March 29, 2018
09:15 to 10:00	Welcome/Best paper
10:10 to 11:40	Parallel sessions 1
12:00 to 13:30	Parallel sessions 2
13:30 to 14:30	Poster sessions
14:30 to 15:30	Keynote Address
16:00 to 18:00	Parallel sessions 3

Summary of All Sessions
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Session ID code	Date/Time	Location	Title	Papers
22	March 29, 2018 9:15-10:00	JUBILEE LARGE LECTURE THEATRE	Best Paper Award	1
1	March 29, 2018 10:10-11:40	JUBILEE 155	Development Economics 1	3
2	March 29, 2018 10:10-11:40	JUBILEE 118	Other Applied Microeconomics 1 (Health)	3
3	March 29, 2018 10:10-11:40	JUBILEE 115	Labor Economics 1 (Firms, industry, trade)	3
5	March 29, 2018 10:10-11:40	JUBILEE G35	Macroeconomics: General 1	3
6	March 29, 2018 10:10-11:40	JUBILEE G32	Financial Economics 1	3
7	March 29, 2018 10:10-11:40	JUBILEE 143	Political Economy 1	3
8	March 29, 2018 12:00-13:30	JUBILEE 155	Development Economics 2	3
9	March 29, 2018 12:00-13:30	JUBILEE 118	Other Applied Microeconomics 2 (Gender)	3
10	March 29, 2018 12:00-13:30	JUBILEE 115	Labor Economics 2 (Education)	3
11	March 29, 2018 12:00-13:30	JUBILEE 135	Macroeconomics: General 2	3
12	March 29, 2018 12:00-13:30	JUBILEE G35	Econometrics	2
13	March 29, 2018 12:00-13:30	JUBILEE G32	Financial Economics 2	3
23	March 29, 2018 13:30-14:30	SOCIAL SPACE	Poster sessions	5
15	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE 155	Development Economics 3	4
16	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE 118	Other Applied Microeconomics 3	4
17	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE 115	Labor Economics 3	4
18	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE 135	Macroeconomics: Monetary	4
19	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE G35	Political Economy 2	4
20	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE G32	Microeconomic Theory	3
21	March 29, 2018 16:00-18:00	JUBILEE 143	International Economics	3

 

21 sessions, 67 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers

Royal Economic Society Symposium of Junior Researchers
Detailed List of Sessions

Session ID 22: Best Paper Award March 29, 2018 9:15 to 10:00 JUBILEE LARGE LECTURE THEATRE
1. Job referrals and strategic network formation - Experimental evidence from urban neighbourhoods in Ethiopia
By Marc Witte; University of Oxford
presented by: Marc Witte, University of Oxford
Session ID 1: Development Economics 1 March 29, 2018 10:10 to 11:40 JUBILEE 155
1. Child Marriage and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Ethiopia
By Jorge Garcia Hombrados; London School of Economics
presented by: Jorge Garcia Hombrados, London School of Economics
Discussant:   Sotiris Kampanelis, University of Saint Andrews
2. Community-Driven Development and the Value of Participation: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
By Serena Cocciolo; IIES, Stockholm University
presented by: Serena Cocciolo, IIES, Stockholm University
Discussant:   Jorge Garcia Hombrados, London School of Economics
3. Spreading civilisations: Ancient colonialism and economic development along the Mediterranean
By Sotiris Kampanelis; University of Saint Andrews
presented by: Sotiris Kampanelis, University of Saint Andrews
Discussant:   Serena Cocciolo, IIES, Stockholm University
Session ID 2: Other Applied Microeconomics 1 (Health) March 29, 2018 10:10 to 11:40 JUBILEE 118
1. Does selection by ability in secondary schooling affect future health and well-being of those who do not make the cut?
