FIRST WORLD CONGRESS OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS Rome, 25-27 June 2015 Roma Tre University, Department of Economics, via S. D'Amico, 77, 00145 Rome GENERAL PROGRAM Thursday, 25 June 2015 9.00 – 10.45 PARALLEL SESSIONS “A” 10.45 – 11.15 coffee break 11.15 – 13.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS “B” 13.00 – 14.15 lunch break 14.15 – 14.30 PLENARY OPENING OF THE WORLD CONGRESS 14.30 – 16.15 KEYNOTE SPEAKER PROFESSOR AVNER GRIEF: The social organization of cooperation and comparative economics (chaired by J.C. Brada) 16.15 – 16.45 coffee break 16.45 – 18.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS “C” 18.30 – 20.00 Cocktails Friday, 26 June 2015 9.00 – 10.45 PARALLEL SESSIONS “D” 10.45 – 11.15 coffee break 11.15 – 13.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS “E” 13.00 – 14.15 lunch break 14.15 – 16.00 ROUND TABLE 1: If institutions are so important, why do we talk so much about economic policies? (chaired by M. Signorelli) 16.00 – 16.30 coffee break 16.30 – 18.15 PARALLEL SESSIONS “F” 18.30 Departure for the Congress dinner venue (by walking and by metro) 19.00 – 22.30 Congress dinner Saturday, 27 June 2015 9.00 - 10.45 PARALLEL SESSIONS “G” 10.45 - 11.15 coffee break 11.15 - 12.45 ROUND TABLE 2: Growing role of emerging markets and economies in the global economy: is it sustainable? (chaired by P. Tridico) Scientific Commettee Marcello Signorelli (EACES), Josef C.Brada (ACES), Saul Estrin (EACES), Masaaki Kuboniwa (JACES), Ali M.Kutan (SSEM), Jinlan Ni (CES), Pasquale Tridico (EAEPE), Tomasz Mickiewicz (EACES), Byung Yeon Kim (KACES), Elisabetta Croci Angelini (AISSEC), Haizheng Li (CES), Satoshi Mizobata (JACES), Si Joong Kim (KACES), Belton M.Fleisher (CES), Francesco Farina (AISSEC), Janusz Brzeszczynski (SSEM), Milica Uvalic (EACES), Wolfram Elsner (EAEPE), Ichiro Iwasaki (JACES), Hartmut Lehmann (ACES), Ikka Korhonen (ACES), Pauline Grosjean (ACES), Jens Holscher (EACES), Yan Bai (CES), Jie He (CES), Magdolna Sass (EACES), Vittorio Valli (EACES), Jun Ma (CES), Andrei Yakovlev (EACES), Michael Keren (EACES), Maria Lissowska (EAEPE), Ioanna Sapfo Pepelasis (EAEPE), Evzen Kocenda (ACES) Organizing Commettee Sebastiano Fadda, Pasquale Tridico, Marcello Signorelli, Fabrizio De Santis, Giulia Novelli, Laura Pera KACES Korean Association for Comparative Economic Studies Japanese Association for Comparative Economic Studies European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy CES – Chinese Economist Society UNIVERSITÀ DI PERUGIA Jean Monnet Chair European Integration Studies Associazione Italiana per lo Studio dei Sistemi Economici Comparati