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7th RES PhD Meeting 2012
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: REGISTRATION OPENS
Session type: invited
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 8:35 - 8:35
Location: Reception
Session 2: Social Security/Labour
Session Chair: Jan Sauermann, Maastricht University
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB4
Severance Pay or Pension Funds?
Presented by: Devis Geron, University of Padova
A probabilistic voting of social security: the role of myopic agents
Presented by: Xue Wen, DEFAP, Catholic University of Milan
The Effects of Training on Own and Co-Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Presented by: Jan Sauermann, Maastricht University
Session 3: Foreign Direct Investments
Session Chair: Cagatay Bircan, University of Michigan
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB4a
The role of the Intellectual Property Rights in the relation between Foreign Direct Investment and Growth
Presented by: Mila Kashcheeva, Clemson University
Foreign Direct Investment and Export Upgrading
Presented by: Torfinn Harding, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
Optimal Degree of Foreign Ownership Under Uncertainty
Presented by: Cagatay Bircan, University of Michigan
Session 4: Industrial Organization
Session Chair: Carlos Cañon, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: FB1
Can Access Price Indexation Promote Efficient Investment in Next Generation Networks?
Presented by: David Henriques, NYU-Stern and NOVA-SBE
Separation of Ownership and Control: Delegation as a Commitment Device
Presented by: Aristotelis Boukouras, Courant Research Centre Poverty Equity and Growth
Matching & Information Provision by One-Sided and Two-Sided Platforms
Presented by: Carlos Cañon, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 5: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Oliver Walker, London School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB2
The Fog of Fraud - Mitigating Fraud by Strategic Ambiguity
Presented by: Matthias Lang, Max Planck Institute
Agreeing to disagree: a syntactic approach
Presented by: Bassel Tarbush, University of Oxford
Reasoning about Unawareness: A Decision Theoretic Account
Presented by: Oliver Walker, London School of Economics
Session 6: Poster session
Session type: poster
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 12:30
Location: Oct
ON LOSS FUNCTIONS AND RANKING FORECASTING PERFORMANCES OF MULTIVARIATE VOLATILITY MODELS
Presented by: Francesco Violante, Maastricht University
The analysis of stochastic volatility in the presence of daily realised measures
Presented by: Marcel Scharth, VU University Amsterdam
Endogenous trade restrictions and firms’ pricing behaviour
Presented by: Laura Rovegno, Université catholique de Louvain
The Effects of Structural Breaks in Mean on Differenced and System GMM Panel Estimations
Presented by: rosen Chowdhury, university of dundee
Trade in secured debt, adjustment in haircuts and international portfolios
Presented by: Tommaso Trani, The Graduate Institute | Geneva
The Dual Role of Intellectual Property Rights under Imitation and Innovation Driven Development
Presented by: Monique Newiak, University of Munich (LMU)
Intellectual Property Rights Induced Trade
Presented by: Juan Bernal Uribe, Toulouse School of Economics
The Effect of Social Safety Net Programs on the Calorie Consumption of Poor Households in Bangladesh: an Application of Regression Discontinuity Design
Presented by: Mohammad Rahman, The University of Manchester
Price expectations and price dynamics: the case of the rice sector in developing Asia
Presented by: Thomas BARRE, University of Paris Pantheon Sorbonne
International Trade and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine
Presented by: Yevgeniya Shevtsova, University of York
The role of Diaspora in attracting Indian Outward FDI
Presented by: Mazhar Mughal, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
Does industry concentration matter for pollution haven effects?
Presented by: Svetlana Batrakova, University College Dublin (UCD)
New Business Start-ups and the Business Cycle.