By Andrew Jones; University of York Chiara Pastore; University of York Nigel Rice; University of York
presented by: Chiara Pastore, University of York
Discussant:   Tao Wang, University of Southampton
2. Money can buy me life. The Effect of a Basic Pension on Mortality: a Regression Discontinuity Design.
By Enrico Miglino; University College London Nicolas Navarrete; University of Warwick
presented by: Enrico Miglino, University College London
Discussant:   Chiara Pastore, University of York
3. Estimating Determinants of Attrition in Eating Disorder Community on Social Media: An Instrumental Variables Approach
By Tao Wang; University of Southampton Emmanouil Mentzakis; University of Southampton Markus Brede; University of Southampton Antonella Ianni; University of Southampton
presented by: Tao Wang, University of Southampton
Discussant:   Enrico Miglino, University College London
Session ID 3: Labor Economics 1 (Firms, industry, trade) March 29, 2018 10:10 to 11:40 JUBILEE 115
1. Better Together? CEO Identity and Firm Productivity
By Ines Black
presented by: Ines Black,
Discussant:   Elena Gentili, Università della Svizzera Italiana
2. Industry value added and employment of migrant workers
By Elena Gentili; Università della Svizzera Italiana
presented by: Elena Gentili, Università della Svizzera Italiana
Discussant:   Mary Kate Batistich, Purdue University
3. Symptoms Before the Syndrome? Stalled Racial Progress and Trade in the 1970s and 1980s
By Mary Kate Batistich; Purdue University Timothy Bond; Purdue University
presented by: Mary Kate Batistich, Purdue University
Discussant:   Ines Black,
Session ID 5: Macroeconomics: General 1 March 29, 2018 10:10 to 11:40 JUBILEE G35
1. Formation of Multi-Sector Economies and Trade-Credit: Can Banks Amplify Contagion Risk?
By Andrea Giovannetti; University of Southampton and UTS
presented by: Andrea Giovannetti, University of Technology Sydney
Discussant:   Caterina Forti Grazzini, DIW Berlin
2. Anticipated Changes in Household Debt and Consumption
By Isaac Gross; University of Oxford
presented by: Isaac Gross, University of Oxford
Discussant:   Andrea Giovannetti, University of Technology Sydney
3. Unconventional monetary policy and households' financial portfolio choices
By Caterina Forti Grazzini; DIW Berlin
presented by: Caterina Forti Grazzini, DIW Berlin
Discussant:   Isaac Gross, University of Oxford
Session ID 6: Financial Economics 1 March 29, 2018 10:10 to 11:40 JUBILEE G32
1. Risk-Neutral Skewness and Stock Outperformance
By Konstantinos Gkionis; Queen Mary, U. of London ALEXANDROS KOSTAKIS; MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL George Skiadopoulos; Queen Mary University of London Przemyslaw Stilger; Moody's Analytics
