2007 RES Conference |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 1-4 | 3 |
| 2 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | SS0.03 | contributed | General Session 1-1 | 2 |
| 3 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | LT4 | contributed | General Session 1-3 | 3 |
| 4 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R1.15 | contributed | General Session 1-11 | 2 |
| 5 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 1-5 | 3 |
| 6 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 1-12 | 3 |
| 7 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 1-2 | 3 |
| 8 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | H0.58 | contributed | General Session 1-9 | 3 |
| 9 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 1-7 | 3 |
| 10 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | H0.60 | contributed | General Session 1-8 | 3 |
| 11 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R0.12 | contributed | General Session 1-10 | 3 |
| 12 | April 11, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 1-6 | 3 |
| 13 | April 11, 2007 15:30-16:45 | R0.21 | invited | Hahn Lecture | 1 |
| 14 | April 11, 2007 17:45-19:15 | LT4 | invited | Special Session - Tax Modelling | 3 |
| 15 | April 11, 2007 17:45-19:15 | LT5 | invited | Special Session - Civil Justice | 3 |
| 16 | April 11, 2007 17:45-19:15 | R0.21 | invited | Special Session - Endogenous Political Institutions | 3 |
| 17 | April 11, 2007 17:45-19:15 | Lib 1 | invited | Special Session - Using Experimental Economics for Education in the Classroom and Beyond | 3 |
| 18 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | H0.60 | contributed | General Session 2-5 | 3 |
| 19 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 2-3 | 3 |
| 20 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 2-7 | 3 |
| 21 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 2-8 | 3 |
| 22 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | R0.12 | contributed | General Session 2-10 | 3 |
| 23 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 2-2 | 3 |
| 24 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 2-9 | 3 |
| 25 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | R1.15 | contributed | General Session 2-1 | 3 |
| 26 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | H0.58 | contributed | General Session 2-11 | 3 |
| 27 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | LT4 | contributed | General Session 2-4 | 3 |
| 28 | April 12, 2007 9:00-10:30 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 2-6 | 3 |
| 29 | April 12, 2007 10:00-11:00 | S2.82 | invited | Special Session: Experimental Economics (Hands on Class 1, Exeter Games) | 0 |
| 30 | April 12, 2007 11:00-12:15 | R0.21 | invited | Sargan Lecture | 1 |
| 31 | April 12, 2007 12:15-13:15 | S2.82 | invited | Special Session: Experimental Economics (Hands on Class 2, Econport) | 0 |
| 32 | April 12, 2007 13:15-14:45 | LT5 | invited | Special Session - Wages in the public sector | 4 |
| 33 | April 12, 2007 13:15-14:45 | R0.21 | invited | Special Session - Economics of Crime | 3 |
| 34 | April 12, 2007 13:15-14:45 | Lib 1 | invited | Special Session - Family Economics | 3 |
| 35 | April 12, 2007 13:15-14:45 | LT4 | invited | Special Session - Supermarket Competition and Buyer Power | 3 |
| 36 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 3-3 | 3 |
| 37 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R1.15 | contributed | General Session 3-5 | 3 |
| 38 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 3-9 | 3 |
| 39 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | SS0.03 | contributed | General Session 3-11 | 3 |
| 40 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | LT4 | contributed | General Session 3-1 | 3 |
| 41 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R1.12 | contributed | General Session 3-6 | 3 |
| 42 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 3-8 | 3 |
| 43 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 3-2 | 3 |
| 44 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | H0.58 | contributed | General Session 3-12 | 3 |
| 45 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 3-10 | 3 |
| 46 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | H0.60 | contributed | General Session 3-7 | 3 |
| 47 | April 12, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 3-4 | 2 |
| 48 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | LT4 | invited | General Session 4-5 | 3 |
| 49 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 4-6 | 3 |
| 50 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | R0.12 | contributed | General Session 4-10 | 3 |
| 51 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 4-4 | 3 |
| 52 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | R1.15 | contributed | General Session 4-2 | 3 |
| 53 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | H0.60 | contributed | General Session 4-11 | 3 |
| 54 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | H0.58 | contributed | General Session 4-1 | 3 |
| 55 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 4-8 | 3 |
| 56 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 4-9 | 3 |
| 57 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 4-12 | 3 |
| 58 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 4-3 | 3 |
| 59 | April 12, 2007 16:45-18:15 | SS0.03 | contributed | General Session 4-7 | 3 |
| 60 | April 12, 2007 18:30-20:00 | LT4 | invited | Special Session - Incentives in the Public Sector | 3 |
| 61 | April 12, 2007 18:30-20:00 | R0.21 | invited | Special Session - Unified Growth | 3 |
| 62 | April 12, 2007 18:30-20:00 | LT5 | invited | Special Session - Fiscal Policy and Public Debt | 3 |
| 63 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | R1.15 | contributed | General Session 5-10 | 3 |
| 64 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 5-7 | 3 |
| 65 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | H0.58 | contributed | General Session 5-4 | 3 |
| 66 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 5-6 | 3 |
| 67 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | H0.60 | contributed | General Session 5-2 | 2 |
| 68 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | R0.12 | contributed | General Session 5-5 | 3 |
| 69 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 5-11 | 3 |
| 70 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | LT4 | contributed | General Session 5-8 | 3 |
| 71 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 5-1 | 3 |
| 72 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 5-3 | 3 |
| 73 | April 13, 2007 9:15-10:45 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 5-9 | 3 |
| 74 | April 13, 2007 11:15-12:30 | R0.21 | invited | EJ Lecture | 1 |
| 75 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 6-3 | 3 |
| 76 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | SS0.03 | contributed | General Session 6-10 | 3 |
| 77 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | F111 | contributed | General Session 6-7 | 3 |
| 78 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 6-9 | 3 |
| 79 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R0.12 | contributed | General Session 6-1 | 3 |
| 80 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 6-2 | 3 |
| 81 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 6-5 | 3 |
| 82 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 6-11 | 3 |
| 83 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 6-8 | 3 |
| 84 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | F110 | contributed | General Session 6-6 | 3 |
| 85 | April 13, 2007 13:30-15:00 | LT4 | contributed | General Session 6-4 | 3 |
| 86 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | F111 | contributed | General Session 7-2 | 3 |
| 87 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | LT5 | contributed | General Session 7-8 | 3 |
| 88 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R1.13 | contributed | General Session 7-3 | 2 |
| 89 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | Lib 1 | contributed | General Session 7-9 | 3 |
| 90 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R3.41 | contributed | General Session 7-6 | 2 |
| 91 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | Lib 2 | contributed | General Session 7-10 | 3 |
| 92 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R0.12 | contributed | General Session 7-1 | 2 |
| 93 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | R2.41 | contributed | General Session 7-5 | 2 |
| 94 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | F110 | contributed | General Session 7-4 | 2 |
| 95 | April 13, 2007 15:00-16:30 | LT4 | contributed | General Session 7-7 | 3 |
95 sessions, 265 papers |
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2007 RES Conference |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: General Session 1-4 |
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| Session Chair: Rosa Fernandez, Oxford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| Job Disamenities, Job Satisfaction, Quit Intentions, and Actual Separations: Putting the Pieces Together |
| By Petri Böckerman Labour Institute for Economic Research Pekka Ilmakunnas Helsinki School of Economics and HECER |
| Presented by: Petri Bockerman, Labour Institute for Economic Research. |
| Differences in job dissatisfaction across Europe |
| By Cheti Nicoletti, ISER, Univerisity of Essex |
| Presented by: Cheti Nicoletti, ISER |
| Job Flexibility and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data |
