Royal Economic Society Fourth PhD Presentation Meeting, London 2009 |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | January 17, 2009 9:00-12:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 2 | January 17, 2009 9:00-12:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 3 | January 17, 2009 9:00-12:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 4 | January 17, 2009 9:00-12:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 5 | January 17, 2009 9:30-10:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Applied | 2 |
| 6 | January 17, 2009 9:30-10:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Micro Theory | 1 |
| 7 | January 17, 2009 9:30-10:20 | Pearson G17 | Macro Applied | 1 |
| 8 | January 17, 2009 9:30-10:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Theory | 2 |
| 9 | January 17, 2009 10:30-11:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Applied | 1 |
| 10 | January 17, 2009 10:30-11:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 2 |
| 11 | January 17, 2009 10:30-11:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Theory | 3 |
| 12 | January 17, 2009 10:30-11:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Macro Applied | 1 |
| 13 | January 17, 2009 11:30-12:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Applied | 2 |
| 14 | January 17, 2009 11:30-12:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 3 |
| 15 | January 17, 2009 11:30-12:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Theory | 2 |
| 16 | January 17, 2009 11:30-12:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Macro Applied | 1 |
| 17 | January 17, 2009 12:00-14:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 18 | January 17, 2009 12:00-14:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 19 | January 17, 2009 12:00-14:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 20 | January 17, 2009 12:00-14:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 21 | January 17, 2009 12:00-14:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 2 |
| 22 | January 17, 2009 12:30-13:30 | South Cloisters | LUNCH | 0 |
| 23 | January 17, 2009 13:30-14:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 2 |
| 24 | January 17, 2009 13:30-14:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Macro Applied | 1 |
| 25 | January 17, 2009 13:30-14:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Applied | 3 |
| 26 | January 17, 2009 13:30-14:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Theory | 3 |
| 27 | January 17, 2009 14:00-16:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 28 | January 17, 2009 14:00-16:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 29 | January 17, 2009 14:00-16:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 30 | January 17, 2009 14:00-16:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 31 | January 17, 2009 14:00-16:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 2 |
| 32 | January 17, 2009 14:30-15:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 1 |
| 33 | January 17, 2009 14:30-15:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Micro Applied | 2 |
| 34 | January 17, 2009 14:30-15:20 | South Wing Council Room | Macro Theory | 2 |
| 35 | January 17, 2009 14:30-15:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Applied | 1 |
| 36 | January 17, 2009 15:30-16:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Theory | 1 |
| 37 | January 17, 2009 15:30-16:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Applied | 2 |
| 38 | January 17, 2009 15:30-16:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Theory | 1 |
| 39 | January 17, 2009 15:30-16:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Macro Applied | 2 |
| 40 | January 17, 2009 16:00-18:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 41 | January 17, 2009 16:00-18:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 42 | January 17, 2009 16:00-18:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 43 | January 17, 2009 16:00-18:00 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 44 | January 17, 2009 16:30-17:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Macro Theory | 1 |
| 45 | January 17, 2009 16:30-17:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 2 |
| 46 | January 17, 2009 16:30-17:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Applied | 0 |
| 47 | January 17, 2009 16:30-17:20 | Pearson G23 | Micro Applied | 2 |
| 48 | January 17, 2009 17:30-18:20 | Pearson G23 | Micro Theory | 2 |
| 49 | January 17, 2009 17:30-18:20 | Pearson G17 | Macro Theory | 1 |
| 50 | January 17, 2009 17:30-18:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Applied | 1 |
| 51 | January 17, 2009 17:30-18:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Micro Applied | 3 |
| 52 | January 17, 2009 18:30-20:00 | South Cloisters | RECEPTION | 0 |
| 53 | January 18, 2009 9:00-13:30 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 54 | January 18, 2009 9:00-13:30 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 55 | January 18, 2009 9:00-13:30 | South Cloisters | Poster | 5 |
| 56 | January 18, 2009 9:00-13:30 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 57 | January 18, 2009 9:00-13:30 | South Cloisters | Poster | 4 |
| 58 | January 18, 2009 9:30-10:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 2 |
| 59 | January 18, 2009 9:30-10:20 | Pearson G23 | Micro Applied | 0 |
| 60 | January 18, 2009 9:30-10:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Macro Theory | 2 |
| 61 | January 18, 2009 9:30-10:20 | South Wing Council Room | Macro Applied | 3 |
| 62 | January 18, 2009 10:30-11:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Theory | 2 |
| 63 | January 18, 2009 10:30-11:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Micro Applied | 0 |
| 64 | January 18, 2009 10:30-11:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Theory | 3 |
| 65 | January 18, 2009 10:30-11:20 | Pearson G23 | Macro Applied | 2 |
| 66 | January 18, 2009 11:30-12:20 | Pearson G17 | Micro Applied | 1 |
| 67 | January 18, 2009 11:30-12:20 | South Wing Council Room | Micro Theory | 3 |
| 68 | January 18, 2009 11:30-12:20 | Pearson Lecture Theatre | Micro Theory | 3 |
| 69 | January 18, 2009 11:30-12:20 | Pearson G23 | Micro Applied | 3 |
69 sessions, 177 papers |