presented by: Konstantinos Gkionis, Queen Mary, U. of London
Discussant:   Dimitrios Zormpas, University of Padova
2. Generalized Disappointment Aversion, Learning, and Asset Prices
By Mykola Babiak; CERGE-EI
presented by: Mykola Babiak, CERGE-EI
Discussant:   Konstantinos Gkionis, Queen Mary, U. of London
3. Investments under vertical relations and agency conflicts
By Dimitrios Zormpas; University of Padova
presented by: Dimitrios Zormpas, University of Padova
Discussant:   Mykola Babiak, CERGE-EI
Session ID 7: Political Economy 1 March 29, 2018 10:10 to 11:40 JUBILEE 143
1. Politically Induced Budgetary Distortions: Evidence from Kenya
By Michael Mbate; London School of Economics
presented by: Michael Mbate, London School of Economics
Discussant:   Federico Trombetta, University of Warwick
2. Direct Competition in the News Market
By Federico Vaccari; University of Essex
presented by: Federico Vaccari, University of Essex
Discussant:   Michael Mbate, London School of Economics
3. When the light shines too much. Rational inattention, populism and pandering.
By Federico Trombetta; University of Warwick
presented by: Federico Trombetta, University of Warwick
Discussant:   Federico Vaccari, University of Essex
Session ID 8: Development Economics 2 March 29, 2018 12:00 to 13:30 JUBILEE 155
1. The impacts of rural electrification on labor supply, income and health: experimental evidence with solar lamps in Tanzania
By Anna Aevarsdottir; IIES, Stockholm University Nicholas Barton; Goethe Universität Frankfurt Tessa Bold; IIES, Stockholm University
presented by: Anna Aevarsdottir, IIES, Stockholm University
Discussant:   Cristian Crespo,
2. Nutrition, WASH and Child Physical Growth
By Angus Phimister; Institute for Fiscal Studies
presented by: Angus Phimister, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Discussant:   Anna Aevarsdottir, IIES, Stockholm University
3. Focusing on double vision: Are proxy means tests effective to identify future school dropouts and the poor?
By Cristian Crespo
presented by: Cristian Crespo,
Discussant:   Angus Phimister, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Session ID 9: Other Applied Microeconomics 2 (Gender) March 29, 2018 12:00 to 13:30 JUBILEE 118
1. The Effect of Unilateral Divorce on Prostitution: Evidence from Divorce Laws in U.S. States
By Riccardo Ciacci; EUI
presented by: Riccardo Ciacci, EUI
Discussant:   Emiel Jerphanion, Tilburg University
2. Intergenerational Mobility in Gender-Role Attitudes in the United States: Correcting for Measurement Error
By Madison Kerr; University of York
presented by: Madison Kerr, University of York
Discussant:   Riccardo Ciacci, EUI
3. Premarital Investment in Human Capital & Marriage Returns
By Emiel Jerphanion; Tilburg University
presented by: Emiel Jerphanion, Tilburg University
Discussant:   Madison Kerr, University of York
Session ID 10: Labor Economics 2 (Education) March 29, 2018 12:00 to 13:30 JUBILEE 115
1. Absence, Substitutability and Productivity: Evidence from Teachers
By Asma Benhenda; Paris School of Economics
presented by: Asma Benhenda, Paris School of Economics
Discussant:   Gloria Moroni, University of York
2. Substitutability and complementarity in the production of child socio-emotional skills
By Gloria Moroni; University of York
presented by: Gloria Moroni, University of York
Discussant:   Livia Menezes, University of Leicester
3. Afraid to go to School? Estimating the Effect of Violence on Schooling Outcomes.
By Martin Foureaux Koppenstein; University of Leicester Livia Menezes; University of Leicester
presented by: Livia Menezes, University of Leicester
Discussant:   Asma Benhenda, Paris School of Economics
Session ID 11: Macroeconomics: General 2 March 29, 2018 12:00 to 13:30 JUBILEE 135
1. Endogenous Time-Varying Volatility and Emerging Market Business Cycles
By Jan-Philipp Dueber; University of Kent
presented by: Jan-Philipp Dueber, University of Kent
Discussant:   Andreas Ek, London School of Economics
2. Cultural Values and Productivity
By Andreas Ek; London School of Economics
presented by: Andreas Ek, London School of Economics
3. Microfoundations of the New Keynesian Phillips Curve in an Open Emerging Economy
By ZOUHAIR AIT BENHAMOU; EconomiX
presented by: ZOUHAIR AIT BENHAMOU, EconomiX
Session ID 12: Econometrics March 29, 2018 12:00 to 13:30 JUBILEE G35
1. Endogenous Local Linear Trend Estimation for Economic Data -An Enhanced Alternative for the Hodrick-Prescott Filter
By Marlon Fritz; University of Paderborn Thomas Gries Yuanhua Feng; University of Paderborn
presented by: Marlon Fritz, University of Paderborn
Discussant:   Dongwoo Kim, University College London
