Association of Southern European Economic Theorists 2007 Meeting

Summary of All Sessions

#Date/TimeLocationTitlePapers
1November 1, 2007
14:30-16:30
46 Decision Theory4
2November 1, 2007
14:30-16:30
44 Networks4
3November 1, 2007
14:30-16:30
32 Industrial Organization I4
4November 1, 2007
14:30-16:30
34 Contract theory4
5November 1, 2007
14:30-16:30
12 Macroeconomics I4
6November 1, 2007
14:30-16:30
42 Education4
7November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
42 Microeconometrics I3
8November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
12 Intellectual Property Rights3
9November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
34 Political Economy I3
10November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
14 Taxation3
11November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
32 Growth I3
12November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
46 Competition Policy I3
13November 1, 2007
17:00-18:30
44 Industrial Organization II3
14November 2, 2007
9:30-10:45
Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo' ASSET-Murat Sertel Lecture1
15November 2, 2007
11:30-12:45
Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo' Pareto Lecture1
16November 2, 2007
14:30-16:30
42 Game Theory: experiments4
17November 2, 2007
14:30-16:30
44 Social Choice4
18November 2, 2007
14:30-16:30
34 Auctions4
19November 2, 2007
14:30-16:30
12 Macroeconomics II4
20November 2, 2007
14:30-16:00
46 Consumption 3
21November 2, 2007
14:30-16:30
32 Competition Policy II4
22November 2, 2007
14:30-16:30
14 Fiscal Policy 4
23November 2, 2007
17:00-18:30
46 Intergenerational Transfers3
24November 2, 2007
17:00-19:00
12 Industrial Organization III4
25November 2, 2007
17:00-19:00
42 Corporate Governance4
26November 2, 2007
17:00-19:00
44 Matching4
27November 2, 2007
17:00-19:00
14 Information4
28November 2, 2007
17:00-19:00
34 Endogenous Fluctuations4
29November 2, 2007
17:00-19:00
32 Game Theory I3
30November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
46 Labor 3
31November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
42 Regulation: theory3
32November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
12 Growth II3
33November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
32 Microeconometrics II3
34November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
14 Macroeconomics III3
35November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
44 Political Economy II2
36November 3, 2007
9:30-11:00
34 Game Theory II3
37November 3, 2007
11:30-13:00
14 Political Economy III3
38November 3, 2007
11:30-13:00
42 Empirical labor 3
39November 3, 2007
11:30-13:00
34 Applied Macroeconomics3
40November 3, 2007
11:30-13:00
32 International Trade3
41November 3, 2007
11:30-13:00
44 Industrial Organization: Empirical Studies 3
42November 3, 2007
11:30-13:00
12 Mechanism Design3
43November 3, 2007
14:30-16:30
12 Asymmetric Information4
44November 3, 2007
14:30-16:30
42 Industrial Organization IV4
45November 3, 2007
14:30-16:30
32 Law and Economics4
46November 3, 2007
14:30-16:30
14 Delegation4
47November 3, 2007
14:30-16:30
34 General Equilibrium4
48November 3, 2007
14:30-16:30
44 Public Finance4
49November 3, 2007
17:00-18:30
14 Microeconometrics III3
50November 3, 2007
17:00-18:30
32 Monetary-Fiscal Policy Mix3
51November 3, 2007
17:00-18:30
42 Investment3
52November 3, 2007
17:00-18:30
34 Growth III3
53November 3, 2007
17:00-18:30
12 Behavioral Economics3
54November 3, 2007
17:00-18:30
44 Mathematical Economics2
 

54 sessions, 179 papers


 

Association of Southern European Economic Theorists 2007 Meeting

Complete List of All Sessions


Session 1: Decision Theory

Session Chair: Pascal Toquebeuf, GREQAM (UMR CNRS 6579)
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 46
 

Decision Making and Trade without Probabilities
JEL codes: M41 D80 D82 D83
   Presented by: Jack Stecher, Norwegian School of Economics
 

Risk heterogeneity, risk aversion and social insurance
   Presented by: Fulvio Fontini,
 