| By Rosa M. Fernandez, SKOPE, Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Mohammad Niaz Assadullah, Department of Economics, University of Reading. |
| Presented by: Rosa Fernandez, Oxford University |
Session 2: General Session 1-1 |
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| Session Chair: Kang Yong Tan, University of Oxford |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: SS0.03 |
| Does Asia’s choice of exchange rate regime affect Europe’s exposure to US shocks? |
| By Bojan Markovic, Laura Povoledo Bank of England, The University of Reading |
| Presented by: Laura Povoledo, The University of Reading |
| Learning and International Transmission of Shocks |
| By Warwick McKibbin, Australian National University, Lowy Institute for International Policy, The Brookings Institution Kang Yong Tan, University of Oxford, Australian National University |
| Presented by: Kang Yong Tan, University of Oxford |
Session 3: General Session 1-3 |
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| Session Chair: Marcus Miller, University of Warwick |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Asset pricing implications of a New Keynesian |
| By Bianca De Paoli, Bank of England and Centre for Economic Performance (LSE) Alasdair Scott, Bank of England Olaf Weeken, Bank of England |
| Presented by: Bianca De Paoli, Bank of England, CEP |
| Inflation, Qualitative Investment Composition and Total Factor Productivity |
| By Michael Evers, Stefan Niemann, Marc Schiffbauer Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn |
| Presented by: Stefan Niemann, University of Bonn |
| Supply shocks and currency crises: the policy dilemma reconsidered |
| By Marcus Miller, University of Warwick,Centre for Economic Policy Research, CSGR, University of Warwick Javier Garcia-Fronti,University of Warwick, CSGR, University of Warwick Lei Zhang, University of Warwick, CSGR, University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Marcus Miller, University of Warwick |
Session 4: General Session 1-11 |
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| Session Chair: Arijit Mukherjee, University of Nottingham |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R1.15 |
| Random versus conscious selection into export markets - theory and empirical evidence |
| By 1st author: Julian Emami Namini, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; 2nd author: Ricardo A. Lopez, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA |
| Presented by: Julian Emami Namini, Erasmus University |
| Free Entry and Government Revenue Under Trade Liberalization |
| By M. Emranul Haque University of Manchester, UK Arijit Mukherjee University of Nottingham, UK and The Leverhulme Centre for Research in Globalisation and Economic Policy, UK |
| Presented by: Arijit Mukherjee, University of Nottingham |
Session 5: General Session 1-5 |
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| Session Chair: Christian Riis, |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| Fairness and Desert in Tournaments |
| By David Gill,Trinity College and Department of Economics, University of Oxford Rebecca Stone, School of Law, New York University |
| Presented by: David Gill, University of Oxford |
| The Important Thing Is not (Always) Winning but Taking Part: Funding Public Goods with Contests |
| By Marco Faravelli, University of Edinburgh |
| Presented by: Marco Faravelli, University of Edinburgh |
| Efficient Contests |
| By Christian Riis Norwegian School of Management |
| Presented by: Christian Riis, |
Session 6: General Session 1-12 |
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| Session Chair: Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| Supply competition and price behaviour in the UK electricity supply industry |
| By Monica Giulietti, Aston University Jesus Otero, Universidad del Rosario Michael Waterson, Warwick University |
| Presented by: Monica Giulietti, aston university |
| An Empirical Model of Search with Vertically Differentiated Products |
| By Matthijs Wildenbeest, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Presented by: Matthijs Wildenbeest, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute |
| Do Consumers Switch to the Best Supplier? |
| By Chris M. Wilson, Department of Economics, University of Oxford Catherine Waddams Price, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia |
| Presented by: Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia |
Session 7: General Session 1-2 |
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| Session Chair: Dudley Cooke, University of Essex |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| Optimal Monetary Policy with Labor Market Frictions |
| By Ester Faia Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: Ester Faia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Unions, Wage Setting and Monetary Policy Uncertainty |
| By Hans Peter Grüner (University of Mannheim, IZA, Bonn, and CEPR, London) Bernd Hayo (Philipps-University Marburg and ZEI, University of Bonn) Carsten Hefeker (University of Siegen, HWWA, Hamburg, and CESifo, Munich) |
| Presented by: Bernd Hayo, Philipps-University of Marburg |
| How do Capital Controls Affect the Transmission of External Shocks? |
| By Dudley Cooke, University of Essex |
| Presented by: Dudley Cooke, University of Essex |
Session 8: General Session 1-9 |
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| Session Chair: Andreea Halunga, University of Exeter |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: H0.58 |
| Panel Unit Root Tests and the Impact of Initial Observations |
| By David I. Harvey, School of Economics, University of Nottingham. Stephen J. Leybourne,School of Economics, University of Nottingham. Nikolaos D. Sakkas, School of Economics, University of Nottingham. |
| Presented by: Nikolaos Sakkas, University of Nottingham |
| Real Time Representation of the UK Output Gap in the Presence of Trend Uncertainty |
| By Anthony Garratt, Birkbeck College Kevin Lee, University of Leicester Emi Mise, University of Leicester Kalvinder Shields, University of Melbourne |
| Presented by: Kevin Lee, University of Leicester |
| Testing for Breaks in the Order of Integration of G7 Inflation and Interest Rates |
| By Andreea Halunga, University of Exeter Denise Osborn, University of Manchester Marianne Sensier, University of Manchester |
| Presented by: Andreea Halunga, University of Exeter |
Session 9: General Session 1-7 |
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| Session Chair: Stephen Machin, University College London |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: LT5 |
| Teacher Characteristics and Student Achievement: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach |
| By Geeta Kingdon, Department of Economics, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Geeta Kingdon, Oxford University |
| Pupil-teacher gender interaction effects on scholastic outcomes in England and the USA |
| By Andreas Ammermueller, ZEW Mannheim Peter Dolton, Royal Holloway College |
| Presented by: Andreas Ammermueller, ZEW, Mannheim |
| Are Public Sector CEOs Different? Leadership Wages and Performance in Schools |
| By Timothy Besley London School of Economics Stephen Machin University College London |
| Presented by: Stephen Machin, University College London |
Session 10: General Session 1-8 |
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| Session Chair: Crina Pungulescu, Tilburg University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: H0.60 |
| International Capital Market Participation and Economic Growth in the First Era of Globalization |
| By Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University Christopher M. Meissner, University of Cambridge |
| Presented by: Michael Bordo, Rutgers University |
| Real exchange rate volatility and asset market structure |
| By Christoph Thoenissen, University of St Andrews |
| Presented by: Christoph Thoenissen, University of St Andrews |
| Model Uncertainty, Financial Markets Integration and the Home Bias Puzzle |
| By Lieven Baele, Tilburg University Crina Pungulescu, Tilburg University Jenke Ter Horst, Tilburg University |
| Presented by: Crina Pungulescu, Tilburg University |
Session 11: General Session 1-10 |
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| Session Chair: Jonathan Beck, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R0.12 |
| Do the "Joneses" Really Matter? Peer-group vs. Correlated Effects in Intertemporal Consumption Choice |
| By Jürgen Maurer, University of Mannheim André Meier, International Monetary Fund |
| Presented by: Juergen Maurer, Mannheim University |
| On Time and Money Donations |
| By Lorenzo Cappellari, Università Cattolica di Milano Paolo Ghinetti, Università Cattolica di Milano Gilberto Turati, Università degli Studi di Torino |
| Presented by: Paolo Ghinetti, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore |
| Diderot's law |
| By Jonathan Beck, Humboldt University and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin |
| Presented by: Jonathan Beck, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) |
Session 12: General Session 1-6 |
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| Session Chair: Carlo Rosa, London School of Economics |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| A No-Arbitrage Structural Vector Autoregressive Model of the UK yield curve |
| By Iryna Kaminska |
| Presented by: Iryna Kaminska, Bank of England |
| On the Expectations Hypothesis Tests for Term Structure |
| By Erdenebat Bataa, University of Manchester Dong H. Kim, Korea University Denise R. Osborn, University of Manchester |