2. Powerful t-Tests in the Presence of Nonclassical Measurement Error
By Dongwoo Kim; University College London Daniel Wilhelm; University College London
presented by: Dongwoo Kim, University College London
Discussant:   Marlon Fritz, University of Paderborn
Session ID 13: Financial Economics 2 March 29, 2018 12:00 to 13:30 JUBILEE G32
1. Breaking the Feedback Loop: Macroprudential Regulation of Banks' Sovereign Exposures
By Jorge Abad; CEMFI
presented by: Jorge Abad, CEMFI
Discussant:   Zornitsa Todorova, Bocconi University
2. Price-based product proliferation in the mortgage market
By Lu Liu; Imperial College London
presented by: Lu Liu, Imperial College London
Discussant:   Jorge Abad, CEMFI
3. Systemic Risk and Network Spillovers in the European Sovereign CDS Market: A Spatial Autoregressive Approach
By Zornitsa Todorova; Bocconi University
presented by: Zornitsa Todorova, Bocconi University
Discussant:   Lu Liu, Imperial College London
Session ID 23: Poster sessions March 29, 2018 13:30 to 14:30 SOCIAL SPACE
1. Local Effects of Artisanal Mining: Empirical Evidence from Ghana
By Martin Guenther; Royal Holloway College, University of London
presented by: Martin Guenther, Royal Holloway College, University of London
2. Illuminating the spatial connectivity of natural disasters
By Gabriel Felbermayr; University of Munich and Ifo Institute Jasmin Gröschl; Ifo Institute for Economic Research Mark Sanders; Utrecht University Vincent Schippers; Utrecht University Thomas Steinwachs; ifo Institute for Economic Research
presented by: Vincent Schippers, Utrecht University
3. Crime Highways: the Effect of Motorway Expansion on Burglary Rates
By Kerri Agnew; Trinity College Dublin
presented by: Kerri Agnew, Trinity College Dublin
4. Political Connections and Competition on Public Procurement Markets
By Bruno Baranek; Princeton University Vítězslav Titl; KU Leuven
presented by: Vítězslav Titl, KU Leuven
5. Strong implementation with partially honest individuals
By Foivos Savva; University of Glasgow
presented by: Foivos Savva, University of Glasgow
Session ID 15: Development Economics 3 March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE 155
1. A Bit of Salt, A Trace of Life: Long-Run Impacts of Salt Iodization in China
By Zichen Deng; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
presented by: Zichen Deng, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Discussant:   Derrick Abudu, University of Nottingham, UK
2. MISALLOCATION AND TFP IN GHANA
By Derrick Abudu; University of Nottingham, UK
presented by: Derrick Abudu, University of Nottingham, UK
Discussant:   Margaryta Klymak, Trinity College Dublin
3. A choice experiment on the elicitation of preferences over income distributions
By Sophie Cetre; Sciences Po Paris Max Lobeck; Paris School of Economics Claudia Senik; Paris School of Economics Thierry Verdier; Paris School of Economics
presented by: Max Lobeck, Paris School of Economics
Discussant:   Charlotte Ringdal, Norwegian School of Economics
4. Preference heterogeneity within couples: matching or assimilation?
By Charlotte Ringdal; Norwegian School of Economics
presented by: Charlotte Ringdal, Norwegian School of Economics
Discussant:   Max Lobeck, Paris School of Economics
Session ID 16: Other Applied Microeconomics 3 March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE 118
1. Heterogeneous Wealth Effects on Consumption for Older Homeowners with Unobservable Borrowing Constraints
By Zhechun He; University of York
presented by: Zhechun He, University of York
Discussant:   Nikitha Rohith, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
2. The Hidden Importance of Wine Scores in Fine Wine Auctions
By Siqi Song; The University of York
presented by: Siqi Song, The University of York
Discussant:   Jurre Thiel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3. History-based price discrimination and welfare: Evidence from the Dutch mortgage market
By Jurre Thiel; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
presented by: Jurre Thiel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Discussant:   Zhechun He, University of York
4. Who has the Right to Rent? Testing for Discrimination in the English Rental Market
By Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner; University of Leicester Tania Oliveira; University of Leicester Nikitha Rohith; University of Leicester, United Kingdom
presented by: Nikitha Rohith, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Discussant:   Siqi Song, The University of York
Session ID 17: Labor Economics 3 March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE 115
