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Institutions in Democracies

Friday, November 11, 2011
8:00am to 6:00pm
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Baxter B125
Institutions in Democracies
Various Speakers,
Caltech Alumni Conference In Honor of Gary Cox and Barry Weingast

November 11, 2011

25 Baxter

8:00am 6:00pm

INSTITUTIONS IN DEMOCRACIES

Guest Speakers:

Gary Cox Sovereign debt, political stability and bargaining efficiency

Barry Weingast Democratization and Countermajoritarian Institutions: Power and Constitutional Design In Self-Enforcing Democracy

Jim Snyder Judicial Selection and the Quality of Judges

Christopher Hoag National Bank Window Dressing and the Call Loan Market, 1865-1872

Jon Eguia Origin of Parties: The United States Congress in 1789-1797 as a Test Case

Salvatore Nunnari Dynamic Legislative Bargaining with Veto Power

With Discussions by: Jean Laurent Rosenthal, John Ferejohn, Morgan Kousser, Elizabeth Penn, Roger Noll and Morris Fiorina

For more information, please contact Edith Quintanilla by phone at Ext. 3829 or by email at edith@hss.caltech.edu or visit http://www.its.caltech.edu/~gradalum/.