We hereby certify that Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Economic Development” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Adam Golinski, Imperial College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO WE HAVE LONG MEMORY? AFFINE TERM STRUCTURE MODEL WITH ARFIMA FACTORS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Adriana F. Ponta, Universidade Federal Fluminense, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Speculation and the Decision to Abandon a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime: Brazil 1999” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Adriana Rocio Cardozo Silva, Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Revisiting the Regional Growth Convergence Debate in Colombia” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DECENTRALIZATION AND WATER POLLUTION SPILLOVERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE RE-DRAWING OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES IN BRAZIL (Reference No: 106)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ajax Moreira, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “the role of domestic fundamentals on the economic vulnerability of emerging markets” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alain Sand, Université Lumière Lyon 2, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DOES LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION PROTECT AGAINST FOREIGN SHOCKS? ELEMENTS FOR A POLICY BALANCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alan Andre Borges da Costa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Counterfactual Analysis of Brazil's Bolsa Família Programme for the Period 2004-2006” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alan Olmstead, University of California at Davis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE BATTLES AGAINST ANIMAL DISEASES: SCIENCE, POLICY, AND THE ORIGINS OF ECONOMIC REGULATION IN THE UNITED STATES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alberto Gonzales, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GENDER AND ETHNIC WAGE GAPS IN GUATEMALA FROM A MATCHING COMPARISONS PERSPECTIVE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alberto Holly Setton, Université de Lausanne, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Modeling Risk Using Fourth Order Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Methods” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alejandra Mizala, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “School markets: The impact of information approximating schools’ effectiveness” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alejandro Izquierdo, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Sailing in Turbulent Waters: What comes Next for Latin America?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alejandro Jofre, Centro de Modelamiento Matematico, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Electricity markets and optimal mechanisms” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alejandro Neut, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TOUGH POLICIES, INCREDIBLE POLICIES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Aleksey Tetenov, Collegio Carlo Alberto (Moncalieri, Italy), participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MEASURING PRECISION OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE ON PARTIALLY IDENTIFIED PARAMETERS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alessandro Maffioli, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES: THE CASE OF GRAPE PRODUCTION IN ARGENTINA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Pennsylvania State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LEARNING THE WEALTH OF NATIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexander Ueberfeldt, Bank of Canada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Who's afraid of population aging?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexander White, Toulouse School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Search Engines: Left Side Quality versus Right Side Profits” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexandre, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “What Taylor Rules Can Say About Monetary Policy? The Case of Latin America Economies” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexandre B. Cunha, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODIGLIANI-MILLER THEOREM FOR THE STUDY OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexandre Belloni, Duke University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PENALIZED QUANTILE REGRESSION IN SPARSE HIGH-DIMENSIONAL MODELS (Reference No: 710)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexandre Janiak, Centro de Economía Aplicada, Dii-Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GOVERNMENT SIZE AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY: THE ROLE OF DEMOGRAPHICS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexandre Rands Coelho Barros, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Role of Social Capital on Individual Incomes in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alexandre Tombini, Banco Central, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WORLD BANK SPONSORED PLENARY SESSION: EMERGING MARKETS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: LESSONS FROM BRICS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, University of Florida, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NONPARAMETRIC PARTIAL AND POINT IDENTIFICATION OF NET OR DIRECT CAUSAL EFFECTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Aloisio Campelo, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “4093.0862.2140.0079” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alvaro Forteza, Physical Technical Institute of The Uzbek Academy of Sciences, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WORK HISTORY AND THE ACCESS TO CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS IN URUGUAY. SOME FACTS AND POLICY OPTIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Alvaro Riascos, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BELIEF NON-EQUIVALENCE AND EQUILIBRIUM EXISTENCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Amedeo Spadaro, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OPTIMAL TAXATION, SOCIAL CONTRACT AND THE FOUR WORLDS OF WELFARE CAPITALISM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Amine Mati, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Economia Panel: Presentation with G. Kaminsky on What explains Argentina's currency crises” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Carolina Maia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ADVERSE SELECTION AND THE REGULATION OF THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Carolina Pereira Zoghbi, Escola de Administração de Empresas - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INTERGENERATIONAL ALTRUISM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Claudia Polato e Fava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MAIDS' SERVICES AS A SUBSTITUTE FACTOR IN HOME-PRODUCTION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Corbacho, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Grappling with the Global Financial Crisis” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Fostel, George Washington University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PERSISTENT GAPS AND DEFAULT TRAPS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Lúcia Kassouf, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz-USP, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Impact of the Bolsa Escola/Familia Conditional Cash Transfer” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Luiza Neves de Holanda Barbosa, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Public-Private Wage Gap and Endogenous Sector Choice in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Maria Ibañez, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDENTIFYING VICTIMS FROM CIVIL CONFLICTS: AN EVALUATION OF FORCED DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS IN COLOMBIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Paula Avellar, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Impact of Fiscal Incentives to R&D: evaluating the effetcs of the PDTI in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Paula Cusolito, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “COMPETITION, IMITATION, AND DIRECTED TECHNICAL CHANGE: QUALITY VS. VARIETY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ana Virginia Mujica, Fundación Para la Educación Superior y El Desarrollo, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Opportunities, Barriers and Challenges for Social Mobility in Colombia: Reflections for the Moderate and Extremely Poor Population” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Anastasia V. Guscina, George Washington University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Impact of Macroeconomic, Political and Institutional Factors on Government Debt Structure in Emerging Market Countries” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Anders Fredriksson, Stockholm University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Dispatchers” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Andre Lunardelli, Universidade Federal de Goiás, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LOSS AVOIDANCE WITH FRAMES, FAIRNESS AND COORDINATION FAILURE IN DISINFLATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Andre Martinez Fritscher, Boston University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ENDOWMENTS, FISCAL FEDERALISM, AND THE COST OF CAPITAL FOR STATES: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL, 1891-1930 (Reference No: 532)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that André Minella, Banco Central, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SAMBA: STOCHASTIC ANALYTICAL MODEL WITH A BAYESIAN APPROACH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Andrea Zaitune Curi, Tendências Consultoria Integrada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE DETERMINANTS OF EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Andrei Gomberg, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A LABORATORY STYDY OF DEMAND REDUCTION AND COLLUSION IN UNIFORM AND DISCRIMINATORY-PRICE AUCTIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Andrés Felipe García, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Structure wage and segmentation in colombian labor market: an analysis to main seven cities, 20012005” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Andrew W. Horowitz, University of Arkansas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Angela Dills, Mercer University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “What Do Economists Know About Crime?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Anna Crespo, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Chronic versus Acute Conditions: Understanding the Income Gradient in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Anna Toldra, Northwestern University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “'Capital Structure and the Product Market' and 'Understanding Trust'” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Antoine Bommier, Toulouse School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Portfolio Choice under Uncertain Lifetime” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Antoine Loeper, Northwestern University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “'Coordination in Federal Systems' and 'Strategy-proof contractual Federalism'” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Anton Cheremukhin, Univ. of California, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Labor Wedge as a Matching Friction” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that António Afonso, Iseg/Utl-Technical University of Lisbon, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “3-STEP ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC FINANCES SUSTAINABILITY: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Antonio Alberto Mazali, Universidade Catolica de Brasilia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Real Wage Rigidity and the New Keynesian Model: the Case of Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Antonio Gledson de Carvalho, Escola de Administração de Empresas - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DETERMINANTS OF STABILIZATION IN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Antonio Juan Sosa, Corporação Andina de Fomento, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Livro da CAF” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Antonio Saravia, Amercian University of Sharjah, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The role of agricultural productivity in Latin American development” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ari Aisen, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Budget Deficits and Interest Rates: A New Perspective” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ariaster Chimeli, Ohio University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Prohibition and the supply of Brazilian mahogany” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ariel Fiszbein, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SECOND GENERATION CCTS?: POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE DESIGN OF EFFECTIVE CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ariel Pakes, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Will send later” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ariel Viale, Florida Atlantic University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ON THE STRUCTURE OF FINANCIAL CONTAGION: ECONOMETRIC TESTS AND MERCOSUR EVIDENCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ariell Reshef, University of Virginia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Power of Exports” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Arilton Teixeira, Fucape Business School, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MIDWEST AND THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE NORTHEAST” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Armínio Fraga Neto, Gavea Investimentos, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 3” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Arturo José Galindo, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “AN ASSESSMENT OF ANOTHER DECADE OF CAPITAL CONTROLS IN COLOMBIA: 19982008” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Asaf Manela, University of Chicago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SEPARATING MEDIA COVERAGE FROM NEWS CONTENT EFFECTS ON STOCKS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Augusto de la Torre, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDB SPONSORED SESSION: GROWING PAINS: BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Aureo de Paula, University of Pennsylvania, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “How Beliefs about HIV Affect Risky Behaviors: Evidence from Malawi” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Benjamin C. Zissimos, Vanderbilt University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Patent Breadth in an International Setting” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Benoit Serge Crutzen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “COMPARATIVE POLITICS WITH ENDOGENOUS INTRA-PARTY DISCIPLINE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bernard M.S. Van Praag, University of Amsterdam, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Science of Happiness” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Hec Montréal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE SUPPLY CHAIN STRUCTURE MATTERS FOR TRADE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bernardo Guimarães, Londo School of Economics and Political Science, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SALES AND MONETARY POLICY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bernardo Mueller, Universidade de Brasilia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE CHOICES GOVERNORS MAKE: THE ROLE OF CHECKS & BALANCES AND POLITICAL COMPETITION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bernhard Eckwert, Universitaet Bielefeld, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Private Investment in Higher Education: Comparing Alternative Funding Schemes” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Betânia Totino Peixoto, Fundação João Pinheiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HOMICIDES: AN EVALUATION OF IMPACT IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bogachan Celen, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Social Learning through Endogenous Information Acquisition: An Experiment” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bontems, Toulouse School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ON SOCIAL AND MARKET SANCTIONS IN DETERRING ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Boris Branisa Caballero, Georg-AugustUniversitaet Goettingen, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Revisiting the regional growth convergence debate in Colombia” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bos, Olivier, Paris School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Charity Auctions for the Happy Few” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Brasil Acosta, El Colegio de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SEMI-EMPIRICAL LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF MANUFACTURING INTERACTION-BASED MODEL WITH ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Braz Camargo, The University of Western Ontario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Learning-by-Employing: The Value of Commitment under Uncertainty” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bruno de Paula Rocha, Tendências Consultoria Integrada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE MECHANISM FOR MONETARY TRANSMISSION IN BRAZILIAN STATES: A DYNAMIC FACTOR MODEL APPROACH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Bruno Funchal, Fucape Business School, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Bankruptcy Law and Credit Market: A General Equilibrium Approach” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Camilo E. Tovar, Bank for International Settlements, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Chronicle of large currency devaluations: reexamining the effects on output” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos, Banco de la Republica, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Quality of Life in Urban Neighbprhoods: The Cases of Bogotá and Medellín” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Alberto Cinquetti, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Araraquara, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Trade Policy and Efficiency in an Empirical Ricardian Model with Monopolistic Competition” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Chiapa, El Colegio de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EFFECTS OF HEALTHCONDITIONAL AND HEALTH-UNCONDITIONAL PROGRESA CASH TRANSFERS ON HEALTH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Dabús, Universidad Nacional del Sur, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Economic Growth in a Two-Agent Economy” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Enrique Gutierrez, Fucape Business School, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TESTING CONSUMPTION-BASED ASSET PRICING MODELS WITH FACTOR MODEL ANALYSIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Gradín, Universidad de Vigo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “POVERTY AMONG MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES: EXPLAINING THE RACIAL POVERTY GAP FOR BLACKS AND LATINOS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas, Institute for Advanced Development Studies, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Role of Agricultural Productivity in Latin American Development” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Hamilton Araújo, Banco Central, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IMPLICATIONS OF CAPITAL FLOWS IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Henrique L. Corseuil, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TESTING WHETHER LEARNING THE MATCH QUALITY MATTERS FOR EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ROLF MANTEL LECTURE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Montoro, Universidad del Pacifico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MONETARY POLICY IN THE PRESENCE OF INFORMAL LABOUR MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Pereira, Montana State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Why should voters not to be afraid of hard budget constraint legislation?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Rodríguez Castelán, Cornell University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MEASURING THE POVERTY EFFECTS OF MARKET CONCENTRATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Scartascini, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE MAKING OF POLICY: FORMAL OR INFORMAL ARENAS?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Sepulveda, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TEENAGE CHILDBEARING: EFFECTS ON THE CHILD” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carlos Villalobos Barria, Georg-AugustUniversitaet Goettingen, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Rural Metropolitan Migration and Wages in Paraguay” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carmen Pages, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IS INFORMALITY A GOOD MEASURE OF JOB QUALITY?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carmit Segal, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HOW COSTLY IS DIVERSITY? AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN LIGHT OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN COMPETITIVENESS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Carol Graham, Brookings Institution, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDB SPONSORED SESSION: UNDERSTANDING QUALITY OF LIFE: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Caroline Paunov, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SERVICES FDI AND MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: EVIDENCE FOR CHILE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Caterina Mendicino, Banco de Portugal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Price Level Targeting and the Financial Accelerator: Welfare Analysis in an Open Economy DSGE Model” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cecilia Rumi, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Geographical Allocation of Budget Adjustments under a Discretionary Executive” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cesar Calderon, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Does financial openness lead to deeper domestic financial markets?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cesar Martinelli, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PROGRAM EVALUATION I” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cesar Patricio Bouillon, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Social Programs, Poverty and Productivity” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cesar Rodriguez, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHY DID LATIN AMERICA EXTEND THE FRANCHISE? A POLITICAL PARTY COMPETITION INTERPRETATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Chiara Binelli, Oxford University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MEXICO IN THE 1990S: THE MAIN CROSSSECTIONAL FACTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Chris Sims, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “STEPPING ON A RAKE: THE ROLE OF FISCAL POLICY IN THE INFLATION OF THE 1970'S” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christian Bayer, Universität Bonn, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LIFE-CYCLE EARNINGS AND PRODUCTIVITY RISK: A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christian Bredemeier, Univ. of Dortmund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HOUSEHOLD LABOR SUPPLY AND HOME SERVICES IN A GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM MODEL WITH HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christian Haefke, Institute for Advanced Studies, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Endogenous Labor Market Participation and the Business Cycle” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christian Helmers, University of Oxford, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Formation and Evolution of Childhood Skill Acquisition: Evidence From India” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christiano Arrigoni Coelho, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Identifying bank lending reaction to monetary policy through data frequency” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christiano Penna, Curso de Pós-Graduação Em Economia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INVESTIMENTS AND THE LIMITS OF GROWTH ACCELERATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Christoph Trebesch, F. u. Berlin, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Domestic Costs of Default: Can Aggressive Debt Policies Affect Private Sector Access to Credit?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Claudio Ferraz, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Motivating Politicians” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Claudio Raddatz, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF THROUGH THE EYES OF FINANCIAL MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Claudio Ribeiro Lucinda, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Is the Brazilian Banking System Competitive? (LACEA) / Quantifying the Benefits of New Goods: Flex-Fuel Automobiles (LAMES)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cleomar Gomes da Silva, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MONETARY POLICY AND RELATIVE PRICE VARIABILITY IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Colin Rowat, University of Birmingham, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Stable set in three agent pillage games” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Constantino, Hevia, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EMERGING MARKET FLUCTUATIONS: WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Costas Meghir, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WAGE RISK AND EMPLOYMENT RISK OVER THE LIFE CYCLE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GUN CONTROL, CRIME AND RISK AVERSION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Cristine Campos de Xavier Pinto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF PEER EFFECTS INCLASSROOMS: EVIDENCE FOR BRAZILIAN SCHOOLS IN 2003” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Crutzen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “COMPARATIVE POLITICS WITH ENDOGENOUS INTRA-PARTY DISCIPLINE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Dani Gamerman, Instituto de Matemática, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SPATIAL DYNAMIC FACTOR MODEL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Daniel Arce, University of Texas at Dallas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CO-EVOLUTION OF INEQUITY-AVERSE AGENTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Daniel L. Mc Fadden, University of California, Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE HUMAN SIDE OF MECHANISM DESIGN” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Daniel Mejia, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The war on illegal drug production and trafficking: An economic evaluation of Plan Colombia” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COORDINATION: EVIDENCE FROM A CREDIT REGISTRY EXPANSION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “International gross capital flows: a new measure and application to a global panel” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Daniel Ventosa-Santaulària, Universidad de Guanajuato, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TESTING FOR A DETERMINISTIC TREND WHEN THERE IS EVIDENCE OF UNIT-ROOT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Danielken Molina, University of California, San Diego, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Trade Costs - IDB” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Dany Jaimovich, Graduate Institute, Geneva, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Are Free Trade Agreements Contagious?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Dario, Debowicz, Univ. of Sussex, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Effects of Globalization on Poverty and Distribution in Argentina in the 1990s” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Bardey, École Polytechnique, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A new rationale for cost reimbursment: price regulation with horizontal and vertical differentiation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Kaplan, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “JOB CREATION AND LABOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Martimort, Univ. Toulouse I, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MECHANISM DESIGN WITH BILATERAL CONTRACTING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Robalino, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Ex-Ante Evaluation of Social Insurance Policies in Brazil: The Case for Explicit Vs. Implicit Redistribution” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Schroeder, Edhec Business School, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Investment under Ambiguity with the Best and Worst in Mind” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Tomas Jacho-Chavez, Indiana University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ROOT-N-UNIFORMLY CONSISTENT DENSITY ESTIMATION IN NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION MODELS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that David Turchick, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On the error arising from disregarding interest-bearing-assets in the calculation of the welfare costs of inflation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Dean Lueck, University of Arizona, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE DEMARCATION OF LAND: PATTERNS AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Decio Coviello, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Political Turnover and Competition in Public Procurement Auctions” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Delfim Gomes-Neto, Universidad de Vigo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION, CONVERGENCE AND GROWTH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Demian Pouzo, New York University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RAMSEY TAXATION WITH ENDOGENOUS DEFAULT UNDER INCOMPLETE MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Diana Carolina Mesa, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Wage structure and sgmentation in the Colombian labor market: An analysis to the seven main cities, 2001-2005” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Diego Arias, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HAITI'S FOOD SUPPORT STRUCTURE: RESPONDING TO THE FOOD CRISIS (Reference No: 5)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Domenico Giannone, European Central Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GROWTH REGRESSIONS AT WORK” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Doug Steigerwald, University of California Santa Barbara, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Do Daylight-Saving Time Adjustments Impact Human Performance?