Zvi Griliches Memorial Lectures

Zvi Griliches Memorial Lectures

In 2001, in the memory of Zvi Griliches, the International Advisory Board of NES, with the full approval of the entire NES community, decided to establish an annual series of lectures in economics. “The Zvi Griliches Memorial Lectures” are presented by leading scholars and open to economic community in Russia and to the general public.

Zvi Griliches was one of the founders of the New Economic School in Moscow and was one of its main academic architects. He served as a member of the International Advisory Board of NES from its inception until his death. During this period, Zvi has often visited NES. He taught econometrics at NES and helped to shape the program in econometrics.

Lectures: 

2020

A series of lectures Comparative Constitutional Design by James Robinson, Professor of the Harris School of Public Policy (University of Chicago)

Lecture 1: The Liberal-Democratic Constitutional Tradition and its problems.
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Lecture 2: The Islamic Tradition.
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Lecture 3: Comparative Constitutionalism.
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2018

 A series of lectures by Philippe Aghion, Professor, Harvard University

Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Paradigm.
Lecture 2: Secular Stagnation and Growth Measurement.
Lecture 3: Innovation-Led Growth Inequality, and Social Mobility.

2012

 A series of lectures Models of Bounded Rationality: Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives by Ariel Rubinstein, Professor of Economics, Tel-Aviv University

Lecture 1: My Journey through the Wonderland of Neuroeconomics: the Brain Studies Approach to Bounded Rationality.
Lecture 2: The Colonel Blotto Game: an Experimental Economics Approach to Bounded Rationality.
Lecture 3: A Model of Persuasion: a Theoretical Approach to Bounded Rationality.

2011

A series of lectures Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters by Torsten Persson, Professor of Economics, Stockholm University 

Lecture 1: Overview and the Core Model of Fiscal and Legal Capacity.
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Lecture 2: Political Violence and Putting Pieces Together.
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Lecture 3: Development Assistance, Political Reform, and Lessons Learned.
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2010

A series of lectures by Eric Maskin, Professor of Princeton University, Winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007

Lecture 1: How Should We Elect Presidents?
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Lecture 2: How Accountable should Public Officials Be?
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Lecture 3: How Does Political Pandering Affect Deficits?
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2009

A series of lectures New Developments in International Trade Theory by Elhanan Helpman, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade and Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University

Lecture 1: Overview of Recent Heterogeneity Issues in International Trade – Motivations and Results.
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Lecture 2: Contractual Frictions and FDI.
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Lecture 3: International Trade: Labor Market Consequences in Heterogeneous Setting.
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2008

A series of lectures On the Design and Reform of Institutions of Economic Governance by Avinash Dixit, Professor of Economics, Princeton University

Lecture 1: General Concepts and Empirical Studies.
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Lecture 2: Some Formal Models. 
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Lecture 3: Formal Models Cont'd.
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2006

A series of lectures The Demand and Supply of Liquidity by Bengt Holmstrom, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lecture 1: Credit Rationing and the Demand for Liquidity.
Lecture 2: Asset Pricing and the Supply of Liquidity.
Lecture 3: Local versus Global Liquidity.

2006

A series of lectures by Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Lecture 1: Oil and the Global Economy.
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Lecture 2: Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatility and Productivity Growth: The Role of Financial Development.
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2005

A series of lectures by Alberto Alesina, Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

Lecture 1: The Size of Countries: Economic Integration and Political Disintegration.
Lecture 2: The Choice of Electoral Rules.
Lecture 3: Preferences for Redistribution: US versus Europe. 

2003

A series of lectures by Roger Myerson, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Lecture 1: Justice, Institutions, and Multiple Equilibria.
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Lecture 2: Leadership, Trust, and Constitutions.
Lecture 3: Bipolar Multicandidate Elections with Corruption.

2002

Lecture by Ariel Pakes, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Lecture: Recent Developments in Applied Industrial Organization.

2001

A series of lectures by Olivier Blanchard, Chair of the Economics Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lecture 1: An Overview, Shocks, Institutions, Interactions.
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Lecture 2: Which shocks? Which institutions? Which interactions?
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Lecture 3: Labor market institutions, sclerosis, and shocks.
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