ArnoX Detailed Program (preliminary as of June 27)

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1 ArnoX Detailed Program (preliminary as of June 27) June 28, 2011, Tuesday 19:00 Informal Dinner (at own costs): Sambesi (Mixed and African restaurant), Wendenstraße 8, Göttingen June 29, 2011, Wednesday 10:30 Aula & Karzer Sight Seeing Tour (Meeting Point: Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Wilhelmsplatz 1, Göttingen) 11:30 Observator (short) Sight Seeing Tour (Meeting Point: Historical Observatory, Geismar Landstr. 11) 12:00 Informal lunch (at own costs), Neues Rathaus Göttingen, Hiroshimaplatz 1-4, Top Floor with a nice view over Göttingen (next to Historical Observatory) 13:00 Registration (Conference Venue: Tagungszentrum der Historischen Sternwarte / Conference Center of the Historical Observatory, Geismar Landstr. 11, Göttingen) 13:30 Welcome Remarks (Großer Seminarraum) Ulrike Beisiegel 13:45 Opening Remarks (Großer Seminarraum) Stephan Klasen 14:00 Keynote (Großer Seminarraum) Elisabeth Sadoulet Fair Trade and Free Entry: The Dissipation of Producer Benefits in a Disequilibrium Market Chair: Meike Wollni Coauthors: Alain de Janvry, Craig McIntosh 15:00 Parallel 1: Growth CRC Session 1 Chair: Paulo Regis Chair: Tatyana Krivobokova Manoel Bittencourt Marcela Ibanez Coauthors: Elke Schaffland Inflation and Economic Growth in Latin America: Some Panel Time-Series Evidence Leaders or Managers: and experiment on group identity Discussant: Paulo Regis Discussant: Tatyana Krivobok ova Maria Luisa Recalde Xiaohua Yu Coauthors: Luis Marcelo Florensa, Victoria Barone Coauthors: David Abler, Danhong Chen Survival and Growth of Argentina s Exports: A Regional Study Endogenous Matching and Contractual Choice between Agricultural Processors and Farmes in China Discussant: Manoel Bittencourt Discussant: Marcela Ibanez Paulo Regis Tatyana Krivobokova The Effects of Decentralization and Spending Smoothing parameter selection for spline estimators Composition on Growth in Argentina Discussant: Maria Luisa Recalde Discussant: Xiaohua Yu 16:30 Coffee (Seminarraum 2) 17:00 Keynote (Großer Seminarraum) Joachim von Braun Price Volatility, Finance and the Poor in a Global Context Chair: Stephan Klasen

2 18:00 18:00 CRC Advisory Board Meeting (internal) (Seminarraum 3) Poster Session (Großer Seminarraum) Mouyad Al Samara An Empirical Analysis of the Money Demand Function in Syria Jude C. Eggoh, Aram Belhadj Co-Movements of business cycles in the Maghreb: Does trade matter? Laura Márquez-Ramos Trade Integration, Production Disintegration and Equalisation of Factor Prices Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Nicole Grunewald, Is there a Trade-off between Income Inequality and Chris Muris and Stephan Klasen Environmental Quality? Gabriela Mordecki, Matías Piaggio Regional Integration: economic growth through export diversification? Ysaline Padieu, Diana Cheung Impact of Health Insurance on consumption and saving behaviours: Evidence from Rural China Julio Rosales, Victor Mamondi, Alfredo Visintini, Economic Impact of Oil, Natural Gas and Mining Felix Blanco Activities in Argentina Carlos Villalobos, Thomas Otter Characterization of inequality changes through micro-econometric Simulations. Honduras Juan M. Licari, Athanasios Geromichalos, Jose Illiquid Financial Markets and Monetary Policy Suarez-Ledo 20:00 Dinner: Restaurant Bullerjahn - Speise- & Schankwirtschaft (Ratskeller Göttingen), Markt 9, Göttingen June 30, 2011, Thursday 09:00 Keynote (Großer Seminarraum) Irene Gijbels Variable selection in generalized additive models; with an application to AIDS data Chair: Tatyana Krivobokova Coauthors: Anestis Antoniadis, Anneleen Verhasselt 10:00 Coffee (Seminarraum 2)