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Dragan Filipovich, El Colegio de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Limiting Equilibria in Cheap Talk Games with a Circular State Space” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Edgar Villa, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Effect of Education on In-prison conflict. Evidence from Argentina” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Edgardo Torija-Zane, Service de la Reserche Économique, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ASSESSING CURRENCY AREAS SUITABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A MULTICRITERIA APPROACH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Borensztein, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDB SPONSORED SESSION - BOND MARKETS IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Cavallo, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DEVELOPING A RESEARCH AGENDA ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo de Carvalho Andrade, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TOUGHER EDUCATIONAL EXAM LEADING TO WORSE SELECTION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Engel, Yale University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “1. Invited lecture: Basic public finance of publicprivate partnerships.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Fajnzylber, Superintendencia de Pensiones, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BETTER-INFORMED WORKERS AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS DECISIONS: IMPACT EVALUATION OF A PERSONALIZED PENSION PROJECTION IN CHILE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Ley, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ON THE EFFECT OF PRIOR ASSUMPTIONS IN BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING WITH APPLICATIONS TO GROWTH REGRESSION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Lora, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Science of Happiness; Understanding Quality of Life in LAC; Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in LAC; Private Pension Funds” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Loría, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GROWTH MODEL FOR MEXICO, 1985.1 - 2008.1: SEARCHING FOR KLINGSOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Martínez Chombo, Banco de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LAG STRUCTURE BETWEEN ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MEXICO” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Pedral Sampaio Fiuza, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Relevant Market Delineation and Horizontal Merger Simulation: a Unified Approach” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A CLOSER LOOK AT THE INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOR IN BRAZIL FROM 1997 TO 2003 (Reference No: 411)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eduardo Zilberman, New York University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OPTIMAL BUSINESS INCOME TAX ENFORCEMENT AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Edward P. Lazear, Stanford University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LEADERSHIP” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Edwin A. Goñi Pacchioni, European University Institute, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE DETERMINANTS OF RISING INFORMALITY IN BRAZIL: EVIDENCE FROM GROSS WORKER FLOWS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eiichiro Kazumori, University of Tokyo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INFORMATION AGGREGATION IN UNFORM PRICE DOUBLE AUCTION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TRADE AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Elif Arbatli, Bank of Canada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FUTURES MARKETS, OIL PRICES AND THE INTERTEMPORAL APPROACH TO THE CURRENT ACCOUNT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Elkin Castaño, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A NEW PROCEDURE TO TESTING FOR LONG-MEMORY (Reference No: 207)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Elod Takats, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Tax Rate Cuts and Tax Compliance – Revisiting the Laffer curve” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Elvio Accinelli, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MICRO-FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOCIAL CHANGE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Emanuel Kohlscheen, University of Warwick, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On Risk Aversion in the Rubinstein Bargaining Game” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Emerson Fernandes Marçal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “QUO VADIS REAL? ESTIMATING THE BRAZILIAN REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Emilio Espino, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE DYNAMICS OF EFFICIENT ASSET TRADING WITH HETEROGENEOUS BELIEFS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Emilio Gutierrez Fernandez, Brown Universit;y, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Do Voluntary Pollution Reduction Programs help reduce Pollution Levels?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Enrico Vasconcelos, Ministry of Finance, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Effects of Credit Market Quality on Trade Pattern” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Enrique Gilles, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “public education, subsidies andvoting” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Body Composition and Wages” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eric Glen Weyl, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION I” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eric Stark Maskin, Insitute for Advanced Study, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ELECTIONS AND STRATEGIC VOTING: CONDORCET AND BORDA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ernesto Dal Bó, Uc Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SELF-ESTEEM, MORAL CAPITAL, AND WRONGDOING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM AFTER PRISON AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ernesto Stein, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 6” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ernesto Talvi, Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “All that Glitters may Not be Gold: Pending Macroeconomics Challenges for Latin America” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eskil Heinesen, Danish Institute of Governmental Research, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Estimating class-size effects using within-school variation in subject-specific classes” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Esteban Puentes, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Female Labor Supply and child care supply in Chile” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Estelle Gozlan, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Trade Liberalization in Environmentally Preferable Products” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eugenio J. Miravete, The University of Texas at Austin, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “COMPETITIVE PRESSURE AND INNOVATION COMPLEMENTARITY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Eurilton Alves Araújo Júnior, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS AND THE CO-MOVEMENT OF STOCK RETURNS IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fabia Carvalho, Banco Central, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MARKET FORECASTS IN BRAZIL: PERFORMANCE AND DETERMINANTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fabio Alvim Klein, Escola de Administração de Empresas - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CORRUPTION AND UNOFFICIAL ECONOMY: COMPLEMENTS OR SUBSTITUTES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fabio Fajardo Molinares, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ROBUST ESTIMATION IN SEASONAL LONG-MEMORY PROCESSES WITH OUTLIERS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fabio Ghironi, Boston College, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Domestic and International Effects of Financial Deregulation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fabricio Linhares, Curso de Pós-Graduação Em Economia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO GOVERNMENTAL INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS HAVE IMPACT ON POVERTY IN BRAZIL?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Falko Juessen, Univ. of Dortmund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On the Dynamics of Interstate Migration: Migration Costs and Self-Selection” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Federica Manca, European Commission - Dg Competition, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Im-perfectly competitive contract markets for electricity” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Immigration and the Macroeconomy” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Felipe Barrera-Osorio, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ON THE USE AND MISUSE OF COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT IN COLOMBIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Felipe Schwartzman, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXTERNAL FINANCE, INTERNAL FINANCE AND WAGES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Félix Fernando Villatoro Godoy, PUC de Chile - Santiago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Delegated Portfolio Management Problem: Reputation and Herding” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Félix Kubler, University of Pennsylvania, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “VERIFYING COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIA IN DYNAMIC ECONOMIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Felix Vardy, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NEGATIVE VOTE BUYING AND THE SECRET BALLOT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fely Vanessa Rios, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO WELFARE PROGRAMS DAMAGE INTERPERSONAL TRUST? EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES FOR FOUR LATIN AMERICAN CITIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fernanda Brollo, Universitá Bocconi, Milano, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHO IS PUNISHING CORRUPT POLITICIANS - VOTERS OR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT? EVIDENCE FROM THE BRAZILIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fernanda Nechio, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “AGGREGATION AND THE PPP PUZZLE IN A STICKY-PRICE MODEL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fernando Alvarez, Universidade de Chicago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “REST UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNIONIZATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fernando Aragon, London School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Choosing a candidate: party primaries and quality of politicians” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fernando de Holanda Barbosa Filho, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PUBLICPRIVATE WAGE GAP AND ENDOGENOUS SECTOR CHOICE IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fernando Mesa, National Department of Planning, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TAX POLICY AS A COMPETITIVENESS MECHANISM TO ATTRACT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fidel Gonzalez, Sam Houston State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HOUSING DEMAND IN MEXICO” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Fidel Jaramillo, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GROWING PAINS: BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Filip Zikes, Imperial College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Testing for normality and independence using high-frequency data” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Filipe Campante, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “'Redistribution in a Model of Voting and Campaign Contributions'” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Firmin Doko Tchatoka, Universite de Montreal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXOGENEITY TESTS AND WEAK IDENTIFICATION: FINITE-SAMPLE AND ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS THEORY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Flávia Lúcia Chein Feres, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Climate Migration (LACEA)/Migration and Regional Labor Market (LAMMES)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HOW DO CRISES AFFECT SCHOOLING DECISIONS? EVIDENCE FROM CHANGING LABOUR MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND A POLICY EXPERIMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Francisca Dussaillant, PUC de Chile Santiago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE MATERNAL HUMAN CAPITAL SPILLOVER IN AN HETEROGENEOUS AGENT ENVIRONMENT: AN APPLICATION TO BRAZIL AND MEXICO” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Francisco Rodriguez, United Nations Development Programme, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Humand Development Report” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Francisco H. G. Ferreira, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WORLD BANK SPONSORED SESSION: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: THEORY, EVIDENCE AND POLICY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Francisco José Veiga, Universidade do Minho, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INFRASTRUCTURE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that François Bourguignon, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Political Economy and Development” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gabriel Basaluzzo, Universidad de San Andres, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CAPITAL GAINS AND SOCIAL MOBILITY ( IDENT # 22345)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gabriel de Abreu Madeira, USP, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Effects of a Financial Crisis on Occupational Choice: An Empirical Evaluation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gabriel Demombynes, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “STUDENTS AND THE MARKETS FOR SCHOOLS IN HAITI” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gabriel Romero, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DOES THE POSSIBILITY OF OPTING OUT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FAVOR EXPENDITURE ON BASIC EDUCATION?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gabriel Xavier Martinez, Ave Maria University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LENDING-RATE SPREADS, FINANCIAL DOLLARIZATION, AND CREDITOR PROTECTION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gaston Gelos, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Sovereign Borrowing by Developing Countries: What Determines Market Access?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Geert Ridder, University of Southern California, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MEASURING THE AVERAGE OUTCOME AND INEQUALITY EFFECTS OF SEGREGATION IN THE PRESENCE OF SOCIAL SPILLOVERS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that George Avelino F., Escola de Administração de Empresas - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Do political budget cycles differ in Latin American democracies?