1. Search capital and Unemployment Duration
By Cristina Lafuente; University of Edinburgh
presented by: Cristina Lafuente, University of Edinburgh
Discussant:   Athene Laws, University of Cambridge
2. Do minimum wages increase search effort?
By Athene Laws; University of Cambridge
presented by: Athene Laws, University of Cambridge
Discussant:   Maria Balgova, University of Oxford
3. Why do high-skill workers move more? Explaining internal migration
By Maria Balgova; University of Oxford
presented by: Maria Balgova, University of Oxford
Discussant:   Axel Gottfries, University of Cambridge
4. Bargaining with renegotiation in models with on-the-job search
By Axel Gottfries; University of Cambridge
presented by: Axel Gottfries, University of Cambridge
Discussant:   Cristina Lafuente, University of Edinburgh
Session ID 18: Macroeconomics: Monetary March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE 135
1. Macroprudential Policy in the New Keynesian World
By Hans Gersbach; ETH Zurich Volker Hahn; University of Konstanz Yulin Liu; ETH Zurich
presented by: Yulin Liu, ETH Zurich
Discussant:   Shifu Jiang, University of Surrey
2. Financial Crisis, Monetary Base Expansion and Risk
By Stylianos Tsiaras; University of Leicester
presented by: Stylianos Tsiaras, University of Surrey
Discussant:   Yulin Liu, ETH Zurich
3. The employment effect of monetary policy and its consequences for regional inequality
By Fergus Cumming
presented by: Fergus Cumming,
Discussant:   Stylianos Tsiaras, University of Surrey
4. Optimal Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Unconventional Monetary Policy Under Commitment
By Shifu Jiang; University of Surrey
presented by: Shifu Jiang, University of Surrey
Discussant:   Fergus Cumming,
Session ID 19: Political Economy 2 March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE G35
1. Creating ‘Us and Them’: Racial Propaganda, Insularity and Right-Wing Ideology
By Eric Melander; University of Warwick
presented by: Eric Melander, University of Warwick
Discussant:   Harry Pickard, University of Sheffield
2. The Effect of Recent Technological Change on U.S. Immigration Policy: Evidence from Congressional Roll Call Votes
By Bjoern Brey; University of Nottingham
presented by: Bjoern Brey, University of Nottingham
Discussant:   Max Viskanic, Sciences Po Paris and LIEPP
3. A mailshot in the dark? The impact of the UK government's leaflet on the 2016 EU referendum
By Harry Pickard; University of Sheffield
presented by: Harry Pickard, University of Sheffield
Discussant:   Eric Melander, University of Warwick
4. Dismantling the ``Jungle": Migrant Relocation and Extreme Voting in France
By Max Viskanic; Sciences Po Paris and LIEPP
presented by: Max Viskanic, Sciences Po Paris and LIEPP
Discussant:   Bjoern Brey, University of Nottingham
Session ID 20: Microeconomic Theory March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE G32
1. On the Interplay Between Norms and Strategic Environments
By Sebastiano Della Lena; Ca' Foscari University of Venice Pietro Dindo; Ca' Foscari University of Venice
presented by: Sebastiano Della Lena, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Discussant:   Annika Johnson, Royal Holloway, University of London
2. Top Trading Cycles in Endogenous Information Acquisition
By Annika Johnson; Royal Holloway, University of London
presented by: Annika Johnson, Royal Holloway, University of London
Discussant:   Sebastiano Della Lena, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3. Transparency and persuasion: The impact of preliminary information on informational lobbying
By Clement Minaudier; LSE
presented by: Clement Minaudier, LSE
Session ID 21: International Economics March 29, 2018 16:00 to 18:00 JUBILEE 143
1. International trade and regional inequality
By Jan David Bakker; University of Oxford and CEP
presented by: Jan David Bakker, University of Oxford and CEP
Discussant:   Sarah Schröder, University of Edinburgh
2. Substitution inFDI: Theory and Evidence from Global FDI Firm Data
By Yuting Chen; SMU
presented by: Yuting Chen, SMU
Discussant:   Jan David Bakker, University of Oxford and CEP
3. Wage Inequality and the Role of Multinational Firms: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
By Sarah Schröder; University of Edinburgh
presented by: Sarah Schröder, University of Edinburgh
Discussant:   Yuting Chen, SMU

 

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