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Royal Economic Society Fourth PhD Presentation Meeting, London 2009 |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 12:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Oportunidades to Reduce Smoking in Mexico? |
| JEL codes: C52, I12, I38 |
| Presented by: Mabel Andalón, Cornell University |
| Nominal and Indexed Debt in Euro Area Countries |
| Presented by: José-Miguel Cardoso-Costa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Checking the Robustness and Validity of Model Selection: An Application to UK Wages |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Jennifer Castle, Oxford University |
| Land Inequality and Conflict Intensity |
| Presented by: Giacomo De Luca, University of Namur |
| On the quality of private and public education: The case of Chile |
| Presented by: Juan Pedro Garces, University of Connecticut |
Session 2: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 12:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Relationship Lending and Firm Innovativeness: New empirical evidence |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C34, G21, O31. |
| Presented by: Caterina Giannetti, tor Vergata University/Tilburg University |
| Public and Private Provision under Asymmetric Information: Willingness to Pay and Ability to Pay |
| Presented by: Simona Grassi, european university institute |
| Uninsured Entrepreneurial Risk and Public Debt Policies |
| Presented by: Sumudu Kankanamge, Paris School of Economics (Paris I) |
| Spatial concentration and firm-level productivity in France |
| Presented by: Florian Mayneris, Paris School of Economics |
Session 3: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 12:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Survival of Political Leadership |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D72, D73, D74 |
| Presented by: Sanna Nurmikko, University of Essex |
| Girl Power? An analysis of peer effects using exogenous changes in the gender make-up of the peer group. |
| Presented by: Steven Proud, Centre for Market and Public Organisation |
| Returns to Inventors |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Lotta Väänänen, Helsinki School of Economics and HECER |
| Location and Organization choice of Intermediate firms |
| Presented by: Kenmei Tsubota, Kyoto University |
Session 4: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 12:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Legally separated joint ownership of buyer and seller in in electricity markets |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: L22,L43,L51,L94 |
| Presented by: Silvester van koten, CERGE-EI |
| Corruption in Public Procurement Auctions: Positive Equilibrium Analysis, Incentive Mechanism Design, and Empirical Study |
| Presented by: Maria Wihardja, Cornell University |
| Financial Market Segmentation, Stock Market Volatility and the Role of Monetary Policy |
| Presented by: Anastasia Zervou, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Exchange Rates, Exports and FDI: A Microeconometric Analysis |
| Presented by: Xufei Zhang, University of Nottingham |
| R&D in the Network of International Trade: Multilateral versus Regional Trade Agreements |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Mariya Teteryatnikova, European University Institute |
Session 5: Micro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Entry costs and economies of scope in multiproduct firms' decissions |
| JEL codes: L11, L13 |
| Presented by: Xose-Luis Varela-Irimia, Toulouse School of Economics (Gremaq-Inra) |
| Tacit collusion, firm asymmetries and numbers |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Matthew Olczak, University of East Anglia |
| Preemptive Bidding, Target Resistance and Takeover Premia: An Empirical Investigation |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Stefano Sacchetto, London Business School |
Session 6: Micro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Public Goods, Social Norms and Naive Beliefs |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D8, H41 |
| Presented by: Amrish Patel, University of Kent |
| Bargaining and Reputation: Experimental Evidence on Bargaining in the Presence of Irrational Types |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Matthew Embrey, New York University |
| Priors and Desires---A Model of Payoff-Dependent Beliefs |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Guy Mayraz, London School of Economics |
Session 7: Macro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models with Regime Switching |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C11, C52, E52 |
| Presented by: Yunjong Eo, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Trend agnostic one step estimation of DSGE models |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Filippo Ferroni, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Assessing the Potential of DSGE Model Evaluation in a Bayesian Framework |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Alessia Paccagnini, Bocconi University |
Session 8: Macro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Inventories in Motion: A New Approach to Inventories over the Business Cycle |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E23, E32, G31 |
| Presented by: Michael McMahon, LSE |
| Domestic or global imbalances? Rising inequality and the fall in US current account |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Tobias Broer, European University Institute |
| Tax Smoothing, Learning and Debt Volatility |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Francesco Caprioli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 9: Micro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Vocational Schooling versus Apprenticeship Training: Evidence from Vacancy Data |
| Presented by: Matthias Parey, University College London (UCL) & Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) |
| Immigration and Prices in the UK |
| Presented by: Tommaso Frattini, UCL |
| "A Structural Approach to the Gender Wage Gap Using Matched Employer-Employee Data" |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Cristian Bartolucci, CEMFI |
