POLARIZATION AND CONFLICT (PAC)

A detailed summary of the activities and of the materials produced by the network can be found
on the PAC official website, at www.polarizationandconflict.org

PAC Winter Meeting at Bocconi University, Milan
Dates: December 16th and 17th, 2005
Deadline for paper submission: October 7th, 2005

Conference Organizers: Conchita D'Ambrosio and Eliana La Ferrara

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	The Conference Program: can be downloaded here
www.unibocconi.it	Conference Location: Room 31, Third Floor  Università Bocconi  Via Sarfatti, 25  20136 Milano    contact: igier@unibocconi.it or nicola.scalzo@unibocconi.it  for more information.
www.goldentulipcrivis.com	The Conference will cover two full days, so we ask  that participants arrive on Thursday night (Dec 15th) and  preferably leave on Sunday (Dec 18th).    Reservations have been made at Hotel Crivi's for three   nights (Dec. 15-17th). The hotel is within walking distance  from the university.

 Conference Program - Please download the papers before the conference

Friday, December 16th
9:00 - 10:30	Workpackage Presentations
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:50	Matteo Cervellati "Redistribution with Endogenous Sentiments" joint with J. Esteban
11:50 - 12:40	Itzhak Gilboa "Making Statements and Approval Voting" joint with E.Aragones and A. Weiss
LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30	Samuel Bowles "Evolutionary Dynamics of Class Structures" joint with Suresh Naidu
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:50	Klaus Abbink "The Syr Darya Conflict: An Experimental Case Study" joint with L.Moller and S. O'Hara
16:50 - 17:50	Stergios Skaperdas "Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future" joint with M.McBride
17:40 - 18:10	Gerald Schneider "Polarization and the Survival of Coalition Governments: A Comparative Analysis of Western European Democracies" joint with E.Jozwiak
20:00	Conference Dinner: at "Osteria Dei Binari"

 

Saturday December 17th
9:00 - 9:50	Harvard Hegre "Polarization and Interstate Conflict"
9:50 - 10:40	Gerard Padro-i-Miguel "Control of Politicians in Divided Societies: The Politics of Fear"
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:50	Walter Bossert "Infinite Horizon Choice Functions" joint with G.Asheim,  Y.Sprumont and K.Suzumura
11:50 - 12:40	Alberto Bisin "Models of Social Interactions: Characterization and Identification" joint with O.Ôzgur
LUNCH
14:00 - 14:50	Kai Konrad "Equilibrium and Efficiency in the Tug-of-War" joint with D.Kovenock
14:50 - 15:40	René Torenlievd "The Embededness of Member State Positions in the European Union" joint with A.Roeters
15:40 - 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:00	Marta Reynol-Querol "The Colonial Origins of Civil War" joint with S.Djankov
17:00 - 17:50	Vincent Buskens "The Evolutionary Stability of Exchange Networks"