| Presented by: Erdenebat Bataa, University of Manchester |
| The Impact of Central Bank Announcements on Asset Prices in Real Time: Testing the Efficiency of the Euribor Futures Market |
| By Carlo Rosa (Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany, and London School of Economics, London) Giovanni Verga (University of Parma, Italy) |
| Presented by: Carlo Rosa, London School of Economics |
Session 13: Hahn Lecture |
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| Session Chair: John Sutton, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 15:30 - 16:45 |
| Location: R0.21 |
| What Have We Learned from Market Design? |
| By Alvin Roth, Harvard |
| Presented by: Alvin E. Roth, University of Harvard |
Session 14: Special Session - Tax Modelling |
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| Session Chair: Nick Catton, Revenue and Customs |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 17:45 - 19:15 |
| Location: LT4 |
| A life-cycle model of household savings |
| By Ales Cerny, CASS Business School James Sefton, Imperial College London Lubomir Schmid, Imperial College London Jusin van de Ven, NIESR Martin Weale, NIESR |
| Presented by: M.R. Weale, NIESR |
| Discussant: Alan Duncan, University of Nottingham |
| Modelling Corporation Tax Revenue Growth in the UK |
| By Norman Gemmell, University of Nottingham John Creedy, University of Melbourne |
| Presented by: Norman Gemmell, University of Nottingham |
| Discussant: Alan Duncan, University of Nottingham |
| Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling of tax changes |
| By Adam Blake, University of Nottingham Jonathan Gillham, HMRC |
| Presented by: Jonathan Gillham, HM Revenue and Customs |
| Discussant: Alan Duncan, University of Nottingham |
Session 15: Special Session - Civil Justice |
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| Session Chair: Neil Rickman , University of Surrey |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 17:45 - 19:15 |
| Location: LT5 |
| The Economics of Judicial Councils |
| By Nuno Garoupa, University de Nova Lisboa Tom Ginsburg, University of Illinois |
| Presented by: Nuno Garoupa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Discussant: Osama Rahman, Department of Constitutional Affairs |
| The optimal amount of false testimony |
| By Winand Emons, University of Bern Claude Fluet, University of Bern |
| Presented by: Winand Emons, University of Bern |
| Discussant: Osama Rahman, Department of Constitutional Affairs |
| The effects of conditional fees in litigation: Do incentives matter? |
| By Paul Fenn, University of Nottingham Neil Rickman, University of Surrey |
| Presented by: Neil Rickman , University of Surrey |
| Discussant: Osama Rahman, Department of Constitutional Affairs |
Session 16: Special Session - Endogenous Political Institutions |
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| Session Chair: Leeat Yariv, Caltech |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 17:45 - 19:15 |
| Location: R0.21 |
| Legislative Lobbying under Political Uncertainty |
| By Michel Le Breton, Universite de Toulouse Vera Zaporozhets, Catholic University of Leuven |
| Presented by: Michel Le Breton, |
| A Theory of Religion: Linking Individual Beliefs, Rituals, and Social Cohesion |
| By Ronny Razin, LSE Gilat Levy, |
| Presented by: Ronny Razin, LSE |
| Welfare Reducing Polls? |
| By Leeat Yariv, Caltech Jacob Goeree, Julian Romero, |
| Presented by: Leeat Yariv, Caltech |
Session 17: Special Session - Using Experimental Economics for Education in the Classroom and Beyond |
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| Session Chair: Todd Kaplan, University of Exeter |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 11, 2007 |
| Time: 17:45 - 19:15 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| EconPort: A Digital Library and Virtual Laboratory |
| By Jim Cox, Georgia State University |
| Presented by: James Cox, Georgia State University |
| Discussant: Todd Kaplan, University of Exeter |
| Bringing Experimental Economics into the Classroom |
| By Dieter Balkenborg, University of Exeter |
| Presented by: Dieter Balkenborg, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER |
| Discussant: John Sloman, The Higher Education Academy |
| Using Experiments to Educate Policy Makers About Market Design |
| By Al Roth, Harvard University |
| Presented by: Alvin E. Roth, University of Harvard |
| Discussant: Dirk Engelmann, Royal Holloway, University of London |
Session 18: General Session 2-5 |
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| Session Chair: Richard Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: H0.60 |
| The Frequency of Price Adjustment and New Keynesian Business Cycle Dynamics |
| By Richard Dennis, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Presented by: Richard Dennis, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Optimising indexation arrangements under Calvo contracts |
| By Vo Phuong Mai Le, Cardiff University Patrick Minford, Cardiff University and CEPR |
| Presented by: Mai Le, Cardiff University |
| Core Inflation as Idiosyncratic Persistence: A Wavelet-Based Approach to Measuring Core Inflation |
| By Richard G. Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Fredrik NG Andersson, Lund University Jane Binner, Aston University Thomas Elger, Lund University |
| Presented by: Richard Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis |
Session 19: General Session 2-3 |
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| Session Chair: Gemma Tetlow, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| The effects of divorce risk on the labour supply of married couples |
| By Kerry L. Papps, Cornell University |
| Presented by: Kerry Papps, Cornell University |
| Older couples' labour market reactions to family disruptions |
| By David Haardt ISER, University of Essex |
| Presented by: David Haardt, University of Essex |
| Healthy retirement or unhealthy inactivity: how important are financial incentives in explaining retirement? |
| By James Banks, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies Carl Emmerson, Institute for Fiscal Studies Gemma Tetlow, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London |
| Presented by: Gemma Tetlow, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
Session 20: General Session 2-7 |
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| Session Chair: Kimberley Scharf, Warwick University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| Does Tax Competition Tame the Leviathan? |
| By Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne Mario Jametti, York University |
| Presented by: Marius Brulhart, University of Lausanne |
| Optimal Taxation with Imperfect Competition and Aggregate Returns to Specialization |
| By Javier Coto-Martínez City University London Carlos Garriga Florida State University Fernando Sánchez-Losada Universitat de Barcelona and CREB |
| Presented by: Javier Coto-Martinez, private |
| A Theory of Distributional Conflict, Voluntarism and Segregation |
| By Ignatius Horstmann, University of Toronto |
| Presented by: Kimberley Scharf, Warwick University |
Session 21: General Session 2-8 |
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| Session Chair: Steve Gibbons, LSE |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: LT5 |
| Pennies from heaven: Using exogenous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievement |
| By Torbjørn Hægeland, Statistics Norway Oddbjørn Raaum,Frisch Centre Kjell Gunnar Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration |
| Presented by: Oddbjorn Raaum, Frisch Centre |
| School Choice and The Housing Market: Valuation through and admission reform |
| By Kjell G. Salvanes, Norwegian School og Economomics Stephen Machin, University College London |
| Presented by: Kjell Salvanes, Norvegian School of Economics and Busine |
| Urban Density and Pupil Attainment |
| By Steve Gibbons; Department of Geography and Environment and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics. Olmo Silva, Centre for Economic Performance and Centre for Economics of Education, London School of Economics and IZA-Bonn. |
| Presented by: Steve Gibbons, LSE |
Session 22: General Session 2-10 |
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| Session Chair: Dirk Engelmann, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: R0.12 |
| Learning Across Games |
| By Friederike Mengel University of Alicante |
| Presented by: Friederike Mengel, Universidad de Alicante |
| Manna from Heaven or Forty Years in the Desert: Optimal Allocation without Transfer Payments |
| By Surajeet Chakravarty, University of Exeter Todd R. Kaplan, University of Exeter |
| Presented by: Surajeet Chakravarty, public |
| Overcoming Incentive Constraints? The (In-)effectiveness of Social Interaction |
| By Dirk Engelmann, Royal Holloway, University of London Veronika Grimm, University of Cologne |
| Presented by: Dirk Engelmann, Royal Holloway, University of London |
Session 23: General Session 2-2 |
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| Session Chair: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| The Impact of Local Taxes of Plants Location Decision |
| By Roland RATHELOT (Insee-Crest LMi) Patrick SILLARD (Insee-Crest Dr) |
| Presented by: Roland Rathelot, INSEE - CREST |
| Anti-Competitive Effects of Resale-Below-Cost Laws |
| By Marie-Laure Allain CNRS Ecole Polytechnique and CREST Claire Chambolle INRA Ivry and University of California Berkeley |
| Presented by: Marie-Laure Allain, CRNS Ecole Polytechnique |