Session 10: Micro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| The Military, War and Political Power: Theory and Evidence |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Gabriel Leon, London School of Economics |
| On the (Mis-)Use of Information for Public Debate |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Andrea Patacconi, University of Oxford |
| Do Voters Always Prefer a Favored Candidate ? The Strategic Use of Vagueness |
| Presented by: Morgane TANVÉ, Paris School of Economics, University Paris 1 |
Session 11: Macro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Communication, Decision-making and the Optimal Degree of Transparency of Monetary Policy Committees |
| JEL codes: E50, E52, E58 |
| Presented by: Anke Weber, University of Cambridge |
| Do Credit Market Imperfections Explain why Emerging Markets are so Volatile? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Santiago Acosta Ormaechea, University of Warwick |
| Credit Market Imperfections, Staggered Pricesetting, and Output Dynamics of the Response to Money Shocks |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Atsuyoshi Morozumi, University of Warwick |
Session 12: Macro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Forecast Evaluation of Explanatory Models of Financial Variability |
| JEL codes: C52, C53, F31 |
| Presented by: Genaro Sucarrat, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| CONSISTENT RANKING OF MULTIVARIATE VOLATILITY MODELS |
| Presented by: Francesco Violante, FUNDP |
Session 13: Micro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Dynamic Contract for Demand Management in Urban Water Supply Systems |
| JEL codes: D45, L32, Q25 |
| Presented by: R Amit, Indian Institute of Science |
| Remittances and Temporary Migration |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Josep Mestres, University College of London |
| Job Search with Bayes Priors |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Anna Okatenko, University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne |
Session 14: Micro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| Asset Allocation with Gross Exposure Constraints for Vast Portfolios |
| Presented by: Forrest(Jingjin) Zhang, Princeton University |
| Market Shares, Consumer Ignorance and the Reciprocal Termination Charges |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Yu-Shan Lo, University of York |
| Herding with Asymmetric Information about Traders' Types |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Alessia Testa, University of Oxford |
Session 15: Macro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Trade, Technology Adoption and Wage Inequalities: Theory and Evidence |
| JEL codes: F10, |
| Presented by: Maria BAS, PSE and LSE (CEP) |
| Market Structure and the Link between Migration and Trade |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Silvio Tai, University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne |
Session 16: Macro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Implications of Endogenous Group Formation for Efficient Risk-Sharing |
| Presented by: Tessa Bold, University of Oxford |
| A Reappraisal of the Allocation Puzzle through the Portfolio Approach |
| Presented by: Kenza Benhima, CREST (INSEE) and EconomiX (University of Paris X - Nanterre) |
| Maternal education, child-care and nutritional status: Lessons from a nutritional program |
| Presented by: Nithin Umapathi, UCL |
Session 17: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 12:00 - 14:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Analysing Output Gaps and Monetary Policy Transmission within a State-Space Framework: An Application to the Euro Area |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C32, C52, E32 |
| Presented by: Xiaoshan Chen, Loughborough University |
| Is a Little Sunshine All We Need? On the Impact of Sunshine Regulation on profits, productivity and prices in the Dutch drinking water sector |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Kristof De Witte, University of Leuven (KUL) |
| To love or to pay: On consumption, health and health care |
| Presented by: Loretti Dobrescu, University of Venice |
| An empirical model of imperfect dynamic competition and application to hydroelectricity storage |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Olli Kauppi, Helsinki School of Economics |
| Sequential decisions in a bank run model |
| Presented by: Hubert Kiss, University of Alicante |
Session 18: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 12:00 - 14:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Buying and selling price for a lottery, wealth effects and arbitrage-free types of preference reversal |
| Presented by: Michal Lewandowski, European University Institute |
| The Leniency Policy's Deterrent Effects on Failing Cartels |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Dimitrios Magos, European University Institute |
| Endogenous Job Contact Networks |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Luca Merlino, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| The Changing Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Russia |
| Presented by: Natalia Radtchenko, CREST |
Session 19: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 12:00 - 14:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Optimal Monetary Policy in a New Keynesian Model with Habits in Consumption |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E30, E57, E61 |
| Presented by: Raffaele Rossi, University of Glasgow |
| Fiscal Policy in a Monetary Union: Gains from Changing Institutions |
| Presented by: Susana Salvado, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Bayesian Nonparametric Estimation of Asset Pricing Functionals |
| Presented by: Anna Simoni, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Academic and Industrial R&D, Heterogeneous IPR, and Growth |
| Presented by: Luca Spinesi, University of Macerata |
Session 20: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 12:00 - 14:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Structural Transformation and the Oil Price |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: O41,O16,O14,O13 |
| Presented by: Radoslaw Stefanski, University of Minnesota |