Investment under Ambiguity with the Best and Worst in Mind
   Presented by: David Schröder, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
 

Consistent dynamic choice and NonExpected Utility preferences
   Presented by: Pascal Toquebeuf, GREQAM (UMR CNRS 6579)

Session 2: Networks

Session Chair: Filomena Garcia, ISEG
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 44
 

Repeated Games Played in a Network
JEL codes: C72, C73, L14
   Presented by: Markus Kinateder, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
 

Endogenous efforts on networks: does centrality matter?
   Presented by: Frédéric Deroïan, CNRS
 

Scientific Collaboration Networks: The role of Heterogeneity and Congestion
   Presented by: Antoni Rubí-Barceló, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA
 

Technology adoption with forward looking agents
   Presented by: Filomena Garcia, ISEG

Session 3: Industrial Organization I

Session Chair: Marcella Scrimitore, University of Lecce
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 32
 

On the Signaling and Feedback Effects of Umbrella Branding
JEL codes: L14, L15, M31
   Presented by: Jeanine Miklós-Thal, University of Mannheim
 

Loyalty Discounts
   Presented by: Ioana Chioveanu, University of Alicante
 

Technological Proximity and Exclusive Buyer-Supplier Relations
   Presented by: Chrysovalantou Milliou, Athens University of Economics and Business
 

Does Product Differentiation ever Affect Locations in Cournot Linear Markets?
   Presented by: Marcella Scrimitore, University of Lecce

Session 4: Contract theory

Session Chair: Radoslava Nikolova, CREST
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 34
 

The Public Management of Risk: Separating Ex Ante and Ex Post Monitors
JEL codes: L51
   Presented by: Yolande Hiriart, University of Toulouse
 

Performance Measurement, Sorting and Productivity
   Presented by: Pascal Courty, European University Institute
 

Endogenous Symmetric Punishment
   Presented by: Alia Gizatulina, CDSE
 

Motivate and Select, Markets and the Form of Compensation
   Presented by: Radoslava Nikolova, CREST

Session 5: Macroeconomics I

Session Chair: Beatriz de Blas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 12
 

Endogenous Cycles in Optimal Monetary Policy with a Nonlinear Phillips Curve
JEL codes: E32, E52, E58
   Presented by: Vivaldo Mendes, ISCTE
 

Jumps in interest rates: to what extent do announcements matter?
   Presented by: Szabolcs Sebestyén, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
 

"Taylored" rules. Does one fit (or hide) all?
   Presented by: Andrea Fracasso, University of Trento
 

On Stickiness, Cash in Advance, and Persistence
   Presented by: Beatriz de Blas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Session 6: Education

Session Chair: Ana Reis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 42
 

Home Education and Intergenerational Persistence of Human Capital Inequality
JEL codes: H52, I21, J24
   Presented by: Margarida Rodrigues, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

Does the possibility of opting out of public education favor expenditure on basic education?
   Presented by: Gabriel Romero, University of Alicante
 

Do more decentralized local governments do better? Effects of the 2001 reform in Colombia on enrolment
   Presented by: Darwin Cortes, Rosario University - Toulouse University
 

Public funding of Higher Education: who gains, who loses?
   Presented by: Ana Reis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Session 7: Microeconometrics I

Session Chair: Giorgio Brunello, University of Padova
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 42
 

Gender differences on child labor
JEL codes: J22, D60, I20
   Presented by: Juan GALLEGO ACEVEDO, Universite de Toulouse 1- MPSE
 

Surnames and social status in Spain
   Presented by: Andres Romeu, Universidad de Murcia
 

The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Example from Chess
   Presented by: Giorgio Brunello, University of Padova

Session 8: Intellectual Property Rights

Session Chair: Fabio Manenti, University of Padua
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 12
 

Dual licensing in open source software markets
JEL codes: L11,L17,L86,D45
   Presented by: Stefano Comino, University of Trento
 

Share to Scare: Technology Sharing Incentives in the Absence of Intellectual Property Rights
   Presented by: Jos Jansen, Max Planck Institute
 

Sequential innovations with unobservable follow-on investments
   Presented by: Fabio Manenti, University of Padua