Presented by: Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi, University of Essex
Session 7: Macro/Labour
Session Chair: Christian Siegel, LSE
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB1
Assortative Matching, Search and Discrimination
Presented by: Linas Tarasonis, Paris School of Economics
Abortions and Inequality
Presented by: Georgi Kocharkov, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Female Employment and Fertility - The Effects of Rising Female Wages
Presented by: Christian Siegel, LSE
Session 8: Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Sophie Osotimehin, Paris School of Economics, CREST
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: FB1
Lumpy investment in sticky information general equilibrium
Presented by: Fabio Verona, Goethe University Frankfurt
Resource extraction, capital accumulation and time horizon
Presented by: Daniel Spiro, Stockholm University
Aggregate productivity and the allocation of resources over the business cycle
Presented by: Sophie Osotimehin, Paris School of Economics, CREST
Session 9: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Michal Krol, The University of Manchester
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB4a
Are "Gangstas" Peacocks? Trust and Cooperation in Illicit Markets
Presented by: Andrew Mell, Nuffield College
Recruitment to Organised Crime
Presented by: Iain Long, London School of Economics
Games as Social Conventions
Presented by: Michal Krol, The University of Manchester
Session 10: Finance
Session Chair: Thomas Schelkle, London School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB4
Housing and equity bubbles: Are they contagious to REITs?
Presented by: Ogonna Nneji, University of Reading
Mortgage Securitization: The Good, the Bad, or the Irrelevant?
Presented by: Gang (Nathan) Dong, Rutgers University
Mortgage Default during the U.S. Mortgage Crisis
Presented by: Thomas Schelkle, London School of Economics
Session 11: Macroeconomics/Trade
Session Chair: Kun Tian, Cardiff Business School
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB2
Quota as a Sorting Machine: Quantity Restrictions and Price Adjustments of Chinese Textile Exports to the U.S.
Presented by: Zheng Wang, University of Nottingham
Heterogeneous Price Setting Behaviour and Macrodata Analysis of DSGE Models
Presented by: Peng Zhou, Cardiff University
Frequency, Hazard Function, and Distribution Across Firms
Presented by: Kun Tian, Cardiff Business School
Session 12: Labour
Session Chair: Rosa Sanchis-Guarner, London School of Economics & SERC
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB1
High Wage Workers and High Wage Peers
Presented by: Michele Battisti, Simon Fraser University
Wealth Shocks and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Stock Market Fluctuations
Presented by: Hannes Schwandt, University Pompeu Fabra
Driving up Wages: The Effects of Road Improvements in Great Britain
Presented by: Rosa Sanchis-Guarner, London School of Economics & SERC
Session 13: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Abhishek Ranjan, University of Paris1, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB2
Self-Commitment-Institutions and Cooperation in Overlapping Generations Games
Presented by: Alessia Russo, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia
Why are Small Firms More Likely to Use Convertible Debt?
Presented by: ming jin jiang, unverisidad de carlos III
Existence of financial equilibrium in a multi-period economy with restricted participation
Presented by: Abhishek Ranjan, University of Paris1, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Session 14: Econometrics
Session Chair: Claudia Foroni, European University Institute
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB4
Using Invalid Instruments on Purpose: Focused Moment Selection and Averaging for GMM
Presented by: Francis DiTraglia, Cambridge University
The Use of Mixed-Frequency Data to Identify Structural Models
Presented by: Claudia Foroni, European University Institute
Session 15: DSGE Models
Session Chair: Christoph Gortz, University of Nottingham
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB4a
On the nature of the financial system in the Euro Area: a Bayesian DSGE approach
Presented by: Stefania Villa, Birkbeck College, University of London
Coordination Failure and the Financial Accelerator
Presented by: Oliver de Groot, University of Cambridge
News and Financial Intermediation in Aggregate Fluctuations
Presented by: Christoph Gortz, University of Nottingham
Session 16: Development
Session Chair: Melinda Vigh, VU University Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: FB1
Why Is African Urbanization Dierent? Evidence from Resource Exports in Ghana and Ivory Coast
Presented by: Remi Jedwab, London School of Economics / PSE
Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique
Presented by: Melinda Vigh, VU University Amsterdam
Session 17: LUNCH BREAK
Session type: invited
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 13:15 - 14:30
Location: Oct
Session 18: Poster session
Session type: poster
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 14:00 - 16:30
Location: Oct
Growth Driven Financial Crises and Cycles
Presented by: Hiroshi Ochiai, University of Nottingham
Oil Price Shocks and the Structural Stability of the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with Evolving Trend In‡ation
Presented by: Somayeh Mardaneh, University of Leicester
Short Sale Constraints and the Likelihood of Crashes and Bubbles
Presented by: Arne Klein, Westphalian Wilhelminian University of Muenster
Compulsory Rating and Proportional Retention in the Securitization Market
Presented by: Brian Coulter, University of Oxford
Illiquidity, Fire-sales and Capital Structure
Presented by: Afrasiab Mirza, Queen's University
Devaluation Size and Correlated Variables
Presented by: Gulnihal Mahmutoglu Aksoy, UCD
The Health Consequences of the Mozambican Civil War: an Anthropometric Approach
Presented by: Patrick Domingues, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Underwriting and the role of banking sector: theoretical model and empirical results for US economy of 1960-2000
Presented by: Kateryna Onishchenko, Cardiff Business School
Business Taxes and the Electoral Cycle
Presented by: Dirk Foremny, University of Bonn
A Carbon Tax Credit Policy in the Presence of Technological Spillovers
Presented by: Amanda Spisto, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Education and Social Mobility: Can Democracy Promote Redistribution?
