Ernesto Dal Bó, Phillips Girgich Professor of Business, Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley
Frederico Finan, Associate Professor, Economics and Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley
1:45pmRountable Discussion: Policy Challenges, Research Priorities
3:30pmRountable Discussion: Policy Challenges, Research Priorities (continued)
4:15pm Closing Session
Wednesday, August 29
9:30amWelcoming Remarks
Mark Henstridge, Chief Economist, Oxford Policy Management
Fred Finan, Associate Professor, Economics and Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley
10:15amTaxation
Pierre Bachas (World Bank): “Audit Selection under Weak Fiscal Capacity (Senegal)”
Justine Knebelmann (Paris School of Economics): “Measuring the Effect of Technological Improvements and Compliance Nudges on Property Taxes: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Senegal”
Joyce Sadka and Enrique Seira (ITAM): “Improving the Effectiveness of Labor Courts through Information and Conciliation (Mexico)”
Bilal Siddiqi (World Bank): “Using Administrative Data Systems to Improve Court Efficiency: Multi- Country Study (Kenya, Tanzania, India)”
Virginia Nelder (Senior Legal Researcher, Kenya Law Reform Commission): “Judicial Decisions as Public Goods (Kenya)” on behalf of J. Andrew Harris (NYU-Abu Dhabi)
12:15pmRights & Access to Legal Protection
Eric Arias (Princeton): “Community Policing and Public Trust: A Field Experiment in Colombia”
Kate Vyborny (Duke): “Institutional Reform and de facto Women’s Rights (Pakistan)”
Michael O’Sullivan (World Bank): “Relaxing Credit Constraints and Tenure Insecurity in Imperfect Markets (Uganda)”
2:30pmBureaucracy & Public Goods
Edward Miguel (UC Berkeley): “The Political Economy and Governance of Rural Electrification”
Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown): “Recruitment, Effort, and Retention Effects of Performance Contracts for Civil Servants: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda Primary Schools”
Katherine Casey (Stanford): “Politician Entry, Selection, and Performance in Sierra Leone”
Charity Troyer Moore (Harvard): “Using Digital Trails to Improve Management and Accountability for Public Service Delivery (India)”
4:15pmClosing Remarks
Ernesto Dal Bó, Phillips Girgich Professor of Business, Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley
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