PCPE 2010 Preliminary Schedule
Memorial Lectures
The highlights of the PCPE are named lectures commemorating the heritage of two towering statures of economic science whose lives are bound with the city of Prague: Franz Cuhel and Friedrich Wieser. These lectures are associated with memorial prizes of the same name.
The Cuhel Memorial Lecture will be delivered by G. R. Steele. G. R. Steele is reader in economics at the University of Lancaster and focuses on the economics and political philosophy of F.A. Hayek. He has published extensively on Hayek's theory of money, capital and business cycles, and on Hayek's comparison with his 1930s opponent J.M. Keynes. |
The Wieser Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Richard Epstein. R. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. His research covers a broad range of subjects within law and law and economics. To name a few, Prof. Epstein has published numerous and influential studies on constitutional law, employment discrimination law, health law, patents and property law. He is known for classical liberal views in legal theory. |
Friday, March 19 - Program held at CEVRO Institute College (sessions open to public) - see address and map.
| 2 - 3 pm | Registration | |
| 3 - 3:30 pm | Welcome Toast | |
| 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Opening of the Conference by Josef Šíma | |
| 3:45 - 4:30 pm | Cuhel Memorial Lecture, delivered by G.R. Steele | |
| 4:30 - 4:45 pm | Refreshment Break | |
| 4:45 - 5 pm | Hayek's Czech Roots by M. Zajíček | |
| 5 - 5:45 pm | Wieser Memorial Lecture, delivered by R. Epstein | |
| 5:45 - 6 pm | Final Remarks | |
| 6 - 7 pm | Break | |
| 7 - 10 pm | Welcome Dinner |
Saturday, March 20 - Program held at CEVRO Institute College (sessions only for conference participants)
| 9 - 11 am | Government and Bureaucracy I Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought I Panarchy |
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| 11 - 11:30 am | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Topics in Austrian Economics Development Economics Impact of Recent Government Policies |
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| 3 - 5 pm | Ronald Coase and Law & Economics Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought II Economics of Donations and Financial Aid |
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| 5 - 5:30 pm | Refreshment Break | |
| 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Government and Bureaucracy II Business Cycle and the 2008-09 Recession Topics in Economic Theory |
Sunday, March 21 - Tour of the historical center of Prague (optional) - see details.
PCPE 2010, Sessions on Saturday, March 20
The program is preliminary and may be subject to change.
1. Topics in Austrian Economics
Chair: Josef Šíma
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University) - Platonic Pitfalls for Austro-Libertarians
Discussant: Marek Hudík
Adam Knott (Independent) - Ludwig von Mises and the Rational Basis for a Science of Ethical Actions
Discussant: David Lipka
Marek Hudík (University of Economics, Prague) - Is There a Specific Austrian Demand Theory?
Discussant: Jan Havel
2. Panarchy
Chair: David Lipka
Aviezer Tucker (CEVRO Institute Prague) - The Best States
Discussant: Pavel Kuchař
Adam Knott (Independent) - The Practice of Panarchism
Discussant: Aviezer Tucker
3. Government and Bureaucracy I
Chair: Martin Ždímal
Pavel Pelikán (University of Economics, Prague) - The Government Economic Agenda in a Society of Unequally Rational Individuals
Discussant: Martin Ždímal
Adriano Gianturco Gulisano (University of Genoa) - Blanked votes, invalid ballot papers and abstentionism. Descriptive theory and suggestions for reform
Discussant: Martin Froněk
4. Government and Bureaucracy II
Chair: Martin Ždímal
Michael Dorsch (The American University of Paris) - Bailouts for Sale
Discussant: Maja Adena
Laurent Carnis (French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research) - Political Perspectives on Bureaucracy
Discussant: Pavel Chalupníček (written assessment)
Philipp Schuster (University of Bremen) - New Public Management Reform in European Countries - Has it Lived up to Its Promises - Empirical Evidence from the Telecommunication Sector
Discussant: Michael Dorsch
5. Development Economics
Chair: Michal Janda
Pavel Kuchař (University of Economics, Prague) - Enforcing Capital Protection in Developing Countries
Discussant: Vladimír Halas (written assessment)
Girish Kumar (European University Institute, Florence) - WTO, Global Governance and Developing Countries: The Indian Experience
6. Economics of Donations and Financial Aid
Chair: Jiří Schwarz Jr.
