Chairperson: Sergei Izmalkov
Sergei Guriev and Mikhail Klimenko: "Duration and Term Structure of Trade Agreements"
Discussant: Natalia Volchkova
Natalia Volchkova: "Trade models with heterogeneous firms: empirical assessment of model parameters"
Discussant: Sergei Izmalkov

Chairperson: Konstantin Styrin
Irek Akhunianov, Alexei Goriaev, Ruben Enikolopov, and Maria Petrova: "The effects of firm-level and country-level corporate governance during the crisis"
Discussant: Sergei Guriev
Dmitry Makarov: Competition Among Portfolio Managers: "Equilibrium Policies and Cost-Benefit Implications"
Discussant: Konstantin Styrin

Chairperson: Andrei Bremzen
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya: "Elite Capture in the Absence of Democracy: Evidence from Backgrounds of Chinese Provincial Leaders"
Discussant: Andrei Bremzen
Ruben Enikolopov: "Is the Choice of Political Institutions Always Rational? Evidence from U.S. Local Governments"
Discussant: Paul Dower
Pavel Katyshev, Anatoly Peresetsky, Sergei Chernavsky and Oleg Eismont: "Empirical estimates of competitiveness in the Russian economy (based on some sectors)"
Discussant: Victor Dementyev

Chairperson: Sergei Guriev
Alexander Voloshin (Chairman of Norilsk Nickel)

Friday, November 13

10:10-11:30, room 521 Session 4

Chairperson: Ruben Enikolopov
Andrei Bremzen, Irina Kirysheva and Anton Suvorov: Group Merge as a Way to Achieve
Efficient Coordination in Weak-link Games
Discussant: Ruben Enikolopov
Andrei Bremzen: Auctions with Droit de Préemption
Discussant: Sergei Izmalkov

11:30-12:00 Break

12:00-14:00, room 521 Session 5

Chairperson: Alexei Deviatov
Stanislav Anatolyev and Natalia Kryzhanovskaya: Sign and level prediction of returns under
asymmetric loss: direct and indirect approaches
Discussant: Oleg Zamulin
Oleg Zamulin and Natalia Nelyubina: Painless Disinflations: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Alexei Deviatov
Konstantin Styrin: Endogenous monetary policy and effects of oil shocks revisited using structural FAVAR approach
Discussant: Alexei Deviatov

14:00-15:20 Lunch Break

15:20-16:40, room 521 Session 6

Chairperson: Sergei Guriev
Paul Dower and Andrei Bremzen: Implicit contracting close to anonymity
Discussant: Sergei Guriev
Sergey Izmalkov, Dmitry Ilyinsky and Alexei Savvateev: N-player games of death
Discussant: Andrei Bremzen

16:40-17:00 Break, registration

17:00-18:30, room 521 Distinguished Lecture

Chairperson: Sergei Guriev
Alexander Swoboda (Professor of International Economics Emeritus, The Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies): "Global Imbalances and International Policy
Coordination"

Chairperson: Pavel Katyshev
Alexander Karminsky: Rating model opportunities for non-financial companies
Discussant: Pavel Katyshev
Anatoly Peresetsky: Econometric analysis of Russian bank defaults
Discussant: Sergei Golovan
Sergey Golovan: Comparison of the Russian and Turkey banks efficiency
Discussant: Anatoly Peresetsky

Chairperson: Oleg Eismont
Victor Polterovich, Alexander Tonis and Elena Pikulina: Absorptive Capacity: an Approach to Estimation
Discussant: Oleg Eismont
Irina Denisova, Markus Eller, Timothy Frye and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya: Everyone Hates Privatization, but Why? Survey Evidence from 28 Post-Communist Countries
Discussant: Tatiana Mikhailova
Tatiana Mikhailova: Looking for Multiple Equilibria in Russian Urban System
Discussant: Irina Denisova

Contact information: 925-50-02 (ext 234)

e-mail: okryukovskaya (at) nes.ru