| Competing Search Engines With Utility Maximising Consumers and Ordinary Search Results |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Greg Taylor, University of Southampton |
| Incomplete Information, Long Memory and Aggregation in Consumption under the Permanent Income Hypothesis |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Michael Thornton, University of Essex |
| A Canonical Vine Autoregressive model for large dimensions |
| Presented by: Alfonso Valdesogo Robles, Universite catholique de Louvain |
Session 21: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 12:00 - 14:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Trade between symmetric countries, heterogeneous firms and the skill premium |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Gonzague Vannoorenberghe, University of Mannheim |
| Econometric Models of Limit-Order Completion Time |
| Presented by: Quan Wen, Heriot-Watt University |
Session 22: LUNCH |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 12:30 - 13:30 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
Session 23: Micro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 13:30 - 14:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| Pricing Payment Cards |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: G21,L42, L31 |
| Presented by: Ozlem Bedre, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Competition and Altruism in Microcredit Markets |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Paolo Casini, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| A Strategic Theory of Markets |
| Presented by: Eiichiro Kazumori, University of Tokyo |
Session 24: Macro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 13:30 - 14:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| R&D in the Network of International Trade: Multilateral versus Regional Trade Agreements |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: O31,D85,D43,F13 |
| Presented by: Mariya Teteryatnikova, European University Institute |
| Structural Transformation and the Oil Price |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Radoslaw Stefanski, University of Minnesota |
| New Evidence, Old Puzzles: Technology Shocks and Labor Market Fluctuations |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Almut Balleer, Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn |
Session 25: Micro Applied |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 13:30 - 14:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Estimating Union Wage Effects in Great Britain During 1991-2003 |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C33, J31, J51 |
| Presented by: Georgios Chrysanthou, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| What do unions do to temporary employment? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Andrea Salvatori, University of Warwick |
| Obesity and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from the BHPS |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Heather Brown, University of Sheffield |
Session 26: Macro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 13:30 - 14:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Financial Stability, Systemic Risks and Informational Spillovers: Modelling Banking Contagion as State-Contingent Change in Cross-Bank Correlation |
| JEL codes: G15 |
| Presented by: Ashwin MOHEEPUT, University of Warwick |
| International Capital Flows and Liquidity Crises |
| Presented by: Koralai Kirabaeva, Cornell University |
| Legal Enforcement, Public Supply of Liquidity and Sovereign Risk |
| Presented by: Filippo Brutti, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 27: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Winning Big But Feeling No Better? The effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health |
| JEL codes: I1 |
| Presented by: Bénédicte Apouey, Paris School of Economics |
| A Reappraisal of the Allocation Puzzle through the Portfolio Approach |
| Presented by: Kenza Benhima, CREST (INSEE) and EconomiX (University of Paris X - Nanterre) |
| How arbitrage-free is the Nelson and Siegel model? |
| Presented by: Laura Coroneo, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Quality of Life Lost Due to Road Crashes |
| Presented by: Patricia Cubí Mollá, Universidad de Alicante |
| International monetary policy cooperation revisited: conservatism and non-atomistic wage setting |
| Presented by: Vincenzo Cuciniello, EPFL |
Session 28: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models with Regime Switching |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C11, C52, E52 |
| Presented by: Yunjong Eo, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Who Really Benefits from Pension Systems? When Life |
| Presented by: Christophe Hachon, Paris School of Economics, CES University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne |
| Gender Inequality, Endogenous Cultural Norms and Economic Development |
| Presented by: Victor Hiller, Paris School of Economics - University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne |
| The Disposition Effect in the Venture Capital Decision-Making Process: An Experimental Approach |
| Presented by: Marta Maras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Collusion and Selective Supervision |
| Presented by: Alberto Motta, University of Padua |
Session 29: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| The (Adverse) Effects of Expanding Higher Education: Evidence from Italy |
| JEL codes: I2 |
| Presented by: Veruska Oppedisano, University of Turin |
| Assessing the Potential of DSGE Model Evaluation in a Bayesian Framework |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Alessia Paccagnini, Bocconi University |
| Vocational Schooling versus Apprenticeship Training: Evidence from Vacancy Data |
| Presented by: Matthias Parey, University College London (UCL) & Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) |
| On the (Mis-)Use of Information for Public Debate |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Andrea Patacconi, University of Oxford |
| Non-renewable energy resources as input for physical capital accumulation: A new approach |
| Presented by: Agustin Perez-Barahona, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and Ecole Polytechnique (France) |
