Institutions et organisations
Call for papers - Isnie 2012
Call for Papers
16th Annual Conference of
The International Society for New Institutional Economics
University of Southern California,
June 14 – 16, 2012.
The program committee, chaired by President-Elect Lee Epstein, invites you to submit your proposal to present a paper at the conference. Proposals are due by 30th January, 2012. All proposals must be submitted electronically via the ISNIE web site :
http://call.isnie.org/
Details of conference registration and accommodation will be announced shortly in the ISNIE website.
ISNIE, The International Society for New Institutional Economics was founded to stimulate and disseminate interdisciplinary research on economic, political, and social institutions and their effects on economic activity. ISNIE encourages rigorous theoretical and empirical investigation on these topics using approaches drawn from economics, organization theory, law, political science, and other social sciences.
Etienne Lehmann, nominé au prix du meilleur jeune économiste: « combiner la théorie du chômage et celle de la fiscalité pour améliorer la redistribution »
Le Prix du meilleur jeune économiste a été remis à Xavier Gabaix par Jean Tirole, président du conseil d'administration de l'Ecole d'économie de Toulouse dans les salons Boffrand de la présidence du Sénat - en présence de Gérard Larcher, président du Sénat -, le 23 mai. Parmi les trois nominés, il y avait Etienne Lehmann.
Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas Etienne, il s'agît d'un passionné. Un véritable "Professeur Tournesol" tel que vous pourriez l'imaginer (sans plus de commentaires...). Et c'est aussi un bon copain !
Ainsi que sa page Web : http://www.crest.fr/ses.php?user=2991
Ronald Coase a 100 ans et va publier un nouvel ouvrage
The Economist consacre un article à Ronald Coase qui aura 100 ans le 29 décembre prochain.
Par ailleurs, malgré son jeune age, Ronald Coase vient de terminer un nouvel ouvrage sur la Chine à paraître dans le courant du premier semestre 2011.
Nouveau rapport CAE : Evaluer la performance économique, le bien-être et la soutenabilité
La princi
pale contribution de ce travail est de proposer un tableau de bord de vingt-cinq indicateurs couvrant les trois domaines de la performance économique, de la qualité de la vie et de la soutenabilité (économique, financière et environnementale) du bien-être. L’examen de la situation française et allemande au regard de ces indicateurs permet d’illustrer l’intérêt, mais aussi la difficulté de l’emploi de tels indicateurs, notamment pour des comparaisons.
Le rapport peut également être téléchargé : http://www.cae.gouv.fr/spip.php?breve22
Isnie 2010 call for papers
The Call for Papers is out for the International Society for New Institutional Economics’s 2010 meeting, 17-19 June in Stirling, Scotland. Proposals are due 1 March. Keynotes from Bruno Frey and 2009 Nobel prizes: Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. I will be there! Even if it will (probably) rain.
L’accès des PME aux marches publics: une analyse économique”
Can external agents successfully impose significant institutional reforms? The Napoleon effect
Can external agents successfully impose significant institutional reforms? Many economists are sceptical.
After 1792, French armies invaded and reformed the institutions of many European countries. Crucially, European polities did not choose the French institutions. Those institutions were imposed on them, first by the Revolution and then by Napoleon. The package of reforms the French imposed on areas they conquered included the civil code, the abolition of guilds and the remnants of feudalism, the introduction of equality before the law, and the undermining of aristocratic privilege. Acemoglu, Cantoni, Johnson and Robinson (2009) argue in a recent paper that the impact of the French Revolution on the institutions of Europe can be seen as a “natural experiment” that sheds light on the question of the efficiency of imposed institutional reforms.
1st Esnie Post Doctoral Workshop - April 3rd
1st ESNIE Post-doctoral Workshop
La confiance dans les entreprises et leurs dirigeants
Crise économique et financière oblige, la confiance dans les entreprises et dans leurs dirigeants est en chute libre au niveau mondial. C'est l'un des enseignements de la dixième édition du baromètre de confiance mis au point par le réseau de relations publiques international indépendant Edelman.
Toward a Theory of Regulation for Developing Countries
Towards a Theory of Regulation for Developing Countries: Insights from Jean-Jacques Laffont’s last book
Antonio Estache, a good friend of mine and one of my favourite author wrote a very interesting paper on the lessons that can be learned from Jean-Jacques Laffont's papers on institutions and development. The paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Litterature. One of the main argument is that "Developing economies are often described as “economies with missing markets.” In the contractual world of regulation, missing markets translate into incomplete contracts. Contracts are incomplete because of players’ bounded rationality, as in any economy—but also because of institutional weaknesses."
The first time I read Laffont's 2005 book on this issue I was fascinated by this idea and by the way he proposed a formalization of weak institutions and their impact on contracting choices and regulation. This paper takes stock and suggests we should go on following the path proposed by Jean-Jacques Laffont. I totally agree with this view.