Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (RSSIA 2012)

The Center for Institutional Studies, National Research University - Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), announces the call for papers for the annual Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (RSSIA 2012). RSSIA will take place in the suburbs of Moscow from 5 till 11 of July 2012. The working language of the Summer School is English.

RSSIA gives the opportunity to attend lectures of distinguished scholars, to present your own research and to receive the feedback from other participants and invited experts. The possibility of communication and discussion is the main focus of RSSIA. This year the following experts and lecturers have already agreed to participate in RSSIA: Manuel Bagues (Universidad Carlos III), Francisco Martinez Mora (University of Leicester), John Nye (George Mason University), Russell W. Pittman (Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice), Carine Staropoli (Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne).

We welcome researchers, teaching staff, PhD and Master students. Priority in the selection will be given to research projects that are related to the following fields:

•     Economics of public sector, bureaucracy, and procurement
•     Economics of education
•     Industrial organization, government regulation, and law enforcement

The applications are to be submitted online at http://rssia.hse.ru. An application includes a registration form, a motivation letter and description of current research (1500 words+references) with a short abstract (200 words).

The deadline for application is March, 20, 2012.