11:15-11:45 Welcoming of workshop presenters and attendees 

11:45-11:50 Opening remarks: Mirko Abbritti (NCID Director)

11:50-12:50 Rita Ramalho (World Bank)

Institutional Capacity for Development: An Analytical Framework 

(with G.Kim, S. Russel and T.Kumar)

12:50-13:15 Raúl Bajo (NCID, University de Navarra)

Persistence and path-dependence of Neo-European institutions: Evidence from the British colonial rule in Kenya (with J. Klinnert)

13:15-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:30 Carl Henrik Knutsen (University of Oslo)

Total Model Space: Evaluating the relevance of research design choices with an application on democracy and growth

15:30-16:30 Svend-Erik Skaaning (Aarhus University)

Economic Development and the Risk of Autocratization

16:30-17:20 Coffee break

17:20-18:20 Luis Martínez (Emory University)

Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire

18:20-19:00 Coffee break/Preparation for keynote lecture

19:00-20:15 Keynote Lecture (open to the public)

Tim J. Besley (London School of Economics and Political Science)

The keynote lecture is open to the public and does not require invitation. The rest of the workshop is by invitation only. Please contact campomanes@external.unav.es if you would like to attend.