Session 9: Political Economy I

Session Chair: Raphaël LEVY, University of Toulouse
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 34
 

Repeated electoral competition over non-linear income tax schedules
JEL codes: D72, H23
   Presented by: Georges Casamatta, University of Toulouse
 

Competitive issues and policy consensus
   Presented by: Humberto Llavador, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 

Belief manipulation and political inertia
   Presented by: Raphaël LEVY, University of Toulouse

Session 10: Taxation

Session Chair: Jose Mauricio Prado, Stockholm University
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 14
 

Tax avoidance and the political appeal of progressivity
JEL codes: H23; H31; D72;
   Presented by: Matias Nunez Rodriguez, Ecole Polytechnique
 

Optimality Conditions and Comparative Static Properties of Non-Linear Income Taxes Revisited
   Presented by: Laurent Simula, EHESS, IDEP-GREQAM, PSE
 

Government Policy in the Formal and Informal Sectors
   Presented by: Jose Mauricio Prado, Stockholm University

Session 11: Growth I

Session Chair: Jaime Alonso-Carrera, Universidad de Vigo
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 32
 

Labor's Shares – Aggregate and Industry: Accounting for Both in a Model of Unbalanced Growth with Induced Innovation
JEL codes: O11, O30, O41
   Presented by: Hernando Zuleta, Universidad del Rosario
 

Indeterminacy Big Time: The Role of VIPIRs in Two Sector Models with Factor Market Distortions
   Presented by: Robert Driskill, Vanderbilt University
 

Can consumption spillovers be a source of equilibrium indeterminacy
   Presented by: Jaime Alonso-Carrera, Universidad de Vigo

Session 12: Competition Policy I

Session Chair: Thibaud VERGE, CREST-INSEE
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 46
 

Anticompetitive Vertical Mergers Waves
JEL codes: L22, L13, L42
   Presented by: Nicolas Schutz, PSE (Paris School of Economics)
 

Equilibrium State Aid in Integrating Markets
   Presented by: Paola Valbonesi, University of Padua
 

The effects of retail regulation on prices: theory and evidence from French data
   Presented by: Thibaud VERGE, CREST-INSEE

Session 13: Industrial Organization II

Session Chair: Marie-Francoise CALMETTE, Universite Toulouse 1
Date: November 1, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 44
 

Signaling quality in oligopoly when some consumers are informed
JEL codes: D82, L15, M37
   Presented by: Yaron Yehezkel, Tel Aviv University
 

Competition and reputation
   Presented by: Paolo Vanin, University of Padua
 

The effects of trade liberalization between heterogenous countries on endogenous mergers
   Presented by: Marie-Francoise CALMETTE, Universite Toulouse 1

Session 14: ASSET-Murat Sertel Lecture

Session Chair: Antonio Nicolo, University of Padua
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 10:45
Location: Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo'
 

Do Voters Vote Sincerely?
JEL codes: D72
   Presented by: Antonio Merlo, University of Pennsylvania

Session 15: Pareto Lecture

Session Chair: david perez castrillo,
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 12:45
Location: Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo'
 

An Economic Index of Riskiness
JEL codes: c00
   Presented by: Roberto Serrano, Brown University

Session 16: Game Theory: experiments

Session Chair: Inigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe, University of Alicante
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 42
 

Norms of cooperation among strangers with indefinitely repeated interaction
JEL codes: C90; C70; D80
   Presented by: Marco Casari, Purdue University
 

Equilibrium Play and Best Response to (Stated) Beliefs in Constant Sum Games
   Presented by: Pedro Rey-Biel, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona
 

Risk Taking in Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
   Presented by: Pavlo Blavatskyy, University of Zurich
 

Is Prevention Better than Cure? Framing Effects in Public Good Provision
   Presented by: Inigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe, University of Alicante

Session 17: Social Choice

Session Chair: Bauke Visser, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 44
 

Strategy-Proofness, Unanimity and Plateau-onliness with Single-plateaued preferences
JEL codes: D71
   Presented by: Dolors berga, Universitat de Girona
 

Uncovered Set Choice Rules
   Presented by: Michele Lombardi, Queen Mary, University of London
 