Presented by: Andreza Lucas,
Is conformism desirable? Network effects, location choice, and social welfare.
Presented by: Luca Savorelli, University of Bologna
Can Foreign Health Assistance Reduce the Medical Brain Drain?
Presented by: Yasser Moullan, University of Paris 1
"What Determines Post-Compulsory Educational Choice? Evidence from the Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England"
Presented by: Javier Valbuena, Univeristy of Kent
Birth Order and Child Outcomes: Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?
Presented by: Sarah Grace See, University of Bologna
“Like” is Money! Restaurants’ and Travel Agencies’ Chances to become Stars on Facebook
Presented by: Codrin Chiru, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Stela Ciuchete, Bucharest Acedemy of Economic Studies
Local human capital and its impact on local employment chances in Britain
Presented by: Ioannis Kaplanis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and London School of Economics
Session 19: Finance
Session Chair: Manasa Patnam, University of Cambridge
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB4
Internal Governance, Security Price and Firm Dynamics
Presented by: Kaipichit Ruengsrichaiya, EDHEC
CORPORATE NETWORKS AND PEER EFFECTS IN FIRM POLICIES: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
Presented by: Manasa Patnam, University of Cambridge
Session 20: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Jan Zapal, London School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB4a
Reputation with Endogenous Information
Presented by: Daniel García, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Explicit and implicit status-quo determination in dynamic bargaining: Theory and application to FOMC directive
Presented by: Jan Zapal, London School of Economics
Session 21: Development
Session Chair: Luke Miner, London School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB1
Law and Identity Manipulation: evidence from Colonial Punjab.
Presented by: Guilhem Cassan, London School of Economics
The Unintended Consequences of Internet Diffusion: Evidence from Malaysia
Presented by: Luke Miner, London School of Economics
Session 22: Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Sergio Sola, Graduate Institute of International Studies
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: FB1
Optimal Simple Monetary and Fiscal Rules under Limited Asset Market Participation
Presented by: Giorgio Motta, University of Milano-Bicocca
A Producer Theory with Business Risks
Presented by: Seong-Hoon Kim, University of St Andrews
Fiscal Policy, Interest Rates and Risk Premia in Open Economy
Presented by: Sergio Sola, Graduate Institute of International Studies
Salvatore Dell'erba, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Session 23: Experimental
Session Chair: Roel van Veldhuizen, University of Amsterdam
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB2
Nudging with Information: a Randomized Field Experiment on Reminders and Feedback
Presented by: Mattia Nardotto, ENST ParisTech
An Experimental Investigation of Employment Protection and Labor Substitutability
Presented by: Mark Bernard, Stockholm School of Economics
Bribery and the Fair Salary Hypothesis in the Lab
Presented by: Roel van Veldhuizen, University of Amsterdam
Session 24: Political Economy
Session Chair: Victoria Brosi, University of York
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB1
An analysis of mixed member proportional rule from an aggregation perspective - A case study of the German parliamentary election system
Presented by: Victoria Brosi, University of York
The role of ethnic diversity and income distribution in the formation of political coalition
Presented by: Fusako Tsuchimoto, CERGE-EI
Political budget cycles in the European Union and the impact of political pressures
Presented by: Georgios Efthyvoulou, University of Birmingham
Political Accountability and Real Authority of Government Bureaucracy
Presented by: Marina Dodlova, University Paris Ouest Nanterre
Session 25: Applied Micro
Session Chair: Yarine Fawaz, European University Institute
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB4a
Good Donors or Good Recipients? A Repeated Moral Hazard Model of Aid Allocation
Presented by: Alessia Isopi, University of Manchester
Advertising expenditure and consumer prices
Presented by: Ferdinand Rauch, LSE
Anticipatory Ex Ante Moral Hazard and the Effect of Medicare on Prevention
Presented by: Laure de Preux, University of York / LSE
Claiming Social Security Benefits Early to Retire Later
Presented by: Yarine Fawaz, European University Institute
Session 26: Industrial Organization
Session Chair: Jiangli DOU, Toulouse School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: FB1
Input price discrimination with different routes to market
Presented by: Kadambari Prasad, Nuffield College , University of Oxford
Middlemen, Bargaining and Price Information: Is Knowledge Power?