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Georges Bresson, Univ. Paris I - Sorbonne, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY APPROACH FOR MODELING CROSS-SECTIONAL DEPENDENCE WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE ESTIMATION OF HEDONIC HOUSING PRICES IN PARIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Georgios Skoulakis, University of Maryland, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS EXPLAIN ASSET PRICING PUZZLES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that German Cubas, University of Iowa, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ACCOUNTING FOR CROSS-COUNTRY INCOME DIFFERENCES WITH PUBLIC CAPITAL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gianluca Benigno, Londo School of Economics and Political Science, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Financial Globalization, Home Bias and International Risk Sharing” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gilnei Costa Santos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PARTICIPATION IN THE BRAZILIAN LABOR MARKET AND INCOME DETERMINANTS: A HECKMAN’S PROCEDURE ANALYSIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Giovanni Maggi, Yale University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE ROLE OF SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gisela Waisman, Stockholm University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS MATTER?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gladys Lopez Acevedo, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Poor People or Poor Regions: The Case of Ecuador” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gobind Nankani, Global Development Network, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ALBERT HIRSCHMAN LECTURE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Graciela Laura Kaminsky, George Washington University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A TALE OF THREE COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA AND CANADA FROM INDEPENDENCE TO THE WWII” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gregory Corcos, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Sequential Exporting” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Guido Sandleris, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Indexed sovereign debt: An applied framework” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Guilherme Valle Moura, Christian-AlbrechtsUniversity Kiel, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Dynamic Panel Probit Models for Current Account Reversals and their Efficient Estimation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Guillermo Benavides, Banco de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FORECASTING EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY: THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF CONDITIONAL COMBINATIONS OF TIME SERIES AND OPTION IMPLIED FORECASTS.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Guillermo Calvo, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 4” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Guillermo Cruces, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales, Unlp, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 2” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Guillermo Ordonez, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Financial Frictions, Crises and Recoveries” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Günther Rehme, Humboldt Universität Zu Berlin, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OPTIMAL CAPITAL INCOME TAXATION, INVESTMENT SUBSIDIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gurgand, Paris School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “POLICY EVALUATION IN EQUILIBRIUM: THE CASE OF JOB-SEARCH COUNSELING IN FRANCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gustavo Bergantiños, Universidad de Vigo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MINIMUM COST SPANNING TREE PROBLEMS WITH GROUPS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gustavo Gonzaga, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LABOR ECONOMICS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gustavo Manso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INFORMATION PERCOLATION WITH EQUILIBRIUM SEARCH DYNAMICS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gwenael Piaser, Université du Luxembourg, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MECHANISM DESIGN I” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Gyorgy Varga, Fce Consultoria, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Term Structure Fitting, Regime Change and the Expectation Hypotheses: A Study for Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hakan Holm, University of Lund/Lth, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ENDOGENOUS COMMUNICATION AND TACIT COORDINATION IN MARKET ENTRY GAMES -AN EXPLORATIVE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hanan Morsy, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CURRENT ACCOUNT DETERMINANTS FOR OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Harold A. Vasquez-Ruiz, Georgia State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DOES THE HAZARD RATE FOR PRICE CHANGES INCREASES WITH INFLATION? EVIDENCE FROM QUALITATIVE DATA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Harold Kuhn, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GAME THEORY IN PRINCETON” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Harold L. Cole, University of Rochester, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A MULTIPLIER APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE MACRO IMPLICATIONS OF HOUSEHOLD FINANCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hector Juan Villarreal Paez, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF FOOD PRICE INCREASES ON POVERTY IN MEXICO (Reference No: 575, LACEA) and HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS REPRESENTED BY HIGHER RANK ENGEL CURVES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hector Peña, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HAITI'S FOOD SUPPORT STRUCTURE: RESPONDING TO THE FOOD CRISIS (Reference No. 5)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Helena Isabel Ferreira, Universidade do Minho, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BAYESIAN-NASH EQUILIBRIA IN THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Helena Perrone, Toulouse School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Inventories, Unobservable Heterogeneity and Long Run Price Elasticities” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Helios Herrera, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Social Learning with a Hidden Action” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Henry Espinoza, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IS IT WORTHWHILE TO FINISH? JOB-TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND LOW COMPLETION RATE: THE CASE OF PROJOVEN-PERU” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Herman Kamil, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Does Central Bank Intervention work for Inflation Targeters? The Case of Colombia” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hernan Vallejo, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Representations and Identities for Homogeneous Technologies” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hilcias E. Moran, Indiana University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HUMAN CAPITAL CONSEQUENSES OF CIVIL WAR: EVIDENCE FROM GUATEMALA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hildegart A. Ahumada, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Forecasting a monetary aggregate in a changing environment:” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hugo Hopenhayn, Univ. of California, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EQUILIBRIUM DEFAULT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hugo Nopo, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TO WHAT EXTENT DO LATIN AMERICANS TRUST AND COOPERATE? FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN SIX LATIN AMERICA COUNTRIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Humberto Moreira, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MECHANISM DESIGN” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Hyejin Ku, Florida State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Migration as Price Arbitrage: Theory and Evidence from Mexican Workers in the US” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ian King, University of Melbourne, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “'Liquidity Constrained Competing Auctions'” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ignacio Lobato, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “AN AUTOMATIC PORTMANTEAU TEST FOR SERIAL CORRELATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Igor Barenboim, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE ECONOMICS OF CRIME I” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Igor Morais, Universidade Vale do Rio dos Sinos, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PREDICTING RECESSSIONS IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ilya R. Segal, Stanford University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DYNAMIC MECHANISM DESIGN” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Inessa Love, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Do Reorganization Costs Matter for Efficiency? Evidence from a Bankruptcy Reform in Colombia” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ioannidis Christos, University of Bath, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IMPULSE RESPONSE MODELS IN VARIANCE AND COVARIANCE (Reference No: 438)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Isabel Casas, Aarhus University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SPOT VOLATILITY ESTIMATION WITH NONPARAMETRIC POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Isabel Mendes de Faria Marques, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Adjusting Labor Force Mechanisms Through Migration, According to Matsuyama and Takahashi's Model” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Isabelle Perrigne, Pennsylvania State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “nonlinear pricing in yellow pages” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Isidro Soloaga, El Colegio de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “UNDP sponsor session on inequality” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Isleide Zissimos, Vanderbilt University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Voluntary Sharing of Know-How Information and Innovation in 4 Brazilian Cities” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that J. Rodrigo Fuentes, PUC de Chile - Santiago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “REMOVING THE CONSTRAINTS FOR GROWTH: SOME GUIDELINES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jaime Jose Orrillo Carhuajulca, Universidade Católica de Brasília, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RICARDIAN EQUIVALENCE THEOREM IN ''A FEW LINES''” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jaime Saavedra, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INEQUALITY IN POST-STRUCTURAL REFORM IN PERU: THE ROLE OF MARKETS AND POLICY FORCES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that James L. Powell, University of California at Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Identification and Estimation of 'Irregular' Correlated Random Coefficient Models” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jan Erik Askildsen, University of Bergen, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MONITORING PRIORIZATION IN A PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SECTOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Javier Olivera, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OPTIMAL ENROLMENT IN A PENSION SYSTEM AND INFORMAL FAMILY ARRANGEMENTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jean Marc Robin, Univ. Paris I - Sorbonne, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ASSESSING THE EQUALIZING FORCE OF MOBILITY USING SHORT PANELS: FRANCE, 1990-2000” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jean Marie Baland, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LAND POWER: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM CHILE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jean Pietro Bonaldi, Banco de la Republica, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXISTENCE OF EQUILIBRIUM IN FINANCIAL MARKETS: HART'S SECURITIES EXCHANGE MODEL WITH CONSUMPTION IN THE FIRST PERIOD” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jean-Charles Rochet, Univ. Toulouse I, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RATING THE RATERS: ARE REPUTATION CONCERNS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DISCIPLINE RATING AGENCIES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OECD LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jennifer Pamela Poole, University of California, Santa Cruz, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LACEA: Multinational Spillovers through Worker Turnover; LAMES: Business Travel as an Input to International Trade” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Carlos Diaz-Alejandro lecture” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jesus Otero, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Testing for Unit Roots in ThreeDymensional Panels with Cross-Sectional Dependence” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jhon James Mora, Universidad Icesi, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TESTING FOR SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS IN PSEUDO PANELS: THEORY AND MONTE CARLO” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jinhyun Lee, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Bounds for quantiles of treatment effects.