Maja Adena (Free University, Berlin) - Nonprofit Organizations, Media and Donor's Trust
Discussant: Pavel Chalupníček
Irene Vlachaki (Athens University of Economics and Business) - Misused Financial Aid, Political Aid, and Regime Survival - Theory and Evidence from 70 Aid Recipients
Discussant: Maja Adena
7. Business Cycle and the 2008-09 Recession
Chair: Daniel Šťastný
François Facchini (Univ. of Reims, Univ. of Paris 1) - French Finance Act in 2010 and GDP Growth
Discussant: Aleš Tůma
Francesco Manaresi (University of Bologna) - Consumption Smoothing and the 2008 Recession - Clean Evidence of Time Inconsistency
Discussant: Václav Rybáček
Patrick Leoni (Euromed Management, France) - Psychological Determinants of Occurrence and Magnitude of Market Crashes
Discussant: Irene Vlachaki
8. Impact of Recent Government Policies
Chair: Aleš Rod
Josef Mládek (University of Economics, Prague) - Too-big-to-fail as a Research Agenda
Discussant: Tomáš Otáhal
Tomáš Otáhal (Newton College and Mendel Univ., Brno) - Corruption in the Czech and Slovak Republics - Did the EU Pressure Improve Legal Enforcement?
Discussant: Aleš Rod
Bel G. Raggad (Pace University, New York), Manal Mastouri (University of Tunis) - The Politics of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and IT Compliance
Discussant: Lukáš Dvořák
9. Ronald Coase and Law & Economics
Chair: Josef Šíma
Miroslav Zajíček (University of Economics, Prague) - Coase and Hayek
Richard Epstein (University of Chicago)
10. Topics in Economic Theory
Chair: Jan Havel
Pavel Chalupníček (University of Economics, Prague) - No One Can Serve Two Masters - Is There a Conflict of Economics and Christianity in the Minds of Young Christian Economists?
Discussant: Pavel Pelikán
Jiří Schwarz Jr. (Charles University, Prague) - Impact of Institutions on Cross-Border Price Dispersion
Discussant: Pavel Chalupníček
11. Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought I
Chair: Josef Mládek
Jane Bogoev (Staffordshire University) - Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Pass-through Adjustment of Lending Rates in Macedonia - an SUR Approach
Discussant: Marek Micuch
Oksana Pashchenko (Donetsk National Technical Univ.) - History of Political Economy in Ukraine
Discussant: Jane Bogoev
Ilze Stokmane (Latvia University of Agriculture) - Regional Policy in the Baltic States
Discussant: Marek Jemala
Marek Jemala (University of Economics, Bratislava) - Summarized Czech and Irish Foresight Specifics as Positive Analogy for Slovak Economy
Discussant: Tereza Dudáková
12. Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought II
Chair: Marek Micuch
Alba Allmuça (Kristal University, Tirana) - Trade Regional Integration Arrangements
Discussant: Josef Mládek (written assessment)
Mehmet Ufuk Tutan (Izmir University of Economics, Turkey) - Capital Inflows in Turkey's Economy
Discussant: Vladimír Halas (written assessment)
Madzli bin Harun (University of Malaysia, Terengganu, University of Antwerp) - The Capacity of Principal-Agent Theory on Trade Policy Implementation Process in the Case of Developing Eight Organisation of Economic Cooperation amongst Muslim Member States (D-8)
Discussant: Alba Allmuça
Osman Yildirim, Durmus Dundar (Instanbul Kultur University) - Awareness Research about the Regional Development Agencies - Evidence from Turkey