3 10:30 Parallel 2: Cross-Country Macroeconomics Parallel 3: Labor Markets Chair: Frank Westermann Chair: Fernando Zarzosa-Valdivia Jose Luis Arrufat Andres Dean Coauthors: Alberto Díaz, José A. Viceconte Coauthors: Veronica Amarante, Rodrigo Arim Terms of Trade Cycles in extreme land abundant countries Spectral Analysis The effects of being out of the formal labor market on subsequent wages: evidence for Uruguay Discussant: Frank Westermann Discussant: Fernando Zarzosa-V. Gabriele Tondl Sarra Ben Yahmed Coauthors: Nikolaos Antonakakis Do determinants of FDI to developing countries differ Gender Wage Discrimination and Trade Openness among US and European investors? Insights from Bayesian Model Averaging Discussant: Jose Luis Arrufat Discussant: Andres Dean Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso Ana Rivas Coauthors: Gordon Wilmsmeier, Norbert Fiess Coauthors: German Calfat Maritime Transport costs and trade - A comparative analysis for Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina Fragmentation, income, gender and poverty linkages: The case of the Maquila Industry in Guatemala Discussant: Gabriele Tondl Discussant: Sarra Ben Yahmed Frank Westermann Fernando Zarzosa-Valdivia Coauthors: Nannette Lindenberg How strong is the case for dollarization in Central America? An empirical analysis of business cycles, credit market imperfections and the exchange rate The Structural Real Exchange Rate And Unemployment Rates Interdependency: The Argentinean case Discussant: Inmaculada Martinez-Z. Discussant: Ana Rivas 12:30 Lunch (Seminarraum 2) 13:30 Keynote (Großer Seminarraum) Petra Todd Aligning Learning Incentives of Students and Teachers: Results from a Social Experiment in Mexican High Schools Chair: Marcela Ibanez Coauthors: Jere Behrman, Susan Parker, Ken Wolpin

4 14:30 Parallel 4: Public Policy CRC Session 2 Chair: Oswaldo Molina Chair: Dominik Noe Sukanta Bhattacharya Jann Lay Coauthors: Sarani Saha, Sarmila Banerji Coauthors: Kristin Göbel, Michael Grimm Income Inequality, Club Formation and the Quality of Capital returns, productivity and accumulation in Public Good: A Developing Country Perspective micro and small enterprises: Evidence from Peruvian panel data Discussant: Oswaldo Molina Discussant: Dominik Noe Rinaldo Antonio Colome Chris Muris Coauthors: Carlos Ceballos Ferroglio, Lucas Gumierato, Virginia Martinelli, Darío Freitag Estimation of the Relative Impact of Agricultural Policy Instruments on Efficiency Efficient GMM estimation with a general missing data pattern Discussant: Suk anta Bhattacharya Discussant: Jann Lay Oswaldo Molina Dominik Noe Coauthors: Johannes Rieckmann Heterogeneous Effects of Property Rights on Housing Violent behaviour - The effect of civil conflict on Investment in Urban Peru domestic violence in Colombia Discussant: Rinaldo Antonio Colome Discussant: Chris Muris 16:00 Coffee (Seminarraum 2) 16:30 Parallel 5: Poverty Parallel 6: Institutions Chair: Jose Manuel Roche Chair: Mauro Salvo Stephan Klasen Basilia Aguirre Coauthors: Friederike Greb, Syamsul Hidayat Coauthors: Fabiana Fontes Rocha Pasaribu, and Manuel Wiesenfarth Dollar a Day Re-Revisited Trust and tax morale in Latin American & Caribbean countries Discussant: Jose Manuel Roche Discussant: Mauro Salvo Pedro Moncarz Thomas Flochel Coauthors: Marcelo Capello, Alberto Figueras, Sebastian Freille The role of federal transfers in regional convergence in human development indicators in Argentina Regulatory manipulation for political purposes in Brazil Discussant: Stephan Klasen Discussant: Basilia Aguirre Felix Povel Rivayani Rivayani Coauthors: Ethan Ligon Vulnerability to downside risk in developing countries: Do bribes work? What can subjective probabilities tell us? Discussant: Pedro Moncarz Discussant: Thomas Flochel Jose Manuel Roche Mauro Salvo Coauthors: Maria Emma Santos In search of a multidimensional poverty index for Latin America Money Laundering in the Brazilian Football Sector: international transfers of football players and their vulnerabilities Discussant: Felix Povel Discussant: Rivayani Rivayani 20:00 Dinner: Restaurant Kartoffelhaus, Goetheallee 8, Göttingen

