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2011 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: Equilibrium Structure and Comparative Statics
Session Organizer: Marcus Berliant, Washington University
Session Chair: John Quah, Department of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
A non-robustness in the order structure of the equilibrium set in lattice games
By Tarun Sabarwal; University of Kansas Andrew Monaco; University of Kansas
Presented by: Andrew Monaco, University of Kansas
Testing for central dominance: method and applications
By O-Chia Chuang; National Taiwan University Chung-Ming Kuan; National Taiwan University Larry Y. Tzeng; National Taiwan University
Presented by: O-Chia Chuang, Naional Taiwan University
The Motzkin's Theorem and Pareto Improving Reforms
By Kwan Koo YUN; Economics SUNY at Albany
Presented by: Kwan Koo YUN, State University of New York at Albany
Aggregating the single crossing property: theory and applications to comparative statics and Bayesian games
By John K.-H. Quah; Oxford University Bruno Strulovici; Northwestern University
Presented by: John Quah, Department of Economics
Session 2: Taxation, Economic Institutions and Political Economy
Session Organizer: Ping Wang, Washington University
Session Chair: Ping Wang, Washington University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Progressive Taxation and Macroeconomic (In)stability with Productive Government Spending
By Shu-Hua Chen; National Taipei University Jang-Ting Guo; University of California, Riverside
Presented by: Jang-Ting Guo, University of California, Riverside
The Colonization of Hong Kong: Establishing the Pearl of Britain-China Trade
By Theodore Palivos; University of Macedonia Ping Wang; Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Chong K. Yip; Chinese University of Hong Kong
Presented by: Chong K. Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Session 3: Heterogeneous Firms and International Trade
Session Organizer: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
Session Chair: Heiwai Tang, Tufts University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Multiproduct firms and the endogenous choice of varieties
By Tuan Anh Luong; Princeton University
Presented by: Tuan Anh Luong, Princeton University
Skill upgrading and export in Italian manufacturing
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By Antonio Accetturo; Bank of Italy Matteo Bugamelli; Bank of Italy Andrea Lamorgese; Bank of Italy
Presented by: Antonio Accetturo, Bank of Italy
Quality Differentiation and Trade Intermediation
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By Heiwai Tang; Tufts University Yifan Zhang; Lingnan University
Presented by: Heiwai Tang, Tufts University
Session 4: Campaigns, Voting, and Elections
Session Organizer: Tasos Kalandrakis, University of Rochester
Session Chair: Michael Peress, University of Rochester
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Rational Voters and Their Strategic Use of the Separation of Powers
By Mark Schelker; University of St. Gallen
Presented by: Mark Schelker, University of St. Gallen
A Theory of Learning and Coordination in the Presidential Primary System
By George Deltas; University of Illinois Helios Herrera; Columbia University Mattias Polborn; University of Illinois
Presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois
Politicians and Directors in Social Networks: Regression Discontinuity Design Evidence from Close Elections
By Quoc-Anh Do; Singapore Management University Yen-Teik Lee; Singapore Management University Bang Dang Nguyen; Cambridge University
Presented by: Quoc-Anh Do, Singapore Management University
Targeting Political Advertising on Television
By Mitchell Lovett; University of Rochester Michael Peress; University of Rochester
Presented by: Michael Peress, University of Rochester
Session 5: Employment Contracts & Incentives
Session Organizer: Paul Healy, OSU
Session Chair: Luke Boosey, California Institute of Technology
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Increasing Effort through Softening Incentives in Contests
By Dylan B Minor; Unversity of California, Berkeley
Presented by: Dylan Minor, UC Berkeley
Promoting Group Productivity: A Tournament Based Mechanism
By Yi-yi Chen; Washington University
Presented by: Yi-Yi Chen, Washington University in St. Louis
Can Relational Contracts Survive Stochastic Interruptions?
By Sera Linardi; University of Pittsburgh Colin Camerer; California Institute of Technology
Presented by: Sera Linardi, University of Pittsburgh
Salary Competition in Matching Markets with Private Information
By Luke Boosey; California Institute of Technology
Presented by: Luke Boosey, California Institute of Technology
Session 6: Decision and Information Costs
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Tymofiy Mylovanov, Penn State University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
Keeping Your Options Open
By Jean Guillaume Forand; Wallis Institute and University of Waterloo
Presented by: Jean Guillaume Forand, Wallis Institute and University of Waterloo
The Welfare Implications of Costly Information Provision
By Luca V.A. Colombo; Catholic University - Milano Gianluca Femminis; Catholic University - Milano
Presented by: Luca Colombo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Reputational Concern with Endogenous Information Acquisition
By Haibo Xu; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Haibo Xu, Washington University in St. Louis
Should the Flatterers be Avoided?
By Nicolas Klein; Univeristy of Bonn Tymofiy Mylovanov; Penn State University
Presented by: Tymofiy Mylovanov, Penn State University
Session 7: Empirical Models of Health
Session Organizer: Barton Hamilton, Washington University
Session Chair: Harry Paarsch, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
Competition and Post-Transplant Outcomes in Cadaveric Liver Transplantation under the MELD Scoring System
By Harry J. Paarsch; University of Melbourne Jeffrey B. Halldorson; University of Washington John P. Roberts; UCSF Alberto M. Segre; University of Iowa
Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Melbourne
The Effects of Publicity on Demand: The case of anti-cholesterol drugs
By Andrew Ching; University of Toronto Robert Clark; HEC Montreal Ignatius Horstmann; University of Toronto Hyunwoo Lim; University of Toronto
Presented by: Hyunwoo Lim, University of Toronto
AIDS, Pharmaceutical Innovation and Employment Decisions
By Nick W Papageorge; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Nicholas Papageorge, Washington University in St. Louis
Economic Theory as a Guide for the Specification and Interpretation of Empirical Health Production Functions
By Tom Mroz; Clemson University Sergey Mityakov; Clemson University
Presented by: Sergey Mityakov, Clemson University
Session 8: Monetary Policy 2
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: William Gavin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. louis
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Output Gaps and Monetary Policy at Low Interest Rates
By Roberto M. Billi; FRB Kansas City
Presented by: Roberto Billi, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Firms' Finance, Cyclical Sensitivity, and the Role of Monetary Policy
By Anastasia S. Zervou; Texas A&M University
Presented by: Anastasia Zervou, Texas A&M University
Public's Inflation Expectations and Monetary Policy
By Leonardo Melosi; London Business School
Presented by: Leonardo Melosi, London Business School
The Zero Lower Bound and the Dual Mandate
By William T.Gavin; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Benjamin D. Keen; University of Oklahoma
Presented by: William Gavin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. louis
Session 9: Development and Firms
Session Organizer: Sebastian Galiani, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Rodrigo Fuentes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
The Economic Impact of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Chinese Municipalities
By Jin Wang; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Presented by: Jin Wang, HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology
Together we stand? Agglomeration in Indian Manufacturing
By Ana M. Fernandes, The World Bank Gunjan Sharma, University of Missouri
Presented by: Ana Fernandes, Development Research Group
Labor Market Regulations and Productivity
By Roberto Álvarez; Universidad de Chile and Central Bank of Chile J. Rodrigo Fuentes; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Presented by: Rodrigo Fuentes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Session 10: Nonstationary inference
Session Organizer: Werner Ploberger, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: CY (Chor-yiu) SIN, National Tsing Hua University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Conditionally Efficient Estimation of Long-run Relationships Using Mixed-frequency Time Series
By J. Isaac Miller; U. of Missouri
Presented by: J. Isaac Miller, University of Missouri
Efficient selection of the order of an $AR(\infty)$: a unified approach without knowing the order of integratedness
By Ching-Kang ING; Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University Chor-yiu SIN; National Tsing Hua University Shu-Hui YU; National University of Kaohsiung
Presented by: CY (Chor-yiu) SIN, National Tsing Hua University
Session 11: Bayesian Inference
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Xibin Zhang, Monash University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
Nonparametric Bayesian Modeling of Monotone Preferences for Discrete Choice Experiments
By John Geweke; University of Technology Sydney
Presented by: John Geweke, University of Technology Sydney
State-Space Models with Endogenous Markov Regime Switching Parameters
By Kyu Ho Kang; Ajou University
Presented by: Kyu Ho Kang, Ajou University
Modelling Regime Switching and Structural Breaks with an Infinite Dimension Markov Switching Model
By Yong Song; University of Toronto
Presented by: Yong Song, University of Toronto
Bayesian estimation of bandwidths for a nonparametric regression model with an unknown error density
By Xibin Zhang; Monash University Maxwell L King; Monash University Han Lin Shang; Monash University
Presented by: Xibin Zhang, Monash University
Session 12: Applicable Theory
Session Organizer: William Thomson, University of Rochester
Session Chair: Eduardo Azevedo, Harvard
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 113
Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model
By Andres Carvajal; University of Warwick Rahul Deb; University of Toronto James Fenske; Oxford University John Quah; Department of Economics
Presented by: Rahul Deb, University of Toronto
Additive representation of separable preferences over infinite Cartesian products
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By Marcus Pivato; Trent University
Presented by: Marcus Pivato, Trent University
Existence and Testable Implications of Extreme Stable Matchings
By Federico Echenique; Caltech SangMok Lee; Caltech M. Bumin Yenmez; Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University
Presented by: sangmok lee, caltech
The College Admissions Problem with a Continuum of Students
By Eduardo M. Azevedo; Harvard University Jacob D. Leshno; Harvard University
Presented by: Eduardo Azevedo, Harvard
Session 13: Industry Dynamics and Computation
Session Organizer: Steven Berry, Yale University
Session Chair: Bar Ifrach, Columbia University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 9, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 120
Industry Dynamics with Uncertainty and Learning from the Actions of Competitors
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By Nathan Yang; University of Toronto
Presented by: Nathan Yang, University of Toronto
High Performance Quadrature Rules: How Numerical Integration Affects a Popular Model of Product Differentiation
By Benjamin S. Skrainka ; University College London & Cemmap Kenneth L. Judd ; The Hoover Institution & NBER
Presented by: Benjamin Skrainka, UCL
A Dynamic Oligopoly Model for Concentrated Industries
By Bar Ifrach; Columbia Business School Vivek Farias; MIT Sloan School Gabriel Y. Weintraub; Columbia Business School
Presented by: Bar Ifrach, Columbia University
Session 14: Labor Decisions and Wage Distribution
Session Organizer: Ping Wang, Washington University
Session Chair: Alejandro Badel, St. Louis Fed
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
The Impact of Personal Bankruptcy on Labor Supply Decisions
By Daphne Chen; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Daphne Chen, Florida State University
Running Out of Time: Limited Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages
By S. Nuray Akin; University of Miami Brennan C. Platt; Brigham Young University
Presented by: Brennan Platt, Brigham Young University
General v.s Specific Human Capital, Endogenous Job Turnover and Within Group Inequality
By Yang Tang; Washington University in St.Louis
Presented by: YANG TANG, Washington University in St.Louis
Understanding Permanent Black-White Earnings Inequality
By Alejandro Badel;Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Presented by: Alejandro Badel, St. Louis Fed
Session 15: Exports, FDI and Technology
Session Organizer: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
Session Chair: Marla Ripoll, University of Pittsburgh
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Offshoring, Technology and Skill Premium
By Manisha Goel; The Ohio State University
Presented by: Manisha Goel, The Ohio State University
Export growth and factor market competition: theory and evidence
By Julian Emami Namini; Erasmus University Rotterdam Ricardo Lopez
Presented by: Ricardo Lopez, Brandeis University
Productivity, R&D, and international technology diffusion at the industry level
By Marla Ripoll; University of Pittsburgh Shuichiro Nishioka; West Virginia University
Presented by: Marla Ripoll, University of Pittsburgh
Session 16: Democracy, Dictatorship, and Development
Session Organizer: Tasos Kalandrakis, University of Rochester
Session Chair: Cesar Martinelli, ITAM-CIE
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Incumency Advantage in Non-Democratic Elections
By Georgy Egorov; Northwestern University Konstantin Sonin; New Economic School
Presented by: Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School
Autocracy, Democracy and Trade Policy
By Sebastian Galiani; Washington University in St. Louis Gustavo Torrens; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: GUSTAVO TORRENS, WASHIGNTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
Oligarchy, Democracy, and State Capacity
By Helios Herrera; Columbia University Cesar Martinelli; ITAM
Presented by: Cesar Martinelli, ITAM-CIE
Session 17: Groups & Networks
Session Organizer: Paul Healy, OSU
Session Chair: Erkut Ozbay, University of Maryland
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Congestion in irrigation problems
By Paula Jaramillo; Universidad de Los Andes
Presented by: Paula Jaramillo, Universidad de Los Andes
Group Outcomes and Reciprocity
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By Christos Ioannou; University of Southampton Shi Qi; Florida State University Aldo Rustichini; University of Minnesota
Presented by: Christos Ioannou, University of Southampton
Intrinsic and Instrumental Reciprocity: An Experimental Study
By Erkut Y. Ozbay; University of Maryland Luis Cabral; IESE Business School Andrew Schotter; New York University
Presented by: Erkut Ozbay, University of Maryland
Session 18: Axiomatic Approaches to Risk
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
Probabilistic Subjective Expected Utility
By Pavlo R. Blavatskyy
Presented by: Pavlo Blavatskyy, University of Innsbruck
History-Dependent Risk Attitude
By David Dillenberger; University of Pennsylvania Kareen Rozen; Yale University
Presented by: David Dillenberger, University of Pennsylvania
Revealed Preference when Agents can Randomize
By Joerg Stoye; Cornell University
Presented by: Joerg Stoye, Cornell University
Decision Making Given Sample Data
By Christopher P. Adams, Federal Trade Commission
Presented by: Christopher Adams, Federal Trade Commission
Session 19: Theory and Estimation of Hedonic Models
Session Organizer: Barton Hamilton, Washington University
Session Chair: Kelly Bishop, Washington University in St. Louis
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
The Relationship between Marginal Willingness-to-Pay in Discrete Choice and Hedonic Models
By Maisy Wong; University of Pennsylvania
Presented by: Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania
Welfare Measurement and Policy Evaluation in a Dual-Market Locational Equilibrium
By Nicolai V. Kuminoff Arizona State University Department of Economics
Presented by: Nicolai Kuminoff, Arizona State University
A Dynamic Model of Demand for Houses and Neighborhoods
By Patrick Bayer; Duke University Robert McMillan; University of Toronto Alvin Murphy; Washington University in St. Louis Christopher Timmins; Duke University
Presented by: Alvin Murphy, Washington University in St Louis
Simple, Consistent Estimation of the Marginal Willingness to Pay Function: Recovering Rosen's Second Stage without Instrumental Variables
By Kelly C. Bishop; Olin Business School Christopher Timmins; Duke University
Presented by: Kelly Bishop, Washington University in St. Louis
Session 20: Testing
Session Organizer: Donald Andrews,
Session Chair: Qu Feng, Nanyang Technological University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Tests for Distributional Partial Effects
By Shu Shen; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Shu Shen, University of Texas at Austin
Combination of "Combinations of P-values"
By Lan Cheng; SUNY Fredonia Xuguang Sheng; American University
Presented by: Xuguang Sheng, American University
Is F>10 Enough? TSLS Weak Instrument Bias with Heteroskedasticity and Autocorrelation
By Jose Luis Montiel Olea; Harvard University Carolin Pflueger; Harvard University
Presented by: Carolin Pflueger, Harvard Business School
A Lagrange Multiplier Test for Cross-sectional Dependence in a Fixed Effects Panel Data Model
By Badi H. Baltagi; Syracuse University Qu Feng; Nanyang Technological University Chihwa Kao; Syracuse University
Presented by: Qu Feng, Nanyang Technological University
Session 21: Monetary Policy 3
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Xiaoshan Chen, University of Glasgow
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Financial Policy in a Liquidity Trap
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By Luis Bryce; Northwestern University Andrew Nowobilski; Northwestern University
Presented by: Andrew Nowobilski, Northwestern University
Stabilization versus Sustainability: Macroeconomic Policy Tradeoffs
By Huixin Bi; Bank of Canada Eric Leeper; Indiana University Campbell Leith; University of Glasgow
Presented by: Huixin Bi, Bank of Canada
Estimation of Forward-Looking Relationships in Closed Form: An Application to the New Keynesian Phillips Curve
By Michelle L. Barnes; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Fabià Gumbau-Brisa; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Denny Lie; University of Sydney Giovanni P. Olivei; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Presented by: Fabià Gumbau-Brisa, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Realised and optimal monetary policy rules in an estimated Markov-switching DSGE model for the United Kingdom
By Xiaoshan Chen, University of Glasgow Ronald MacDonald, University of Glasgow
Presented by: Xiaoshan Chen, University of Glasgow
Session 22: Development and Families
Session Organizer: Sebastian Galiani, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Angelino Viceisza, IFPRI
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
The Gender of Caste: Identity, Political Reservations and Access to Water Resources in Rural India
By Pinar Keskin; Wesleyan University
Presented by: Pinar Keskin, Wesleyan University
Divorce, Abortion, and Sex-Ratio at Birth: The Effect of the Amended Divorce Law in China
By Ang Sun; Brown University
Presented by: Ang Sun, Brown University
To remit, or not to remit: that is the question. A remittance field experiment.
By Máximo Torero, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Angelino C. G. Viceisza, IFPRI
Presented by: Angelino Viceisza, IFPRI
Session 23: Time series
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Zhaogang Song, Cornell University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
Estimation of Multivariate Jump-Diffusions with Strong Approximations
By Xiao Huang; Department of Economics and Finance Kennesaw State University
Presented by: Xiao Huang, Kennesaw State University
A Nonlinear Filtering Algorithm based on Wavelet Transforms for High-Frequency Financial Data Analysis
By Thomas Meinl School of Economics and Business Engineering Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Edward W. Sun BEM Management School Bordeaux, France & School of Economics and Business Engineering Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Presented by: Edward Sun, KIT
Infinitesimal Operator-Based Estimation for Continuous Time Markov Processes
By Zhaogang Song Department of Economics, Cornell University
Presented by: Zhaogang Song, Cornell University
Session 24: Noncooperative Game Theory
Session Organizer: William Thomson, University of Rochester
Session Chair: Mehmet Barlo, Sabanci University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 113
Complexity and Mixed Strategy Equilibria
By Tai-Wei Hu; Northwestern University
Presented by: Tai-Wei Hu, MEDS
Stochastic Discounting in Repeated Games: Awaiting the Almost Inevitable
By Mehmet Barlo; Sabanci University Can Urgun; Sabanci University
Presented by: Mehmet Barlo, Sabanci University
Session 25: Time and Preferences
Session Organizer: Marcus Berliant, Washington University
Session Chair: Philip Dybvig, Washington University in Saint Louis
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
A Simple Axiomatization of Quasi-hyperbolic Discounting
By José Luis Montiel Olea; Harvard University Tomasz Strzalecki; Harvard University
Presented by: José Montiel Olea, ITAM
High Hopes and Disappointment
By Philip H. Dybvig; Washington University-Saint Louis L. C. G. Rogers; Cambridge University
Presented by: Philip Dybvig, Washington University in Saint Louis
Session 26: Empirical Models of Pricing and Competition
Session Organizer: Steven Berry, Yale University
Session Chair: Katja Seim, University of Pennsylvania
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 120
Heterogeneity, Matching, and the Hedonic Structure of the Credit Market
By Jorge O. Moreno; ITAM School of Business Administration
Presented by: Jorge Moreno, ITAM
Multimarket Contacts in Italian Retail Banking: Competition and Welfare
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By Jozsef Molnar; European Commission Xiaolan zhou; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Presented by: Jozsef Molnar, European Commission
Welfare and Redistribution Effects of Benevolent Multiproduct Pricing: The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
By Eugenio Miravete; University of Texas Katja Seim; University of Pennsylvania Jeff Thurk; University of Notre Dame Joel Waldfogel; University of Minnesota
Presented by: Katja Seim, University of Pennsylvania
Session 27: Labor Markets
Session Organizer: Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
Session Chair: Nicolas Roys, University of Wisconsin Madison
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
Misallocation, Informality and Human Capital
By Pablo D'Erasmo; University of Maryland Hernan Moscoso Boedo; University of Virginia
Presented by: Pablo D'Erasmo, University of Maryland
Macroeconomic Volatility: The Role of the Informal Economy
By Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria; The Ohio State University
Presented by: Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, The Ohio State University
Estimating Labor Market Rigidities with Heterogeneous Firms
By Nicolas Roys ; University of Wisconsin Madison
Presented by: Nicolas Roys, University of Wisconsin Madison
Session 28: Labor Markets and Economic Development
Session Organizer: Ping Wang, Washington University
Session Chair: Dean Corbae, University of Texas at Austin
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Age Matching Patterns and Search
By Anja Sautmann; Brown University
Presented by: Anja Sautmann, Brown University
Infectious Diseases and Economic Growth
By Aditya Goenka; National University of Singapore Lin Liu; University of Rochester Manh-Hung Nguyen; Toulouse School of Economics
Presented by: Aditya Goenka, National University of Singapore
Health, Education and Economic Development
By Yin-Chi Wang, Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Yin-Chi Wang, Washington University in St. Louis
Can Credit Market Information Improve Labor Market Outcomes?