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Joana Simoes de Melo Costa, International Poverty Centre (Ipea/Pnud), participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: evidences from Latin American countries” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Joao Manoel Pinho de Mello, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDENTIFICATION OF DISCRETE CHOICE DEMAND MODELS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Joao Pedro Wagner de Azevedo, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE REAL BOTTOM LINE: BENCHMARKING PERFORMANCE IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that João Victor Issler, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SPECIAL LECTURE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Joaquim Pinto de Andrade, Universidade de Brasilia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that John Geanakoplos, Yale University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE LEVERAGE CYCLE AND THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CRISIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that John Leahy, New York University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Simple Analytics of Allocation Markets” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that John Murray, Bank of Canada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 2” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that John Scott, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas a.C., participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “REDISTRIBUTIVE CONSTRAINTS UNDER HIGH INEQUALITY: THE CASE OF MEXICO” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jorge E. Restrepo, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Fiscal rules for commodity exporters” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jorge M. Streb, Universidad del Cema, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DIVIDED GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jorge Rivera, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WALRASIAN EQUILIBRIUM AS LIMIT OF A COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM WITHOUT DIVISIBLE GOODS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jose Alexandre Scheinkman, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INSIDE AND OUTSIDE LIQUIDITY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jose Anchorena, Oslo University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Social Ties and Economic Development” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that José Angelo Divino, Universidade Católica de Brasília, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FINANCE: INTEREST RATES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that José De Gregorio, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Panel Recent challenges to inflation Targeting” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jose Ernesto Lopez-Cordova, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ECONOMETRIC THEORY AND APPLICATIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that José Guilherme de Lara Resende, Universidade de Brasilia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “COMPETENCE EFFECTS FOR CHOICES INVOLVING GAINS AND LOSSES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that José Luis de la Cruz Gallegos, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE INFLUENCE OF TOURISM OVER ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE MEXICAN CASE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jose Pineda, Corporacion Andina de Fomento, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BOLIVIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that José Santiago Fajardo Barbachan, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Behavioral Arbitrage with Collateral and Uncertain Deliveries” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Jose Tessada, University of Maryland, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION TEAMS AND TRADE WITH SORTING AND MATCHING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Joshua Aizenman, University of California, Santa Cruz, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BIS session: Assessing the Emerging Global Financial Architecture -- Measuring the Trilemma's Configurations over Time” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Josu Arteche, Universidad del Pais Vasco, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “USING THE BOOTSTRAP FOR THE CHOICE OF THE BANDWIDTH OF THE LOG-PERIODOGRAM REGRESSION IN LONG MEMORY TIME SERIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan Carlos Carbajal, The University of Queensland, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CHARACTERIZATION OF DOMINANT STRATEGY MECHANISMS IN RICH DOMAINS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan Carluccio, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Global Sourcing Under Imperfect Capital Markets (LAMES) and Multinationals, Technological Incompatibilities, and Spillovers (LACEA)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan Dubra, Universidad de Montevideo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Overconfidence?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan Esteban Carranza, University of Wisconsin - Madison, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A FRAMEWORK FOR ESTIMATING STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC MODELS WITH AGGREGATE SHOCKS WITH AN APPLICATION TO MORTGAGE DEFAULT IN COLOMBIA BETWEEN 1997 AND 2004” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan F Vargas, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Military Empowerment and Civilian Targeting in Civil war” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan M. Domínguez, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Bio-Fuel Market: Hypothetical Scenarios” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan Ponce, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS ON SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: EVIDENCE FROM ECUADOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan Robalino, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juan-Pablo Montero, PUC de Chile - Santiago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On Coase and Hotelling” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juliana Dutra Araujo, University of Maryland, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Financial Integration with Heterogeneous Home Financial Market Access” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juliana Maria de Aquino, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz-USP, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MATERNAL LABOR AND CHILD'S SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYZE OF SCHOOLING ADVANCE PROBABILITY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Juliano Assuncao, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Climate Change, Agricultural Productivity and Poverty” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Julio A. Carrillo, Universiteit Maastricht, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “STICKY-INFORMATION VS. BACKWARD-LOOKING INDEXATION: INFLATION INERTIA IN THE U.S.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WORLD BANK SPONSORED SESSION: CLIMATE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA: IMPACTS AND POLICY RESPONSES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Karina Sayuri Sataka Bugarin, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A CASE STUDY OF ELECTIONS POST 1988 CONSTITUTION:” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Karl Schmedders, Universitat Zurich, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Competitive Equilibria in SemiAlgebraic Economies” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Karoll Gómez Portilla, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A NEW PROCEDURE TO TESTING FOR LONG-MEMORY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Katarzyna Lasak, Aarhus University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF FRACTIONALLY COINTEGRATED SYSTEMS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Katarzyna Romaniuk, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF TAXATION ON OPTIMAL PORTFOLIO RULES OF PENSION FUNDS (Reference No: 388)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Katia Rocha, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC FUNDAMENTALS ON THE ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY OF EMERGING MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Kevin Cowan, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Monetary and financial stability implications of capital flows” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Klenio Barbosa, Toulouse School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INTEREST RATES IN TRADE CREDIT MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Knut Nygaard, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Do investors make smart choices when selecting stocks?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Laixun Zhao, Kobe University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Immigration Conflicts” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lars Ehlers, Universite de Montreal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Controlled School Choice” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Laura Alfaro, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Optimal Debt Management” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Laura Chioda, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Estimating Euler Equations with Measurement Error: A Nonparametric Approach.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Laura Juarez, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ARE INFORMAL WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LACK OF FRINGE BENEFITS?FREE HEALTH CARE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR FORMALITY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Laura Ripani, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The impact of Conditional Cash Transfer programs on labor supply”” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leandro Carvalho, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Poverty and Time Preferences” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leandro Magnusson, Tulane University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDENTIFYING EULER EQUATION MODELS VIA STABILITY RESTRICTIONS (Reference No: 272)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lee J. Alston, University of Coloardo at Boulder, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Predatory or Virtuous Choices Governors Make: The Roles of Checks and Balances and Political Competition” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lena Cecilia Edlund, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SON PREFERENCE, SEX SELECTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF SOUTH KOREA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leo Feler, Brown Universit;y, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT: HOW UNDER-SERVICING MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTS THE GROWTH AND COMPOSITION OF BRAZILIAN CITIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leonardo Bursztyn, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DOES EDUCATION WIN ELECTIONS?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leonardo Gasparini, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INCOME, DEPRIVATION AND PERCEPTIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leonardo Iacovone, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Shipping good tequila out: Evidence on preparation to export” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leopoldo Avellan, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATES STOP CAPITAL OUTFLOWS? EVIDENCE FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leslie Miranda, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TRENDS IN INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS AND EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY: THE CASE OF CHILE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Leticia Lorenzo, Universidad de Vigo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The family of cost monotonic and cost additive rules in minimum cost spanning tree problems” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lígia Vasconcellos, Banco Itaú S.a., participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRESSÃO CONTINUADA PROGRAM ON STUDENT FLOW RATES AND PERFORMANCE IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lina Marcela Cardona Sosa, University of Essex, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Informal vs formal workers in Colombia: Two different welfare approaches.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lorena G Barberia, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES DIFFER AMONG LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRACIES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lorenzo Garlappi, The University of Texas at Austin, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TAYLOR SERIES APPROXIMATIONS TO EXPECTED UTILITY AND OPTIMAL PORTFOLIO CHOICE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lourdes Rodriguez-Chamussy, Uc Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LOCAL ELECTORAL REWARDS FROM CENTRALIZED SOCIAL PROGRAMS: THE CASE OF PROGRESAOPORTUNIDADES IN MEXICO” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lucas Higuera, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Working With My Parents: The Effect Of Adult Labor Market On Child Labor In Colombia” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lucas Navarro, Ilades-Georgetown University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PLANT LEVEL EVIDENCE ON PRODUCT MIX CHANGES IN CHILEAN MANUFACTURING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lucia Madrigal, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Part-time Work, Gender and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from a Developing Country.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Lucia Quesada, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FINANCIAL CONTRACTING WITH AN INFORMED INVESTOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luciana Juvenal, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Nominal Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luigi Ventura, Universita` di Roma 1, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RISK SHARING: A LONG RUN ISSUE?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luis Catao, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FOOD PRICE SHOCKS AND OPTIMAL INFLATION TARGETING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, United Nations Development Programme, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DISASTER RISK AND POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM SIX LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luis Fernando Schuartz, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Consumer Protection and Enforcement” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luis Melo, Banco de la Republica, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FINANCIAL RISK MEASURES USING DYNAMIC COPULAS: AN APPLICATION TO THE COLOMBIAN MARKET (Reference No: 394)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luis Miguel Castilla, Corporacion Andina de Fomento, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SPEAKERS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luis Miguel Ferreira, Universidade do Minho, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Patents in New Technologies” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luiz Fernando Cerqueira, Universidade Federal Fluminense, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MARK UP BEHAVIOR IN THE BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY IN THE 1990S: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luiz Fernando de Souza Rangel, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FORWARD CONTRACTS AND ALLOCATION OF WATER RESOURCES IN DEREGULATED HYDROTHERMAL ELECTRICITY MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luiz Guilherme Schymura, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “4934.9000.9086.9086” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luiz Gustavo Cassilatti Furlani, Banco Cooperativo Sicredi S/a, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS AND MONETARY POLICY IN BRAZIL: ECONOMETRIC AND SIMULATION EVIDENCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Luiz Pereira da Silva, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES ON POVERTY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION -- MACROMICRO EVALUATION TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Magda Kandil, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Trade Flows, Financial Linkage, and Business Cycles in Latin America and the Caribbean” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Manuel Alfredo Mosquera Rodríguez, Universidad de Vigo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Cost allocation in a network with centralized inventory management” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Manuel Barron, International Food Policy Research Institute, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Determinants of Time Allocation to Rural Non-Farm Activities in Central America: The Role of Infrastructure and Education” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Már Gudmundsson, Bank for International Settlements, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Moderator of Round Table for High Level Officials” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marc Hofstetter, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Inflation Targeting in Latin America: Towards a Monetary Union?