Session 30: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Electricity Provision and Industrial Development: Evidence from India |
| JEL codes: O14 N65 H54 |
| Presented by: Juan Rud, London School of Economics |
| Does Employment Protection Help Immigrants? Evidence from European Labor Markets |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Filipa Sa, MIT |
| Preemptive Bidding, Target Resistance and Takeover Premia: An Empirical Investigation |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Stefano Sacchetto, London Business School |
| Inventors and Impostors: An Economic Analysis of Patent Examination |
| Presented by: Florian Schuett, Toulouse School of Economics and European University Institute |
| Forecast Evaluation of Explanatory Models of Financial Variability |
| Presented by: Genaro Sucarrat, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
Session 31: Poster |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Market Structure and the Link between Migration and Trade |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: F10, |
| Presented by: Silvio Tai, University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| A Fair Solution To The Compensation Problem |
| Presented by: Giacomo VALLETTA, CORE - UCL |
| Historical Accidents and Comparative Advantages in the Allocation of Labor |
| Presented by: Gregory Verdugo, Toulouse School of Economics |
Session 32: Micro Theory |
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| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:30 - 15:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| The Leniency Policy's Deterrent Effects on Failing Cartels |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Dimitrios Magos, European University Institute |
| Supply Chain Management: A Theory of Vertical Integration |
| Presented by: Giovanni Ursino, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Università Ca'Foscari |
Session 33: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:30 - 15:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Health and retirement in a structural dynamic setting |
| JEL codes: J22, J26, I10, |
| Presented by: Fedor Iskhakov, Frisch Center for Economic Research |
| To love or to pay: On consumption, health and health care |
| Presented by: Loretti Dobrescu, University of Venice |
| The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Access to Higher Quality Hospitals for Lowincome Mothers |
| Presented by: Eunkyeong Lee, Cornell University |
Session 34: Macro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:30 - 15:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| A Schumpeterian Growth Model with Heterogenous Firms |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E10 L16 O31O38 |
| Presented by: Carmelo Parello, University of Rome |
| Financial Market Segmentation, Stock Market Volatility and the Role of Monetary Policy |
| Presented by: Anastasia Zervou, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Seigniorage and distortionary taxation in a model with heterogeneous agents and idiosyncratic uncertainty |
| Presented by: Sofia Bauducco, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 35: Macro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 14:30 - 15:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Can Family-Support Policies Help Explain Differences in Working Hours across Countries? |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E60, H20, J22 |
| Presented by: Urban Sila, London School of Economics |
| Real Exchange Rate Misalignments |
| Presented by: Megumi Kubota, University of York |
| Incomplete Information, Long Memory and Aggregation in Consumption under the Permanent Income Hypothesis |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Michael Thornton, University of Essex |
Session 36: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 15:30 - 16:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Equality of opportunity and optimal effort decision under uncertainty |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D31, D63, D82 |
| Presented by: Aitor Calo-Blanco, University of Alicante |
| Trade, Offshoring, and the Invisible Handshake |
| Presented by: Bilgehan Karabay, Central Bank of Turkey |
| Trade between symmetric countries, heterogeneous firms and the skill premium |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Gonzague Vannoorenberghe, University of Mannheim |
Session 37: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 15:30 - 16:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| On Testing for Cross-sectional Dependence in Panel Data Models |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C13; C33 |
| Presented by: Qu Feng, Syracuse University |
| GMM, Generalized Empirical Likelihood, and Time Series |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Federico Crudu, University of York |
| An Adjusted Profile Likelihood for Non-Stationary Panel Data Models with Incidental Parameters |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Koen Jochmans, CEMFI and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Session 38: Macro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 15:30 - 16:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Understanding the monetary transmission mechanism in the United Kingdom: The role of nominal and real rigidities |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Günes Kamber, CES, University of Paris 1 |
| Analysing Output Gaps and Monetary Policy Transmission within a State-Space Framework: An Application to the Euro Area |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Xiaoshan Chen, Loughborough University |
| Checking the Robustness and Validity of Model Selection: An Application to UK Wages |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Jennifer Castle, Oxford University |
Session 39: Macro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 15:30 - 16:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| job turnover rates and residual wage dispersion |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Claudia Trentini, UCL |
| How does a twisted beliefs shock affect the macroeconomy? |
| Presented by: Jacek Suda, Washington University in St. Louis |
