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XII ELSNIT Annual Conference – IDB

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The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting submissions of papers examining the impact of product market regulation on cross-border trade and investment and regional integration. The aim of the conference is to promote contributions from analysts and practitioners from different academic disciplines (economics, law, political science, business). Papers may focus on economic, institutional, or social dimensions of approaches to identifying and addressing the market-segmenting effects of regulatory policies, and may be empirical or normative.

The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2014.

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Culture and Economics

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The culture hypothesis in economic development states that values, preferences and beliefs of individuals and societies play a key role in economic performance.  This is the view endorsed by Max Weber (1930) in his explanation on how Protestantism influenced industrialization.  Hayek (1944) stresses the importance of the emergence of a new culture for the creation and sustenance of an open-market economy.  Culture underpins North’s (1991) “rules of the game” of society, which suggests that the channel through which culture affects economic performance is via its influence on institutions. Verifying the culture hypothesis empirically is challenging due to the vagueness of the concept of culture, the issues that this raises in turn for measuring culture in the data, and related difficulties with estimation of the effects of culture.  But more recently researchers have started to undertake new innovative approaches in order to solve these issues and to find persuasive evidence that culture actually matters for economic outcomes.

Akerlof, G. and R. E. Kranton, (2000)  “Economics and identity”. Quarterly Journal of Economics,115: 715–33.

Bisin, A. and T. Verdier (2000) “Beyond the melting pot: cultural transmission, marriage, and the evolution of ethnic and religious traits”. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115: 955–88.

Bowles, S. (1998) “Endogenous preferences: the cultural consequences of markets and other economic institutions.” Journal of Economic Literature, 36: 75–111

Carroll, C., B. Rhee, and C. Rhee (1994) “Are there cultural effects on saving? Some cross-sectional evidence.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 109: 685–99.

Elster, J. (1989) “Social norms and economic theory.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 3(4): 99–117.

Fernández, R.  (2013) “Cultural Change as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation over a Century.” American Economic Review, 103(1): 472-500. [Working paper verison]

Fernández, R. and A. Fogli (2009) “Culture: an empirical investigation of beliefs, work, and fertility.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 1(1): 146-77 [Working paper version]

Greif, A. (1994) “Cultural beliefs and the organization of society: a historical and theoretical reflection on collectivist and individualist societies.” Journal of Political  Economy, 102: 912–50.

Greif, A. (2005)  Institutions: Theory and History. Comparative and Historical Institutional Analysis.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Guiso, L., P. Sapienza, and L. Zingales (2003) “People’s opium? Religion and Economic Attitudes.” Journal of Monetary Economics 50: 225–82. [Working paper version]

Guiso, L., P. Sapienza, and L. Zingales (2004) “The Role of Social Capital in Financial Development.” American Economic Review, 94 (3): 526-56. [Working paper version]

Guiso, L., P. Sapienza, and L. Zingales (2009) “Cultural biases in economic exchange”. Quarterly Journal of Economics 124(3): 1095-1131. [Working paper version]

Guiso, L., P. Sapienza, and L. Zingales (2006) “Does culture affect economic outcomes?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(2): 23–48. [Working paper version]

Hayek, F. (1944) The Road to Serfdom, George Routledge & Sons, New York

Henrich, J. (2000) “Does Culture Matter in Economic Behavior? Ultimatum Game Bargaining Among the

Machiguenga of the Peruvian Amazon.” American Economic Review, 90 (4): 973–979.

Henrich, J., R. Boyd, S. Bowles, C. Camerer, E. Fehr, H. Gintis, and R. Mcelreath  (2001) “In search of Homo economicus: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 91 (2), 73–78.

Mailath, G. and A. Postlewaite (2003) “The social context of economic decisions.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 1: 354–62. [Working paper version]

Manski, C. (2000) “Economic analysis of social interactions.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14(3): 115–36.

Nunn, N. (2010) “Religious conversion in colonial Africa.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 100(2):147-52.

