Tilburg University
Department of Economics
When
7–8 April 2010
Where
Dante building, Warandelaan 2, 5037 AB Tilburg
2 days 7 papers Tilburg
Where it all started. The first edition — then simply called the Development Economics Workshop — brought researchers from Tilburg, Wageningen and VU Amsterdam together with guests from Bocconi, Stockholm, Warwick, Göttingen, Lausanne, Bonn and the University of Amsterdam for two days in the Dante building at Tilburg University.
The discussant format that still anchors the workshop was there from the start: each paper had 60 minutes — 40 for the presentation, 10 for an assigned discussant and 10 for general discussion. The programme ranged from relational contracts in Kenya’s flower exports and group lending in Chiapas to bank ownership, contract enforcement and the costs of politically motivated aid, with an open discussion moderated by Thorsten Beck.
The workshop was organized by Thorsten Beck and Manuel Oechslin, and sponsored by CentER, the Tilburg School of Economics and Management and the university’s Economics Department.
Programme
Wednesday 7 April
- Rocco Macchiavello, University of Warwick The Value of Relational Contracts: Evidence from a Supply Shock to Kenyan Flower Exports Discussant: Patricia Prüfer
- Eliana La Ferrara, Università Bocconi Social Links and Group Lending: Evidence from Chiapas Discussant: Thorsten Beck
- Jakob Svensson, IIES, Stockholm University Tuning in the Market Signal: Contracting and Efficiency under Asymmetric Price Information in Uganda’s Agricultural Market Discussant: Erwin Bulte
- Open discussion, moderated by Thorsten Beck
- Enrico Perotti, University of Amsterdam Bank Ownership and Financial Stability Discussant: Thomas Gall
- Jens Prüfer, Tilburg University A Theory of Contract Enforcement Institutions I: Courts and Social Networks Discussant: Patricio Dalton
Thursday 8 April
- Mathias Thoenig, Université de Lausanne War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust and Conflict Discussant: Benedikt Goderis
- Stephan Klasen, University of Göttingen The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically Motivated Aid Less Effective? Discussant: Chris Elbers