Presented by: Tara Mitchell, LSE
Outsourcing versus Vertical Integration: A Dynamic Model of Industry Equilibrium.
Presented by: Roman Fossati, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Multi-homing, Product Differentiation and Competition
Presented by: Jiangli DOU, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 27: Macro/Finance
Session Chair: Jochen Guentner, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB2
A diversity of agents in a New Keynesian model: monetary policy with technology and cost-push shocks
Presented by: Giulia Piccillo, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
A Model of Credit Frictions in an Uncertain Environment
Presented by: Dennis Tatarkov, University of Oxford
Imperfect Knowledge about Asset Prices and Credit Cycles
Presented by: Pei Kuang, University of Frankfurt and University of Mannheim
A model of aggregate excess reserves and the federal funds market
Presented by: Jochen Guentner, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Session 28: Econometrics
Session Chair: Marian Vavra, University of London
Session type: contributed
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB4
Specification Search for Growth Model: A Dynamic Space-Time Framework
Presented by: Monalisa Sen, University of Illinois at UC
FINITE SAMPLE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL VERSUS LARGE SCALE DYNAMIC FACTOR MODELS
Presented by: ROCIO ALVAREZ ARANDA, UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
Testing Normality in Time Series
Presented by: Marian Vavra, University of London
Session 29: Public/Political Economy
Session Chair: Ece Handan Guleryuz, Florida International University
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB4a
Democracy and Resilient Pro-Social Behavioral Change: An Experimental Study
Presented by: Kenju Kamei, Brown University
Political Conflict, Natural Resource Abundance and Human Capital
Presented by: Ece Handan Guleryuz, Florida International University
Session 30: Productivity/Growth
Session Chair: Radoslaw Stefanski, University of Oxford
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: FB1
Failure to Launch? The Role of Land Inequality in Transition Delays
Presented by: Ioanna Stylianou, University Of Cyprus
Windfalls, Structural Transformation and Specialization
Presented by: Radoslaw Stefanski, University of Oxford
Karlygash Kuralbayeva, University of Oxford
Session 31: Finance
Session Chair: Dooruj Rambaccussing, university of Exeter
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB2
TDCC GARCH modeling of Volatilities and Correlations of Emerging Stock Markets
Presented by: Thanh Le, University of Birmingham
Modeling the Persistence in Expected Returns
Presented by: Dooruj Rambaccussing, university of Exeter
Session 32: Macro
Session Chair: Banu Demir, University of Oxford
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB1
Firm age, business cycles and aggregate labor market dynamics
Presented by: Petr Sedlacek, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Job-to-Job Mobility and Wage Inequality: A Quantitative Assessment
Presented by: Susanne Forstner, European University Institute
Trading Tasks and Quality
Presented by: Banu Demir, University of Oxford
Session 33: Applied Micro
Session Chair: Aynur Alptekin, University of Surrey
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:15
Location: EB4
Decentralization as a way to avoid secessionist conflict: the case of interregional inequality
Presented by: Sabine Flamand, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Incentive Schemes for Local Government : Theory and Evidence from Comprehensive Performance Assessment in England
Presented by: Francesco Porcelli, University of Warwick
Property Rights, Inequality and Conflict
Presented by: Aynur Alptekin, University of Surrey
Session 34: Poster session
Session type: poster
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 12:30
Location: Oct
The Implications of Changing Employment Protection: Evaluating the 1999 UK Unfair Dismissal Reform}
Presented by: Veronica Toffolutti, University of Padua
Does competition induce hiring equity? Evidence from the French retail sector
Presented by: Clémence Berson, Paris School of Economics
Economic Development and Family Structure: from Pater Familias to the Nuclear Family
Presented by: Luca Pensieroso, IRES - Université catholique de Louvain
Do large departments make academics more productive? Agglomeration and peer effects in research
Presented by: Clément Bosquet, Sciences Po and Aix-Marseille U.
Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on CEO Turnover in Large Firms and SMES: A Hazard Analysis
Presented by: Swarnodeep HomRoy, Lancaster University
Minimum wages and gender pay gaps. Evidence from the UK and Ireland
Presented by: Karina Doorley, CEPS/INSTEAD
Real wages, wage inequality and the regional cost of living in the uk
Presented by: Cinzia Rienzo, Sussex
Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes
Presented by: Charlotte Cabane, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Currency Misalignment from an Exchange Market Pressure Perspective
Presented by: Amangeldi Kenjegaliev, University of Leicester
The Relationship between Immigration Status and Crime - Evidence from the British Crime Survey
Presented by: Georgios Papadopoulos, University of East Anglia
Does corporate taxation affect cross-country firm leverage?
Presented by: Antonio De Socio, Bank of Italy; University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Who Pays for Occupational Pensions?
Presented by: Ola Vestad, Frisch Centre
The Validity of Wagner's Law in Greece during the last 2 centuries
Presented by: Dimitrios Paparas, University of East London
Session 35: Development
Session Chair: Simon Franklin, Oxford University
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB2
Enabled to Work? The Impact of Housing Subsidies on Slum Dwellers in South Africa
Presented by: Simon Franklin, Oxford University
Public Infrastructure and Productivity in Australia: Evidence from a Panel Cointegration Approach
Presented by: Amani Elnasri, University of New South Wales
Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas: the Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups
Presented by: Lore Vandewalle, FUNDP
Session 36: Trade
Session Chair: Mathieu Parenti, Paris School of Economics - Université Paris 1
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB4
Estimating the effects of containerization on world trade
Presented by: Zouheir El-Sahli, University of Nottingham
Trade and the Pattern of European Imperialism, 1492-1970
Presented by: Roberto Bonfatti, Oxford University
International Trade: David and Goliath
Presented by: Mathieu Parenti, Paris School of Economics - Université Paris 1
Session 37: Labour
Session Chair: Frauke Peter, DIW
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB1
Random or Referral hiring: when social connections matter
Presented by: Catia Nicodemo, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Stated Preference Analysis of Full and Partial Retirement in the United States
Presented by: TUNGA KANTARCI, Tilburg University
Trick or treat? Maternal involuntary job loss and children's non-cognitive skills
Presented by: Frauke Peter, DIW
Session 38: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Francesco Sobbrio, IMT Lucca
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: EB4a
Unionisation Structure and Product Innovation
Presented by: Debasmita Basak, University of Nottingham
The Value of Medical Diagnosis: Why People Reject Medical Information
Presented by: Markus Fels, University of Bonn
A Citizen-Editors Model of News Media
Presented by: Francesco Sobbrio, IMT Lucca
Session 39: Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Sabine Eschenhof-Kammer, Darmstadt University of Technology
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 11:45
Location: FB1
Applying perturbation analysis to dynamic optimal tax problems
Presented by: Charles Brendon, Oxford University
Efficient Risk Sharing with Limited Commitment and Hidden Saving
Presented by: Sarolta Laczo, UCLA
Optimal Fiscal Policy Under Commitment with Direct versus Indirect Taxes in an EMU Model
Presented by: Sabine Eschenhof-Kammer, Darmstadt University of Technology
Session 40: Industrial Organization
Session Chair: Panayiotis Agisilaou, University of East Anglia
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB4a
Vertical integration and foreclosure strategies in bilateral oligopoly.
