Participation in this event is by invitation only.
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Koç University will host Challenges of Middle-Income Economies: Fall 2023 Conference Of The Working Group on the Foundations of Long-run Prosperity on October 26–27, 2023.
A robust economic literature investigates the conditions that allow high-income nations to prosper. However, many countries fall into the category of middle-income, and have reached that level of development with sets of political and economic institutions that, as a matter of scholarship, are not understood fully. What are the political and economic institutions that allow low-income countries to reach middle-income status? Do those institutions then facilitate, or frustrate, continued economic growth?
| Thursday, October 26th | |||
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| Time | Content | Presenters/Panelists | Discussant/Chair |
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9:00 AM |
Keynote by Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt, Center for Global Development |
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9:45 AM |
Break |
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10:00 AM |
Welcome by Stephen Haber |
Presenter: Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Presenter: Caner Bakır, Koç University Presenter: Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Koç University |
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10:10 AM |
"Governance Crises and Resilience of Competitive Authoritarian Regimes: Turkish Elections of 2023 from the Perspective of Hirschman’s “Exit, Voice, Loyalty”" by Ziya Öniş and Mustafa Kutluay |
Presenter: Ziya Öniş, Koç University |
Discussant: Alexander Lee, University of Rochester Discussant: Berk Esen, Sabancı University Chair: Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt, Center for Global Development |
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11:25 AM |
Break |
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11:45 AM |
"Getting to Middle Income” by Avidit Acharya, Stephen Haber, and Alexander Lee |
Presenter: Avi Acharya, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
Discussant: Mehmet Yörükoğlu, Koç University Discussant: Josh Ober, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Chair: Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Koç University |
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1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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2:00 PM |
“On The Role of Trademarks: From Micro Evidence to Macro Outcomes” by Emin Dinlersoz, Nathan Goldschlag, Mehmet Yörükoğlu, and Nikolas Zolas |
Presenter: Mehmet Yörükoğlu, Koç University |
Discussant: Ross Levine, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Discussant: Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Chair: Caner Bakır, Koç University |
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3:15 PM |
Break |
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3:45 PM |
“Electoral Cycles, Investment, and Institutional Constraints in Developing Democracies” by Brandice Canes-Wrone, Christian Ponce de Leon, and Sebastian Thieme |
Presenter: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
Discussant: Şevket Pamuk, London School of Economics and Political Science & Bosporus University Discussant: Paola Sapienza, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Chair: Jordan Horrillo, Stanford University |
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5:00 PM |
Conclusion of October 26th program |
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6:30 PM |
Dinner |
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| Friday, October 27th | |||
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| Time | Content | Presenters/panelists | Discussant/CHAIR |
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9:00 AM |
“Corruption and Bureaucracy: Evidence from Front-Running Public Project Announcements” by Amit Seru |
Presenters: Amit Seru, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
Discussant: Ziya Öniş, Koç University Discussant: Ian Morris, Stanford University Chair: Dan Kessler, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
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10:15 AM |
Break |
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10:45 AM |
“The State and Industrialization in Turkey Since the Nineteenth Century” by Şevket Pamuk |
Presenter: Şevket Pamuk, London School of Economics and Political Science & Bosphorus University |
Discussant: Matt Lowenstein, Hoover Institution Discussant: Mine Eder, Bosphorus University Chair: Amit Seru, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Conclusion of conference |
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