By Tzu-Ying Chen; University of Texas at Austin Dean Corbae; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Dean Corbae, University of Texas at Austin
Session 29: Trade Policy
Session Organizer: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
Session Chair: Taiji Furusawa, Hitotsubashi University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Third-Party-Assisted Renegotiation of Trade Agreements
By Mostafa Beshkar, University of New Hampshire
Presented by: Mostafa Beshkar, University of New Hampshire
Trade Credit and International Trade during the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis
By Brahima Coulibaly, Federal Reserve Board Horacio Sapriza, Federal Reserve Board Andrei Zlate, Federal Reserve Board
Presented by: Andrei Zlate, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Why is Trade so Volatile? The Great Trade Collapse of 2008/09
By Dennis Novy; University of Warwick Alan M. Taylor; UC Davis
Presented by: Dennis Novy, University of Warwick
Dynamic Free Trade Networks: Some Numerical Results
By Taiji Furusawa; Hitotsubashi University Hiroshi Daisaka; Hitotsubashi University
Presented by: Taiji Furusawa, Hitotsubashi University
Session 30: Information and Voting
Session Organizer: Tasos Kalandrakis, University of Rochester
Session Chair: Yaron Azrieli, The Ohio State University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Information Aggregation in Search Committees
By S. Nageeb Ali; UCSD J. Aislinn Bohren; University of California, San Diego
Presented by: J. Aislinn Bohren, University of California, San Diego
Compulsory versus Voluntary Voting Mechanisms: An Experimental Study
By Sourav Bhattacharya; University of Pittsburgh John Duffy; University of Pittsburgh Sun-Tak Kim; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: SunTak Kim, University of Pittsburgh
Pareto efficiency and weighted majority rules
By Yaron Azrieli; Ohio State University Semin Kim; Ohio State University
Presented by: Yaron Azrieli, The Ohio State University
Session 31: Auctions & Other Selling Mechanisms
Session Organizer: Paul Healy, OSU
Session Chair: Masahiro Watabe, Zirve University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Discrete Clock Auctions: An Experimental Study
By Emel Filiz-Ozbay; University of Maryland Peter Cramton; University of Maryland Erkut Y. Ozbay; University of Maryland Pacharasut Sujarittanonta; University of Maryland
Presented by: Emel Filiz-Ozbay, University of Maryland
Ranking Asymmetric Auctions using the Dispersive Order
By Rene Kirkegaard; University of Guelph
Presented by: Rene Kirkegaard, University of Guelph
A Characterization of Implementability of Allocation Rules: the Use of a Menu of Three-Part Tariffs
By Masahiro Watabe; Zirve University
Presented by: Masahiro Watabe, Zirve University
Session 32: Search and Social Networks
Session Organizer: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Katarina Mayer, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
A Select Group of Friends: The Returns to Networking
By Brandy J. Lipton; Northwestern University
Presented by: Brandy Lipton, Northwestern University
Favoritism in the Matching Process: The Rise and Spread of Favoritism Practices in the Labor Market
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By Miguel A. Duran; University of Malaga (Spain) Antonio J. Morales; University of Malaga (Spain)
Presented by: Miguel Duran, University of Malaga (Spain)
Social Interactions and Labor Market Search
By Semih Tumen; University of Chicago
Presented by: Semih Tumen, University of Chicago
Unemployment Insurance and Severance Payments in a Wage Bargaining Model with Costly Search
By Sang-Moon Hahm; KDI School of Public Policy and Management Katarina Mayer; Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Presented by: Katarina Mayer, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Session 33: GMM
Session Organizer: Donald Andrews,
Session Chair: Yu Zhou, University of Michigan
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Ultra High Dimensional Variable Selection Consistency with Endogenous Covariates
By Yuan Liao; Princeton University Jianqing Fan; Princeton University
Presented by: Yuan Liao, Princeton University
Asymptotic Refinements of a Misspecification-Robust Bootstrap for Generalized Method of Moments Estimators
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By SeoJeong Lee; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presented by: SeoJeong Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Uniform in Bandwidth Tests of Specification for Conditional Moment Restrictions Models
By Pierre Nguimkeu; Simon Fraser University Pascal Lavergne; Simon Fraser University
Presented by: Pierre Evariste Nguimkeu, Simon Fraser University
Averaged Instrumental Variables Estimator
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By Yoonseok Lee; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Yu Zhou; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Presented by: Yu Zhou, University of Michigan
Session 34: Labor Markets
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Christian Jensen, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Optimal Monetary Policy with Labor Market Frictions and Real Wage Rigidity: the Role of Wage Channel
By Takeki Sunakawa; The Ohio State University and Bank of Japan
Presented by: Takeki Sunakawa, Ohio State University and Bank of Japan
Fixed-Term and Permanent Employment Contracts: Theory and Evidence
By Shutao Cao; Bank of Canada Enchuan Shao; Bank of Canada Pedro Silos; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Presented by: Pedro Silos, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Aggregate Evidence of Nominal Price Rigidities and the Inflation-Output Trade-Off: The Relationship between the Income Share of Labor and the Rate of Inflation
By Christian Jensen; University of South Carolina
Presented by: Christian Jensen, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
Session 35: Development and Education
Session Organizer: Sebastian Galiani, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Basit Zafar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
Direct Estimation of Hidden Earnings: Evidence From Administrative Data
By Serguey Braguinsky; Carnegie-Mellon University Andrey Liskovich; John F. Kennedy School of Government Sergey Mityakov; Clemson University
Presented by: Sergey Mityakov,
Who benefits from reducing the cost of formality? Quantile regression discontinuity analysis
By Tommaso Gabrieli; University of Reading Antonio F. Galvao, Jr.; University of Iowa Gabriel V. Montes-Rojas; City University London
Presented by: Gabriel Montes-Rojas, City University London
Religious Seminary or Western-style University? College Choice and Subjective Expectations in Urban Pakistan
By Adeline Delavande, Rand Corporation and Universidade Nova de Lisboa Basit Zafar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Presented by: Basit Zafar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Session 36: Macroeconometrics
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Seth Pruitt, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
Term Premia and the News
By Michael Bauer; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Presented by: Michael Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The Three-Pass Regression Filter: A New Approach to Forecasting Using Many Predictors
By Bryan Kelly; Chicago Booth Seth Pruitt; Federal Reserve Board
Presented by: Seth Pruitt, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Session 37: Entrepreneurship and R & D within the Firm
Session Organizer: Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley
Session Chair: Andre Silva, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 113
Should I Go or Should I Stay? Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship, and Support for Internal Innovation
By Silvana Krasteva; Texas A&M University Liad Wagman; Illinois Institute of Technology
Presented by: Silvana Krasteva, Texas A&M University
Repeated Moral Hazard in Multi-stage R&D Projects
By Yaping Shan; University of Iowa
Presented by: Yaping Shan, University of Iowa
Financing Conditions, the Concept of Innovation Capacity and the Innovative Activity of Firms
By Georg Paula; ifo Institute for Economic Research
Presented by: Georg Paula, ifo Institute Munich
Incentives to Innovate and the Decision to Go Public or Private
By Daniel Ferreira; London School of Economics Gustavo Manso; MIT Sloan School of Management Andre C. Silva; Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Presented by: Andre Silva, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Session 38: Empirical Industrial Organization
Session Organizer: Steven Berry, Yale University
Session Chair: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 120
Testing Bidders' Risk Aversions in Auctions with Endogenous Entry
By Hanming Fang; University of Pennsylvania; Xun Tang; University of Pennsylvania
Presented by: Xun Tang, University of Pennsylvania
Partial Identification in First-Price Auctions with Selective Entry
By Matthew Gentry; Vanderbilt University Tong Li; Vanderbilt University
Presented by: Matthew Gentry, Vanderbilt University
Building New Plants or Entering by Acquisition? Estimation of an Entry Model for the US Cement Industry
By Hector Perez Saiz; Bank of Canada
Presented by: Hector Perez Saiz, Bank of Canada
Do Incumbents Improve Service Quality in Response to Entry? Evidence from Airlines' On-Time Performance
By Jeffrey T. Prince; Indiana University Daniel H. Simon; Indiana University
Presented by: Jeffrey Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana Unive
Session 39: Soverign Debt and Default
Session Organizer: Marcus Berliant, Washington University
Session Chair: Francesco Carli, Washington University in St. Louis
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
Risk aversion and uncertainty in European Sovereign Bond markets
By Julien Idier; Banque de France & University Paris 1 Valere Fourel; Banque de France
Presented by: Julien Idier, Banque de France & Université Paris 1
Costly Monitoring, Dynamic Incentives and Default