Indifferences and Domain Restrictions
   Presented by: Salvador Barbera, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
 

Is transparency to no avail? Committee decision-making, pre-meetings, and credible deals.
   Presented by: Bauke Visser, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Session 18: Auctions

Session Chair: Rene Saran, Maastricht University
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 34
 

License Prices for Financially Constrained Firms
JEL codes: D43, L51
   Presented by: Roberto Burguet, Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC)
 

Reputational Commitments and Collusion in Procurement
   Presented by: Giacomo Calzolari, University of Bologna
 

do auctions select efficient firms?
   Presented by: Maarten Janssen, Erasmus University
 

The Evolution of Bidding Behavior in Private-Values Auctions and Double Auctions
   Presented by: Rene Saran, Maastricht University

Session 19: Macroeconomics II

Session Chair: Alessia Campolmi, Central European University and Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 12
 

Monetary Policy with Single Instrument Feedback Rules
JEL codes: E31; E40; E52;
   Presented by: Pedro Teles, Banco de Portugal, Univ Catolica Portugu
 

Borrowing Constraints, Multiple equilibria and Monetary Policy
   Presented by: Tiziana Assenza, University of Amsterdam
 

Learning About Which Measure of Inflation to Respond to in an Interest Rate Rule
   Presented by: Marco Airaudo, Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Turin
 

Oil price shocks: Demand vs Supply in a two-country model
   Presented by: Alessia Campolmi, Central European University and Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Session 20: Consumption

Session Chair: aida galiano,
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 46
 

The Retirement Consumption Puzzle: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach
JEL codes: D9, E2
   Presented by: Guglielmo Weber, University of Padua
 

Financial Satisfaction from Intra-Household Perspectives
   Presented by: Arantza Ugidos, Universidad del País Vasco
 

The Incidence of 1990' Expansion on Income Distribution
   Presented by: aida galiano,

Session 21: Competition Policy II

Session Chair: Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 32
 

DOWNSTREAM MERGERS AND ENTRY
JEL codes: L11, L13, L14
   Presented by: Joel Sandonis, Universidad de Alicante
 

How Effective is European Merger Control?
   Presented by: Tomaso Duso, Humboldt University Berlin and WZB
 

Keeping both eyes wide open: A Multi-Tasking Approach to Competition-Authority Attention
   Presented by: Steffen Hoernig, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

Balancing the pro- and anti-competitive effects of exclusive contracts
   Presented by: Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University

Session 22: Fiscal Policy

Session Chair: Vanghelis Vassilatos, Athens University of Economics and Busin
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 14
 

Political Disagreement, Lack of Commitment and the Level of Debt
JEL codes: C61, E61, E62
   Presented by: Davide Debortoli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 

Optimal Fiscal Policy in an Economy with the Possibility of Default
   Presented by: Francesco Caprioli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 

Macroeconomic effects from regional allocation of public capital formation
   Presented by: Maria Freire-Seren, University of Vigo
 

Optimal monetary and fiscal policy in the EMU: Does fiscal policy coordination matter?
   Presented by: Chiara Forlati, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Session 23: Intergenerational Transfers

Session Chair: Viola Angelini, University of Padua
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 46
 

Real estate prices and the importance of bequest taxation
JEL codes: E62, H31
   Presented by: filippo taddei, columbia university
 

Social Interactions Effects on Intergenerational Model of Informal Care Giving
   Presented by: Giacomo Pasini, Università Ca' Foscari, SSAV
 

The strategic bequest motive: evidence from SHARE
   Presented by: Viola Angelini, University of Padua

Session 24: Industrial Organization III

Session Chair: RAMON FAULI-OLLER, UNIVERSITAT D'ALACANT
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: 12
 

Modelling B2B E-marketplaces: The Role of Intermediaries
JEL codes: D40, L13, L86
   Presented by: Emmanuel Petrakis, University of Crete
 

Exclusionary Pricing and Rebates When Scale Matters
   Presented by: Liliane Karlinger, University of Vienna
 

Competition Versus Information under the Word-of-Mouth Effect
   Presented by: Irene Martinez Lopez-Pardina, University of Murcia
 