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcela Meléndez, Fundación Para la Educación Superior y El Desarrollo, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Development of Colombian Bond Markets” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Predicting Recessions in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OPTIMAL MONETARY AND AUDIT POLICY WITH IMPERFECT TAXATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo Cortes Neri, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LABOR AND WELFARE ECONOMICS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo de Albuquerque e Mello, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Real Interest Rates, Budget Deficits and the Public Debt in Emerging Markets” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo Maria Giugale, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 2” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo Rezende, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FAMILY AND EDUCATION IV” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo Savino Portugal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NONPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION WITH APPLICATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION AND THE MEASUREMENT OF PEER EFFECTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcelo Soto, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Heterogeneity in Macro Mincer returns: evidence from panel data” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Márcio Garcia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PANELIST 2” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcio Issao Nakane, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Ciências Contábeis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BANKING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Márcio Veras Corrêa, Universidade Federal do Ceará, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INCOME TRANSFERS AND THE LABOR MARKET” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marco Arena, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BEYOND BANKS AND STOCK MARKETS, THE ROLE OF INSURANCE MARKETS. A CROSS-COUNTRY STUDY FOR INDUSTRIALIZED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marco Bonomo, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EVOLUTION OF PRICE SETTING IN A VARIABLE MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE BRAZILIAN CPI” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INFLATION DYNAMICS IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY MODEL UNDER INFLATION TARGETING. SOME EVIDENCE FROM CHILE.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marco Gallegati, Università Politecnica della Marche - Ancona, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Time scale regression analysis of the wage Phillips curve in the US” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marco S. Matsumura, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MACRO-FINANCE MODELS COMBINING DAILY AND MONTHLY DATA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marcus Andre Melo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The choices governors make” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria L. Granda, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BUSINESS GROUPS AND PYRAMIDAL OWNERSHIP IN ECUADORIAN BUSINESS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Carolina da Silva Leme, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DECENTRALIZATION AND EDUCATION PERFORMANCE: A FIRST VIEW TO THE BRAZILIAN PROCESS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Cecilia Calderon, University of Pennsylvania, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION OF GIRLS INFLUENCES THE GROWTH OF THEIR CHILDREN: PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN GUATEMALA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Cristina Trindade Terra, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Economic Geography and Wages in Brazil: Evidence from Micro-Data” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Elisa Farias, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Heterogeneities and Uncertainty in Labor Markets of Developing Countries” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Emma Santos, Oxford University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A POVERTY TRAP MODEL WITH HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mariá Gómez-Rua, Universidad de Vigo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NO ADVANTAGEOUS MERGING IN MINIMUM COST SPANNING TREE PROBLEMS.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Laura Alzua, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Effect of Education on in prison conflict: Evidence for Argentina” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that María Paola Sevilla, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRINCIPALS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maria Teresa, Universidad de Alicante, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF REMITTANCE ON THE HOUSING MARKET IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mariana Alfonso, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AND THE DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marianne Johnson, Bank of Canada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Inflation Targeting Under Imperfect Policy Credibility” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marilda Sotomayor, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística - USP-São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TBA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mario Toros, Banco Central do Brasil, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Inflation Targeting” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marislei Nishijima, Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOR ON THE HEALTH OF BRAZILIAN ADULTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mark Armstrong, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CONSUMER PROTECTION AND THE INCENTIVE TO BECOME INFORMED” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mark Machina, University of California, San Diego, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RISK, AMBIGUITY, AND THE RANKDEPENDENCE AXIOMS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mark Wright, Univ. of California, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHERE DID CAPITAL FLOW? FIFTY YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL RATE OF RETURN DIFFERENTIALS AND CAPITAL FLOWS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marko Tervio, University of California, Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXIT OPTIONS AND DIVIDEND POLICY UNDER LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marola Castillo Quinto, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CONSUMERS AND INVESTMENT PREFERENCES THROUGH LIFECYCLE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Marta Rubio Codina, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RE-EVALUATING CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: IS THE OPORTUNIDADES PRIMARY SCHOOL STIPEND NECESSARY?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Martin Gonzalez-Eiras, Universidad de San Andres, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Quotas and Voting Shares in the IMF: Theory” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Martin Grandes, Center for Financial Stability/AM. Univ. Paris, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CONVERGENCE AND INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICAN FINANCIAL MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Martin Rossi, Universidad de San Andres, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Term length and political performance” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Massimiliano Geatano Onorato, Universitá Bocconi, Milano, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LEGISLATIVE MALAPPORTIONMENT AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES:A FIRST ASSESSMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Massimo Marinacci, Universita` di Torino, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE RATIONALITY IN A MULTIPLE PRIOR MODEL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matias Busso, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FINITE SAMPLE PROPERTIES OF SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATORS OF AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matias D. Cattaneo, University of Michigan, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SMALL BANDWIDTH ASYMPTOTICS FOR DENSITY-WEIGHTED AVERAGE DERIVATIVES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matías Fontenla, University of New Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Capital Flows, Growth and the Financial System” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matteo Grazzi, Un Economic Commission for Latina America and The Caribbean, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHAT DRIVES ICT DIFFUSION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? EVIDENCE FROM PARAGUAY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matteo Maria Triossi Verondini, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “COSTLY INFORMATION ACQUISITION.PART I: BETTER TO TOSS A COIN?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matteo Mogliani, Paris School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO LATIN AMERICAN CENTRAL BANKERS BEHAVE NON-LINEARLY? THE EXPERIENCE OF BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA AND MEXICO.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matthew Rabin, University of California at Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “REFERENCE-DEPENDENT PREFERENCES: NEWS, UTILITY, AND CHOICE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Matti Liski, Helsinki School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “An empirical model of imperfect dynamic competition and application to hydroelectricity storage” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maúna Soares de Baldini Rocha, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EFFECTS OF ADULT LITERACY ON EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mauricio Cárdenas, Brookings Institution, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SPEAKER” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mauricio Cortez Reis, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PUBLIC PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND CHILD HEALTH IN BRAZIL: EVIDENCE FROM SIBLINGS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mauricio Rodríguez, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Balassa-Sameulson hypothesis and elderly migration” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mauricio Soares Bugarin, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ELECTIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mauro Borges Lemos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Regional Imbalances and Market Potential in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mauro Rodrigues, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Ciências Contábeis, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Two-ballot versus Plurality Rule: An Empirical Investigation on the Number of Candidates” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Maximilian Kasy, University of California, Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Duration Dependence versus Heterogeneity Reconsidered” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Melanie Khamis, Institute for The Study of Labor, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DOES THE MINIMUM WAGE HAVE A HIGHER IMPACT ON THE INFORMAL THAN ON THE FORMAL LABOR MARKET?EVIDENCE FROM QUASI-EXPERIMENTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mercedes Haga, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Optimal Interest Rates Under Endogenous Fiscal Policy” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Binder, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On the Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks on Exchange Rates: A Multilateral Vector Error Correction Approach” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Brei, University of Bonn, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS, FINANCIAL TRANSFERS, AND FIRM HETEROGENEITY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Place Premium: Wage Differences for Identical Workers across the U.S. Border” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Kremer, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NUDGING FARMERS TO USER FERTILIZER: EVIDENCE FROM KENYA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Kumhof, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Mundell-Fleming Revisited: The Role of Trade Openness” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Mazzeo, Northwestern University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BEYOND PLAIN VANILLA: MODELING JOINT PRODUCT ASSORTMENT AND PRICING DECISIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Spence, Stanford University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINED HIGH GROWTH AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT: ADAPTING TO NEW CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Michael Waugh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Human Capital, Product Quality, and Bilateral Trade” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Miguel Mauricio Calani Cadena, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A Systemic Approach to Money Demand Modeling” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mirta Bugarin, Fucape Business School, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Modeling an Optimal Price Level Target Monetary Policy” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mohanad Ismael, Université D Evry Val D Essonne, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INDETERMINACY WITH EXTERNALITIES AND CAPITAL UTILIZATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Monica Pachon, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Limiting Presidential Decree Power: The Effect of the Constitutional Reform 32/2001 in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Mónica Vargas Martínez, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Bank loan securitization: an alternative for banks to find liquidity” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Monticini, Andrea, Università Degli Studi di Genova, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Are Euro Interest Rates led by FED Announcements?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Munir A. Jalil, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BEFORE AND AFTER INFLATION TARGETING: CHANGES IN THE MONETARY POLICY TRANSMISSION MECHANISM IN COLOMBIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Murat Seker, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A StructuralModel of Establishment and Industry Evolution: Evidence from Chile” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Myrian Beatriz Silva Petrassi, Banco Central do Brasil, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FIAT MONEY AND THE VALUE OF BINDING PORTFOLIO CONSTRAINTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Naércio Menezes Filho, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WORKING CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Narayana Kocherlakota, University of Minnesota, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LESSONS FROM THE NEW DYNAMIC PUBLIC FINANCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nestor Gandelman, Universidad Ort Uruguay, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TITLING AND CHRONIC DISEASES: EVIDENCE FROM A NATURAL EXPERIMENT IN URUGUAY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nicholas Trachter, University of Chicago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “College Enrollment, Dropouts and Option Value of Education” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nicolas Figueroa, Centro de Economía Aplicada, Dii-Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On the Planner's loss due to Incomplete Information in Bayesian Mechanism Design” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nikola Gradojevic, Lakehead University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHEN DO INFORMED TRADERS ARRIVE IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nikolaos Kourogenis, University of Piraeus, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING OF A COINTEGRATING VECTOR UNDER A POSSIBLE VARIANCE BREAK” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nikolay Iskrev, Banco de Portugal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “HOW MUCH DO WE LEARN FROM THE ESTIMATION OF DSGE MODELS? A CASE STUDY OF IDENTIFICATION ISSUES IN A NEW KEYNESIAN BUSINESS CYCLE MODEL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nizar Allouch, Queen Mary, University of London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Competetive equilibrium in a Warm glow economy” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nobert Schady, ANGOLA - Instituto Superior Deciencias da Educacao, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE IMPACT OF CCTS ON HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LIVELIHOODS: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LIQUIDITY, BUSINESS CYCLES, AND MONETARY POLICY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Nora Lustig, George Washington University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LACEA/NIP PANEL: WHY IS INEQUALITY FALLING IN LATIN AMERICA?