Program

Friday 5 March 

15:00 - 15:10:

Welcome

15:10 - 16:10:

Keynote (Chair: Axel Dreher)

Martin Paldam, The Religious Transition: A long-run perspective (joint with Erich Gundlach)

16:10 - 16:30: Coffee break

16:30 - 18:00:

Development (Chair: Christian Bjørnskov)

Mogens Kamp Justesen (University of Southern Denmark), Democracy, dictatorship and disease: How political regimes shape the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Discussant: Hannes Öhler

 

Hannes Öhler (University of Göttingen), Aid Allocation through Various Official and Private Channels: Need, Merit and Self-Interest as Motives of German Donors (joint with Peter Nunnenkamp).
Discussant: Martin Gassebner

 

Axel Dreher (University of Göttingen), Are New Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Aid Projects between New and Old Donor Countries.
Discussant: Richard Jong-A-Pin

18:00 - 18:10:

Coffee break

18:10 - 19:10: Personal relations (Chair: Pierre-Guillaume Méon)
Richard Jong-A-Pin (ETH Zürich), No country for old men (joint with Jochen Mierau
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov

 

Andreas Fuchs (University of Göttingen), Paying a Visit: International Trade and Diplomatic Relations (joint with Nils-Hendrik Klann)
Discussant: Christoph Moser

19:30 - ?

Dinner

Saturday 6 March 


10:00 - 11:00:

Keynote
(Chair: Martin Gassebner)

Toke Aidt (Cambridge University), Workers of the World, Unite! Franchise Extensions and the Threat of Revolution in Western Europe, 1820-1938 (joint with Peter S. Jensen)

11:00 - 11:15:

Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45:

Policy and outcomes (Chair: Mogens Kamp Justesen)

 

Lars-H. Siemers (RWI Essen), Good Policy Choices Even When Voters Entertain Biased Beliefs (joint with Ivo Bischoff)
Discussant: Mogens Kamp Justesen

Martin Gassebner
(ETH Zürich), Some stuff beyond basic questions
Discussant: Andreas Fuchs

 


Christian Bjørnskov
(Aarhus University), Do economic freedom and entrepreneurship impact total factor productivity? (joint with Nicolai J. Foss)
Discussant: Pierre-Guillaume Méon

12:45 - 13:45:

Lunch

13:45 - 15:15: Choice (Chair: Richard Jong-A-Pin)
Pierre-Guillaume Méon (Université Libre de Bruxelles), The impact of studying economics, and other disciplines, on paternalism (joint with Amélie Goossens)
Discussant: Lars Siemers

Christoph Moser
(ETH Zürich), The Skill Structure of the Export Wage Premium: Evidence from German Manufacturing (joint with Michael W. Klein and Dieter Urban)
Discussant: Axel Dreher





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