Downstream mergers and upstream investment
   Presented by: RAMON FAULI-OLLER, UNIVERSITAT D'ALACANT

Session 25: Corporate Governance

Session Chair: QUYNH ANH VO, University of Toulouse 1
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: 42
 

Connections or Performance: What determines turnover of italian bankers?
JEL codes: G21, G34
   Presented by: Clara Graziano, Università degli Studi di Udine
 

CEO Turnover, Forced Chairmen Replacements and Firm Performance: The case of Costa Rican Banks
   Presented by: Miguel Garcia Cestona, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
 

Public Policy and Private CSR Activities: Complements or Substitutes?
   Presented by: Evangelos Mitrokostas, UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
 

Recapitalization vs. Liquidation in Resolution of Financial Distress
   Presented by: QUYNH ANH VO, University of Toulouse 1

Session 26: Matching

Session Chair: Thomas Tregouet, CREST-LEI
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: 44
 

Kidney Exchange: An Egalitarian Mechanism
JEL codes: C71, C78, D02
   Presented by: Ozgur Yilmaz, Koc University
 

Matching Markets under (In)complete Information
   Presented by: Jordi Massó, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 

The Stability of the Roommate Problem Revisited
   Presented by: Elena Molis, Universidad del País Vasco
 

Competition in Matching Technologies: Employment Agencies Do Not Play Dice
   Presented by: Thomas Tregouet, CREST-LEI

Session 27: Information

Session Chair: Francesca Barigozzi, University of Bologna
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: 14
 

Information gathering, disclosure, and contracting in competitive markets
JEL codes: D8 - D82
   Presented by: Alberto Bennardo, University of Salerno
 

Information Linkages and Correlated Trading
   Presented by: Paolo Colla, Bocconi University
 

Pre-game Communication: Compromise vs. Weakness
   Presented by: Vasco Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

Emotional Decision-Makers and Information Gathering
   Presented by: Francesca Barigozzi, University of Bologna

Session 28: Endogenous Fluctuations

Session Chair: Nicolas Dromel, CREST-INSEE
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: 34
 

On the Ramsey equilibrium with heterogeneous consumers and endogenous labor supply
JEL codes: A0
   Presented by: Thomas Seegmuller, CNRS - Université Paris 1
 

Welfare and stabilisation policies in an imperfectly competitive economy with endogenous fluctuations
   Presented by: Frederic Dufourt, University Louis Pasteur
 

Market Imperfections and Endogenous Fluctuations a very general approach
   Presented by: teresa Lloyd Braga,
 

Fiscal Policy, Maintainance Allowances and Expectation-Driven
   Presented by: Nicolas Dromel, CREST-INSEE

Session 29: Game Theory I

Session Chair: Mehmet Barlo, public
Date: November 2, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: 32
 

COMPETITIVE CHEAP TALK
JEL codes: D82, D83, D86
   Presented by: Carlos Oyarzun, Texas A&M University
 

On the Existence of Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria in Large Games
   Presented by: Guilherme Carmona, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

Folk Theorems for the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Limited Memory and Pure Strategies
   Presented by: Mehmet Barlo, public

Session 30: Labor

Session Chair: Gregory Verdugo, Université Toulouse 1
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 46
 

Does a Federal Country Need Federal Transfers when it has Labor Mobility?
JEL codes: H77, R23, C33
   Presented by: Alexandra Lopes, Dinâmia and ISCTE
 

Aggregate Self-Employment Trends
   Presented by: Luca Nunziata, luca.nunziata@unipd.it
 

Technological Change and the Intergenerational Allocation of Labor
   Presented by: Gregory Verdugo, Université Toulouse 1

Session 31: Regulation: theory

Session Chair: Khalfallah Mohamed Haikel, University of Lyon2
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 42
 

Regulation and Taxation in Hydro-Thermal Electricity Generation
JEL codes: L13,L51;D62;H23
   Presented by: Annalisa Vinella, University of Bari & Toulouse School of Economics
 

Regulation Through a Revenue Contest
   Presented by: Unal Zenginobuz, Bogazici University
 