| Exploiting Sequential Learning to Estimate Establishment-Level Productivity Dynamics and Decision Rules |
| By David Greenstreet, Department of Economics, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: David Greenstreet, University of Oxford |
Session 24: General Session 2-9 |
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| Session Chair: Mohammad Asadullah, University of Reading |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| On the Distribution of Education and Democracy |
| By University of Valencia |
| Presented by: Amparo Castello-Climent, Instituto de Economía Internacional |
| Official duty vs private practice: teachers and markets for tutoring in poor countries |
| By Vegard Iversen, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia Bibhas Saha, School of Economics, University of East Anglia Subhra Baran Saha, Department of Economics, Ohio State University |
| Presented by: Bibhas Saha, University of East Anglia |
| Holly Alliances: Public Subsidies, Islamic High Schools, and Female Schooling in Bangladesh |
| By Mohammad Niaz Asadullah University of Reading Nazmul Chaudhury The World Bank |
| Presented by: Mohammad Asadullah, University of Reading |
Session 25: General Session 2-1 |
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| Session Chair: Sonja Fagernas, University of Cambridge |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: R1.15 |
| One size does not fit all, after all: Evidence from Corporate Governance |
| By Sridhar R. Arcot and Valentina G. Bruno Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics |
| Presented by: Sridhar Arcot, Financial Market Group |
| Managerial Compensation and Capital Structure under Asymmetric Information |
| By Kostas Koufopoulos, University of Warwick, Warwick Business School |
| Presented by: Kostas Koufopoulos, University of Warwick |
| How do Family Ties, Boards and Regulation Affect Pay at the Top? Evidence for Indian CEOs. |
| By Sonja Fagernas (Faculty of Economics and Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge) |
| Presented by: Sonja Fagernas, University of Cambridge |
Session 26: General Session 2-11 |
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| Session Chair: Justina Fischer, SIAW-HSG |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: H0.58 |
| Corporate control in the market for news, tunneling problems and corruption |
| By Ana Paula Cusolito Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: Ana Cusolito, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| No Man is an Island: The Inter-Personal Determinants of Regional Well-Being in Europe |
| By Luisa Corrado, University of Cambridge, UK. E-mail: lc242@econ.cam.ac.uk Aqib Aslam, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics, UK. Email: maa49@cam.ac.uk |
| Presented by: Luisa Corrado, University of Cambridge and University |
| Political Institutions and Suicide: A regional analysis for Switzerland |
| By Justina A.V. Fischer, Hoover Institution Stanford, Stanford, USA Antonio Rodriguez Andrés, Antonio Rodríguez Andrés Departamento de Economia Universidad Católica del Norte Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile |
| Presented by: Justina Fischer, SIAW-HSG |
Session 27: General Session 2-4 |
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| Session Chair: Tatiana Kirsanova, University of Exeter |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Monetary Shocks in a Model with Loss of Skills |
| By Julen Esteban Pretel Elisa Faraglia University of Tokyo London Business School |
| Presented by: Elisa Faraglia, London Business School |
| Optimal Monetary Policy in the Generalized Taylor Economy |
| By Engin Kara |
| Presented by: Engin Kara, Univeristy of Birmingham |
| Fiscal (In)Solvency, Discretionary Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria |
| By Andrew Blake, Bank of England Tatiana Kirsanova, University of Exeter |
| Presented by: Tatiana Kirsanova, University of Exeter |
Session 28: General Session 2-6 |
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| Session Chair: Morten Lau, Durham Business School |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| A Natural Field Experiment on Newspaper Purchasing |
| By Gerald Pruckner, University of Linz Rupert Sausgruber, University of Innsbruck |
| Presented by: Rupert Sausgruber, University of Innsbruck |
| Testing the Predictions of Decision Theories in a Natural Experiment When Half a Million Is at Stake |
| By Pavlo Blavatskyy, University of Zurich Ganna Pogrebna, University of Innsbruck |
| Presented by: Ganna Pogrebna, University of Innsbruck |
| Dynamic Choice Behavior in a Natural Experiment |
| By Steffen Andersen, Copenhagen Business School Glenn W. Harrison, University of Central Florida Morten I. Lau, Durham University E. Elisabet Rutstrom, University of Central Florida |
| Presented by: Morten Lau, Durham Business School |
Session 29: Special Session: Experimental Economics (Hands on Class 1, Exeter Games) |
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| Session Chair: Tim Miller, University of Exeter |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 10:00 - 11:00 |
| Location: S2.82 |
Session 30: Sargan Lecture |
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| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:15 |
| Location: R0.21 |
| Husbands and wives: who does what and who gets what? |
| By Martin Browning, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Martin Browning, University of Oxford |
Session 31: Special Session: Experimental Economics (Hands on Class 2, Econport) |
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| Session Chair: James Cox, Georgia State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 12:15 - 13:15 |
| Location: S2.82 |
Session 32: Special Session - Wages in the public sector |
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| Session Chair: David Miner, Office of Manpower Economics |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 13:15 - 14:45 |
| Location: LT5 |
| What Impact Have the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies Had? |
| By Peter Dolton, Gerry Makepeace, Oscar Marcenaro, Adeline Aw, |
| Presented by: Peter Dolton, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON |
| Discussant: John Beath, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS |
| he Public-Private Sector Wage Differential for Full-Time Male Employees in Britain |
| By Monojit Chatterji Karen Mumford, University of York |
| Presented by: Karen Mumford, University of York |
| Discussant: John Beath, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS |
| Spatial wage variation and its impact on public sector recruitment and retention: the case of the NHS |
| By Bob Elliott, University of Aberdeen Matt Sutton, University of Aberdeen Ada Ma, University of Aberdeen Alex McConnachie, University of Glasgow Stephen Morris, Brunel University Nigel Rice, University of York Diane Skatun, University of Aberdeen |
| Presented by: Matt Sutton, University of Aberdeen |
| Discussant: John Beath, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS |
| Public sector pay: Long run and short run differences: a new approach |
| By Disney, University of Nottingham Amanda Gosling, University of Kent |
| Presented by: Richard Disney, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM |
| Discussant: John Beath, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS |
Session 33: Special Session - Economics of Crime |
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| Session Chair: Stephen Machin, University College London |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 13:15 - 14:45 |
| Location: R0.21 |
| Using the funding formula to estimate police effectiveness: |
| By Joseph Hamed, Home Office Ben Vollaard, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis |
| Presented by: Ben Vollaard, NRC Handelsblad |
| The impact of exogenous deployments of police resources on crime: findings from a quasi-experiment constructed around the policing response to the 7/7 terrorist attacks |
| By Andrew Healey, Home Office Economics and Resource Analysis Group |
| Presented by: Andrew Healey, LSE |
| Reducing Crime by Targeting Prolific Offenders |
| By Stephen Machin, UCL Olivier Marie, Royal Holloway University |
| Presented by: Olivier Marie, LSE |
Session 34: Special Session - Family Economics |
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| Session Chair: Steve Pischke, London School of Economics |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 13:15 - 14:45 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| Do Family Networks Substitute for Missing Markets? Evidence from Rural Mexico |
| By Manuela Angelucci, University of Arizona Giacomo de Giorgi, Stanford University Marcos Rangel, University of Chicago Imran Rasul, UCL |
| Presented by: Imran Rasul, University College London |
| Saving, consumption and marriage |
| By Laura Blow, IFS Martin Browning, University of Copenhagen Mette Ejrnæs, University of Copenhagen |
| Presented by: Martin Browning, University of Oxford |
| Intra-household Allocation of Resources: Inferences from Non-resident Fathers’ Child Support Payments |
| By John Ermisch, University of Essex Chiara Pronzato, ISER |
| Presented by: John Ermisch, University of Essex |
Session 35: Special Session - Supermarket Competition and Buyer Power |
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| Session Chair: John Vickers, Oxford University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 13:15 - 14:45 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Leveraging Buyer Power |