By Gaetano Antinolfi; Washington University in st. Louis Francesco Carli; Washington University in st. Louis
Presented by: Francesco Carli, Washington University in St. Louis
Session 40: AIDS and Fertility
Session Organizer: Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
Session Chair: Juan Cordoba, Iowa State University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
HIV and Fertility in Africa: First Evidence from Population Based Surveys
By Chinhui Juhn; University of Houston and NBER Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan; University of Houston and NBER Belgi Turan ; University of Houston
Presented by: Belgi Turan, University of Houston
HIV, wages and labor productivity
By Ioana Elena Marinescu; University of Chicago
Presented by: Ioana Marinescu, University of Chicago
A Quantitative Theory of HIV Diffusion
By Rodolfo Manuelli; Washington University in St. Louis and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis; Washington University in St. Louis and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Presented by: Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
A Contribution to the Economic Theory of Fertility
By Juan Carlos Cordoba; Iowa State University Marla Ripoll; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Juan Cordoba, Iowa State University
Session 41: Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Can Tian, University of Pennsylvania
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Labor force heterogeneity: implications for the relation between aggregate volatility and government size
By Alexandre Janiak; University of Chile Paulo Santos Monteiro; University of Warwick
Presented by: Paulo Santos Monteiro, University of Warwick
Labor Market and Monetary Phenomena in the Short Run
By Tsz-Nga Wong; Washington University in St Louis
Presented by: Tsz-Nga Wong, Washington University in St Louis
Entry, Exit and Endogenous Firm Dispersion over the Business Cycles
By Can Tian; University of Pennsylvania
Presented by: Can Tian, University of Pennsylvania
Session 42: Mechanism Design with Moral Hazard or Complementary Goods
Session Organizer: Paul Healy, OSU
Session Chair: Zachary Grossman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Incentives, Project Choice and Dynamic Multitasking
By Martin Szydlowski; Northwestern University
Presented by: Martin Szydlowski, Northwestern University
Optimal Incentive Contracts under Moral Hazard When the Agent is Free to Leave
By Florian Englmaier; University of Konstanz Gerd Muehlheusser; University of Bielefeld Andreas Roider; University of Heidelberg
Presented by: Andreas Roider, University of Heidelberg
Evaluating the Tradeoff between Efficiency and Property Rights in Assembly Mechanisms
By Zachary Grossman; UC Santa Barbara Jonathan Pincus; University of Adelaide Perry Shapiro; UC Santa Barbara
Presented by: Zachary Grossman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Session 43: International Prices
Session Organizer: Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Jian Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
The Economics of Cross-border Travel
By Ambarish Chandra; UBC Keith Head; UBC Mariano Tappata; UBC
Presented by: Mariano Tappata, UBC
Exchange Rate Pass-through and Price Setting: Insights from Producer Price Micro Data
By Shutao Cao; Bank of Canada Wei Dong; Bank of Canada
Presented by: Wei Dong, Bank of Canada
Exaggerated death of distance: revisiting distance effects on regional price dispersions
By Kazuko Kano; University of Technology Sydney Takashi Kano; University of Tokyo Kazutaka Takechi; Hosei University
Presented by: Takashi Kano, The University of Tokyo
The Effects of News About Future Productivity on International Relative Prices: An Empirical Investigation
By Deokwoo Nam; City University of Hong Kong Jian Wang; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Presented by: Jian Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Session 44: Wage Determination
Session Organizer: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Philippe Belley, Kansas State University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
Tasks and Heterogeneous Human Capital
By Shintaro Yamaguchi; McMaster University
Presented by: Shintaro Yamaguchi, McMaster University
Understanding Wage Growth: Estimating and Testing Learning-by-Doing
By Philippe Belley; Kansas State University
Presented by: Philippe Belley, Kansas State University
Work Activities as Firm-Specific Human Capital: Estimates of Effects on Wages
By Donna K. Ginther; University of Kansas Serena Huang; University of Kansas Dylan G. Rassier; Bureau of Economic Analysis
Presented by: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session 45: Electoral Competition
Session Organizer: Tasos Kalandrakis, University of Rochester
Session Chair: Alejandro Saporiti, University of Manchester
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Political competition and Mirrleesian income taxation: A first pass
By Felix J Bierbrauer; Max Planck Institute in Bonn Pierre C Boyer; University of Mannheim
Presented by: Pierre Boyer, University of Mannheim
Strategic Party Formation on a Circle
By Ronald Peeters; Maastricht University Rene Saran; Maastricht University Ayse Muge Yuksel; Maastricht University
Presented by: Ayse Yuksel, Maastricht University
Power, Ideology, and Electoral Competition
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By Alejandro Saporiti; University of Manchester
Presented by: Alejandro Saporiti, University of Manchester
Session 46: Nonparametrics and Semiparametrics
Session Organizer: Donald Andrews,
Session Chair: Matias Cattaneo, University of Michigan
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Nonparametric Estimation and Inference on Conditional Quantile Processes
By Zhongjun Qu; Boston University Jungmo Yoon; Claremont Mckenna College
Presented by: Zhongjun Qu, Boston University
Gradient Based Cross-Validation
By Daniel J. Henderson, Binghamton University Qi Li, Texas A&M Christopher F. Parmeter, University of Miami
Presented by: Christopher Parmeter, University of Miami
Generalized Jackknife Estimators of Weighted Average Derivatives
By Matias D. Cattaneo; University of Michigan Richard K. Crump; Federal Reserve Bank of New York Michael Jansson; UC Berkeley and CREATES
Presented by: Matias Cattaneo, University of Michigan
Session 47: Decentralized Trading
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Daniel Sanches, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Adverse Selection and Liquidity Distortion in Decentralized Markets
By Briana Chang; Northwestern University
Presented by: Briana Chang, Northwestern University
A Dynamic Model of Unsecured Credit
By Daniel Sanches, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Presented by: Daniel Sanches, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Buyers, Sellers and Middlemen: Variations on Search-Theoretic Themes
By Yuet-Yee Wong;Department of Economics, Binghamton University Randall Wright; Departments of Economics and Finance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Presented by: Yuet-Yee Wong, Binghamton University
Session 48: Microeconometrics I
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Tiemen Woutersen, Johns Hopkins University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
Consistent estimation of the fixed effects ordered logit model
By Gregori Baetschmann; University of Zurich Kevin Staub; University of Zurich Rainer Winkelmann; University of Zurich
Presented by: Rainer Winkelmann, University of Zurich
Exact inference for a weak instrument, a small sample, or extreme quantiles
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By Brigham R. Frandsen; Harvard University, RWJF
Presented by: Brigham Frandsen, Harvard University
Endogeneity and Imperfect Instruments in Applied Work: Deriving Bounds in a Semiparametric Model
By Steffen Reinhold, University of Mannheim Tiemen Woutersen, Johns Hopkins University
Presented by: Tiemen Woutersen, Johns Hopkins University
Session 49: New Directions in Decision Theory
Session Organizer: Aldo Rustichini, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Garett Jones, George Mason University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
Monotone Threshold Representations
By Mira Frick; Department of Economics, Harvard University and Harvard Business School
Presented by: Mira Frick, Harvard University
Intelligence, Patience, and Cooperation: An Experimental Study
By Omar al-Ubaydli; George Mason University Garett Jones; George Mason University Jaap Weel; George Mason University
Presented by: Garett Jones, George Mason University
Economic Rationality, Risk Presentation, and Retirement Portfolio Choice
By Hazel Bateman;Centre for Pensions and Superannuation, University of New South Wales, Christine Ebling; Centre for the Study of Choice, University of Technology Sydney John Geweke; Centre for the Study of Choice, University of Technology Sydney Jordan Louviere; Centre for the Study of Choice, University of Technology Sydney Stephen Satchell; Trinity College, University of Cambridge Susan Thorp; Centre for the Study of Choice, University of Technology Sydney
Presented by: Susan Thorp, University of Technology, Sydney
Self-Esteem, Shame and Personal Motivation
By Roberta Dessi; Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ and IDEI) and CEPR Xiaojian Zhao; Dept of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Presented by: Xiaojian Zhao, HKUST
Session 50: Economics of Platforms
Session Organizer: Kenneth Chay, Brown University
Session Chair: Hanna Halaburda, Harvard Business School
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 120
How do Switching Costs Affect Market Concentration and Prices in Network Industries?
By Jiawei Chen; University of California, Irvine
Presented by: Jiawei Chen, University of California, Irvine
Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information
By Hanna Halaburda; Harvard University Yaron Yehezkel; Tel Aviv University
Presented by: Hanna Halaburda, Harvard Business School
When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?