Long-term capacity adequacy in electricity markets: Reliability contracts VS Capacity obligations
   Presented by: Khalfallah Mohamed Haikel, University of Lyon2

Session 32: Growth II

Session Chair: Xavier Raurich, public
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 12
 

Endogenous growth and time-to-build: the AK case
JEL codes: E00, E3, O40
   Presented by: Mauro Bambi, Université Catholique de Louvain
 

R&D Spillovers in an Endogenous Growth Model with Physical Capital, Human Capital and Varieties
   Presented by: Tiago Sequeira, U. Beira Interior and U. Nova Lisboa
 

Transitional Dynamics in an Endogenous Growth Model with Heterogeneous Consumption Goods
   Presented by: Xavier Raurich, public

Session 33: Microeconometrics II

Session Chair: Decio Coviello, EUI and University of Naples "Federico"
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 32
 

Smoking Habits: Like Father, Like Son; Like Mother, Like Daughter
JEL codes: I1, C5
   Presented by: Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Universitat de Girona and IZA
 

Financial Analysts impact on Stock Volatilities. A Study on the Pharmaceutical Sector
   Presented by: Clara Gonzalez, Bank of Spain
 

Does Publicity Affect Competition? Evidence From Discontinuities in Public Procurement Auctions
   Presented by: Decio Coviello, EUI and University of Naples "Federico"

Session 34: Macroeconomics III

Session Chair: Martina Cecioni, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 14
 

Liquidity and the Flattening of the Yield Curve
JEL codes: E43; G12
   Presented by: Raphael Espinoza, University of Oxford
 

Rule of thumb consumers and the business cycle
   Presented by: Francesco Furlanetto, Norges Bank
 

External Trade and Monetary Policy in a Currency Area
   Presented by: Martina Cecioni, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Session 35: Political Economy II

Session Chair: Lisa Grazzini,
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 44
 

Electoral Competition and Strategic Imprecision
JEL codes: D72, D83
   Presented by: Morgane TANVÉ, University Paris 1
 

Voting on Devolution in a Federal Country with a Bicameral National System
   Presented by: Lisa Grazzini,

Session 36: Game Theory II

Session Chair: Marco Piovesan, University of Copenhagen
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Location: 34
 

The Rubistein bargaining game without an exogenous first-mover
JEL codes: C71, C78
   Presented by: Fernando Branco, The Catholic University of Portugal
 

Bargaining in a Long-run Relationship with Capital Accumulation
   Presented by: Francesca Flamini, University of Glasgow
 

Incentive Schemes for Teams
   Presented by: Marco Piovesan, University of Copenhagen

Session 37: Political Economy III

Session Chair: Alexander Wagner, Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA)
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location: 14
 

Reliability and Responsibility: A Theory of Endogenous Commitment
JEL codes: D72, P16, C73
   Presented by: Matteo Maria Triossi Verondini, Collegio Carlo Alberto
 

Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians
   Presented by: Tommaso Nannicini, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
 

Evaluating political decision makers: With the benefit of hindsight bias?
   Presented by: Alexander Wagner, Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA)

Session 38: Empirical labor

Session Chair: Luca Merlino, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location: 42
 

Health and Labor Supply Dynamics of Older Married Workers
JEL codes: J26, J14
   Presented by: Danilo Cavapozzi, University of Padova
 

ON THE STRUCTURE OF LABOUR ADJUSTMENT COSTS
   Presented by: Athanasios Lapatinas, Athens University of Economics and Busin
 

Segmentation in a Labour Market with Heterogenous Workers and Endogenous Technology Adoption
   Presented by: Luca Merlino, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Session 39: Applied Macroeconomics

Session Chair: Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Padua
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location: 34
 

The Role of Search Frictions for Output and Inflation Dynamics
JEL codes: E19, E31, C11
   Presented by: Martin Menner, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
 

Sticky Information and Inflation Persistence: Evidence from U.S. data
   Presented by: Benedetto Molinari, UPF
 

Interest rate smoothing and inflation dynamics in a model with the cost channel
   Presented by: Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Padua

