University of Brasilia! ! Economics and Politics Research Group A CNPq-Brazil Research Group http://www.EconPolRG.com Research Center on Economics and Finance−CIEF Research Center on Market Regulation–CERME Research Laboratory on Political Behavior, Institutions and Public Policy−LAPCIPP Master’s Program in Public Economics−MESP ! Second Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group In honor of Marilda Sotomayor on the occasion of her 70th birthday Saturday, June 7, 2014, 9am–6pm, Political Science Institute-IPOL, University of Brasilia Organizing Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB), Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL/UnB), Marcelo Medeiros (IPEA), Bernardo Mueller (ECO/UnB), Roberto Ellery (ECO/UnB) Certificate of Participation Awarded to Raquel Lima Pereira de Araújo Leite for successful participation at the Second Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Mathieu Turgeon Organizer Brasilia, June 9, 2014 Second Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG 2014 In honor of Marilda Sotomayor on the occasion of her 70th birthday June 07, 2014, 9am – 6pm, Political Science Institute-IPOL, University of Brasilia! Program Opening 9h-9h15 9h15-9h45 Session 1 9h45-10h15 10h15-10h45 Prognóstico eleitoral 2014. Lucio Rennó and Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL/UnB) 11h-11h30 Sessions 2 and 3 (parallel) Cash Transfers, Urban Inequality and Growth: Evidence from Brazil. Christian Lehmann (ECO/UnB) and Luís C. F. Lima (Brazilian Finance Ministry) Inflation Targeting: Is IT to Blame for Banking System Instability? Dimas M. Fazio (Economia/FEA/USP) O elo perdido: a política fiscal como explicação do efeito negativo da desigualdade sobre o crescimento – evidência empírica dos municípios brasileiros entre 1970 e 2010. Pedro Lucas da C. P. Araújo (ECO/UnB) On the Modeling of Precipitation and Surface Water as Agricultural Inputs. Marcelo Torres (ECO/UnB), Richard Howitt (UC-Davis) and Lineu Rodrigues (Embrapa, Cerrados) 12h-12h10 Group Picture 12h10- 14h Lunch 14h-14h30 14h30-15h Information and Incentives in the Regulation of Telecommunications in Brazil. Nathália de Souza (ANATEL), Maurício Bugarin (ECO/UnB) and Paulo Loureiro (ECO/UnB) Sessions 4 and 5 Filtrando cartéis: a contribuição da análise econômica na (parallel) identificação de comportamentos colusivos. Tainá Leandro, Glauco A. S. Oliveiro, Simone M. Cuiabano and Paula Bogossian (DEE/CADE) 15h-15h30 15h30-16h 16h-16h30 ! Can education targets be met without increasing public spending? An analysis for Brazilian municipalities. Fabiana Rocha (FEA/USP), Plínio P. de Oliveira, Janete Duarte, Sérgio R. Gadelha, Luis F. Pereira (Brazilian National Treasury Secretariat) - Break - 10h45-11h 11h30-12h00 Education and the earnings of the rich: evidence from Brazil, 2010. Marcelo Medeiros (Ipea and UnB) and Juliana Castro Galvão (UnB) Competição política, grupos de interesse e a oferta de serviços públicos: uma análise para os municípios cearenses nos anos de 2005 e 2009. Francisco A. de Araújo (CAEN/UFC) and Paulo Jorge Neto (UFC) Um modelo de jogo cooperativo sobre os efeitos da corrupção no gasto público. Rogério Pereira (PIMES/UFPE and UNEB) and Tatiane Almeida de Meneses (PIMES/UFPE) - Break Session 6 Transformações da forma constitucional na sociedade mundial: fragmentação e desformalização na governança transnacional. Pablo Holmes (IPOL/UnB) Aplicações da Lei de Benford à auditoria de obras públicas. Flávia Ceccato (TCU) and Maurício Bugarin (ECO/UnB) 16h30-17h30 A selective introduction to the field of Law and Economics. Fernando Meneguin (Brazilian Federal Senate) 17h30-18h Closing remarks. Maurício Bugarin (ECO/UnB) and Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL/UnB) 18h Snacks and drinks provided by Strategos