Parallel Session I      Friday 22nd: 15.30 – 17.15

Track A 

Budget Deficits


 Track B 

Political Corruption 		Track C

Growth 		Track D

Education 		Track E

Government Expenditure

Chair: Jens Peter Siebel

Chair: Clara Delavallade

Chair: Christoph Meister

Chair: Christiane Schuppert

Chair: Benoit Tarroux
An assessment of US fiscal sustainability: findings from present-value and accounting approaches

[Matthieu Llorca] 		The Dark Side of Political Competition




[Athanassios Pitsoulis] 		Growth, Longevity and Public Policy




[Gregory Ponthiere] 		The Prison's Dilemma: Do Education and Jobs Programs Affect Recidivism



[Fred Derrick] 		Causality between Expenditures and Revenues: Empirical Evidence from Switzerland

[Silika Prohl]
Reconciling Public Debt Controversies: The Role of Budgetary Institutions

[David Duffy] 		Reducing Petty Corruption: What Role for a More Competitive Political System?

[John Wilson] 		Economic Policies on Savings and Growth


[Rukmani Gounder] 		Financial Decentralization and Educational Performance


[Nobuo Akai] 		Size and Soft Budget Constraints


[Ernesto Crivelli]
Making a Budget Deficit Attractive: The Effect of Endogenous Voting



[Jens Peter Siebel] 		Why Do North African Firms Involve in Corruption?




[Clara Delavallade] 		Exploring Trade-Related Spillovers: A Network Approach



[Christoph Meister] 		Optimal Education Policies in a Federation: The Role of Regional and Social Mobility



[Christiane  Schuppert] 		Are equalization payments making Canadians better off? A two-deminsional dominance answer

[Benoit Tarroux]

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