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Oana Calavrezo, Université de Orleans, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM: AN EFFICIENT MEASURE AGAINST REDUNDANCIES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Octavio A F Tourinho, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Combined Minimum Relative Entropy and Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INVENTORIES, MARKUPS, AND REAL RIGIDITIES IN MENU COST MODELS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ömer Özak, Brown Universit;y, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Optimal Consumption under Liquidity Constraints and Bounded Rationality” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Onur Ozgur, Universite de Montreal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Dynamic Social Interactions: Identification and Characterization” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Orazio Attanasio, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NUTRITION AND CHILD CARE CHOICES IN RURAL COLOMBIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Oscar Andres Nupia Martinez, Universidad de Los Andes-Colombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TRUST AND TRADE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Oscar Iván, Universidad del Rosario, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Balassa Samuelson Hypothesis and Elderly Migration” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Osvaldo Candido da Silva Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Assessing Dependence Between Financial Market Indexes Using Conditional Time-Varying Copulas: Applications to Value at Risk (VaR)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Osvaldo Meloni, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Clientelism-augmented political budget cycles” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Otaviano Canuto, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDB SPONSORED SESSION: GROWING PAINS: BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pablo Acosta, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “REMITTANCES, EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES, AND THE DUTCH DISEASE: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pablo Andrés Neumeyer, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pablo Castaneda, Superintendencia de Pensiones, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On the Optimal Investment Policy for the Unemployment Insurance Funds in Chile” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pablo Fajnzylber, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE GREENHOUSE: RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pablo Pinchei, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Combinig Tests of Predictive Ability” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pablo Sanguinetti, Corporacion Andina de Fomento, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PUBLIC- PRIVATE COOPERATION FOR THE PROVISION OF PIPED GAS IN POOR NEIGHBORHOODS OF BUENOS AIRES: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND IMPACTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paola Giuliano, Univ. of California, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GROWING UP IN BAD TIMES: MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY AND THE FORMATION OF BELIEFS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Patricia Medrano, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EVIDENCE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS ON EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE CHILEAN SCHOOL VOUCHER SYSTEM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Patrick Emerson, Oregon State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXPECTATIONS, CHILD LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Patrick Honohan, Trinity College Dublin, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Closing panel” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paul D. McNelis, Fordham University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A BAYESIAN COMPARISON OF THE CLASSICAL GOLD STANDARD AND THE GREAT MODERATION (Reference No: 254)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EMPOWERING WOMEN: HOW OPORTUNIDADES IMPROVED BIRTH OUTCOMES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paula Bustos, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION, EXPORTS AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paula Carvalho Pereda, Universidade de São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRICE AND INCOME EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF BRAZILIAN FOOD DIET AND HEALTH: AN ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENTS' DEMAND” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paulo Barelli, University of Rochester, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “On the Existence of Nash Equilibria in Discontinuous and Qualitative Games” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paulo César Coimbra-Lisboa, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “From probabilities to convex capacities and vice-versa” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paulo de Andade Jacinto, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A closer look at the recent skilled labor demand increase in Brazil” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Paulo Klinger Monteiro, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SPECIAL LECTURE - SPONSORED BY BANCO ITAÚ” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pedro Amaral, Southern Methodist University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH TO THE U.S. GREAT DEPRESSION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pedro C. Ferreira, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EVOLUTION OF THE TFP IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pedro H. Albuquerque, University of Minnesota, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A Statistical Evaluation of Femicide Rates in Mexican Cities along the US-Mexico Border” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pedro Luis Accioli Nobre Bretan, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INSTITUTIONS, TRUST AND THE CHOICE BETWEEN OUTSOURCING AND FDI” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pedro Silos, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRODUCTIVITY, ENERGY PRICES, AND THE GREAT MODERATION: A NEW LINK” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pedro Valls, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TESTING THE LONG-RUN IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXPECTATION HYPOTHESIS USING COINTEGRATION TECHNIQUES WITH STRUCTURAL CHANGE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Philipi Haile, Yale University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDENTIFICATION OF DISCRETE CHOICE DEMAND FROM MARKET LEVEL DATA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pierre Dubois, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRICE AND BRAND COMPETITION BETWEEN DIFFERENTIATED RETAILERS: A STRUCTURAL ECONOMETRIC MODEL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pierre Yared, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FUTURE RENT-SEEKING AND CURRENT PUBLIC SAVINGS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Priscilla de Albuquerque Tavares, Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EDUCATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Pritha, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDENTITY AND FRAGMENTATION IN NETWORK” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Quang Vuong, Pennsylvania State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NONPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION OF RISK AVERSION IN FIRST-PRICE AUCTIONS UNDER EXCLUSION RESTRICTIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Santos, Banco Central, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBALIZATION ON BRAZILIAN INFLATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Coutinho Costa Lima, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Lobbying and information transmission in customs unions” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Di Tella, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Propaganda vs Reality in the Formation of Beliefs” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Dix Carneiro, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CRIME, GENDER AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael E. De Hoyos, Secretaría de Educación Publica, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Can maquilas reduce poverty? Evidence from Honduras” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Isidro Parra-Peña Somoza, Un Economic Commission for Latina America and The Caribbean, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TAX POLICY AS A COMPETITIVENESS MECHANISM TO ATTRACT MANUFACTURING FDI INFLOWS: AN APPLICATION TO THE LATIN-AMERICAN CASE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Pereira Scherre, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “REAL INTEREST RATES, BUDGET DEFICITS AND THE PUBLIC DEBT IN EMERGING MARKETS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Pinho Senra de Morais, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Regulation of Pharmaceuticals after Generic Entry” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rafael Repullo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (Cemfi), participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Does Competition Reduce the Risk of Bank Failure?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rajesh Singh, Iowa State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Optimal Monetary Policy Under Asset Market Segmentation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Randolf Preston McAfee, California Institute of Technology, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “UNSCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Raquel Fernández, New York University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Women, Fertility, and Development” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Raul E. Hernandez Baez, Rutgers University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FISCAL POLICY, PHILLIPS CURVE AND NONLINEARITIES IN MONETARY POLICY: THEORIES AND EVIDENCE FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rault Christophe, Université de Orleans, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ON THE TRADE BALANCE EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EU-15 AND THE CEEC-4 COUNTRIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Renata Narita, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD, EDUCATION AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES OF THE MOTHER: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZILIAN DATA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Renos Vakis, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CHANGING HOUSEHOLDS' INVESTMENTS AND ASPIRATIONS THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED TRANSFER PROGRAM IN A LOW-INCOME COUNTRY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricard Torres, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “State Space Dimensions and Belief Updating” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo A. Pasquini, Center for Financial Stability, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE COST OF CORPORATE BOND FINANCING IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo Avelino, Universidade de São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Two Factor Gibson-Schwartz Model: Implications for Valuing Commodity Contingent Claims” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo Cavalcanti, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MACROECONOMICS IV” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo D. Paredes, PUC de Chile - Santiago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “I WOULD WALK 500 MILES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo da Silva Freguglia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Interregional and Inter-industry Wage Differentials with Individual Heterogeneity: Estimates using Brazilian Data.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo Dias de Oliveira Brito, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Inflation targeting in emerging economies: Panel evidence” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “IDB SPONSORED SESSION: GROWING PAINS: BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo Mayer, Universidad Diego Portales, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Robust Hidden Markov LQG Problems” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ricardo Paes de Barros, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MARKETS, THE STATE AND THE DYNAMICS OF INEQUALITY. BRAZIL´S CASE STUDY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Riccardo DiCecio, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ENDOGENOUS PRODUCTIVITY AND MULTIPLE STEADY STATES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Richard Blundell, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY AND PARTIAL INSURANCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Richard Kihlstrom, University of Pennsylvania, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RISK AVERSION AND THE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION IN GENERAL DYNAMIC PORTFOLIO THEORY: CONSISTENT PLANNING BY FORWARD LOOKING, EXPECTED UTILITY MAXIMIZ” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Robert C. Tatum, University of North Carolina at Asheville, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “A Hard Row to Hoe: Small-Scale Farming on the Brazilian Amazon Frontier under Incomplete Property Rights” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Roberto Alvarez, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SKILL UPGRADING AND THE REAL EXCHANGE RATE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Roberto Muñoz Lagos, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Network Structure in a Link Formation Game: An Experimental Study” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University, St. Louis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EAST ASIA VS. LATINA AMERICA: TFP ANS HUMAN CAPITAL POLICIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo De Losso da Silveira Bueno, Escola de Administração de Empresas - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE CAPM AND FAMA-FRENCH MODELS IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Secretaría de Economía, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Demographics, Huaman Capital and Growth in Mexico” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Krell, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “'An Optimization-Based Matching