By Ramon Casadesus-Masanell; Harvard Business School Hanna Halaburda; Harvard Business School
Presented by: Hanna Halaburda, Harvard Business School
Session 51: Finance
Session Organizer: Marcus Berliant, Washington University
Session Chair: Jun Li, University of Minnesota
Session type: contributed
Date: June 10, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
Segregating Continuous Volatility From Jumps In Long-Run Risk-Return Trade-Offs
By Cedric Okou; HEC Montreal
Presented by: Cedric OKOU, HEC Montreal
Consumption Moment Risk Factors and Cross-Section of Long-Run Stock Returns
By Andrei Semenov; York University
Presented by: Andrei Semenov, York University
Investment-specific shocks and momentum profits
By Jun Li; University of Minnesota
Presented by: Jun Li, University of Minnesota
Session 52: Bubbles and Asset Pricing
Session Organizer: Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
Session Chair: Juan Hatchondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 113
Bubbles in Prices of Exhaustible Resources
By Boyan Jovanovic; NYU Economics
Presented by: Boyan Jovanovic, New York University
Competitive Poaching in Unsecured Lending
By Lukasz A Drozd; University of Pennsylvania Ricardo Serrano-Padial; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presented by: Ricardo Serrano-Padial, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Bubbles and Credit Constraints
By Pengfei Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Jianjun Miao, Boston University
Presented by: Pengfei Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
Mortgage defaults and recourse
By Juan Carlos Hatchondo; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Leonardo Martinez; IMF Juan Sanchez; Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
Presented by: Juan Hatchondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Session 53: Preferences & Information
Session Organizer: Paul Healy, OSU
Session Chair: Pablo Azar, MIT
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Correlated Information and Direct Mechanism Design
By David Rahman; University of Minnesota
Presented by: David Rahman, University of Minnesota
Crowdsourced Bayesian Auctions
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By Pablo Daniel Azar; MIT CSAIL Jing Chen; MIT CSAIL Silvio Micali; MIT CSAIL
Presented by: Pablo Azar, MIT
Session 54: Trade and Macroeconomics
Session Organizer: Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: David Arseneau, Federal Reserve Board
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Trade and Synchronization in a Multi-Country Economy
By Luciana Juvenal; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Paulo Santos Monteiro; University of Warwick
Presented by: Luciana Juvenal, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
House Prices Booms and Current Account Deficits
By Andrea Ferrero; Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Presented by: Andrea Ferrero, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Threatening to Offshore in a Search Model of the Labor Market
By David M. Arseneau; Federal Reserve Board Sylvain LeDuc; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Presented by: David Arseneau, Federal Reserve Board
Session 55: Foundations of Economic Theory
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Pei-yu Lo, The University of Hong Kong
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
Epistemic Foundations for the Failure of Nash Equilibrium
By Paul J. Healy; Ohio State University
Presented by: Paul Healy, OSU
Relevance and Symmetry
By Peter Klibanoff; Northwestern University Sujoy Mukerji; University of Oxford Kyoungwon Seo; Northwestern University
Presented by: Peter Klibanoff, Kellogg School of Management, Northweste
Hierarchical v.s. Independent Communication
By Pei-yu Melody Lo; The University of Hong Kong
Presented by: Pei-yu Lo, The University of Hong Kong
Session 56: Partial Identification of Treatment Effects
Session Organizer: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
Fuzzy Change in Change
By Clément de Chaisemartin; Paris School of Economics and Crest/Insee
Presented by: Clément de Chaisemartin, Paris School of Economics
Estimation of Treatment Effects Without an Exclusion Restriction: with an Application to the Analysis of the School Breakfast Program
By Daniel Millimet, SMU & IZA Rusty Tchernis, GSU & NBER
Presented by: Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State University
The Impact of the National School Lunch Program on Child Health: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis
By Craig Gundersen; University of Illinois Brent Kreider; Iowa State University John V. Pepper; University of Virginia
Presented by: Brent Kreider, Iowa State University
Model Specification Tests and the Estimation of Treatment Effects: An Application with Random and Non-Random Administrative Records
By Tao Chen; University of Connecticut Kenneth A. Couch; University of Connecticut
Presented by: Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut
Session 57: Identification of Nonseparable Models
Session Organizer: Donald Andrews,
Session Chair: Yuya Sasaki, Brown University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Identification and Estimation of Nonparametric Panel Data Regressions with Measurement Error
By Daniel Wilhelm; University of Chicago
Presented by: Daniel Wilhelm, University of Chicago
Semiparametric Estimation of Models with Conditional Moment Restrictions in the Presence of Nonclassical Measurement Errors
By Suyong Song; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Presented by: Suyong Song, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Level-k Auctions
By Yonghong An; Johns Hopkins University
Presented by: Yonghong An, Johns Hopkins University
Identification and Estimation of a Nonseparable Dynamic Panel Model with Attrition Hazards
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By Yuya Sasaki; Brown University
Presented by: Yuya Sasaki, Brown University
Session 58: Financial Intermediation 1
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Pablo D'Erasmo, University of Maryland, College Park
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Endogenous Credit Cycles
By Chao Gu; University of Missouri Randall Wright; University of Wisconsin
Presented by: Chao Gu, University of Missouri
A Quantitative Model of Banking Industry Dynamics
By Dean Corbae; University of Texas at Austin Pablo D'Erasmo; University of Maryland
Presented by: Pablo D'Erasmo, University of Maryland, College Park
Session 59: Money, Finance and Policy
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Rehim Kilic, Koc University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Information insensitive securities: the true benets of Central Counterparties
By Francesca Carapella David Mills
Presented by: Christopher Waller,
Exchange-rate pass-through to import prices: nonlinearities and exchange rate and inflationary regimes
By Rehim Kilic; Koc University
Presented by: Rehim Kilic, Koc University
Session 60: Microeconometrics II
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Monalisa Sen, University of Illinois at UC
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Fractiles on Quantile Regression with Applications
By Anil Bera; University of Illinois Aurobindo Ghosh; Singapore Management University Zhijie Xiao; Boston College
Presented by: Aurobindo Ghosh, Singapore Management University
Identification of Underlying Beliefs from Subjective Distributions Data
By Brian Dillon; Cornell University
Presented by: Brian Dillon, Cornell University
Specification Testing for Panel Spatial Models with Misspecifications
By Monalisa Sen; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Anil K. Bera; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Presented by: Monalisa Sen, University of Illinois at UC
Session 61: Experiments in Individual Behavior and Games
Session Organizer: Aldo Rustichini, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Daniel Jones, University of Pittsburgh
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
Manipulation of choice behaviour
By Paola Manzini; University of St. Andrews Marco Mariotti; University of St Andrews Christopher Tyson; Queen Mary, University of London
Presented by: Christopher Tyson, Queen Mary, University of London
The Behavioral Economics of Crime Rates and Punishment Levels
By Kaiwen Leong; Princeton University Saori Chiba; Boston University
Presented by: Saori Chiba, Boston University
Gender Differences in Reputation Concerns: A Field Experiment in Volunteering
By Sera Linardi; University of Pittsburgh Daniel Jones; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Daniel Jones, University of Pittsburgh
Session 62: Structural Estimation of Dynamic Behavior
Session Organizer: Kenneth Chay, Brown University
Session Chair: Natalia Khorunzhina, University of Pittsburgh
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
Welfare Reform and the Dynamic Effects of Time Limits
By Marc K. Chan; Peking University
Presented by: Marc Chan, Peking University
Stock Market Participation Costs: Empirical Analysis
By Natalia Khorunzhina; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Natalia Khorunzhina, University of Pittsburgh
Session 63: Finance and Managers
Session Organizer: Marcus Berliant, Washington University
Session Chair: Sergey Stepanov, New Economic School
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
Optimal Division of Effort between Working and Learning Information about the Financial Market
By Guannan Luo; Northwestern University
Presented by: Guannan Luo, Northwestern University
The Implications of VaR and Short-Sell Restrictions on the Portfolio Manager Performance
By Fulbert Tchana Tchana; Finance Quebec Georges Tsafack; Suffolk University
Presented by: Georges TSAFACK KEMASSONG, Suffolk University
Takeovers under Asymmetric Information: Block Trades and Tender Offers in Equilibrium
By Sergey Stepanov; New Economic School, Moscow
Presented by: Sergey Stepanov, New Economic School
Session 64: Uncertainty in Macroeconomics
Session Organizer: Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
Session Chair: HERVE ROCHE, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
Robust Control and Filtering under Rational Inattention in a Permanent Income Model
By Yulei Luo; University of Hong Kong Eric R. Young; University of Virginia
Presented by: Yulei Luo, The University of Hong Kong
Speculative Bubbles in a Pure Exchange Economy
By Herve J Roche; California Polytechnic State University
Presented by: HERVE ROCHE, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
Session 65: Intertemporal Consumption and Saving Behavior
Session Organizer: Ping Wang, Washington University
Session Chair: YiLi Chien, Purdue University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Why Do Americans Spend So Much More in Medical Care Than Europeans?
