Break, registration
17:30-19:00, room 521 Distinguished Lecture
Chairperson: Victor Polterovich
Shlomo Weber(CORE):“On Economics of Diversity”
19:00, room 520 Wine&Cheese
Saturday, November8
10:30-12:15, room 521Session 9
Chairperson: Alexei Deviatov
Anton Suvorov and Natalia Tsybuleva:Advice by an Informed Intermediary: Can You Trust Your Broker?
Discussant: Vyatcheslav Gorovoi
Sergei Stepanov, Anton Suvorov: Agency problem, monitoring and the choice of the ownership structure: outside blockholders as a signaling device.
Discussant: Sergei Guriev
Sergei Izmalkov, Filippo Balestrieri: The problems of an Informed Principal
Discussant: Andrei Bremzen
12:15- 12:35, first floor Coffee/Tea
12:35-14:20, room 521 Session 10
Chairperson: Sergei Stepanov
Andrey Bremzen, Irina Denisova, Marina Kartseva:Reforming family healthcare: estimating potential effects of a shift to a general practitioner (family doctor) system
Discussant: Maria Gorban
Alexei Deviatov:Cash, Money Laundering, and the Size of Underground Economy
Discussant: Andrei Shevchenko
Oleg Zamulin:Stopping inflation at times of real appreciation
Discussant: Andrei Shevchenko
14:20, room 521Closing
Contact information: 925-50-02 (ext 234)
e-mail: okryukovskaya (at) nes.ru