Session 40: International Trade

Session Chair: Oscar Amerighi, CORE and Department of Economics (University of Bologna)
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location: 32
 

Who's Afraid of a Globalized World? Foreign Direct Investments, Local Knowledge and Allocation of Talents
JEL codes: E61-F23-F41
   Presented by: Giovanni Pica, University of Salerno
 

Trade Openness and Growth: Pursuing Empirical Glasnost
   Presented by: Andreas BILLMEIER, IMF
 

Competition for FDI in the Presence of a Public Firm and the Effects of Privatization
   Presented by: Oscar Amerighi, CORE and Department of Economics (University of Bologna)

Session 41: Industrial Organization: Empirical Studies

Session Chair: Lapo Filistrucchi, EUI
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location: 44
 

The Impact of Used Goods on CPI in Small Economies
JEL codes: L00, E31
   Presented by: Adamos Adamou, University of Cyprus
 

The determinants and impact of telecommunications reforms in developing countries
   Presented by: Laura Recuero Virto, Toulouse School of Economics
 

ON DYNAMICS IN DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS OF PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION WITH MARKET LEVEL
   Presented by: Lapo Filistrucchi, EUI

Session 42: Mechanism Design

Session Chair: Semih Koray, Bilkent University
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location: 12
 

Converging to Efficiency: the Ramón y Cajal Program Experience
JEL codes: C21, C78, D78.
   Presented by: ANTONIO ROMERO MEDINA, UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III
 

Cooperative Production and Efficiency
   Presented by: Carmen Beviá, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 

Implementation via Code of Rights
   Presented by: Semih Koray, Bilkent University

Session 43: Asymmetric Information

Session Chair: Anna Maria Menichini, University of Salerno and CSEF
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 12
 

Optimal monitoring to implement clean technologies when pollution is random
JEL codes: K32, K42, D82.
   Presented by: Ines Macho-Stadler, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
 

The Good, the Bad, and the Lazy - Wage Policies in Nonprofit Firms
   Presented by: Stefanie Brilon, Chair for Applied Microeconomics
 

Banking regulation and prompt corrective action
   Presented by: Bruno Parigi, Univesrity of Padova
 

Can Costly Signalling Substitute for Costly Monitoring?
   Presented by: Anna Maria Menichini, University of Salerno and CSEF

Session 44: Industrial Organization IV

Session Chair: João Vareda, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 42
 

Are workers' enterprises entry policies conventional?
JEL codes: G13, J54,L3
   Presented by: Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna
 

How should donors give foreign aid? Budget Support versus Project Aid
   Presented by: Frieda Vandeninden, University of Liège, HEC-ULg
 

Product-Market Competition and Subordinates' Autonomy in Decision Making
   Presented by: Christian Ruzzier, University of Toulouse
 

Access Regulation under Asymmetric Information about Demand
   Presented by: João Vareda, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Session 45: Law and Economics

Session Chair: alberto motta, University of Padua
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 32
 

Case Preparation, Settlement, Trial
JEL codes: K410
   Presented by: Laurent Linnemer, CREST
 

Liability Insurance under the Negligence Rule
   Presented by: Claude Fluet, University of Quebec at Montreal
 

Corporate Fraud, Governance and Auditing
   Presented by: Giovanni Immordino, University of Salerno
 

Self Reporting reduces corruption in law enforcement
   Presented by: alberto motta, University of Padua

Session 46: Delegation

Session Chair: Emanuele Gerratana, Koc University
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 14
 

Unobservable Contracts as Precommitments
JEL codes: C72, D80, L13
   Presented by: Levent Kockesen, Koc University
 

Delegation and Incentives
   Presented by: Daniel Krahmer, Free University Berlin
 

Mediation, Arbitration and Negotiation
   Presented by: Francesco Squintani, University College London
 

Games with Externalities and Delegation to a Common Agent
   Presented by: Emanuele Gerratana, Koc University

Session 47: General Equilibrium

Session Chair: Kunhong Kim, Victoria University of Wellington
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 34
 

Labor unions and asset prices
JEL codes: d81, e 24, j23
   Presented by: William Addessi, università roma 3
 