Session 40: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:00 - 18:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| male wage inequality and marital dissolution: is there a link? |
| Presented by: andriana bellou, university of rochester |
| Implications of Endogenous Group Formation for Efficient Risk-Sharing |
| Presented by: Tessa Bold, University of Oxford |
| Innovation and Imitation in a Model of North-South Trade |
| Presented by: Teodora Borota, European University Institute |
| Market Discipline in US banks |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Regis Bouther, European university Institute |
| Domestic or global imbalances? Rising inequality and the fall in US current account |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Tobias Broer, European University Institute |
Session 41: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:00 - 18:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Female Labor Force Participation and The Demographic Transition |
| JEL codes: C23,J1,J13,J21 |
| Presented by: Misbah tanveer choudhry, University of Groningen |
| Gains from Migration in a New-Keynesian Framework |
| Presented by: Philipp Engler, Freie Universität Berlin |
| The Effect of Government Consumption on Private Consumption: Macro Evidence from Micro Data |
| Presented by: Valerio Ercolani, bocconi university |
| Does it Matter Who I Work For and Who I Work With? The Impact of Owners and Coworkers on Hiring and Wages |
| Presented by: Monica Garcia-Perez, University of Maryland |
| Dynamic Contract for Demand Management in Urban Water Supply Systems |
| Presented by: R Amit, Indian Institute of Science |
Session 42: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:00 - 18:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Multilateral reform of abatement subsidies: A general analysis |
| JEL codes: H23,L13,Q58 |
| Presented by: Luis Gautier, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
| Subgroup Deliberation and Voting |
| Presented by: Mark Le Quement, EUI |
| Gender Differences in Labour Market Participation During Conflict: Evidence from Displaced People's Camps in Northern Uganda |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Kim Lehrer, University of British Columbia |
| Optimal Dynamic Mechanism for Implementing Public Projects in a Markov Environment |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Stuart McDonald, California Institute of Technology |
| The Effect of International Firm Mobility on Wages and Unemployment |
| Presented by: Rory O Farrell, European University Institute |
Session 43: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:00 - 18:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Can Neighbourhoods Change the Decisions of Youth on the Margins of University Participation? |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: I20,I28 |
| Presented by: Kelly Foley, University of British Columbia |
| CONSISTENT RANKING OF MULTIVARIATE VOLATILITY MODELS |
| Presented by: Francesco Violante, FUNDP |
| Peer Effect in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Fabian Waldinger, London School of Economics |
| Policy reforms and Bargaining Structures, A Case in French Dairy Sector |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Jianyu YU, Toulouse School of Economics |
| "The Fewer, the Merrier": Compulsory Schooling, Human Capital, and Fertility in the United States |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Juan Manuel Puerta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 44: Macro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:30 - 17:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Technology Adoption, Turbulence and the Dynamics of Unemployment |
| JEL codes: J24, J64, O33 |
| Presented by: Georg Duernecker, European University Institute |
| Offshore Production and Business Cycle Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms |
| Presented by: Andrei Zlate, Boston College |
| Vertical Production Chain and Macroeconomic Persistence: The Case of an Emerging Market Economy |
| Presented by: Mai Farid, University of York |
Session 45: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:30 - 17:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| One Person, Many Votes: Divided Majority and Information Aggregation |
| JEL codes: C72, D72, D81 |
| Presented by: Laurent Bouton, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Survival of Political Leadership |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Sanna Nurmikko, University of Essex |
| Electoral Competition amongst Citizen-candidates and Downsian Politicians |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Marcin Dziubinski, Lancaster University |
Session 46: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:30 - 17:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Is a Little Sunshine All We Need? On the Impact of Sunshine Regulation on profits, productivity and prices in the Dutch drinking water sector |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C14, |
| Presented by: Kristof De Witte, University of Leuven (KUL) |
| Girl Power? An analysis of peer effects using exogenous changes in the gender make-up of the peer group. |
| Presented by: Steven Proud, Centre for Market and Public Organisation |
Session 47: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 16:30 - 17:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Competing Search Engines With Utility Maximising Consumers and Ordinary Search Results |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D43, L13, L15 |
| Presented by: Greg Taylor, University of Southampton |
| Does Political Competition Eliminate Rents? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Refik Aytimur, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Democracy, Judicial Attitudes and Heterogeneity: the Civil Versus Common Law Tradition. |
| Presented by: Carmine Guerriero, University of Cambridge |
Session 48: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 17:30 - 18:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Behavioral Decisions and Welfare |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D01, D62, C61 |
| Presented by: Patricio Dalton, University of Warwick |
| Multiproduct Pricing in Oligopoly |
| Presented by: Sandro Shelegia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Endogenous Job Contact Networks |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Luca Merlino, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
Session 49: Macro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 17:30 - 18:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| Optimal Monetary Policy in a New Keynesian Model with Habits in Consumption |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E30, E57, E61 |
| Presented by: Raffaele Rossi, University of Glasgow |
| Mind the Gap – Mismeasured Inflation and Monetary Policy |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Henning Weber, European University Institute |
| Repeated Moral Hazard and Recursive Lagrangeans |
| Presented by: Antonio Mele, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 50: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 17:30 - 18:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Electricity Provision and Industrial Development: Evidence from India |
| JEL codes: O14 N65 H54 |
| Presented by: Juan Rud, London School of Economics |
| Inventories, Unobservable Heterogeneity and Long Run Price Elasticities |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Helena Perrone, Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ, INRA) |
| Returns to Inventors |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Lotta Väänänen, Helsinki School of Economics and HECER |
Session 51: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 17:30 - 18:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Measuring Monetary Policy Independence Across Regions |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E52, F02, C32 |
| Presented by: James Reade, University of Oxford |
| Power to the People: The Effects of Participatory Budgeting on Municipal Expenditures and Infant Mortality |
| Presented by: Sonia Goncalves, LSE |
| Do Public Cash Transfers Promote Migration? |
| Presented by: Celia Badillo Bautista, University of Essex |
Session 52: RECEPTION |
|---|
| Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
Session 53: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 13:30 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| On Sharing the Benefits of Communication |
| JEL codes: D63 C72 |
| Presented by: Efthymios Athanasiou, Universite catholique de Louvain |
| "A Structural Approach to the Gender Wage Gap Using Matched Employer-Employee Data" |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Cristian Bartolucci, CEMFI |
| A Role for Cultural Transmission in Fertility Transitions |
| Presented by: Thomas Baudin, Paris School of Economics - University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne |
| Equality of opportunity and optimal effort decision under uncertainty |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Aitor Calo-Blanco, University of Alicante |
| Competition and Altruism in Microcredit Markets |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Paolo Casini, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
Session 54: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 13:30 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Measuring Ethno-Linguistic Affinity Between Nations |
| JEL codes: F51, C21, O10 |
| Presented by: Olaf de Groot, Bocconi University |
| Democracy to Promote Coordination: An Experimental Approach |
| Presented by: Zeynep Gurguc, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Price Sensitivity, 'Bad-Deal' Aversion, and the WTA/WTP Disparity |
| Presented by: Andrea Isoni, School of Economics and School of Environmental Sciences |
| An Adjusted Profile Likelihood for Non-Stationary Panel Data Models with Incidental Parameters |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Koen Jochmans, CEMFI and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Session 55: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 13:30 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| A Multivariate Generalization of the Markov Switching Model with an application to volatility clusters |
| Presented by: Mohamad Khaled, University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne |
| Priors and Desires---A Model of Payoff-Dependent Beliefs |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Guy Mayraz, London School of Economics |
| Public Goods, Social Norms and Naive Beliefs |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Amrish Patel, University of Kent |
| Rational Expectations and the Puzzling No-Effect of the Minimum Wage |
| Presented by: Sara Pinoli, Università Bocconi |
| Banking tradable emission permits under upstream-downstream strategic interaction |
| Presented by: Maria-Eugenia Sanin, Université catholique de Louvain |
Session 56: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 13:30 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Can Family-Support Policies Help Explain Differences in Working Hours across Countries? |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: E60, H20, J22 |
| Presented by: Urban Sila, London School of Economics |
| Offshore Production and Business Cycle Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms |
| Presented by: Andrei Zlate, Boston College |
| Pro-male gender gap/bias in school enrolment: systematic or selection among the weak? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Michel Tenikue, University of Namur |
| Directed Search with Endogenous Search Effort |
| Presented by: Lari Viianto, University of Alicante, Economic Faculty |
| On the industry experience premium and labor mobility |
| Presented by: Montserrat Vilalta-Bufi, Universitat de Barcelona |
Session 57: Poster |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:00 - 13:30 |
| Location: South Cloisters |
| Energy Reforms and the Markups of European Electricity Firms |
| JEL codes: F10, L11, L94 |
| Presented by: Ziga Zarnic, LICOS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Hukou and Job Tenure in Chinese Private Sector |
| Presented by: Wen Wang, University of East Anglia |
| Mind the Gap – Mismeasured Inflation and Monetary Policy |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Henning Weber, European University Institute |
| Constitutional Design and Political Communication |