Presented by: Lorenzo Clementi, Université Libre de Bruxelles
24/7
Presented by: Miguel Flores, University of Leicester
Keep to sustain or keep to exploit? Why firms keep hard evidence
Presented by: Panayiotis Agisilaou, University of East Anglia
Session 41: Micro/Experimental
Session Chair: Karen Khachatryan, Stockholm School of Economics
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB4
Fatal Attraction: A More Powerful Test of Level-k
Presented by: David Rojo Arjona, University of East Anglia
Wishful Thinking
Presented by: Guy Mayraz, University of Oxford
Gender Differences in Preferences at a Young Age: Experimental Evidence from Armenia
Presented by: Karen Khachatryan, Stockholm School of Economics
Session 42: Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Lorant Kaszab, Cardiff Business School
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: FB1
Fiscal Policy and Lending Relationships
Presented by: Giovanni Melina, Birkbeck College, University of London
Expectations and Fluctuations: The Role of Monetary Policy
Presented by: Michael Rousakis, University of Warwick
Some Further Important Determinants of Fiscal Multipliers in New Keynesian Models
Presented by: Lorant Kaszab, Cardiff Business School
Session 43: Culture
Session Chair: Annalisa Marini, University of Bristol
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB2
The Impact of Marital Anticipation on Female's Education: Theory and Evidence from Nepal.
Presented by: Ram Mainali, City University
Why female genital cutting persists
Presented by: Natascha Wagner, Grad. Institute of Int. & Dev. Studies
Cultural Beliefs and Individual Identity: Estimating a Social Interactions Model on US Data
Presented by: Annalisa Marini, University of Bristol
Session 44: Microeconomics
Session Chair: Dragan Jovanovic, DICE/University of Duesseldorf
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 13:15
Location: EB1
Dynamic Procurement, Costly Bidding and Bankruptcy Risk
Presented by: Malin Arve, Toulouse School of Economics and University of Mannheim
Motivating Information Acquisition in Strategic Settings
Presented by: Andres Zambrano, UCLA
Partial Public Ownership and Managerial Incentives
Presented by: Dragan Jovanovic, DICE/University of Duesseldorf
Session 45: LUNCH BREAK
Session type: invited
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 13:15 - 14:30
Location: Oct
Session 46: Poster session
Session type: poster
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 14:00 - 16:30
Location: Oct
Parallel characterizations of a generalized Shapley value and a generalized Banzhaf value for cooperative games with levels structure of cooperation
Presented by: Mikel Álvarez-Mozos, University of Santiago de Compostela
Does the use of mobile phones and radios reduce transactions costs and enhance participation in agricultural markets? Household evidence from northern Ghana
Presented by: Giacomo Zanello, University of Reading
Does Co-authorship Lead to Higher Academic Productivity?
Presented by: Lorenzo Ductor, Universidad de Alicante
What motivates industry agglomeration?
Presented by: Emma Howard, Trinity College, Dublin
Forecasting aggregate productivity using information from firm-level data
Presented by: Zoltan Wolf, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Generous Behavior: An Unconventional Application of the Theory of Costly Signaling
Presented by: Sascha Mohr, University of Edinburgh
THE COST OF ACTING "GIRLY": GENDER STEREOTYPES AND EDUCATIONAL CHOICES
Presented by: Marta Favara, University of Essex
Session 47: Productivity and Growth
Session Chair: Eugenia Vella, Athens University of Economics and Business
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB4
Does exporting increase productivity? Evidence from India
Presented by: Megha Mukim, London School of Economics
How do misalignment's threshold affect economic growth?
Presented by: Audrey Sallenave, Paris Ouest Nanterre la Defense
On the Productivity Effects of Public Capital Maintenance: Evidence from U.S. States
Presented by: Eugenia Vella, Athens University of Economics and Business
Session 48: Applied Micro
Session Chair: Uih Ran Lee, Royal Holloway, University of London
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB2
Targets of Violence: Evidence from India's Naxalite Conflict
Presented by: Oliver Vanden Eynde, LSE
Armed conflict and terrorism as determinants of foreign aid
Presented by: Piotr Lis, University of Bristol
US Military Casualties in Iraq and Public Opinion
Presented by: Uih Ran Lee, Royal Holloway, University of London
Session 49: Inequality
Session Chair: Maëlys de la Rupelle, University of Namur
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB1
Racial Fragmentation, Income Inequality and Social Capital Formation. New Evidence from the US
Presented by: Andrea Tesei, Universitat Pomepu Fabra
Inequality Persistence and Revolution: What can we learn from the Long March in China?
