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WORKSHOP PROGRAM Download the workshop program (pdf) Friday October 24th 17:30 - 20:00 CDAS Reception & Opening remarks: Sonia Laszlo (Co-Organizer, McGill University) Phil Oxhorn (Director of the Centre for Developing Area Studies) Saturday October 25th 8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast & Coffee Opening Remarks: Jim Engle-Warnick (Co-Organizer and VP CIRANO) William Watson (Chair of the Department of Economics, McGill University) Institutions and Development 8:30 – 9:20 Xavier Giné, The World Bank "Female Voting Turnout in Pakistan: Evidence from a Randomized Information Campaign" 9:20 – 9:30 Break 9:30 – 10:20 Pedro Dal Bó, Brown University “Institutions and Behavior: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Democracy” 10:20 – 10:30 Break Risk and Uncertainty 10:30 – 11:20 Jeff Carpenter, Middlebury College Risk Attitudes and Well-Being in Latin America 11:20 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 12:20 Jim Engle-Warnick, McGill University “Ambiguity Aversion and Portfolio Choice in Small Scale Peruvian Farming” 12:20 – 14:30    Lunch at CIRANO Commitment, Vulnerability and Trust 14:30 – 15:20 Dean Karlan, Yale University “Put your Money where your Butt is: A commitment Savings Account for Smoking Cessation” 15:20 – 15:30 Break 15:30 – 16:20 Iris Bohnet, Harvard University “Vulnerability and Trust: Experimental Evidence from Jordan” Sunday October 26th 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast & Coffee Corruption and Development 9:00 – 9:50 Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University “Lost in the Mail: A Field Experiment on Corruption” 9:50 – 10:00 Break 10:00 – 10:50 Olivier Armantier, Federal Reserve Bank Corruption in the Lab and in the Field