University of Brasilia Economics and Politics Research Group A CNPq-Brazil Research Group http://www.EconPolRG.com Research Center on Economics and Finance−CIEF Research Center on Market Regulation–CERME Research Laboratory on Political Behavior, Institutions and Public Policy−LAPCIPP Master’s Program in Public Economics−MESP First Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group Saturday, September 21, 2013, 10am–4pm, Political Science Institute-IPOL, University of Brasilia Organizing Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB) and Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL/UnB) Certificate of Participation Awarded to Ana Carolina Zoghbi for successful participation at the First Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Mauricio Bugarin Leader of the EPRG Brasilia, September 23, 2013 First Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group Saturday, September 21, 2013, 10am–4pm Political Science Institute-IPOL, University of Brasilia Program 10:00-10:10 Opening 10:10-10:35 10:10-12:00 10:35-11:00 Session 1 11:00-11:10 11:10-11:35 11:35-12:00 12:00-12:10 12:10- 2:10 2:10-2:35 2:35-3:00 2:10-4:00 Session 2 3:00-3:10 3:10-3:35 3:35-4:00 4:00 Beliefs, Leadership and Economic Transitions; Brazil 1964-2012 Lee Alston, University of Colorado and NBER, Marcus A. Melo, UFPe and Bernardo Mueller, ECO/UnB Traditional and Matter of Fact Financial Frictions in a DSGE Model for Brazil: The Role of Macroprudential Instruments and Monetary Policy Fábia Carvalho, Marcos R. Castro and Silvio M. A. Costa, Central Bank of Brazil - Coffee Break Intra-Village Expansion of Welfare Programs Christian Lehmann, ECO/UnB Há Incompatibilidade entre Eficiência e Legalidade? Fernando B. Meneguin, Senado Federal and Pedro Felipe de Oliveira Santos, Tribunal Regional Federal Group Picture Working lunch: The Challenges for the EPRG in 2014 Balancing the Power to Appoint Officers Salvador Barberà, Barcelona GSE and Danilo Coelho, IPEA Interações verticais e horizontais entre governos e seus efeitos sobre as decisões de descentralização educacional no Brasil Ana Carolina Zoghbi, EESP-FGV, Enlinson Mattos, EESP-FGV, Rafael Terra, ECO/UnB - Coffee Break Crescimento Endógeno e Escolha Educacional: Um Modelo de Economia Política Positiva Bruno Pinheiro, ECO/UnB Ética & Incentivos? O que diz a Teoria Econômica sobre o Projeto de Lei que previa recompensa a quem denunciasse corrupção Maurício Bugarin, ECO/UnB Meeting wrap-up