AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Daniel Esty (Yale University)

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Session: Current and Future Institutions for the World Economy (AEA)

Presiding: Gene Grossman (Princeton University)

The Future of the IMF and World Bank
Raghuram Rajan (University of Chicago)
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Rethinking Global Environmental Governance
Daniel Esty (Yale University)

Designing Institutions to Deal with Terrorism
Martin Feldstein (Harvard University and NBER)
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