Mr' Pierre Garello Explaining the Mechanism of Public Choice

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Mr. Pierre Garello Explaining the Mechanism
of Public Choice

• Director of the Institute for Economic
  Studies-Europe
• Director of Research for the Institute for
  Research on Economic and Fiscal Issues (IREF)
• Coordinator of the Erasmus Law and Economics
  Program at Paul Cezanne University in
  Aix-en-Provence, France 
• Holds PhD in Economics from New-York University

• LECTURE TOPICS
• Market and Law as Spontaneous Orders
• The Dynamics of Property Rights
• Do We Need Competition Law?
• Mechanism of Public Choice
• Corporate Law and Regulation
• Static vs. Dynamic Efficiency

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Mr. Robert Lawson Explaining Market Functioning

• Associate Professor of Finance at Auburn
  University
• Co-Director of the Centre for International
  Finance and Global Competitiveness
• Director of the Economic Freedom Initiative
• Holds PhD in Economics from Florida State
  University

• LECTURE TOPICS
• The Political vs. the Market Process
• Is There Such a Thing as Good Taxation
• Measuring Freedom
• Growth and Institutions
• Hayek - Friedman Hypothesis

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Mrs. Caroline Freund about the Importance and
Role of Transparency in the Government

• Senior economist in the International Trade Team
• Development Research Group of the World Bank
• Holds Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia
  University 

• LECTURE TOPICS
• Export-led Growth
• Transparency in Government
• The Cost of Trade

Free University of Tbilisi
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Mr. Simeon Djankov about The Regulation of Entry

• Chief economist at the World Bank
• Creator of the Doing Business series
• Holds PhD in Economics from University of
  Michigan at Ann Arbor  

• LECTURE TOPICS
• The Regulation of Entry
• Effects of Regulation on Growth
• Sources of Growth

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Professors Getting Ready for Answering Questions
of Participants
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Small Group Discussions
After each lecture, the participants were which
were created on a rotating principle.

• During these break-up sessions the groups had an
  opportunity to further examine the issue covered
  in the lecture, identify questions and prepare
  presentations on the topic of specific interest
  to them.

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Mr. Vakhtang Lejava, the first deputy minister of
economic development, answering the questions of
Summer School Participants
Mr. Kakha Bendukidze was the guest speaker at the
Summer School

• Every evening, open QA was held on the shore of
  the lake Bazaleti, where participants asked
  professors questions on any topic interesting to
  them.

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Great chance for the participants to have
informal discussions with professors and guests,
ask questions on any topic, debate and have fun
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All 50 Participants of FUT
International Summer School
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