| Week | Date | Topic | Readings | Seminar |
| 34 | 22.08.2011 | Introduction, What are institutions; Institutions and economic performance | North 1994, Hall and Jones 1999 North and Thomas 1973 |
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| 35 | 29.08.2011 | No lecture | ||
| 36 | 05.09.2011 | Institutions and economic performance |
Hall and Jones 1999, Acemoglu et al. 2001 |
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| 37 | 12.09.2011 | Understanding institutions: Property rights | Acemoglu and Johnson 2005,North and Weingast 1989 Fisman (2001) |
Seminar 1: Empirical techniques |
| 38 | 19.09.2011 | Understanding institutions: Democracy and commitment | Acemoglu and Robinson 2000 | |
| 39 | 26.09.2011 | Bad institutions | Engerman and Sokoloff 1997, Shleifer and Vishny |
Seminar 2: |
| 40 | 03.10.2011 | Bad institutions | Acemoglu et al. 2011 | |
| 41 | 10.10.2011 | Complementartity of institutions | Barth and Moene 2011 Lind 2005 |
Seminar 3: Bad institutions |
| 42 | 17.10.2011 | Agency: Bureaucracies | Moene 1986 | |
| 43 | 24.10.2011 | Agency: Politicians | Besley et al. 2010 | Seminar 4: Complementary institutions and bureaucratic agency |
| 44 | 31.10.2011 | Organization of the firm | Coase 1937, Alchian and Demzets 1972, Moene 2004 | |
| 45 | 07.11.2011 | Organization of the firm: Cooperatives | Craig and Pencavel 1992, Moene and Wallerstein 1993, Sen 1965 Ward 1958 |
Seminar 5: Bureaucratic agency and employment relations |
| 46 | 14.11.2011 | Organization of the firm: Unions | Moene and Wallerstein 1993, Moene, Wallerstein, and Hoel 1993 | Seminar 6: Employment relations and organization of the firm |
| 47 | 21.11.2011 | Summary and review |
Links to articles can be found on the syllabus page. Readings in italics are optional papers mentioned in class