Nunn, N. and L. Wantchekon (2011) “The slave trade and the origins of mistrust in Africa.” American Economic Review, 101(7): 3221-52. [Working paper version]

Nunn N. (2012) “Culture and the Historical Process”. Economic History of Developing Regions, 27(S1):108-126. [Working paper version]

Putnam, Robert, R. Leonardi, and R. Nanetti (1993) Making democracy work. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Tabellini, G. (2008a) “Culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(4): 677-716. [Working paper version]

Tabellini, G. (2008b) “The scope of cooperation: values and incentives.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 123(3): 905-50. [Working paper version]

2014 EIB Prize

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2014 EIB Prize: Innovation, Market Structure and Competitiveness

The European investment bank invites nominations for two awards under the EIB prize theme.

The topic for this year is innovation, market structure and competitiveness. Prizes will be awarded for research which assesses the interaction between company size and market structure and the impact of investment decisions on innovation and productivity in different sectors. Special consideration will be given to work comparing the European experience with that of other large advanced or emerging economies.

The young economist award honours scholars under the age of 40 on 31 December in the year of the award.

Nominations are also welcome for the outstanding contribution award, which honours scholars for lifetime scientific contributions of specific relevance to the prize’s topic, including academic excellence and publication record and impact on public policy or society at large.

Nominees may be of any nationality.

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2nd InsTED Workshop – Call for Papers

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“Advances in the Theory and Empirics of
Institutions, Trade and Economic Development”

Hosted and Sponsored by
the Department of Economics, University of Oregon
Eugene, OR, 12-14 August 2014

Keynote Speakers:
Avinash Dixit (Princeton University)
Kamal Saggi (Vanderbilt University)

Organizers:
Chris Ellis (University of Oregon)
Ben Zissimos (University of Exeter)
Isleide Zissimos (Vanderbilt University)

Submission Deadline: March 28th 2014

To submit a paper or 3-page extended abstract, please e-mail your submission to

We are happy to consider submissions on topics at the union or intersection of institutions, international trade, and economic development.  In the spirit of a workshop, papers do not have to be complete.

The aim is to have 25-40 participants with no parallel sessions.

The workshop will take place at The Inn at the 5th with catering by Marché.

There is an attendance fee of US$160 – online payment will be available soon.

Paper sessions will end at mid-day on the 14th, and the plan is to offer participants the opportunity to golf, hike, or go on a wine tour that afternoon.

Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference

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14TH  JAN TINBERGEN EUROPEAN PEACE SCIENCE CONFERENCE
23-25 JUNE 2014

We are pleased to announce that the 14th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, annual meeting of NEPS, will be held on 23rd -25th June 2014 in the Hague at the International Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 2518, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

We welcome presentations that address any issue relating to peace and security broadly defined. As in the past, we strive for a multi-disciplinary program comprising contributions with a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, including strictly theoretical work, game theory and formal modeling, statistical and econometric analysis, qualitative studies, and experiments. Programs and lists of participants of previous editions are available below.

All abstracts (150-250 words) with a tentative title must be submitted by 31st January 2014.

PhD students are eligible for the Stuart A. Bremer Award. Eligible papers cannot be co-authored with a senior researcher. The winner is rewarded with a bursary to attend the conference of the Peace Science Society (International). If you are a PhD student, please mention your status. List of previous winners is available here.

Those who are interested in participating should submit their proposal including abstract, title, author’ s name(s), affiliation(s) to the following address: conference@europeanpeacescientists.org.

Conference fees are: 80 for senior researchers (NEPS members), 110 euros for senior researchers (non-members), 50 euros for phd students (NEPS members), 60 euros for Phd students (non-members).

Proceedings of the conference will be published on Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy.

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Assistant Professor in Development Economics

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London School of Economics and Political Science -Department of International Development

Salary is competitive and not less than £50,387 per annum inclusive

The Department of International Development invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor beginning in September 2014. We are seeking candidates with a focus in development economics, including international economics, public economics, macroeconomics and political economy of developing countries. We are especially keen to attract candidates who can demonstrate familiarity with interdisciplinary perspectives on international development, and who are keen to engage with teaching and research in that arena.

You will carry out teaching and research, significantly contributing to the Department’s Masters and PhD degrees and to the Department’s activities more broadly. You will have an emerging record of high quality research with significant experience in developing countries, to include at least two articles that are of international excellence. You will also show a clear and viable strategy for future top quality research.

As well as teaching experience, you will have completed a PhD in Development Economics or a closely related subject at time of application or be able to provide verifiable evidence that a PhD will be completed by the start date of the appointment.

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.

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