By Hui He; University of Hawaii Kevin X.D. Huang; Vanderbilt University
Presented by: Hui He, University of Hawaii
Understanding Consumption Behavior: Evidence from Consumers' Reaction to Shopping Vouchers
By Kamhon Kan; Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica Shin-Kun Peng; Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Presented by: Kamhon Kan, Academia Sinica
Concave Consumption Function under Borrowing Constraints
By Richard M.H. Suen University of California, Riverside
Presented by: Richard M. H. Suen, University of California, Riverside
Excessive Perks to Restrain the Hidden Saving Problem
By YiLi Chien; Department of Economics, Purdue University Joon Song; Department of Economics, Essex University
Presented by: YiLi Chien, Purdue University
Session 66: Households, Budgets, and Lending
Session Organizer: Gary Hoover, University of Alabama
Session Chair: Ruben Hernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
The Joint Labor Supply Decision of Married Couples and the Social Security Pension System
By Shinichi Nishiyama; Georgia State University
Presented by: Shinichi Nishiyama, Georgia State University
Race and Subprime Loan Pricing
By Andra C. Ghent;Baruch College Ruben Hernandez-Murillo;Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Michael T. Owyang;Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Presented by: Ruben Hernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Session 67: Sovereign Default
Session Organizer: Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Bora Durdu, Federal Reserve Board
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Evidence for Dynamic Contracts in Sovereign Bank Lending
By Peter Benczur; Central European University Cosmin Ilut; Duke University
Presented by: Cosmin Ilut, Duke University
Debt dilution and sovereign default risk
By Juan Carlos Hatchondo; Richmond FED Leonardo Martinez; IMF Cesar Sosa Padilla; University of Maryland
Presented by: Leonardo Martinez, International Monetary Fund
News and sovereign default risk in small open economies
By Bora Durdu, Federal Reserve Board Ricardo Nunes, Federal Reserve Board Horacio Sapriza, Federal Reserve Board
Presented by: Bora Durdu, Federal Reserve Board
Session 68: Political Economy, Corruption and Development
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Charles Zheng, University of Western Ontario
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 113
Social Learning in Regime Change Games
By Chong Huang; University of Pennsylvania
Presented by: Chong Huang, University of Pennsylvania
Favoritism
By Yann Bramoulle; Laval University Sanjeev Goyal; Cambridge University
Presented by: Yann Bramoullé, Laval
Group Reputation, Anonymous Matching, and External Monitoring in a Model of Corruption
By Huan Wang; CASS Yi Zhang; Singapore Management University
Presented by: Yi Zhang, Singapore Management University
Robust Collusion in Auctions
By Charles Z. Zheng; University of Western Ontario
Presented by: Charles Zheng, University of Western Ontario
Session 69: Quantile Methods and Panel Data
Session Organizer: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Ted Juhl, University of Kansas
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Nonseparable Sample Selection Models
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By Blaise Melly; Brown University Martin Huber; St. Gallen University
Presented by: Blaise Melly, Brown University
Smoothed quantile regression for panel data
By Antonio Galvao, University of Iowa Kengo Kato, Kyoto University
Presented by: Antonio Galvao, University of Iowa
A DIRECT TEST FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL CORRELATION IN PANEL DATA MODELS
By Ted Juhl University of Kansas
Presented by: Ted Juhl, University of Kansas
Session 70: Microeconometrics
Session Organizer: Donald Andrews,
Session Chair: Qingfeng Liu, Otaru University of Commerce
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Estimating Treatment Effects with Proxies for Controls
By James Heckman; University of Chicago Susanne Schennach; University of Chicago Benjamin Williams; University of Chicago
Presented by: Benjamin Williams, University of Chicago
Partial Identification of Local Average Treatment Effects with an Invalid Instrument
By Carlos A. Flores; University of Miami Alfonso Flores-Lagunes; University of Florida
Presented by: Carlos Flores, University of Miami
Parametric and Semiparametric Structure Estimation of Hotelling-type Discrete Choice Games in A Single Market with An Increasing Number of Players
By Haiqing Xu; Pennsylvania State University
Presented by: Haiqing Xu, the Pennsylvania State University
Generalized Cp Model Averaging for Heteroskedastic Models
[slides]
By Qingfeng Liu; Otaru University of Commerce Ryo Okui; Kyoto University
Presented by: Qingfeng Liu, Otaru University of Commerce
Session 71: Agency
Session Organizer: John Nachbar, Washington University
Session Chair: Nicolas Klein, University of Bonn
Session type: invited
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
Optimal Incentive Provision in Crowdsourcing Environments
By J. Aislinn Bohren; University of California, San Diego Troy Kravitz; University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Troy Kravitz, University of California, San Diego
Repeated Interaction and the Revelation of the Monitor's Type: A Principal-Monitor-Agent Problem
By Antonio Osorio; Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Presented by: Antonio Osorio Costa, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
A Fixed-point Method for Validating the First-order Approach
By Rongzhu Ke, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Presented by: Rongzhu Ke, University of Hong Kong
The Importance of Being Honest
By Nicolas A. Klein; University of Bonn
Presented by: Nicolas Klein, University of Bonn
Session 72: Financial Intermediation 2
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Zhe Li, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Financial Innovation, the Discovery of Risk, and the U.S. Credit Crisis
By Emine Boz; IMF Enrique Mendoza; University of Maryland
Presented by: Emine Boz, International Monetary Fund
Credit Default Swap Spreads and Systemic Financial Risk
By Stefano Giglio; Harvard University
Presented by: Stefano Giglio, Harvard University
Financial Intermediation, Risk Taking and Monetary Policy
By Simona E. Cociuba; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Malik Shukayev; Bank of Canada Alexander Ueberfeldt; Bank of Canada
Presented by: Simona Cociuba, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Capital Requirement, Securitization and Risky Investment
By Zhe Li; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Jianfei Sun; Shanghai Jiaotong U.
Presented by: Zhe Li, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Session 73: Asymptotically stationary models
Session Organizer: Werner Ploberger, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Xuexin WANG, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
The Indirect Continuum GMM Estimation
By Rachidi KOTCHONI; CRÉA, Université Laval
Presented by: Rachidi Kotchoni, CREA - Université de Laval
A Simple Portmanteau Test for Conditional Goodness-of-Fit of Dynamic Models
By Zaichao Du; Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China Juan Carlos Escanciano; Indiana University, Bloomington
Presented by: Zaichao Du, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
A General Approach to Conditional Moment Specification Testing with Projections
By Xuexin WANG;Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Presented by: Xuexin WANG, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Session 74: Financial Econometrics
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Richard Luger, Georgia State University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
Econometric Measures of Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors
By Monica Billio; University of Venice Mila Getmansky; UMass-Amherst Andrew W. Lo; MIT Loriana Pelizzon; University of Venice
Presented by: Mila Getmansky Sherman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Put Option Implied Risk-Premia in General Equilibrium under Recursive Preferences
By Satadru Hore; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Hedibert Lopes; University of Chicago Robert McCulloch; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Satadru Hore, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Consumption and Expected Asset Returns: An Unobserved Component Approach
By N. Kundan Kishor; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Swati Kumari;University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Presented by: Narayan Kishor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Testing Linear Factor Pricing Models with Large Cross-Sections: A Distribution-Free Approach
By Richard Luger; Georgia State University Sermin Gungor; Bank of Canada
Presented by: Richard Luger, Georgia State University
Session 75: Banks and Lending
Session Organizer: Kenneth Chay, Brown University
Session Chair: Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Default and bankruptcy in an entrepreneurial economy with incomplete markets
By Jaimilton Carvalho; Bank of Brazil and Catholic University of Brasilia Jose Angelo Divino; Catholic University of Brasilia Jaime Orrillo; Catholic University of Brasilia
Presented by: Jose Divino, Catholic University of Brasilia
Information Production in the Process of Securitization
By Yu Zheng; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Yu Zheng, Washington University in St. Louis
Does Mortgage Deregulation Increase Foreclosures? Evidence from Cleveland
By Yilan Xu; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Yilan Xu, University of Pittsburgh
Information Acquisition in Competitive Mortgage Markets
By Jeremy M. Burke; RAND Corporation Curtis R. Taylor; Duke University Liad Wagman; Illinois Institute of Technology
Presented by: Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology
Session 76: Growth
Session Organizer: Rodolfo Manuelli, Washington University
Session Chair: Sephorah Mangin, University of Melbourne
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
The Dance of the Dynamics
By Lei Ji; Old Dominion University John J. Seater; North Carolina State University
Presented by: John Seater, North Carolina State University
Productivity Differences in Developing and Developed Countries: Where are the Bottlenecks?
By Rodrigo Fuentes; P. Universidad Católica de Chile Verónica Mies; P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Presented by: Veronica Mies, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
A Search-Theoretic Model of TFP Growth
By Sephorah Mangin; University of Melbourne
Presented by: Sephorah Mangin, University of Melbourne
Session 77: Misallocation and Firm Productivity
Session Organizer: Ping Wang, Washington University
Session Chair: Burak Uras, Tilburg University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Knowledge Linkages and Multi-Sector Firm Innovations
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By April Cai; University of New South Wales Nan Li; Ohio State University
Presented by: Nan Li, Ohio State University
Span of Control and Production Efficiency-Evidence from Korean and Taiwanese IT Firms
By Wen-Chieh Lee; Washington University in St.Louis
Presented by: Wen-Chieh Lee, Washington Universty in St.Louis
Distortion and Friction: Evidence from A Structural Estimation on UK and Chinese Manufacturing Firms
By Zheng Michael Song; Chinese University of Hong Kong Guiying Laura Wu; Nanyang Technological University
Presented by: Guiying Wu, Nanyang Technological University
Financial Pledgeability, Misallocation of Capital and Total Factor Productivity
By Burak R. Uras; Tilburg University
Presented by: Burak Uras, Tilburg University
Session 78: Urban Economics
Session Organizer: Marcus Berliant, Washington University
Session Chair: Oliver Falck, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
Free Parking for All in Shopping Malls
By Kevin Hasker; Bilkent University Eren Inci; Sabanci University
Presented by: Eren Inci, Sabanci University
From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
By Oliver Falck; ifo at U Munich Christina Guenther; Max Planck Institute of Economics Stephan Heblich; U Stirling William Kerr, U Harvard
Presented by: Oliver Falck, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Session 79: Deficits, Taxes, and Spending
Session Organizer: Gary Hoover, University of Alabama
Session Chair: Martin Lopez-Daneri, University of Iowa
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Identifying the Effects of Government Spending Shocks with and without Expected Reversal: an Approach Based on Real-Time Data
By Jacopo Cimadomo; European Central Bank Sergio Sola; Graduate Institute
Presented by: Sergio Sola, Graduate Institute
Deficits, Gifts, and Bequests
By Daniel Barczyk; New York University
Presented by: Daniel Barczyk, New York University
The Macroeconomics Effects of a Negative Income Tax
By Martin Lopez-Daneri; University of Iowa
Presented by: Martin Lopez-Daneri, University of Iowa
Session 80: Theoretical Macro Finance
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Ming Yang, Princeton University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
STRONG BUBBLES AND COMMON EXPECTED BUBBLES IN A FINITE HORIZON MODEL
By Jie Zheng; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Jie Zheng, Washington University in St. Louis
Optimality of Securitized Debt with Endogenous and Flexible Information Acquisition
[slides]
By Ming Yang; Princeton University
Presented by: Ming Yang, Princeton University
Session 81: Pensions
Session Organizer: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Maria Casanova, UCLA
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Pension design with a large informal labor market: evidence from Chile.