| By Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt |
| Presented by: Roman Inderst, LSE |
| Discussant: John Vickers, Oxford University |
| Upstream competition and downstream buyer power |
| By Howard Smith, Oxford John Thanassoulis, Oxford |
| Presented by: John Thanassoulis, Oxford University |
| Discussant: John Vickers, Oxford University |
| Pennies from Heaven: Falling Prices with Rising Concentration |
| By Paul Dobson, Loughborough University Ratula Chakraborty, Loughborough University Jonathan Seaton, Loughborough University |
| Presented by: Paul Dobson, Loughborough University |
| Discussant: John Vickers, Oxford University |
Session 36: General Session 3-3 |
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| Session Chair: David Paton, Nottingham University Business School |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: LT5 |
| Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Child Birth Weight |
| By Emma Tominey, UCL |
| Presented by: Emma Tominey, UCL |
| Panic on the Streets of London |
| By 1. Mirko Draca, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. 2. Stephen Machin, Dept of Economics UCL and Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. 3. Robert Witt, Dept of Economics, University of Surrey |
| Presented by: Mirko Draca, Centre for Economic Performance |
| Did Abortion Cut Crime in England and Wales |
| By Leo H. Kahane, California State University, East Bay. David Paton, Nottingham University Business School. Rob Simmons, Lancaster University Management School. |
| Presented by: David Paton, Nottingham University Business School |
Session 37: General Session 3-5 |
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| Session Chair: Udo Kreickemeier, University of Nottingham |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R1.15 |
| The Impact of Trade on Aggregate Productivity and Welfare With Heterogeneous Firms and Business Cycle Uncertainty |
| By Jang Ping Thia, London School of Economics |
| Presented by: Jang Ping Thia, London School of Economics |
| Bilateral Trade Agreements and the Feasibility of Multilateral Free Trade |
| By Kamal Saggi, Southern Methodist University Halis Murat Yildiz, Ryerson University |
| Presented by: Halis Yildiz, Ryerson University |
| Firm Heterogeneity and the Labour Market Effects of Trade Liberalisation |
| By Hartmut Egger, University of Zurich Udo Kreickemeier, University of Nottingham |
| Presented by: Udo Kreickemeier, University of Nottingham |
Session 38: General Session 3-9 |
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| Session Chair: Mirabelle Muuls, London School of Economics |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| Exchange Rates and Exports: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in the UK |
| By David Greenaway Richard Kneller Xufei Zhang |
| Presented by: Xufei Zhang, university of nottingham |
| The Determinants of the Location of Foreign Direct Investment in UK Regions |
| By Dimitra Dimitropoulou, Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK Simon Burke, Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK Philip McCann, Department of Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand and Department of Economics, University of Reading UK |
| Presented by: Dimitra Dimitropoulou, University of Reading |
| Does global size matter for productivity of MNEs? |
| By Dr Chiara Criscuolo, Centre for Economic Performance Dr Ralf Martin, Centre for Economic Performance Mirabelle Muuls, London School of Economics |
| Presented by: Mirabelle Muuls, London School of Economics |
Session 39: General Session 3-11 |
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| Session Chair: Steffen Altmann, University of Bonn and IZA |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: SS0.03 |
| Monitoring and Pay: An Experiment on Employee Performance under Endogenous Supervision |
| By Dennis Dittrich, University of Erfurt Martin Kocher, University of Amsterdam |
| Presented by: Martin Kocher, University of Innsbruck |
| An Experiment on Forward versus Backward Induction: How Fairness and Levels of Reasoning Matter. |
| By Dieter Balkenborg, University of Exeter Rosemarie Nagel, Universitat Pompeiu Fabra |
| Presented by: Dieter Balkenborg, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER |
| Reciprocity and Payment Schemes: When Equality Is Unfair |
| By Johannes Abeler, University of Bonn and IZA Steffen Altmann, University of Bonn and IZA Sebastian Kube, University of Karlsruhe Matthias Wibral, University of Bonn and IZA |
| Presented by: Steffen Altmann, University of Bonn and IZA |
Session 40: General Session 3-1 |
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| Session Chair: David Vines, University of Oxford |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Relative Price Distortions and Inflation Persistence |
| By Tatiana Damjanovic, University of St. Andrews Charles Nolan , University of St. Andrews |
| Presented by: Tatiana Damjanovic, University of St. Andrews |
| Strategic Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions: An Empirical Investigation |
| By Matteo Fragetta, University of Leicester Tatiana Kirsanova, University of Exeter |
| Presented by: Matteo Fragetta, University of Leicester |
| Credit Constrained Consumers, Inflation Inertia and Instability under Fixed Exchange Rates |
| By Tatiana Kirsanova, University of Exeter David Vines, University of Oxford Simon Wren-Lewis, University of Exeter |
| Presented by: David Vines, University of Oxford |
Session 41: General Session 3-6 |
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| Session Chair: John Vickers, Oxford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R1.12 |
| Does within-tenure experieince make you 'tougher'? Evidence from competition law |
| By Ludivine Garside, (University of Bristol and CMPO) Paul Grout (University of Bristol and CMPO) Anna Zalewska (School of Management, University of Bath and CMPO) |
| Presented by: Ludivine Garside, CMPO, University of Bristol |
| Bargaining over remedies in merger regulation |
| By Bruce Lyons, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia; Andrei Medvedev, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia |
| Presented by: Andrei Medvedev, Centre for Competition Policy |
| Competitive nonlinear pricing and bundling |
| By Mark Armstrong, UCL John Vickers, Oxford University |
| Presented by: John Vickers, Oxford University |
Session 42: General Session 3-8 |
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| Session Chair: Rashmi Sarmah, University of Manchester |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| Political Transitions and Foreign Intervention |
| By Toke Aidt, University of Cambridge Facundo Albornoz, University of Birmingham |
| Presented by: Facundo Albornoz, University of Birmingham |
| Biased Informative Lobbying: Targets and Timing |
| By Mike Felgenhauer, Mannheim University |
| Presented by: Mike Felgenhauer, Mannheim University |
| Red Tape, Corruption and Finance |
| By Keith Blackburn and Rashmi Sarmah Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Economic Studies, University of Manchester. |
| Presented by: Rashmi Sarmah, University of Manchester |
Session 43: General Session 3-2 |
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| Session Chair: Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| Testing the Opportunistic Approach to Monetary Policy |
| By Chris Martin (Brunel) Costas Milas (Keele) |
| Presented by: Costas Milas, Keele University |
| Real-time Prediction with UK Monetary Aggregates in the Presence of Model Uncertainty |
| By Anthony Garratt, Birkbeck College Gary Koop, University of Strathclyde Emi Mise, University of Leicester Shanu Vahey, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Norges Bank |
| Presented by: Anthony Garratt, Birkbeck College, University of London |
| Evaluating a three-dimensional panel of point forecasts: the Bank of England Survey of External Forecasters |
| By Gianna Boero, University of Warwick Jeremy Smith, University of Warwick Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick |
Session 44: General Session 3-12 |
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| Session Chair: Alan Sutherland, University of St Andrews |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: H0.58 |
| Utility and Productivity Enhancing Public Capital in a Growing Economy |
| By Santanu Chatterjee, University of Georgia Sugata Ghosh, Brunel University |
| Presented by: SUGATA GHOSH, BRUNEL UNIVERSITY |
| Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Economy with Non-Ricardian Agents |
| By Michal Horvath University of St Andrews |
| Presented by: Michal Horvath, University of St Andrews |
| Monetary Policy Rules and International Portfolio Choice |
| By Michael B Devereux, University of British Columbia Alan Sutherland, University of St Andrews |
| Presented by: Alan Sutherland, University of St Andrews |
Session 45: General Session 3-10 |
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| Session Chair: Panu Pelkonen, University College London |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| Employee Heterogeneity and Within-Firm Experience-Earnings Profiles: A Nonparametric Analysis |
| By Ross Campbell, The University of Aberdeen |
| Presented by: Ross Campbell, The University of Aberdeen |
| Estimating Promotion Probabilities Based Individual Attributes and Environmental Characteristics: An Information Theoretic Approach |
| By Amos Golan, American University William Greene, NYU Jeffrey Perloff, UC Berkeley |
| Presented by: Amos Golan, American University |
