AEA

Frontiers in the Political Economy of Development (D7)
8:30 am 05/01/03

Presiding: ROBIN BURGESS, London School of Economics

ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University, SIMEON DJANKOV, World Bank, and FLORENCIO LOPEZ-DE-SILANES, Harvard University--

The Regulation of Labor

DARON ACEMOGLU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and JAMES ROBINSON, University of California-Berkeley--

Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective

TIMOTHY BESLEY and ROBIN BURGESS, London School of Economics--

Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

EDWARD MIGUEL, University of California-Berkeley--

Tribe or Nation? Nation-Building and Public Goods in Kenya versus Tanzania

Discussants:

DARON ACEMOGLU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MARK ROSENZWEIG, Harvard University
ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University
ROBIN BURGESS, London School of Economics