Economics of Culture and Institutions.

• Position: Conferences

A conference on the Economics of Culture and Institutions took place on April 27-28 in Cambridge. Research Associates Alberto Bisin of New York University and Paola Giuliano of the University of California, Los Angeles organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Benjamin Enke, Harvard University and NBER, "Kinship Systems, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Culture" (NBER Working Paper No. 23499)

* Daniel L. Chen, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse; Elliott Ash, University of Warwick; and Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER, "Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice"

* Sara Lowes, Universita Bocconi, and Eduardo J. Montero, Harvard University, "Blood Rubber"

* Jacob Moscona, MIT; Nathan Nunn, Harvard University and NBER; and James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER...