45 sessions, 160 papers

6th PhD Presentation Meeting of the Royal Economic Society
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: Game Theory
Session Chair: Zeynep Gurguc, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D106
Inequity Aversion Preference in the Dynamic Public Goods Game
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Presented by: Wei HU, Toulouse School of Economics
Aspiration-Based Choice Theory
Presented by: Begum Guney, New York University
Optimal Value Commitment in Bilateral Bargaining
Presented by: Volker Britz, Maastricht University
Democracy to Promote Coordination: An Experimental Approach
Presented by: Zeynep Gurguc, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Session 2: Development Economics I
Session Chair: Elisa Cavatorta, Birkbeck College, UoL
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D112
Is foreign aid fungible? Evidence from the education and health sectors
Presented by: Nicolas Van de Sijpe, Ghent University
Is it all relative? The role of wealth in the migration decision: Evidence from Indonesia
Presented by: Hasan Basarir, University of York
A Competing Risk Model for Health and Food Insecurity in the West Bank
Presented by: Elisa Cavatorta, Birkbeck College, UoL

Session 3: Regulation/Competition
Session Chair: Sebastian Schuetz, Leuphana Graduate School
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D111
Pay Compression: The Role of Public Sector Monopsony
Presented by: Jelena Lausev, Nottingham School of Economics
Collusive Price Rigidity under Price-Matching Punishments
Presented by: Luke Garrod, University of East Anglia
Structured Finance Influence on Financial Market Stability: Evaluation of current regulatory developments
Presented by: Sebastian Schuetz, Leuphana Graduate School

Session 4: Econometrics I
Session Chair: Liqiong Wang, University of York
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D113
A Semiparametric Panel Model for unbalanced data with Application to Climate Change in the United Kingdom
Presented by: Alev Atak, Queen Mary, University of London
A Summary Statistic for Cross-Sectional Dependence in Large Datasets
Presented by: Natalia Bailey, Queen Mary, University of London
Using Point Opitmal Unit-root Tests for Selecting Forecasting Models
Presented by: Liqiong Wang, University of York

Session 5: Poster Session 1
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10:00 - 12:05
Location: Atrium
Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks
Presented by: Alexandru Nichifor, Maastricht University
The CDM low-hanging fruits problem under ex-ante and ex-post Baselines
Presented by: Etidel Labidi, Tunisia Polytechnic School
Social Background in School Attainment and Job Market
Presented by: Alessandro Tampieri, University of Bologna
Can Market Risk Perception Drive To Inefficient Prices? Theory and Evidence
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Presented by: Matteo Formenti, University of Rome, Tor Vergata

Session 6: Poster Session 1 (cont.)
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10:00 - 12:05
Location: Atrium
Fees versus Royalties in Hotelling and Salop Models
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Presented by: Fehmi Bouguezzi, Université 7 Novembre à Carthage (EPT, LEGI)
Signaling and spending cycle in a political agency framework
Presented by: Simon Schnyder, University of Fribourg
Patent Thickets, Defensive Patenting, and Induced R&D: An Empirical Analysis of the Costs and Unintended Potential Benets of Fragmentation in Patent Ownership
Presented by: Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir, University of Waterloo

Session 7: Wages
Session Chair: Ioannis Kaplanis, London School of Economics
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D111
Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term
Presented by: Chiara Rosazza Bondibene, Royal Holloway, University of London
Real Wages, Wage Inequality and the Regional Cost-of-living in the UK
Presented by: Cinzia Rienzo, Royal Holloway University of London
Wage Distribution and the Spatial Sorting of Workers and Firms
Presented by: alessia matano, university of Rome
Wage effects from changes in local human capital in Britain
Presented by: Ioannis Kaplanis, London School of Economics

Session 8: Public Health Economics
Session Chair: Prakarsh Singh, London School of Economics
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D113
Dams and Infant Mortality in Africa
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Presented by: Abhishek Chakravarty, University College London
Air Pollution, Infant Mortality, and Environmental Regulations in China
Presented by: Shinsuke Tanaka, Boston University
The height production function from birth to early adulthood
Presented by: Elisabetta De Cao, Bocconi University and Tor Vergata University
Performance Pay and Information: Reducing Child Malnutrition in Urban Slums
Presented by: Prakarsh Singh, London School of Economics

Session 9: International Economics
Session Chair: Rolando Avendano, Paris School of Economics - OECD
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D106
Trade Agreements when Profits Matter
Presented by: Monika Mrazova, London School of Economics
Income Distribution and the Price Level
Presented by: Qi Zhang, LSE
Comparative Advantage, Service Trade, and Global Imbalances
Presented by: Alessandro Barattieri, Boston College
Sovereign Wealth Funds equity investments: Firm impact, diversification and natural endowments
Presented by: Rolando Avendano, Paris School of Economics - OECD

Session 10: Industrial Economics
Session Chair: Paulo Abecasis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D112
Multiproduct Search
Presented by: Jidong Zhou, University College London
Product differentiation decisions under ambiguous consumer demand and pessimistic expectations
Presented by: Michal Krol, The University of Manchester
Divide To Conquer: Targeting in Network Goods
Presented by: Paulo Abecasis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Session 11: Games and Bargaining
Session Chair: Fangfang Tan, Tilburg University
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D106
Symmetrically multilateral-bargained allocations in multi-sided assignment markets
Presented by: Oriol Tejada, Univ. de Barcelona, Fac. Econòmiques
THE REINFORCEMENT AXIOM UNDER SEQUENTIAL POSITIONAL RULES
Presented by: Courtin Sebastien, CREM
Deterrence Effect of Auditing Rules: An Experimental Study
Presented by: Fangfang Tan, Tilburg University

Session 12: Applied Microeconomics I
Session Chair: Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Imperial College London
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D111
Subjective mortality hazard shocks and the adjustment of consumption expenditures
Presented by: Anikó Bíró, Central European University
Housing wealth or economic barometer: Why do house prices matter for well-being?
Presented by: Anita Ratcliffe, University of Bristol
Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables
Presented by: Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Imperial College London

Session 13: Econometrics II
Session Chair: Bonsoo Koo, London School of Economics and Political Science
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D113
A U-statistic Type Test to Disentangle Breaks in Intercept from Slope in Linear Regression Models
Presented by: William Pouliot, City University London
The Stochastic Wald Test
Presented by: Majid Al-Sadoon, University of Cambridge
Improved Test Statistics for Spatial Autoregressive Models
Presented by: FRANCESCA ROSSI, LSE
Locally Stationary Diffusion Processes with Structural Breaks
Presented by: Bonsoo Koo, London School of Economics and Political Science

Session 14: Dynamic Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Christoph Himmels, University of Exeter
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D112
Rational Exuberance
Presented by: Gaetano Gaballo, European University Institute
Self-fulfilling Beliefs and Bounded Bubbles in the U.S. Housing Market
Presented by: Masanori Kashiwagi, European University Institute
Bifurcations of optimal vector fields in the shallow lake model
Presented by: Tatiana Kiseleva, University of Amsterdam
How Quasi-Commitment Can Select Among Discretionary Equilibria
Presented by: Christoph Himmels, University of Exeter

Session 15: Poster Session 2
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 14:30
Location: Atrium
Bribe vs book: how corruption can replace skills in job seeking
Presented by: Lucio Morettini, University of Rome
The Causal Effect of Exporting and Multinational Acquisition on TFP in UK: An Evaluation Method Approach
Presented by: Agelos Delis, University of Cyprus
Nonparametric Analysis of Two Sided Markets
Presented by: Senay SOKULLU, Toulouse School of Economics
Summability of Stochastic Processes: A Generalization of Integration and Co-integration valid for Non-linear Processes
Presented by: Vanessa Berenguer-Rico, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Session 16: Poster Session 2 (cont.)
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 14:30
Location: Atrium
Assessing the Fed’s Performance through the Effect of Technology Shocks: New Evidence
Presented by: Carlo Coen Castellino, University of Turin
Heterogenous agents in the FX market: A matter of time horizon?
Presented by: Sophie Béreau, CREST-INSEE
Delay the claiming of Social Security benefits or die-A survival analysis of the claiming behaviour of Older Americans
Presented by: Yarine Fawaz, PSE

Session 17: Poster Session 2 (cont.)
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 14:30
Location: Atrium
Risk Attitudes and the Incidence of Informality among Workers: Evidence from a Transition Country
Presented by: Melanie Khamis, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Separating risk in education from heterogeneity: a semiparametric approach.
Presented by: Jacopo Mazza, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Engineering Electoral Systems to Increase Turnout
Presented by: Orestis Troumpounis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
The Dynamics of Migration: Household and Community Networks in Mexico-U.S. Migration
Presented by: Andrea Gentili, University of Trento

Session 18: Search/Matching
Session Chair: Teng Ge, University of Essex
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 14:30 - 15:50
Location: D106
Household Search and the Aggregate Labor Market
Presented by: Rigas Oikonomou, London School of Economics
Occupational mismatch and social networks
Presented by: Gergely Horvath, University of Alicante
Optimal Redistributive Taxation in a Model of Assortative Matching
Presented by: Teng Ge, University of Essex

Session 19: Productivity
Session Chair: Sy Mouhamadou, Paris School of Economics
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 14:30 - 15:50
Location: D111
Products, patents and productivity persistence: A DSGE model of endogenous growth
Presented by: Tom Holden, University of Oxford
Foreign Investments and Productivity: Evidence from European Regions
Presented by: Fabio Pieri, University of Perugia & CIFREM
Globalization and the Dynamics of Productivity and Pricess
Presented by: Sy Mouhamadou, Paris School of Economics

Session 20: Business Cycles
Session Chair: Emanuel Gasteiger, University of Vienna
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 14:30 - 15:50
Location: D112
Inattentiveness: an alternative explanation of investment gulps
Presented by: Fabio Verona, University of Porto-Faculty of Economics
Firm Leverage, Household Leverage and the Business Cycle
Presented by: Daniel Solomon, Universite de Cergy Pontoise, THEMA
On the Estimation of Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models: An Empirical Likelihood Approach
Presented by: Sara Riscado, European University Institute
Heterogeneous Expectations and the Merit of Monetary Policy Inertia
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Presented by: Emanuel Gasteiger, University of Vienna

Session 21: Finance I
Session Chair: Laura Delaney, Trinity College, Dublin
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 14:30 - 15:50
Location: D113
Cash-flow Driven Covariation
Presented by: Miguel Antón, London School of Economics
OVERCONFIDENCE AND BUBBLES IN EXPERIMENTAL ASSET MARKETS
Presented by: Julija Michailova, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel
Risky Competition. Does Social Comparison Induce Risk Taking?
Presented by: Oege Dijk, European University Institute
Valuing Voluntary Disclosure using a Real Options Approach
Presented by: Laura Delaney, Trinity College, Dublin

Session 22: Poster Session 3
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 14:30 - 16:10
Location: Atrium
Information and Strategic Voting
Presented by: Marcelo Tyszler, University of Amsterdam
Do performance targets affect behaviour? Evidence from discontinuities in test scores in England
Presented by: Marcello Sartarelli, Institute of Education
Trade union structure with environmental concern and firms' technological choice
Presented by: Elias Asproudis, University of Loughborough

Session 23: Poster Session 3 (cont.)
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 14:30 - 16:10
Location: Atrium
Does Lecture Attendance Matter for Grades? Evidence from Longitudinal Tracking of Irish Students
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Presented by: Martin Ryan, University College Dublin
Platform Standards, Collusion and Quality Incentives
Presented by: Claudia Salim, Free University Berlin
Econometrics and decision making: Effects of presentation mode
Presented by: Emre Soyer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Session 24: Political Economy
Session Chair: Marina Dodlova, University Paris Ouest Nanterre
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 16:10 - 17:30
Location: D106
Economic Foundation of Dictatorship in Resource Exporting Economies
Presented by: Samer ATALLAH, McGill University
Public Expenditure Distribution, Voting, and Growth
Presented by: Lorenzo Burlon, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
A Dynamic Politico-Economic Model of Intergenerational Contracts
Presented by: Francesco Lancia, Catholic University of Milan
Political Accountability and Real Authority of Government Bureaucracy
Presented by: Marina Dodlova, University Paris Ouest Nanterre

Session 25: Health Economics
Session Chair: Luca Savorelli, Università di Bologna
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 16:10 - 17:30
Location: D113
Vignettes and health systems responsiveness in cross-country comparative analyses
Presented by: Silvana Robone, University of York
The effects of expanding the generosity of the statutory sickness insurance system
Presented by: Nicolas Ziebarth, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Intergenerational effect of schooling and childhood overweight
Presented by: Ryota Nakamura, University of York
Thinness and obesity: A model of food consumption, health concerns, and social pressure
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Presented by: Luca Savorelli, Università di Bologna

Session 26: Macroeconomics I
Session Chair: Somayeh Mardaneh, University of Leicester
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 16:10 - 17:30
Location: D111
Inflation, Real Stock Prices and Earnings: Friedman as Right
Presented by: Diego Pereira-Garmendia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Re-evaluating the impact of the Reagan tax cuts
Presented by: Gitanjali Kumar, University of California, Los Angeles
The Evolution of Inflation Persistence: Did Oil Shocks Affect Inflation Dynamics?
Presented by: Somayeh Mardaneh, University of Leicester

Session 27: Game Theory: Communication
Session Chair: Eli Spiegelman, UQAM
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 16:10 - 17:30
Location: D112
Unawareness in Dynamic Psychological Games
Presented by: Carsten Nielsen, University of Copenhagen
Cheap-Talk Information Disclosure in Auctions
Presented by: Zhiyun LI, University of Oxford
Cheap Talk With Two-Sided Private Information
Presented by: Ines Moreno de Barreda, London School of Economics
The value of cheap talk: Theory and experimental evidence
Presented by: Eli Spiegelman, UQAM

Session 28: Poster Session 4
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 16:10 - 18:00
Location: Atrium
Cross-Border Labour Mobility Restrictions: A Quantitative Approach to Understand Protectionism in IT and Nursing Services
Presented by: Pralok Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Rational vs. Professional Forecasts
Presented by: Joao Jalles, University of Cambridge
Semi-parametric estimation of models of downward wage rigidity
Presented by: Paris Nearchou, University of Cyprus

Session 29: Poster Session 4 (cont.)
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 16:10 - 18:00
Location: Atrium
Adapting the Litterman prior for cointegrated VARs
Presented by: Michal Markun, European University Institute
Estimating Central Bank preferences in a small open economy: Sweden 1995-2009
Presented by: Gaetano D'adamo, Università di Bologna
Are Immigrants more Criminal than Natives? An Application of some Estimators for Under-reported Outcomes using the Offending, Crime, and Justice Survey
Presented by: Georgios Papadopoulos, University of Essex
Is charity a homogenous good?
Presented by: Peter Backus, University of Warwick

Session 30: Innovation and Competition
Session Chair: Joel Stiebale, RWI
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D112
Pharmaceutical Innovation and Parallel Trade
Presented by: Anna Rita Bennato, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' and University of Bristol
Innovation & Competition in a Memory Process
Presented by: Juan Correa, University of Southampton, UK
The Impact of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions on the Acquirers' R&D: Firm-Level Evidence
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Presented by: Joel Stiebale, RWI

Session 31: Development Economics II
Session Chair: MariaGrazia Luciano, Birkbeck College
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D106
Analysing the welfare-improving potential of land in the former homelands of South Africa
Presented by: Stefania Lovo, University of Sussex
Labor-Tying and Poverty in a Rural Economy: Evidence from Bangladesh
Presented by: Selim Gulesci, London School of Economics
Migration, Remittances and Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Rural Mexico
Presented by: Vera Chiodi, Paris School of Economics - J-PAL Europe
Why a preference for sons? Fieldwork Findings from Rural India
Presented by: MariaGrazia Luciano, Birkbeck College

Session 32: Macroeconomics II
Session Chair: Devis Geron, University of Padova
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D113
Endogenous Economic Institutions, Wage Inequality, and Economic Growth
Presented by: Christos Pargianas, Brown University
Public Debt Levels and Corruption in the High-Income Economies
Presented by: Daryna Grechyna, UAB
Consumption during recession: evidence of liquidity constraints and time inconsistency
Presented by: Francesco Manaresi, Università di Bologna
Social Security Reforms with Intra-generational Social Mobility
Presented by: Devis Geron, University of Padova

Session 33: Theory
Session Chair: Jean-Paul Carvalho, University of Oxford
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: D111
The Swing Voters' Blessing
Presented by: Jan Klingelhoefer, European University Institute
The Value of Authority
Presented by: Holger Herz, University of Zurich
A Liberal Impossibility of Abstract Argumentation
Presented by: Nan Li, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Veiling
Presented by: Jean-Paul Carvalho, University of Oxford

Session 34: Poster Session 5
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 10:00 - 12:05
Location: Atrium
A closed-form solution for the continuous-time consumption model with endogenous labor income
Presented by: Aihua Zhang, Nottingham University Business School China
Compulsory Primary Education Act – 1990 in Bangladesh
Presented by: Md. Emran, University of Birmingham
The Optimal Marginal Tax Rates with Both Extensive and Intensive Responses
Presented by: Laurence Jacquet, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
Understanding the Root Causes of Modern Maritime Piracy
Presented by: Watcharapong Ratisukpimol, University of Colorado at Boulder
Is Inflation Important for Monetary Policy Transmission?
Presented by: Rongrong Sun, University of Wuppertal

Session 35: Poster Session 5 (cont.)
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 10:00 - 12:05
Location: Atrium
What are the effects of tax shocks in the United Kingdom? New evidence from a narrative evaluation.
Presented by: James Cloyne, UCL
Voters-Candidate Ideological Proximity and the Decision to Vote
Presented by: Francesca Acacia, University of Leicester
Putnam’s Instrument Revisited. The Community Network of the Industrial Districts, Social Capital and Regional Economic Performance in Italy
Presented by: Luca Andriani, Birkbeck University of London
Genes, Economics, and Happiness
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Presented by: Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, London School of Economics

Session 36: Labour Economics
Session Chair: Umid Aliev, Leeds University Business School
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D106
Youth unemployment, worker turnover and labor market institutions
Presented by: Anne BUCHER, IRES-UCL
The long term effect of own and spousal parental leave on mothers’ earnings
Presented by: Andreas Kotsadam, University of Gothenburg
Labour Supply Disincentives of Income Support: An Analysis of Single Mothers with No Qualifications in the UK
Presented by: Zeenat soobedar, The Open University
Wage determination in oligopsonistic labour markets: evidence from Russia and Central Asia
Presented by: Umid Aliev, Leeds University Business School

Session 37: Asymmetric Information
Session Chair: Akifumi Ishihara, LSE
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D111
Moral Hazard in Credit Markets: The Incentive Effect of Collateral
Presented by: Marta Serra-Garcia, CentER, Tilburg University
Contracting with Heterogeneous Quasi-Hyperbolic Agents: Investment Good Pricing under Asymmetric Information
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Presented by: Jianye YAN, Toulouse School of Economics
The Interaction of Formal and Implicit Contracts with Adverse Selection
Presented by: Akifumi Ishihara, LSE

Session 38: Finance II
Session Chair: Vincent Fardeau, London School of Economics
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D112
Explaining Sovereign Bond-CDS Arbitrage Violations During the Financial Crisis 2008-09
Presented by: Nathan Foley-Fisher, London School of Economics
The Boats that did not sail. News, Trading and Asset Price Volatility in a Natural Experiment
Presented by: Peter Koudijs, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Informational Cascades in Financial Markets with Costly Information
Presented by: Arina Nikandrova, University of Cambridge
Strategic Liquidity Provision and Predatory Trading
Presented by: Vincent Fardeau, London School of Economics

Session 39: Applied Microeconomics II
Session Chair: Henry Telli, University of Nottingham
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 10:40 - 12:00
Location: D113
The health benefits of marriage: evidence using variation in marriage tax penalties
Presented by: Hayley Fisher, University of Cambridge
Determinants of European Attitudes towards Immigration: Economics or Culture?
Presented by: Henry Telli, University of Nottingham

Session 40: Labour Markets
Session Chair: Dirk Antonczyk, University of Freiburg
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D106
Too rich to do the dirty work? Job quality, search and wealth
Presented by: Luke Haywood, Paris School of Economics
The Japanese lost decade and beyond: A chain reaction theory approach
Presented by: Pablo Agnese, IESE Business School
Using Social Norms to Estimate the Effect of Collective Bargaining on the Wage Structure
Presented by: Dirk Antonczyk, University of Freiburg

Session 41: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Jori Pinje, U. Copenhagen
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D111
Poverty dynamics in pre-crisis Britain
Presented by: Giacomo Damioli, University of Essex
Information droughts on the limit order book
Presented by: Corey Garriott, UCLA
Tax Evasion, Information Reporting and the Regressive Bias Hypothesis
Presented by: Jori Pinje, U. Copenhagen

Session 42: Education
Session Chair: Astrid Krenz, University of Goettingen
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D112
The Market Returns to Private High Schools: Evidence from Mexico
Presented by: Chiara Binelli, Oxford University
Spatial Externalities and Social Multipliers of Schooling Interventions
Presented by: Matteo Bobba, Paris School of Economics
CLASS ASSIGNMENT AND PEER GROUP EFFECTS: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZILIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Presented by: Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Queen Mary University of London
La Distinction reloaded: Returns to Education, Family Background, Cultural and Social Capital in Germany
Presented by: Astrid Krenz, University of Goettingen

Session 43: Networks/Externalities
Session Chair: antoine goujard, London School of Economics
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 13:25
Location: D113
The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification
Presented by: Konrad Burchardi, London School of Economics
Do tropical typhoons smash community ties? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
Presented by: Yanos Zylberberg, Paris School of Economics
The externalities from social housing, evidence from Paris
Presented by: antoine goujard, London School of Economics

Session 44: Poster Session 6
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 14:30
Location: Atrium
Welfare impacts from non-timber forest product extractions in South Cameroon
Presented by: Emilie Perge, University of Sussex
Does Foreign Patent Protection Increase the United States’ Trade of Pharmaceuticals with Developing Countries?
Presented by: Anne Boring, Université Paris Dauphine
When transparency goes against efficiency: fiscal equalization in a context of household and firm mobility
Presented by: Pascale Duran-Vigneron, University of Exeter
Designing a Property Tax without Property Values: Analysis in the case of Ireland
Presented by: Karen Mayor, ESRI and Trinity College Dublin
US Money Demand, Monetary Overhang, and Inflation Prediction
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Presented by: Oliver Hossfeld, Leipzig Graduate School of Management

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Session 45: Poster Session 6 (cont.)
Date: January 16, 2011
Time: 12:05 - 14:30
Location: Atrium
Stock Splits and Herding
Presented by: Maria Chiara Iannino, Queen Mary University of London
Liberalization and Economic Integration among Chinese Regions: A Business Cycle Approach
Presented by: Shuo Huang, Brunel University
Dual Long-memory and the Link between Bid-ask Spread, Volatility and Volume in FTSE100
Presented by: Bin Tan, Brunel University