| Presented by: Dimitrios Xefteris, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
Session 58: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| School Choice: The Case for the Boston Mechanism |
| Presented by: Antonio Miralles, Boston University |
| Optimal Dynamic Mechanism for Implementing Public Projects in a Markov Environment |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Stuart McDonald, California Institute of Technology |
Session 59: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Peer Effect in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Fabian Waldinger, London School of Economics |
| Does Employment Protection Help Immigrants? Evidence from European Labor Markets |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Filipa Sa, MIT |
Session 60: Macro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| How To Make Banks Reveal Their Risk: the Case of Basel II |
| Presented by: Michal Kowalik, University of Mannheim |
| Innovation and Imitation in a Model of North-South Trade |
| Presented by: Teodora Borota, European University Institute |
| Sovereign spreads, currency crises, and fundamentals: A non-linear analysis |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Melisso Boschi, University of Perugia |
Session 61: Macro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Economic Geography and International Inequality: The Role of Governance |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Marta Felis Rota, London School of Economics |
| Aid to Poor Resource Exporting Countries: Which Role Should be Played by Resource Taxation? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Ruxanda Berlinschi, Toulouse School of Economics |
| A Structural Estimation for the Effects of Uncertainty on Capital Accumulation with Heterogeneous Firms |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Guiying Wu, University of Oxford |
Session 62: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| Intra-Firm Bargaining and Learning in a Market Equilibrium |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D82, D83, L10 |
| Presented by: Mikhail Drugov, University of Oxford |
| Charity Auctions for the Happy Few |
| Presented by: Olivier Bos, Paris School of Economics and CORE (UCL) |
| Collusion and Selective Supervision |
| Presented by: Alberto Motta, University of Padua |
Session 63: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Gender Differences in Labour Market Participation During Conflict: Evidence from Displaced People's Camps in Northern Uganda |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: O15, O55, J21 |
| Presented by: Kim Lehrer, University of British Columbia |
| Can Neighbourhoods Change the Decisions of Youth on the Margins of University Participation? |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Kelly Foley, University of British Columbia |
| Does it Matter Who I Work For and Who I Work With? The Impact of Owners and Coworkers on Hiring and Wages |
| Presented by: Monica Garcia-Perez, University of Maryland |
Session 64: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| Combining top-down and bottom-up accountability: Evidence from a bribery experiment |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: D73, C91, D81 |
| Presented by: Danila Serra, University of Oxford, CSAE |
| Content and advertising: TV media competition in a mixed duopoly market |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Hui Pan, University of Essex |
| The September 11 attacks and their impact on mental distress in the UK |
| Presented by: Robert Metcalfe, Imperial College London |
Session 65: Macro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 10:30 - 11:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Back to the Origins. A Model for the Grameen Bank |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: David Martinez-Miera, CEMFI |
| Business Perceptions, Fiscal Policy and Growth |
| Presented by: Florian Misch, University of Nottingham |
Session 66: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: Pearson G17 |
| Empirical Likelihood Estimation of Auction Models via Simulated Moment Conditions |
| JEL codes: C13 |
| Presented by: Xing Wang, University of Southamtpon |
| An empirical model of imperfect dynamic competition and application to hydroelectricity storage |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Olli Kauppi, Helsinki School of Economics |
Session 67: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: South Wing Council Room |
| The Effect of Link Costs on the Formation and Outcome of Buyer-Seller Networks |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C7, C9, D4, L1 |
| Presented by: Gönül Doğan, Tilburg University |
| The effect of grade repetition on school dropout: An identification based on differences among teachers. |
| Presented by: Pierre ANDRE, Paris School of Economics |
| What They Don't Know Can't Hurt You: The Benefit of Limited Feedback in Organizations |
| [slides] |
| Presented by: Stephen Hansen, London School of Economics |
Session 68: Micro Theory |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: Pearson Lecture Theatre |
| Experimental evidence of the emergence of aesthetic rules in pure coordination games |
| [slides] |
| JEL codes: C90, Z10 |
| Presented by: Federica Alberti, University of East Anglia |
| The Effects of Experiencing Asymmetric Information on the WTA/WTP Gap: Evidence from a Repeated Market Experiment |
| Presented by: Luke Lindsay, University of Nottingham |
| Optimal Differentiation and Spatial Competition: The Spokes Model with Product Delivery |
| Presented by: Carlo Reggiani, University of York |
Session 69: Micro Applied |
|---|
| Date: January 18, 2009 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:20 |
| Location: Pearson G23 |
| Does Firm Productivity Affect the Optimal Product Mix? |
| JEL codes: L11, |
| Presented by: Todor Gradev, Univeristy College Dublin |
| A Dual Definition for the Factor Content of Trade and its Effect on Factor Rewards in US Manufacturing Sector |
| Presented by: Agelos Delis, GEP, University of Nottingham |
| Testing for Instrument Independence in the Selection Model |
| Presented by: Toru Kitagawa, Brown University |
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