| The Incidence and Impact of Computer Use: Evidence from WERS 2004. |
| By Peter Dolton (Royal Holloway College, University of London, and CEP, London School of Economics) Panu Pelkonen (CEP, London School of Economics) |
| Presented by: Panu Pelkonen, University College London |
Session 46: General Session 3-7 |
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| Session Chair: Michael Pitt, University of Warwick |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: H0.60 |
| HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMIC SALARIES IN THE UK |
| By James Walker, University of Reading Business School Anna Vignoles, Institute of Education, and Mark Collins |
| Presented by: James Walker, University of Reading |
| At what age should August born children start school? |
| By Claire Crawford Lorraine Dearden Costas Meghir Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Presented by: Claire Crawford, IFS |
| Bayesian Multiple selection modelling: An exploration of the determinants of medical school choice |
| By Wiji Arulampalam, University of Warwick Robin Naylor, University of Warwick Michael Pitt, University of Warwick Jeremy Smith, University of Wasrwick |
| Presented by: Michael Pitt, University of Warwick |
Session 47: General Session 3-4 |
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| Session Chair: Jose Olmo, City University, London |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| What drives investors.behaviour in di¤erent FX market segments? A VAR-based return decomposition analysis |
| By Olli Castren, European Central Bank Chiara Osbat, European Central Bank Matthias Sydow, European Central Bank |
| Presented by: Olli Castren, European Central Bank |
| Asset Pricing Theory for Mean-Variance-Downside-Risk Averse Investors |
| By Jose Olmo City University, London |
| Presented by: Jose Olmo, City University, London |
Session 48: General Session 4-5 |
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| Session Chair: Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas, University of Manchester |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Growth enhancing policy is the means to sustain the environment |
| By George Economides, Athens University of Economics and Business Apostolis Philipppopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Presented by: George Economides, Athens University of Economics&Business |
| ARE ANY GROWTH THEORIES ROBUST? |
| By Steven N. Durlauf University of Wisconsin-Madison Andros Kourtellos University of Cyprus Chih Ming Tan Tufts University |
| Presented by: Andros Kourtellos, Cyprus |
| Income Distribution and Economic Growth: A reassessment of the fiscal policy approach |
| By Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas School of Economic Studies, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK |
| Presented by: Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas, University of Manchester |
Session 49: General Session 4-6 |
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| Session Chair: Gernot Mueller, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: LT5 |
| The Balassa-Samuelson Effect in an Imperfectly Competitive Economy: Empirical Evidence for G7 Countries |
| By Javier Coto-Martinez City University Juan C. Reboredo Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| Presented by: Juan Carlos Reboredo , Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Asset Prices, Exchange Rates and the Current Account |
| By Marcel Fratzscher, European Central Bank Luciana Juvenal, University of Warwick Lucio Sarno, Warwick Business School |
| Presented by: Luciana Juvenal, University of Warwick |
| S-Curve Redux: On the International Transmission of Technology Shocks |
| By Zeno Enders (EUI, Florence, Italy) Gernot Mueller (Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany) |
| Presented by: Gernot Mueller, Goethe University Frankfurt |
Session 50: General Session 4-10 |
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| Session Chair: Paul Fenn, University of Nottingham |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: R0.12 |
| Can You Keep a Secret? The Economics of the Reporter's Privilege |
| By Ido Baum, Hamburg University Eberhard Feess, RWTH Aachen University Ansgar Wohlschlegel, RWTH Aachen University |
| Presented by: Ansgar Wohlschlegel, RWTH Aachen University |
| Expectation Damages, Divisible Contracts and Bilateral Investment |
| By Susanne Ohlendorf Bonn Graduate School of Economics |
| Presented by: Susanne Ohlendorf, University of Bonn |
| The impact of risk management standards on the frequency of MRSA infections in NHS hospitals |
| By Paul Fenn Nottingham University Business School Alastair Gray Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford Neil Rickman University of Surrey and CEPR Dev Vencappa Nottingham University Business School Oliver Rivero Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford Emanuela Lotti University of Surrey |
| Presented by: Paul Fenn, University of Nottingham |
Session 51: General Session 4-4 |
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| Session Chair: Gianluca Femminis, Università Cattolica, Milano |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| Coordination Costs: A Drawback for Research Joint Ventures? |
| By Rod Falvey, University of Nottingham Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, Loughborough University Khemarat Teerasuwannajak, Chulalongkorn University |
| Presented by: Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, University of Loughborough |
| Exporting, R&D and Absorptive Capacity in UK Establishments: Evidence from the 2001 Community Innovation Survey |
| By Richard Harris (University of Glasgow) Qian Cher Li (University of Glasgow) |
| Presented by: Cher Li, Univ. of Glasgow |
| RJVs and Welfare with Knowledge Spillovers: A Dynamic Non-Tournament Model |
| By Gianluca Femminis, Catholic University, Milan, Italy Gianmaria Martini, University of Bergamo, Italy |
| Presented by: Gianluca Femminis, Università Cattolica, Milano |
Session 52: General Session 4-2 |
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| Session Chair: Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, University of Oxford and STICERD, London School of Economics |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: R1.15 |
| Household debt and arrears: what role do institutions play |
| By Charles Grant (Reading university) Burcu Duygan (EUI) |
| Presented by: Charles Grant, European University Institute |
| The relationship between food consumption and socio-economic status: evidence among the British population |
| By De Agostini Paola , ISER at the University of Essex |
| Presented by: Paola De Agostini, ISER - University of Essex |
| Modelling Vulnerability in the UK |
| By Dr Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Department of Economics, Oxford University Professor Frank Cowell, Department of Economics, London School of Economics |
| Presented by: Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, University of Oxford and STICERD, London School of Economics |
Session 53: General Session 4-11 |
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| Session Chair: Georgios Chortareas, University of Essex |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: H0.60 |
| Why do central banks observe a distinction between intraday and overnight interest rates? |
| By Stephen Millard, Bank of England George Speight, Bank of England Matthew Willison, Bank of England |
| Presented by: Stephen Millard, Bank of England |
| (Un)naturally Low? Sequential Monte Carlo Tracking of the Natural Rate of Interest |
| By Silvia Sgherri, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund Marco Lombardi, University of Pisa |
| Presented by: Silvia Sgherri, De Nederlandsche Bank |
| Monetary Policy and Stock Returns in the UK: Has Inflation Targeting made a Difference? |
| By Georgios Chortareas (University of Essex), John Nankervis (University of Essex) and Emmanouil Noikokiris (University of Essex) |
| Presented by: Georgios Chortareas, University of Essex |
Session 54: General Session 4-1 |
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| Session Chair: Inger Munk, London School of Economics (STICERD) |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: H0.58 |
| The result of 11 plus selection; An investigation into opportunities and outcomes for pupils in selective LEAs |
| By Adele Atkinson, CMPO Paul Gregg, CMPO Brendon McConnell, CMPO and UCL |
| Presented by: Brendon McConnell, UCL |
| Education, Risk Preference and Wages |
| By Sarah Brown University of Sheffield Karl Taylor University of Sheffield |
| Presented by: Sarah Brown, University of Sheffield |
| Does the Quality of Public Education Affect Private School Demand? |
| By Inger Munk, LSE |
| Presented by: Inger Munk, London School of Economics (STICERD) |
Session 55: General Session 4-8 |
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| Session Chair: Lei Zhang, University of Warwick |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: Footloose or Evolving Relationship? |
| By Lucio Sarno, University of Warwick Giorgio Valente, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Presented by: Giorgio Valente, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Explaining exchange rate dynamics at short horizon: The uncovered equity return parity condition |
| By Roberto A. De Santis, European Central Bank Lorenzo Cappiello, European Central Bank |
| Presented by: Roberto De Santis, European Central Bank |
| Monitoring Bands and Monitoring Rules: how currency intervention can change market composition |
