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)