Entry and the accumulation of capital: a two-state variable extension to the Ramsey model
   Presented by: Paulo Brito, Technical University of Lisbon
 

Are immigrants a gain or a burden on welfare-states natives?
   Presented by: Eleni Iliopulos, EPEE, University of Evry
 

Business Cycle and Asset Prices: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis with Agency Costs and Habit Formation
   Presented by: Kunhong Kim, Victoria University of Wellington

Session 48: Public Finance

Session Chair: Joana Pereira, European University Institute
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Location: 44
 

Forced saving, redistribution and nonlinear social security schemes
JEL codes: H55, D91
   Presented by: Dario Maldonado, Universidad del Rosario
 

Taxation and unemployment benefits with imperfect goods and labor markets
   Presented by: Antonio Scialà,
 

The Role of Temptation in Explaining Individual Behavior over the Life-Cycle
   Presented by: Alessandro Bucciol, University of Padua
 

Markov-Perfect Optimal Fiscal Policy: The Case of Unbalanced
   Presented by: Joana Pereira, European University Institute

Session 49: Microeconometrics III

Session Chair: alessandro fedele, university of milano-bicocca
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 14
 

Price-elasticities and Inventories
JEL codes: D11, D12, D91
   Presented by: Helena Perrone, Universite de Toulouse (GREMAQ, INRA)
 

Viability of a New Road Infrastructure with Heterogeneous Users in Madrid Access
   Presented by: jose sempere monerris, University of Valencia
 

Technology Replaces Culture in Microcredit Markets: the Case of Italian MAGs
   Presented by: alessandro fedele, university of milano-bicocca

Session 50: Monetary-Fiscal Policy Mix

Session Chair: Stefano Gnocchi, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 32
 

Independence and Accountability of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Committees
JEL codes: E61, E52, E58,
   Presented by: Alexander Mihailov, University of Reading
 

The Maastricht Convergence Criteria and Optimal Monetary Policy for the EMU Accession Countries
   Presented by: Anna Lipinska, CEP,LSE; IDEA, UAB
 

Discretionary Fiscal Policy and Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Area
   Presented by: Stefano Gnocchi, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Session 51: Investment

Session Chair: Matthieu Bouvard, Université Toulouse I, IAE
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 42
 

Optimal Investment under Credit Constraint
JEL codes: G31, G32, G33
   Presented by: Bertrand Djembissi, University of Toulouse1
 

Option Value and Flexibility: A General Theorem with Applications
   Presented by: Nicolas Treich, LERNA -INRA
 

Investment Timing and Signaling
   Presented by: Matthieu Bouvard, Université Toulouse I, IAE

Session 52: Growth III

Session Chair: Maria Guecheva, UPF
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 34
 

Optimal government debt in a dynastic model with endogenous fertility, human capital externalities, and a labor-leisure choice
JEL codes: H6; I2; J0; O4
   Presented by: Bei Li, National University of Singapore
 

On Social Security and Firms' Capital-Labor Deepening
   Presented by: Fernando Sánchez-Losada, Universitat de Barcelona
 

Experience and Growth
   Presented by: Maria Guecheva, UPF

Session 53: Behavioral Economics

Session Chair: Elena Argentesi, University of Bologna
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 12
 

Painful Elation and Regret at the Track
JEL codes: D82, D84, D81
   Presented by: Barbara Luppi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
 

Does It Matter if I Pay You Now or Later? Fairness and Time.
   Presented by: Jaromir Kovarik, University of Alicante
 

Acquisition of information and share prices: An empirical investigation of cognitive dissonance
   Presented by: Elena Argentesi, University of Bologna

Session 54: Mathematical Economics

Session Chair: Klaas Schulze, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Date: November 3, 2007
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: 44
 

Model-Based Asymptotic Inference on the Effect of Infrequent Large Shocks on Cointegrated Variables
JEL codes: C32
   Presented by: Iliyan Georgiev, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

Asymptotic Maturity Behavior of Bond Markets
   Presented by: Klaas Schulze, Bonn Graduate School of Economics

This program was last updated on 2007-10-30 18:33:54 EDT