Session 3 - ISNIE 2004

Friday, October 1st
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Five Parallel Sessions

Panel 3.1: INSTITUTIONS AND LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Organizer and Chair: Lee Alston (University of Colorado)
Discussants: Veneta Andonova (ITAM) and Mary Shirley (Ronald Coase Institute)
The Erosion of Rule of Law in Argentina, 1930-1947: An Explanation of Argentina’s Economic Slide from the Top 10
Lee Alston (University of Colorado) and Andres Gallo (University of North Florida)
Cuba and the Origins of the U.S. Sugar Quota, 1934-1938: Performance and Intent
Alan Dye (Columbia University)
Practices, Dynamics, and Institutions of Science and Technology in Developed and Developing Countries
Clemente Forero-Pineda and Jorge Andrés Zambrano (University of Rosario)
From Colony to Republic: Silver, Guano, and the Formation of the Peruvian State
Catalina Vizcarra (University of Vermont)

Panel 3.2: REGULATED AND DEREGULATED INDUSTRY: NEW DEVELOPMENT

Organizer: Dominique Finon (CIRED, Ecole des Hautes Etudes EHESS and CNRS-Paris)
Chair: Jean-Michel Glachant (University Paris XI)
Discussants: Didier Chabaud (University Cergy) and Yannick Perez (University Paris XI)

The Shipper as the Architect of Contractual Relations in Access to Natural Gas Networks
Marc-Kevin Codognet (University of Paris-Pantheon Sorbonne)
Public Policies in Liberalized Energy Markets: Comparison of Efficiency of the Various Institutional Devices for the Promotion of Renewable Energy
Dominique Finon (CIRED, Ecole des Hautes Etudes , EHESS and CNRS - Paris)
The “Golden Triangle of Regulation”: A Proposal for a Comprehensive Scheme to Assess the Performance of Regulatory
Reforms Through Some EU Utility Law
Bertrand du Marais (Conseil d’Etat & University of Paris-Pantheon Sorbonne)
Regulation, Competition, and Institutional Design in Media Markets: The Evolution of Pay-TV in UK, Australia, and Italy
Antonio Nicita, Roberto Galbiati, and Giogio Nizi (all of Sienna University)

Panel 3.3: CHALLENGES TO ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

Organizer and Chair: John Nye (Washington University in St. Louis)
Discussants: Kenneth Koford (University of Delaware) and John Nye (Washington University in St. Louis)

Interest Groups and Institutional Change in Transition Countries: The Case of Poland
Maria Lissowska (Warsaw School of Economics)
Equal Access to WTO Rights: Substantive Equality For Developing Countries
Bradly J. Condon (ITAM)
The Free Trade Agreement Between Columbia and the USA: What Can Happen to Columbia?
Orlando Gracia (Planeacion Nacional-Columbia) and Hernando Zuleta (ITAM)
Transportation in NAFTA
Tapen Sinha and Bradly J. Condon (ITAM)

Panel 3.4: INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

Organizer and Chair: Eric Brousseau (University of Paris X)
Discussants: Guy Holburn (University of Western Ontario) and Itai Sened (Washington University in St. Louis)

The Economics of Private Institutions
Eric Brousseau, (University of Parix X) M’hand Fares (INRA, ESR, and Montepellier), and Emmanuel Raynaud (INRA, SAD, & ATOM)
The Contribution of the Emerging Institutions of Network Governance to the Provision of Global Common Goods: A Case Study on Bioprospection
Tom Dedeurwaerdere (University Louvain la Neuve)
Explaining De Facto Judicial Independence
Bernd Hayo (University of Marburg), and Stefan Voigt (University of Kassel)
Governing the Ungovernable: The Challenge of A Global Disaggregation of Authority
James N. Rosenau (George Washington University)

Panel 3.5: TECHNOLOGY ORBIT INSTITUTIONS

Chair: David D. Haddock (Northwestern University)
Discussants: Lynne Kiesling (IFREE and Northwestern University) and Dean Williamson (U.S. Department of Justice)