Presented by: Maëlys de la Rupelle, University of Namur
Session 50: Macroeconomics
Session Chair: Antonio Mele, University of Oxford and Nuffield College
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: EB4a
Learning, Forecasting and Optimizing: an Experimental Study
Presented by: Te Bao, University of Amsterdam
Using Survey Data on Inflation Expectations in the Estimation of Learning and Rational Expectations Models
Presented by: Arturo Ormeno, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - University of Amsterdam
The suboptimality of commitment equilibrium when agents are learning
Presented by: Antonio Mele, University of Oxford and Nuffield College
Session 51: Culture
Session Chair: Bryony Reich, University of Cambridge
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 15:45
Location: FB1
Living in the Garden of Eden: Mineral Resources Foster Individualism
Presented by: Marc Sangnier, Paris School of Economics
Culture, Community and Segregation
Presented by: Bryony Reich, University of Cambridge
Session 52: Applied Micro
Session Chair: Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB1
What Does Market Structure Reveal? Empirical Evidence from the US Airline Industry
Presented by: Giovanni Tabacco, University of East Anglia
Identity Theft and Consumer Payment Choice: Does Security Really Matter?
Presented by: Jose Linares-Zegarra, University of St Andrews
Emigration and Wages: The EU Enlargement Experiment
Presented by: Benjamin Elsner, Trinity College Dublin
Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative Behavioral Response? A Field Experiment in South Africa.
Presented by: Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University
Session 53: Econometrics
Session Chair: Shin Kanaya, University of Oxford
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB2
'Til Death Do Us Part? Nonparametric Tests of Intrahousehold Commitment
Presented by: Abi Adams, University of Oxford
Bias Reduction in GARCH Panels, with an Application to Hedge Fund Returns
Presented by: Cavit Pakel, University of Oxford
Multiple Breaks in Long Memory Time Series
Presented by: Heiko Rachinger, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
A Nonparametric Test for Stationarity in Continuous-Time Markov Processes
Presented by: Shin Kanaya, University of Oxford
Session 54: Banking
Session Chair: Paul Youdell, University of Warwick
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB4A
Banking across Borders
Presented by: Friederike Niepmann, European University Institute
Financing Bidders in Bankruptcy and Takeover Auctions
Presented by: Vladimir Vladimirov, Goethe University Frankfurt and London School of Economics
The Failure Of Bank Modules As A Containment Response To Financial Contagion:A Benchmark Result Derived Using A Partition Approach
Presented by: Paul Youdell, University of Warwick
Session 55: International Macro
Session Chair: Weiwei Yin, Bocconi University
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: EB4
Firm Productivity and the Current Account: One Country with Two Financial Markets
Presented by: Jiaqian (Jack) CHEN, LSE
Markov-switching Monetary Policy in a two-country DSGE Model
Presented by: Konstantinos Mavromatis, University of Warwick and WBS
Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Exchange Rate Dynamics: A No-Arbitrage Multi-Country Model
Presented by: Weiwei Yin, Bocconi University
Session 56: Labour
Session Chair: Damiaan Persyn, Faculty of Economics and Business, K.U.Leuven
Session type: contributed
Date: January 22, 2012
Time: 16:00 - 17:40
Location: FB1
Directed Search with Endogenous Capacity
Presented by: Mats Godenhielm, University of Helsinki
An Outcome of Free Labour Supply: Effect of Volunteer Work on Mortality. A Natural Experiment using Earthquake Shocks in Japan.
Presented by: Yu Aoki, University of Warwick
Union Wage Demands with Footloose Firms and Agglomeration Forces
Presented by: Damiaan Persyn, Faculty of Economics and Business, K.U.Leuven

 

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