By Clement Joubert; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presented by: Clement Joubert, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
Who Leaves and Who Stays: An Analysis of Teachers' ‎Behavioral Response to Retirement Incentives
By Josh B. McGee‎; University of Arkansas Robert M. Costrell; University of Arkansas
Presented by: Josh McGee, University of Arkansas
Happy Together: A Structural Model of Couples' Joint Retirement Decisions
[slides]
By Maria Casanova; UCLA
Presented by: Maria Casanova, UCLA
Teacher Pension Incentives and the Timing of Retirement
[slides]
By Shawn Ni; U of Missouri Michael Podgursky; University of Missouri
Presented by: Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri
Session 82: Monetary Theory
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: YiLi Chien, Purdue University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Inflation and Welfare with Search and Price Dispersion
By Liang Wang; University of Pennsylvania
Presented by: Liang Wang, University of Hawaii at Manoa
On the Societal Benefit of Credit Card as a Means of Payment
By Jonathan Chiu; Bank of Canada Mei Dong; Bank of Canada Enchuan Shao; Bank of Canada
Presented by: Mei Dong, Bank of Canada
Mechanism Design and Competitive Markets in a Quasi-linear Environment with Limited Commitment
By Janet Hua Jiang, University of Manitoba
Presented by: janet hua jiang, University of Manitoba
Understanding the Distributional Impact of Inflation
By Gabriele Camera; Purdue University YiLi Chien; Purdue University
Presented by: YiLi Chien, Purdue University
Session 83: Economic Theory
Session Organizer: John Nachbar, Washington University
Session Chair: Tarun Sabarwal, University of Kansas
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
From Singularity Theory to Finiteness of Walrasian Equilibria
By Sofia Castro; Universidade do Porto Sami Dakhlia; ESCE-Paris Peter Gothen; Universidade do Porto
Presented by: Sami Dakhlia, Ecole Superieure du Commerce Exterieur
Incentive Compatible Market Design with Applications
By M. Bumin Yenmez; Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research
Presented by: Mehmet Yenmez, Carnegie Mellon University
A Noncooperative View of the Core without Binding Agreements
By Huibin Yan; UCSC
Presented by: Huibin Yan, UC-Santa Cruz
Characterizing Stability Properties in Games with Strategic Substitutes
By Sunanda Roy; Iowa State University Tarun Sabarwal; University of Kansas
Presented by: Tarun Sabarwal, University of Kansas
Session 84: Financial Econometrics
Session Organizer: Werner Ploberger, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Natalia Sizova, Rice University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Predicting returns with a co-fractional VAR model
By Daniela Osterrieder; CREATES and Aarhus University Peter C. Schotman; Maastricht University, CEPR, and NETSPAR
Presented by: Daniela Osterrieder, CREATES and Aarhus University
Optimal Portfolio Selection using Regularization;
By Marine Carrasco; University of Montreal, CIREQ Neree Noumon; University of Montreal, CIREQ
Presented by: Neree NOUMON, Université de Montreal
Parameter Estimation Robust to Low-Frequency Contamination with Applications to ARMA, GARCH and Stochastic Volatility Models
By Adam McCloskey; Boston University
Presented by: Adam McCloskey, Boston University
Long-Horizon Return Regressions with Historical Volatility and Other Long-Memory Variables
By Natalia Sizova; Rice University
Presented by: Natalia Sizova, Rice University
Session 85: Factor Models
Session Organizer: Siddhartha Chib, Washington University in St. Louis
Session Chair: Yohei Yamamoto, University of Alberta
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 109
An Endogenous Clustered Factor Model of International Business Cycles
By Neville Francis; UNC Michael Owyang; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Ozge Savascin; UNC
Presented by: Michael Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Bootstrap Inference for Impulse Response Functions in Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressions
By Yohei Yamamoto: University of Alberta
Presented by: Yohei Yamamoto, University of Alberta
Session 86: Trade, General Equilbrium and Preferences
Session Organizer: John Conley, Vanderbilt University
Session Chair: John Conley, Vanderbilt University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
Supermodular Utility Representations
By Alejandro Francetich; Stanford GSB
Presented by: Alejandro Francetich, Stanford GSB
A Multidimensional Lorenz Dominance Relation
[slides]
By Asis K. Banerjee;Institute of Development Studies Kolkara
Presented by: Asis Banerjee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
A General Equilibrium Model of Decision Makers with Belief Dependent Preferences
By Hyeon Park; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Hyeon Park, University of Pittsburgh
A Dixit-Stiglitz general equilibrium model with oligopolistic markets: Enough is enough
By John Conley; Vanderbilt University Robert Driskill; Vanderbilt University Hideo Konishi; Boston College
Presented by: John Conley, Vanderbilt University
Session 87: Social and Economic Interactions
Session Organizer: Kenneth Chay, Brown University
Session Chair: Sergey Popov, University of Illinois
Session type: contributed
Date: June 11, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 113
The Role of Reciprocation in Social Network Formation, with an Application to Blogging
By Alexia Gaudeul; GSBC Jena Caterina Giannetti; GSBC Jena
Presented by: Alexia Gaudeul, GSBC Jena
Bayesian Social Learning, Conformity or Stubbornness?
By Daniel F. Stone; Oregon State University Basit Zafar; Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Presented by: Basit Zafar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Utility Interdependence and Consumption Behavior: The Roles of Envy and Habits
By Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado; McGill University Jose Maria Casado Garcia; Bank of Spain Jose Maria Labeaga Azcona: UNED and Instituto de Estudios Fiscales Dhanoos Sutthiphisal; McGill University
Presented by: Jose Maria Casado Garcia, Bank of Spain
University Competition, Grading Standards and Grade Inflation
By Sergey Popov; University of Illinois Dan Bernhardt; University of Illinois
Presented by: Sergey Popov, University of Illinois
Session 88: International Risk Sharing and Capital Controls
Session Organizer: Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Jordi Mondria, University of Toronto
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
Crisis, Capital Controls and Covered Interest Parity: Evidence from China in Transformation
By Jinzhao CHEN; EconomiX, University of Paris West - Nanterre la Défense
Presented by: Jinzhao Chen, CEPII & EconomiX-CNRS, University of Paris West - Nanterre la Défense
Robust Control, Informational Frictions, and International Consumption Correlations
By Jun Nie; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas city Yulei Luo; University of Hong Kong Eric R.Young; University of Virginia
Presented by: Yulei Luo, The University of Hong Kong
International Risk Sharing with Endogenously Segmented Asset Markets
By Simona Cociuba; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Ananth Ramanarayanan; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Presented by: Ananth Ramanarayanan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Financial Liberalization and Neighbor Coordination
By Arvind Magesan; University of Calgary Jordi Mondria; University of Toronto
Presented by: Jordi Mondria, University of Toronto
Session 89: Communication and Information Acquisition
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Cristian Troncoso-Valverde, Universidad Diego Portales
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
Experts, Conflicts of Interest, and Reputation for Ability
By Filippo Pavesi; University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy Massimo Scotti; UTS Sydney, Australia
Presented by: Filippo Pavesi, University of Milan-Bicocca & CEU Budape
Information Acquisition in a War of Attrition
By Kyungmin Kim; University of Iowa Zhiyun Xu; University of Hong Kong
Presented by: Zhiyun Xu, University of Hong Kong
Information Provision in Competing Auctions
By Cristian Troncoso-Valverde; Universidad Diego Portales
Presented by: Cristian Troncoso-Valverde, Universidad Diego Portales
Session 90: Children and Human Capital
Session Organizer: Donna Ginther, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Maria Canon, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Why Is the Sex Ratio Unbalanced in China? The Roles of the One-Child Policy, Underdeveloped Social Insurance, and Parental Expectations
By Xue Li; University of Maryland
Presented by: XUE LI, University of Maryland at College Park
Parenting Style and the Development of Human Capital in Children
[slides]
By Marco Cosconati; Bank of Italy & IZA
Presented by: Marco Cosconati, Bank of Italy
Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis
By Peter Mueser; University of Missouri Kenneth Troske; University of Kentucky
Presented by: Peter Mueser, University of Missouri
The Role of Schools in the Production of Achievement
By Maria Canon Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Presented by: Maria Canon, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Session 91: Business Cycles
Session Organizer: Donald Andrews,
Session Chair: Robert Tetlow, Federal Reserve Board
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Credit Risk and the Macroeconomy
[slides]
By Simon Gilchrist; Boston University and NBER Alberto Ortiz; Oberlin College and EGADE Business School Egon Zakrajsek; Federal Reserve Board
Presented by: Alberto Ortiz Bolaños, Oberlin College
How Much are SVARs with Long-Run Restrictions Missing without Cyclically Moving Factor Shares?
By Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis; Washington University in St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Presented by: Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Washington University in St. Louis
Financial Stress and Economic Dynamics: the transmission of crises
By Kirstin Hubrich; European Central Bank Robert J. Tetlow; Federal Reserve Board and IMF
Presented by: Robert Tetlow, Federal Reserve Board
Session 92: Multivariate Models
Session Organizer: Werner Ploberger, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Charalambos Tsangarides, International Monetary Fund
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 108
Identification of Macroeconomic Factors in Large Panels
By Lasse Bork, University of Aarhus, Hans Dewachter, University of Leuven, Romain Houssa, University of Namur
Presented by: Romain Houssa, University of Namur
Infinite dimensional factor model: representation and estimation
By Mario Forni ; Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, CEPR and RECent Marc Hallin ; ECARES, Universite' Libre de Bruxelles Marco Lippi ; Universita' di Roma La Sapienza and EIEF Paolo Zaffaroni ; Imperial College London
Presented by: Paolo Zaffaroni, imperial college london
Tests for Parameter Instability in Dynamic Factor Models
By Xu Han; North Carolina State University Atsushi Inoue; North Carolina State University
Presented by: Xu Han, North Carolina State University
New Information Response Functions
By Caroline Jardet; Banque de France Alain Monfort; CREST Fulvio Pegoraro; Banque de France
Presented by: Fulvio Pegoraro, Banque de france
Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging for Dynamic Panels with Short Time Periods
[slides]
By Huigang Chen, Alin Mirestean, Charalambos G. Tsangarides International Monetary Fund
Presented by: Charalambos Tsangarides, International Monetary Fund
Session 93: Health Insurance
Session Organizer: Barton Hamilton, Washington University
Session Chair: Amanda Kowalski, Yale University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
Estimating the Tradeoff Between Risk Protection and Moral Hazard with a Nonlinear Budget Set Model of Health Insurance
By Amanda E. Kowalski; Yale University
Presented by: Amanda Kowalski, Yale University
Health Insurance, Treatment Plan, and Delegation to Altruistic Physician
By Ting Liu; Michigan State University Ching-to Albert Ma; Boston University
Presented by: Ting Liu, Michigan State University
The Consequences of a Public Health Insurance Option: Evidence from Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Insurance Markets
By Daniel P. Miller; Clemson University Jungwon Yeo; Singapore Management University
Presented by: Daniel Miller, Clemson University
Session 94: Markets and Competition
Session Organizer: Aldo Rustichini, Department of Economics
Session Chair: Hanke Wickhorst, University of Muenster
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Paying too much to top up: an online field experiment on price dispersion
By David Ong; Peking Unversity HSBC Business School Zemin Zhong; Peking Unversity
Presented by: David Ong, Peking Unversity HSBC Business School
Overconfidence and Team-Performance: An Analysis of NBA-Player's Self-Perception
By Hannah Geyer; University of Münster Hanke Wickhorst; University of Münster
Presented by: Hanke Wickhorst, University of Muenster
Session 95: Taxation and Social Security
Session Organizer: John Conley, Vanderbilt University
Session Chair: Hisahiro Naito,
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Designing Optimal Pension Systems
By Ali Shourideh; University of Minnesota Maxim Troshkin; University of Minnesota
Presented by: Maxim Troshkin, University of Minnesota
Social Security and the Rise in Health Spending: A Macroeconomic Analysis
By Kai (Jackie) Zhao; the University of Western Ontario
Presented by: Kai (Jackie) Zhao, University of Western Ontario
Mirrlees Meets Modigliani-Miller: Optimal Taxation and Capital Structure
By Kyoung Jin Choi; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Kyoung Jin Choi, Washington University in St. Louis
Pareto-improving immigration in the presence of social security
By Hisahiro Naito;University of Tsukuba
Presented by: Hisahiro Naito,
Session 96: Consumer Demand and Firm Competition
Session Organizer: Kenneth Chay, Brown University
Session Chair: Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com
By Michael Luca; Boston University
Presented by: Michael Luca, Boston University
Consumer Choice Between Gasoline and Sugarcane Ethanol
By Alberto Salvo; Northwestern University Cristian Huse; Stockholm School of Economics
Presented by: Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University
Session 97: International Financial Transmission
Session Organizer: Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Ricardo Correa, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 109 (Greenfield Classroom)
Making Sense of China's Excessive Foreign Reserves
By yi wen federal reserve bank of st. louis
Presented by: Yi Wen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
International Banks and the Cross-Border Transmission of Business Cycles
By Ricardo Correa; Federal Reserve Board Horacio Sapriza; Federal Reserve Board Andrei Zlate; Federal Reserve Board
Presented by: Ricardo Correa, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Session 98: Theoretical Industrial Organization
Session Organizer: David Levine, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Sébastien Mitraille, Toulouse Business School
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 210 (Atlantic Seminar Room)
Price-Matching in a Sequential Search Duopoly
[slides]
By Aleksandr Yankelevich; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Aleksandr Yankelevich, Washington University in St. Louis
Contracting with Private Evaluations and Communication
By Matthias Lang; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Presented by: Matthias Lang, Max Planck Institute
Imperfect Competition with Competitive Speculation
By Sebastien Mitraille; Toulouse Business School Henry Thille; University of Guelph
Presented by: Sébastien Mitraille, Toulouse Business School
Session 99: Monetary Policy 1
Session Organizer: Christopher Waller,
Session Chair: Ivan Petrella, Faculty of Business & Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 304
Loose Commitment in Medium-Scale Macroeconomic Models: Theory and an Application
By Davide Debortoli; UC San Diego Junior Maih; Norges Bank Ricardo Nunes; Federal Reserve Board
Presented by: Ricardo Nunes, Federal Reserve Board
Financial Crises, Unconventional Monetary Policy Exit Strategies, and Agents' Expectations
By Andrew Foerster; Duke University
Presented by: Andrew Foerster, Duke University
Loss Aversion and the Transmission of Monetary Policy
By Edoardo Gaffeo; University of Trento, Italy Ivan Petrella; Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Damjan Pfajfar; Tillburg University, The Neaderlands Emiliano Santoro; University of Copenhagen, Denmark Catholic University of Milan, Italy
Presented by: Ivan Petrella, Faculty of Business & Economics
Session 100: Networks
Session Organizer: John Nachbar, Washington University
Session Chair: David Miller, University of California, San Diego
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 104
Information Acquisition, Social Networks and Prediction Markets
By Liangfei Qiu; University of Texas
Presented by: Liangfei Qiu, University of Texas at Austin
An Informational Theory of Homophily
By Georgy Egorov; Northwestern University Mattias Polborn; University of Illinois
Presented by: Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University
Enforcing Cooperation in Networked Societies
By S. Nageeb Ali; UCSD David A. Miller; UCSD
Presented by: David Miller, University of California, San Diego
Session 101: Development
Session Organizer: Sebastian Galiani, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Francesca de Nicola, IFPRI
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 206
Electoral Incentives and Public Education Spending: Evidence from Brazil
By Leonardo Bursztyn; UCLA
Presented by: Leonardo Bursztyn, UCLA Anderson
Queuing for Credit: Increasing the Reach of Microfinance Through Sequential Group Lending
By Kumar Aniket; University of Cambridge
Presented by: Kumar Aniket, University of Cambridge
The Impact of Weather Insurance on Consumption, Investment, and Welfare
By Francesca de Nicola; Johns Hopkins University
Presented by: Francesca de Nicola, IFPRI
Session 102: Specification Testing
Session Organizer: Werner Ploberger, Washington University in St Louis
Session Chair: Ke-Li Xu, Texas A&M University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Seigle Hall Room 301 (Rettner Classroom)
A Predictability Test for a Small Number of Nested Models
By Eleonora Granziera; Bank of Canada Kirstin Hubrich; European central Bank Roger Hyungsik Moon; University of Southern California
Presented by: Eleonora Granziera, Bank of Canada
A nonparametric constancy test for copulas under mixing conditions
By Maarten van Kampen; Ruhr Graduate School and TU Dortmund Dominik Wied; TU Dortmund
Presented by: Maarten van Kampen, TU Dortmund
Nonparametric Tests of Time Variation in Betas
By Ilze Kalnina; Universite de Montreal
Presented by: Ilze Kalnina, University of Montreal
Powerful Tests for Structural Changes in Volatility
By Ke-Li Xu; Texas A&M University
Presented by: Ke-Li Xu, Texas A&M University
Session 103: Empirical Models of the Labor Market
Session Organizer: Barton Hamilton, Washington University
Session Chair: Juan Pantano, UCLA
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 103
Social Security Benefits, Life Expectancies and Early Retirement
By Maria Casanova, UCLA Daifeng He, William and Mary Juan Pantano, Washington University in St. Louis Yu Zheng, Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Juan Pantano, UCLA
The Role of Location in Evaluating Racial Wage Disparity
By Dan A. Black; University of Chicago Natalia Kolesnikova; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Seth G. Sanders; Duke University Lowell J. Taylor; Carnegie Mellon University
Presented by: Natalia Kolesnikova, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Learning, Persistent Beliefs, and the Impact of Training Contracts
By Mitchell Hoffman; UC Berkeley
Presented by: Mitchell Hoffman, UC Berkeley
Information Asymmetry and Equilibrium Monitoring in Education
By Maria Marta Ferreyra; Carnegie Mellon University Pierre Jinghong Liang, Carnegie Mellon University
Presented by: Maria Ferreyra, Carnegie Mellon University
Session 104: Crime, Politics and Matching
Session Organizer: John Conley, Vanderbilt University
Session Chair: Timothy Lambie-Hanson, Suffolk University
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 104
Multilateral Matching
By John William Hatfield: Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Scott Duke Kominers; Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Presented by: John Hatfield, Stanford University
Search for a Theory of Organized Crimes
By Juin-Jen Chang; Academia Sinica Huei-Chung Lu; Fu-Jen Catholic University Ping Wang; Washington University in St. Louis/NBER
Presented by: Ping Wang, Washington University
Campaign Contributions as Valence
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By Timothy Lambie-Hanson; Suffolk University
Presented by: Timothy Lambie-Hanson, Suffolk University
Session 105: Empirical Microeconomics
Session Organizer: Kenneth Chay, Brown University
Session Chair: Marcello Sartarelli, Institute of Education
Session type: contributed
Date: June 12, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Simon Hall Room 106
How Does Information and Communication Technology Affect Workplace Organization?
By Tat-kei Lai; University of Toronto
Presented by: Tat-kei Lai, University of Toronto
The Effect of Paid Maternity Leave on Infant Feeding Practices: Evidence from California
By Rui Huang; University of Connecticut Muzhe Yang; Lehigh University
Presented by: Muzhe Yang, Lehigh University