Procedure'” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Leandro de Moura, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SOCIAL SECURITY EFFECTS ON INCOME DISTRIBUTION: COUNTERFACTUAL ANALYSIS FOR BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Luiz Sias de Azevedo, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Brazilian Sovereign Wealth Fund and its Implications for Economical Policy” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Moita, Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados e Capitais - São Paulo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “POLITICAL PRICE CYCLES IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES: THEORY AND EVIDENCE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Novinski, Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “KNIGHTIAN ASSET BUBBLES IN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Raad, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXISTENCE OF EQUILIBRIUM IN INFINITE HORIZON ECONOMIES WITH ENDOGENOUS UNCERTAINTY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Soares, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rodrigo Troncoso, Universidad Diego Portales, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CREDIT CHANNEL AND FLIGHT TO QUALITY IN EMERGING MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM CHILE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Roger Myerson, Universidade de Chicago, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INCENTIVES TO CULTIVATE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS UNDER ALTERNATIVE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rohini Pande, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE? EVIDENCE FROM THREE FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Romero Cavalcanti Barreto da Rocha, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Evaluating the Impact of Community‐Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil’s Family Health Program” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rosa Branca Esteves, Universidade do Minho, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRICING WITH CUSTOMER RECOGNITION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rosa Fontes, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PARTICIPATION IN THE BRAZILIAN LABOR MARKET AND INCOME DETERMINANTS: A HECKMAN’S PROCEDURE ANALYSIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ruben Jaime Lamdany, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Structural Conditionality in IMF Programs” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ruben Juarez, University of Hawaii at Manoa, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Group strategyproof cost sharing” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rubens Hossamu Morita, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “'INVESTMENT GRADE COUNTRIES YIELD CURVE DYNAMICS'” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Rubens Penha Cysne, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LAMES: An ordering of measures of the welfare cost of inflation in economies with interest-bearing deposits. / LACEA: On the Error Arising from Ignori” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sambuddha Ghosh, Boston University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MULTIPLE OPPONENTS AND THE LIMITS OF REPUTATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Samer Shousha, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES IN EMERGING MARKETS: THE BRAZILIAN CASE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Samuel Berlinski, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Preschool and Maternal Labor Supply” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sandra Lizarazo, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MONEY, CREDIT AND DEFAULT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sandra Sequeira, Harvard University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “The Long Way Around: the Consequences of Corruption in Ports” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Santiago Levy, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Sailing in Turbulent Waters” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sara Gabriela Castellanos, Secretaría de Economía, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEXICAN BOND MARKET” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sarquis J. B. Sarquis, Instituto Rio Branco, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GLOBAL CREDIT SHOCKS, REAL INTEREST RATE AND BUSINESS CYCLES IN EMERGING ECONOMIES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sebastian Calonico, University of Michigan, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “GENDER SEGREGATION IN THE WORKPLACE AND WAGE GAPS: EVIDENCE FROM URBAN MEXICO 1994-2004” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sebastian Claro, Central Bank of Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRODUCTIVITY GAINS FROM CAPITALMARKET LIBERALIZATION IN CHINA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sebastian Fossati, University of Washington, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Unit Root Testing with Stationary Covariates and a Structural Break in the Trend Function” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sebastian, Sosa, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “EXTERNAL SHOCKS AND BUSINESS CYCLE FLUCTUATIONS IN MEXICO: HOW IMPORTANT ARE U.S. FACTORS?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Trade, Finance, and Sovereign Debt: Historical Evidence from the Ottoman Empire” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sergei Vieira Silva, Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NONLINEAR PRICING BEYOND THE DEMAND PROFILE APPROACH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sergio Schmukler, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL RAISINGS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sergio Parreiras, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Contests withThree or More Heterogeneous Agents” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Shigeru Iwata, University of Kansas, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Stock Market Liberalization and International Risk Sharing” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Shlomo Weber, Southern Methodist University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Nation Stability and Genetic Diversity” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sidartha Gordon, Universite de Montreal, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Iteratively Stable Equilibria in Cheap Talk Games” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Silvia Helena Barcellos, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE DYNAMICS OF IMMIGRATION AND WAGES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Silvia Sgherri, International Monetary Fund, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE VOLATILITY COSTS OF PROCICLYCAL LENDING STANDARDS: AN ASSESSMENT USING A DSGE MODEL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Silvio Contessi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WAL-MART COMES TO YOUR COUNTRY? MULTINATIONAL FIRMS' ENTRY, PRODUCTIVITY AND INEFFICIENCY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Sofia Moroni, Universidad de Chile Matematica, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DYNAMIC CONTRACTS UNDER LOSS AVERSION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Solange Gouvea, Banco Central, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “PRICE RIGIDITY IN BRAZIL:EVIDENCE FROM CPI MICRO DATA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Stefan F. Schubert, Free University of Bolzano, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF OIL PRICE SHOCKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE CURRENT ACCOUNT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Steven Berry, Yale University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “NONPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION OF MULTINOMIAL CHOICE DEMAND MODELS WITH HETEROGENEOUS CONSUMERS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Su-Hsin Chang, Johns Hopkins University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EFFECT OF MIGRANT NETWORKS ON MEXICAN MIGRATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Suzanne Duryea, Inter-American Development Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Quality of Education” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Tatiana Didier, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INFORMATION ASYMMETRY AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR MANDATE: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. MUTUAL FUND FOREIGN HOLDINGS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Tellez, Juan, University of Geneva, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “SOCIAL POLICY INDEX: A MODEL BASED APPROACH” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Thierry Verdier, Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “POWER IN THE MULTINACIONAL CORPORATION INDUSTRY EQUILIBRIUM” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Thomas Otter, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND WAGES IN PARAGUAY (Reference No: 58)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Thomas Russell, Santa Clara University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “ADDITIVE SEPARABILITY, OPTIMIZATION, AND TRIVIAL WEBS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Thorsten M Janus, University of Wyoming, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “International Gross Capital Flows: A New Measure and Application to a Global Panel” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Tiago Berriel, Princeton University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “OPTIMAL FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY UNDER SECTORIAL HETEROGENEITY” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Tomas Rau Binder, Departamento de Economia, Universidad de Chile, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Tournaments, gift exchanges, and monetary incentives for teachers: the case of Chile” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Torsten Persson, Stockholm University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “STATE CAPACITY, CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Trond E. Olsen, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Cooperation in human capital intensive firms” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ugo Panizza, United Nations Conference On Trade and Development, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Bond Markets in Latn America” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Valderio Anselmo Reisen, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “BOOTSTRAP LOG-AVERAGESAMPLE SPECTRAL ESTIMATOR OF THE FRACTIONAL PARAMETER IN ARFIMA MODELS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Vasiliki Skreta, New York University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CHERRY-PICKING AND ASSET COMPLEXITY: A THEORY OF RATINGS INFLATION” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Veronica Rappoport, Columbia University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL PRODUCTION IN CROSS-COUNTRY RISK SHARING” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Victor Cardenas, Independent Consultant, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Victor Gomes, Universidade de Brasilia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND FISCAL POLICY IN BRAZIL: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Vincenzo Caponi, Ryerson University Toronto, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ABILITIES AND SELF SELECTION OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Vincenzo Di Maro, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “INCOME EXPECTATIONS IN RURAL MEXICO (Lames); LOOKING WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD: IMPACTS FOR INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES USING AGGREGATE HOUSEHOLD DATA (Lacea)” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Vinicius Carrasco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Dividing and Discarding: A Procedure for Taking Decisions with NonTransferable Utility” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Violeta Vulovic, Georgia State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Sub-national borrowing control and .scal consolidation sustainability: Dura-tion analysis.” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Virginia Queijo von Heideken, Sveriges Riksbank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DO CENTRAL BANKS REACT TO HOUSE PRICES?” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Vitor Azevedo Pereira, World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Does Marriage Protect Investments in Children? The effects of the Alimony Rights over Fertility in Brazilian Northeastern Region” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Viviane M. Bastos, Georgia State University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN MATERNITY LEAVE POLICY ON LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES FOR FEMALES IN BRAZIL” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Vladimir Ponczek, Escola de Economia de São Paulo - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, participated in the “LACEALAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “WOMEN, FERTILITY, AND DEVELOPMENT” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Walter Novaes, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “RAUL PREBISH LECTURE” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Wei Dong, Bank of Canada, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Do Central Bank Respond to Exchange Rate Movements? Some New Evidence from Structural Estimation” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Wilfredo Leiva Maldonado, Universidade Católica de Brasília, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “FINANCIAL CAPITAL IN A CGE MODEL FOR BRAZIL: FORMULATION AND IMPLICATIONS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that William C. Gruben, Texas a&M University, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “APPAREL TRADE AND GENDER BIAS: LATIN AMERICA VS. ASIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Winograd Carlos, Paris School of Economics, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “CONSUDE SPONSORED SESSION: REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA: AGENDA AND POLICY ISSUES” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Xavier Vives, Iese Business School, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “tba” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ximena Del Carpio, The World Bank, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DOES CHILD LABOR ALWAYS DECREASE WITH INCOME? AN EVALUATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN NICARAGUA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ximena Pena, Universidad de Los AndesColombia, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “DECOMPOSING THE GENDER WAGE GAP WITH SAMPLE SELECTION CORRECTION: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Ximena Quintanilla, University College London, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “I'll Divorce your Dad as Soos as You Go to Kindergarten” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Yongs Shin, Washington University, St. Louis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Yongseok Shin, Washington University, St. Louis, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee We hereby certify that Yuliy Sannikov, University of California, Berkeley, participated in the “LACEA-LAMES 2008 annual meeting”, held at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, in the period of November 20 – 23, 2008 and presented the following talk “LEARNING IN DYNAMIC INCENTIVE CONTRACTS” Rio de Janeiro, November 23, 2008. Aloísio Pessoa de Araujo Organizing Committee