Emerging Research in Political Economy and Public Policy 2009: Programme and papers

 

European Institute  

Department of Government  

International Relations Department

 Research Student Conference

 "Emerging Research in Political Economy and Public Policy"

11 March 2009

 

 

09.00  Conference Opening by Prof. Mark Thatcher
Room: VAR

9.00 - 10.45: Panels I and II

Panel I: Labour Politics and Employment Policy
Chair: Dr Waltraud Schelkle
Room: VAR

Steve Coulter	Lobbying for Change: labour market policymaking in a 'Liberal Market Economy'
Alison Johnston	Labour unions, wage restraint and EMU: the rise of sectoral divergence
Sotiris Zartaloudis	Gender equality in Greek employment policy: a story of Europeanization?
Lior Herman	Comment

Panel II: Financial Markets and Regulation Policy
Chair: Dr Mark Duckenfield
Room: V112

Natali Bulamacioglu	The politics of trust in global financial markets
Young Cho	The Strategic Implementation of Basell II in Emerging Countries
Linnea Jonsson	Curbing corruption in an African institutional setting

Comments/Discussion

 

10.45

Coffee/Tea Break
Room: VAR ante

 

11.00 - 12.30

Panel III: Government Finance and Fiscal Policy
Chair: Dr Jeffrey Chwieroth
Room: VAR

Zsofi Barta	Belgian public finances caught up in a war of attrition
Chris Humphrey	Altruists or Bankers? The impact of financial pressures on multilateral development banks in Latin America
Philipp Krause	Patterns of executive control over public spending
Alison Johnston	Comment

Discussion

12.30

Prologue by Prof. Mark Thatcher

Keynote Speech by Sir Howard Davies

13.30

Lunch Buffet and Coffee/Tea
Room: A318

14.15 - 15:45

Panel IV: State-Society Relations
Chair: Prof. Mark Thatcher
Room: G1

Raul Gonzalez Pietrogiavanna	The benefits of privatization? The Mexican experience in the telecommunications sector
Sofia Vasilopoulou	Party-based Euroscepticism: methodological issues with measuring the dependent variable
Chris Humphrey	Comment

15.45

Coffee/Tea Break
Room: G1 ante

16:00 - 17:30

Panel V: State-Firm Relations
Chair: Dr Waltraud Schelkle
Room: G1

Andreas Kornelakis	Dual Convergence or Hybridisation? Institutional Change in Italy and Greece in comparative perspective
Costanza Ro-driguez d'Acri	Local hyenas, yet global leaders: the implications of Italy's industrial structure
Megha Mukim	Comment

Discussion

17.30

Closing Remarks by Dr Waltraud Schelkle
Room: G1

 

If you would like to attend, or request further information, please contact: Andreas Kornelakis (a.kornelakis@lse.ac.uk).

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