| By Luisa Corrado, University of Cambridge Marcus Miller, University of Warwick Lei Zhang, University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Lei Zhang, University of Warwick |
Session 56: General Session 4-9 |
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| Session Chair: Luigi Siciliani, University of York |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| Relative vs. Team Performance Evaluation with Inequity Averse Agents |
| By Bjoern Bartling University of Munich |
| Presented by: Bjoern Bartling, University of Munich |
| Investment in Bargaining Games |
| By Francesca Flamini University of Glasgow |
| Presented by: Francesca Flamini, University of Glasgow |
| Performance indicators for quality with adverse selection, gaming and inequality aversion |
| By Michael Kuhn, University of Rostock and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 1; 18057 Rostock, Germany. Email: kuhn@demogr.mpg.de; phone: +49 381 2081 105. Luigi Siciliani, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom. Email: ls24@york.ac.uk; phone: +44 1904 432300. |
| Presented by: Luigi Siciliani, University of York |
Session 57: General Session 4-12 |
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| Session Chair: Masayuki Kudamatsu, London School of Economics |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| Income and Micronutrient Consumption in Rural Mexico |
| By Vincenzo Di Maro, University College London, UK Emmanuel Skoufias, World Bank, USA Teresa González-Cossío, INSP, MX Sonia Rodríguez Ramirez, INSP, MX |
| Presented by: Vincenzo Di Maro, UCL |
| The Impact of Land Redistribution on Household Food Security: Microeconometric evidence from South Africa |
| By Christine Valente, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, U.K. |
| Presented by: Christine Valente, University of Sheffield |
| Has Democratization Reduced Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Mother Fixed Effects Estimation |
| By Masayuki Kudamatsu, London School of Economics |
| Presented by: Masayuki Kudamatsu, London School of Economics |
Session 58: General Session 4-3 |
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| Session Chair: Sara Connolly, University of East Anglia |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| Part-time Work and Occupational Attainment Amongst a Cohort of British Women |
| By Victoria Prowse, Christ Church and Deapartment of Economics, University of Oxford and IZA. |
| Presented by: Victoria Prowse, University of Oxford |
| Changing Patterns of Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Britain: Evidence from Census Microdata |
| By Ken Clark (University of Manchester, IZA) Stephen Drinkwater (University of Surrey, IZA) |
| Presented by: Kenneth Clark, University of Manchester |
| Dual Tracks: Part-time Work in Life-Cycle Employment for British Women |
| By Sara Connolly, University of East Anglia Mary Gregory, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Sara Connolly, University of East Anglia |
Session 59: General Session 4-7 |
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| Session Chair: Valentina Corradi, University of Warwick |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 16:45 - 18:15 |
| Location: SS0.03 |
| Benchmarks in Aggregate Household Portfolios |
| By Pascal St-Amour, HEC University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute |
| Presented by: Pascal St-Amour, University of Lausanne |
| Switching mortgages: a real options perspective |
| By Céline Gondat-Larralde, Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV Frank Strobel, University of Birmingham |
| Presented by: Frank Strobel, University of Birmingham |
| Simulation Based Predictive Density Estimation and Testing for Diffusion Processes |
| By Valentina, Corradi University of Warwick Norman Swanson, Rutgers University |
| Presented by: Valentina Corradi, University of Warwick |
Session 60: Special Session - Incentives in the Public Sector |
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| Session Chair: Simon Burgess, University of Bristol |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Cheat or treat? Doctors' responses to payment based on self-reported treatment rates |
| By Hugh Granville, University of York Matt Sutton, University of Aberdeen Ada Ma, University of Aberdeen |
| Presented by: Matt Sutton, University of Aberdeen |
| Discussant: Steve Palmer, Office of Manpower Economics |
| Evaluating the Impact of Performance-related Pay for Teachers in England |
| By Adele Atkinson, University of Bristol Simon Burgess, University of Bristol Bronwyn Croxson, University of Bristol Paul Gregg, University of Bristol Carol Propper, University of Bristol Helen Slater, University of Bristol Deborah Wilson, University of Bristol |
| Presented by: Carol Propper, University of Bristol |
| Discussant: Steve Palmer, Office of Manpower Economics |
| Smarter task assignment or greater productivity: what makes a difference in incentivised team performance? |
| By Simon Burgess, University of Bristol Carol Propper, University of Bristol Marisa Ratto, University of Bristol Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, University of Bristol Emma Toniney, UCL |
| Presented by: Simon Burgess, University of Bristol |
| Discussant: Steve Palmer, Office of Manpower Economics |
Session 61: Special Session - Unified Growth |
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| Session Chair: ALVARO PEREIRA, public |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: R0.21 |
| From Malthus to Solow: How Did the Malthusian Economy Really Evolve? |
| By Nicholas Crafts, Warwick Terence Mills, Loughborough |
| Presented by: Nicholas Crafts, |
| Discussant: Andrew Mountford, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| From Lewis to Solow: theory and evidence |
| By Jonathan Temple, Bristol |
| Presented by: Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol |
| Discussant: Andrew Mountford, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| From Growth Spurts to Sustained Growth: The Nature of Growth and Unified Growth Theory |
| By Goncalo Monteiro, York Alvaro Pereira, York |
| Presented by: ALVARO PEREIRA, public |
| Discussant: Andrew Mountford, Royal Holloway, University of London |
Session 62: Special Session - Fiscal Policy and Public Debt |
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| Session Chair: Elisa Faraglia, London Business School |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 12, 2007 |
| Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
| Location: LT5 |
| Does the US government hedge against expenditure risk? |
| By Hanno Lustig, UCLA Sevin Yetekin, Carnegie Mellon University Christopher Sleet, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Presented by: Christopher Sleet, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Discussant: Mike Wickens, University of York |
| Fiscal Insurance and Debt management in OECD Economies |
| By Elisa Faraglia, LBS Albert Marcet, UPF Andrew Scott, LBS |
| Presented by: Elisa Faraglia, London Business School |
| Discussant: Myrvin Anthony, Debt Management Office, UK |
| Interest Rate Costs and the Optimal Maturity Structure of Government Debt |
| By Yves Nosbusch, LSE |
| Presented by: Yves Nosbusch, London School of Economics |
| Discussant: Albert Marcet, |
Session 63: General Session 5-10 |
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| Session Chair: Paulo Santos, Cornell University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: R1.15 |
| Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets |
| By Isabel Günther, University of Göttingen Andrey Launov, University of Würzburg, IZA Bonn |
| Presented by: Andrey Launov, University of Wuerzburg |
| Social Network Capital, Economic Mobility and Poverty Traps |
| By Sommarat Chantarat, Cornell University Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University |
| Presented by: Sommarat Chantarat, Cornell University |
| Informal insurance in the presence of poverty traps. Evidence from southern Ethiopia. |
| By Paulo Santos, Cornell University Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University |
| Presented by: Paulo Santos, Cornell University |
Session 64: General Session 5-7 |
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| Session Chair: Robert Ritz, Nuffield College, Oxford University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| On a foundation for Cournot equilibrium |
| By Alex Dickson, University of Manchester, UK Roger Hartley, University of Manchester, UK |
| Presented by: Alex Dickson, University of Manchester |
| Comparative Statics with the Interval Dominance Order |
| By John K.-H.Quah, Department of Economics, Oxford University Bruno Strulovici, Department of Economics, Oxford University |
| Presented by: John Quah, Oxford University |
| Emissions trading and profit-neutral grandfathering |
| By Cameron Hepburn, Oxford University John Quah, Oxford University Robert Ritz, Oxford University |
| Presented by: Robert Ritz, Nuffield College, Oxford University |
Session 65: General Session 5-4 |
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| Session Chair: Andreas Knabe, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: H0.58 |
| The Income and the Scarring Risk of Unemployment |
| By Thomas Wagner University of Applied Sciences; Elke J. Jahn Harvard University, IAB, IZA |
| Presented by: Thomas Wagner, University of Applied Sciences Nuernberg |
| The Supply of Skills in the Labor Force and Aggregate Output Volatility |