5 July 1, 2011, Friday Change of conference venue on Friday: InterCityHotel, Bahnhofsallee 1a, Ground Floor 09:00 Parallel 7: Health Parallel 8: Education Room: II-III Room: I Chair: Andrea Locatelli Chair: Elke Schaffland Mariana De Santis Santiago Gastelu Coauthors: Gonzalo Decandido, Manuel Gigena, Roberto F. Giuliodori, Héctor R. Gertel Inequity and inequality in preventive health care among older adults in Argentina in 2000 Argentina, Chile and Mexico in PISA 2009: A Decomposition Analysis of the Gap in Reading Scores Discussant: Andrea Locatelli Discussant: Elk e Schaffland Niels Kemper Pedro Moncarz Coauthors: Rainer Klump, Tobias Lechtenfeld Coauthors: Rossana Patron, Marcel Vaillant Consumption insurance and illness in rural Thailand and Vietnam Public expenditures on education and skill formation: Is there a simple rule to maximize skills? Discussant: Mariana De Santis Discussant: Santigo Gastelu Andrea Locatelli Elke Schaffland Coauthors: Pedro Carneiro, Joseph Keating Behavioral Response to an Anti Malaria Spraying Campaign, with Evidence from Eritrea Discusant: Niels Kemper Conditional Cash Transfers in Brazil: Treatment Evaluation of the Bolsa Família Program on Education Discussant: Pedro Moncarz 10:30 Coffee (Entrance Hall) 11:00 Keynote (Room II-III) Alain de Janvry Can a populist political party bear the risk of granting property rights? Electoral outcomes of Mexico s second land reform Chair: Xiaohua Yu Coauthors: Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Elisabeth Sadoulet 12:00 12:15 Closing Remarks for Part 1 (Göttingen) Transfer to Merseburg (Conference Venue: Ständehaus Merseburg, Oberaltenburg 2, Merseburg) 15:30 16:00 Welcome Remarks for Part 2 (Merseburg) Round Table: The World Financial Crisis: A comparison of effects, consequences and policies in Latin America and Europe Part 1: Theses and Hypotheses. A panel discussion Wilhelm Hankel, Werner Kamppeter, Enrique Neder Part 2: Poster session: Comparing similarities and differences: Argentina, Brazil, Germany Part 3: Conclusions for theory and policy. Will the next financial crises be similar or can it be avoided? 18:00 20:00 Coffee (in between the parts) Dinner

6 July 2, 2011, Saturday 09:00 Session 1: Policy and Institutions Chair: Ana Maria Cerro Gaaitzen de Vries Coauthors: Abdul A. Erumban, Marcel P. Timmer, Ilya Voskoboynikov, Harry X. Wu Deconstructing the BRICs Discussant: Ana Maria Cerro Eckhard Freyer Coauthors: Osman Hassan Aspects of the solar power project DESERTEC between Algeria and Central Germany Discussant: Gaaitzen de Vries Ana Maria Cerro Coauthors: Víctor Iajya Currency Crises and Institutions. The Case of Argentina Discussant: Eck hard Freyer 10:30 11:00 12:30 Coffee Session 2: Trade Chair: Felicitas Nowak-L.D. Fernando Borraz Coauthors: Máximo Rossi, Daniel Ferrés Distributive Effects of Regional Trade Agreements on the Small Trading Partners Discussant: Felicitas Nowak-L.D. Gabriela Mordecki Coauthors: Alvaro Brunini Uruguayan exports and real exchange rate: a sectoral analysis through VECM models Discussant: Fernando Borraz Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D. Coauthors: Dierk Herzer, Sebastian Vollmer The Role of Maritime Transport Costs, Tariffs and the Real Exchange Rate in Chile s Export Trade with the EU: An Augmented Gravity Model Approach Discussant: Gabriela Mordeck i Lunch

7 13:30 15:00 15:30 17:00 Session 3: Financial Sector Chair: Angel Enrique Neder Ricardo Descalzi Coauthors: Sergio Barone Credit constraints and the asymmetric CA presponse to TOT shocks Discussant: Angel Enrique Neder Ana Maria Cerro Coauthors: Osvaldo Meloni Crises as Fiscal Sustainability Devices. Argentina, Discussant: Ricardo Descalzi Angel Enrique Neder Coauthors: Gabriela Cugat, Matías Escudero Financial Sector and Economic Growth in Latin America and the European Union Discussant: Ana Maria Cerro Coffee Session 4: Markets Chair: Guzman Ourens Rossana Patron Early school dropouts in developing countries: When more schooling is not worth the effort. Discussant: Guzman Ourens Adriana Peluffo The Effects of International Linkages on Productivity and the Demand for Skilled Labour Discussant: Rossana Patron Guzman Ourens Uruguay at the mirror Discussant: Adriana Peluffo End of Conference (Sight Seeing Tour and Informal Dinner, Merseburger Ständehaus (at own costs)) July 3, 2011, Sunday Departure (Merseburg)