| By Steven Lugauer, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Presented by: Steven Lugauer, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Marginal wage subsidies: a rent-extracting instrument for employment creation |
| By Andreas Knabe, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg |
| Presented by: Andreas Knabe, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg |
Session 66: General Session 5-6 |
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| Session Chair: Priscila Ferreira, University of Essex |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| Savings and Remittances in the Presence of Return Migration and Income Risk |
| By Mathias Sinning, RWI Essen |
| Presented by: Mathias Sinning, RWI Essen |
| Skill-biased technical change in manufacturing industries: evidence from Finnish plant level data |
| By Elias Einiö, University of Helsinki |
| Presented by: Elias Einiö, University of Helsinki |
| A tale of two risks? An integrated analysis of the determinants of promotions and firm separations in Portugal. |
| By Priscila Ferreira, ISER, University of Essex, UK and University of Minho, Portugal |
| Presented by: Priscila Ferreira, University of Essex |
Session 67: General Session 5-2 |
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| Session Chair: Harald Fadinger, Unversitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: H0.60 |
| In search of FDI-led growth in developing countries |
| By Dierk Herzer, Ibero America Institute for Economic Research Stephan Klasen, Ibero America Institute for Economic Research Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D., Ibero America Institute for Economic Research |
| Presented by: Dierk Herzer, University of Frankfurt/Main |
| Development Accounting in a Heckscher-Ohlin World |
| By Harald Fadinger, Unversitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: Harald Fadinger, Unversitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 68: General Session 5-5 |
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| Session Chair: Hans-Martin Krolzig, The University of Kent |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: R0.12 |
| Optimal Test for Markov Switching GARCH Models |
| By Liang Hu, University of Leeds Yongcheol Shin, University of Leeds |
| Presented by: Yongcheol Shin, |
| A Simple Test for Temporal Disaggregation |
| By Christian Mueller ETH Zurich Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research |
| Presented by: Christian Mueller, |
| Impulse-Response Analysis in Markov Switching Vector Autoregressive Models |
| By Hans-Martin Krolzig, University of Kent |
| Presented by: Hans-Martin Krolzig, The University of Kent |
Session 69: General Session 5-11 |
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| Session Chair: Anthony Murphy, Hertford College |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| Limited stock market participation, pensions and consumption over the life-cycle |
| By Steffan Ball, University of Cambridge |
| Presented by: Steffan Ball, University of Cambridge |
| Housing Collateral and Household Indebtedness: Is there a household financial accelerator? |
| By Sarah Bridges, Centre for Finance and Credit Markets, University of Nottingham. Richard Disney, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Centre for Finance and Credit Markets, University of Nottingham. John Gathergood, Centre for Finance and Credit Markets, University of Nottingham. |
| Presented by: John Gathergood, University of Nottingham |
| Housing Wealth, Credit Conditions and Consumption |
| By Janine Aron, Economics, Oxford University John Muellbauer, Nuffield College, Oxford Anthony Murphy, Hertford College, Oxford |
| Presented by: Anthony Murphy, Hertford College |
Session 70: General Session 5-8 |
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| Session Chair: Ander Perez, London School of Economics |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Financial Openness and Macroeconomic Volatility |
| By Juergen von Hagen, , Indiana University and CEPR. Haiping Zhang, University of Bonn. |
| Presented by: Haiping Zhang, University of Bonn |
| Shape of US business cycle and long run effects of recessions |
| By Giacomo Carboni University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Giacomo Carboni, University of Warwick |
| Financial Innovation, Macroeconomic Stability and Systemic Crises |
| By Prasanna Gai, Bank of England Sujit Kapadia, Bank of England Stephen Millard, Bank of England Ander Perez, London School of Economics |
| Presented by: Ander Perez, London School of Economics |
Session 71: General Session 5-1 |
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| Session Chair: Ilias Tsiakas, University of Warwick |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| Local Information in Foreign Exchange Markets |
| By Lukas Menkhoff Leibniz Universität Hannover Maik Schmeling Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| Presented by: Maik Schmeling, Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| Hedge Your Costs: Exchange Rate Risk and Endogenous Currency Invoicing |
| By Dennis Novy, University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Dennis Novy, University of Warwick |
| An Economic Evaluation of Empirical Exchange Rate Models: Robust Evidence of Predictability and Volatility Timing |
| By Pasquale Della Corte, University of Warwick Lucio Sarno, University of Warwick Ilias Tsiakas, University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Ilias Tsiakas, University of Warwick |
Session 72: General Session 5-3 |
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| Session Chair: Arunish Chawla, London School of Economics |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| “Putting people first”? FDI and employment adjustment of state-owned enterprises in Urban China |
| By Sourafel Girma, Nottingham University Business School Yundan Gong, Nottingham University Business School |
| Presented by: Yundan Gong, University of Nottingham |
| Trade and cultural affinity |
| By Angela Cheptea, INRA (France) |
| Presented by: Angela Cheptea, INRA |
| FDI Policy, Quantity Competition and Heterogeneous Firms |
| By Arunish Chawla, London School of Economics. |
| Presented by: Arunish Chawla, London School of Economics |
Session 73: General Session 5-9 |
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| Session Chair: Fabio Arico, Warwick University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 9:15 - 10:45 |
| Location: LT5 |
| Towards a theory of total factor productivity (-growth): Monetary policy, short-run fluctuations and long-run consequences |
| By Michael Evers, Bonn Graduate School of Economics Stefan Niemann, Bonn Graduate School of Economics Marc Schiffbauer, Bonn Graduate School of Economics |
| Presented by: Marc Schiffbauer, Bonn Graduate School of Economics |
| Complementarity between Heterogenous Human Capital and R&D: can Job-Training Avoid Low Development Traps? |
| By Sergio Scicchitano, Italian Ministry of Economic Development and University of Calabria |
| Presented by: Sergio scicchitano, Ministry of Economic Development |
| Skills-acquisition, Technological Diffusion and Structural Unemployment in a Matching Model with Two-sided Heterogeneities |
| By Fabio R. Arico' University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Fabio Arico, Warwick University |
Session 74: EJ Lecture |
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| Session Chair: Antonio Ciccone, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 11:15 - 12:30 |
| Location: R0.21 |
| Theory and practice in anti-corruption policies |
| By Abhijit Banerjee, MIT |
| Presented by: Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Session 75: General Session 6-3 |
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| Session Chair: Yu Zhu, University of Kent |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| A theory of child targeting |
| By Olivier Bargain (UCD) Olivier Donni (U. of Cergy) |
| Presented by: Olivier Bargain, UCD |
| Always Poor or Never Poor and Nothing in Between? Duration of childpoverty in Germany |
| By Michael Fertig, RWI Essen and IZA Bonn Marcus Tamm, RWI Essen and Ruhr-University Bochum |
| Presented by: Marcus Tamm, RWI Essen |
| Child Support and Educational Outcomes - Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey |
| By Ian Walker University of Warwick and Institute for Fiscal Studies Yu Zhu University of Kent and Centre for the Economics of Education |
| Presented by: Yu Zhu, University of Kent |
Session 76: General Session 6-10 |
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| Session Chair: Katharina Wick, Tilburg University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: SS0.03 |
| Does Democracy Foster Trust? |
| By Helmut Rainer, University of St Andrews Thomas Siedler, University of Essex |
| Presented by: Helmut Rainer, University of St Andrews |
| Politician Preferences and Caps on Political Lobbying |
| By Ivan Pastine, University College Dublin Tuvana Pastine, National University of Ireland Maynooth |
| Presented by: Tuvana Pastine, NUI, Maynooth and CEPR |
| Phases of Development: Conflict and Production in the Presence of an Exhaustible Resource |
| By Katharina Wick, CentER and Tilburg University |
| Presented by: Katharina Wick, Tilburg University |
Session 77: General Session 6-7 |
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| Session Chair: Luke Garrod, University of East Anglia |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: F111 |
| Star Wars: Exclusive Superstars and Collusive Outcomes |
| By Mariano Selvaggi London School of Economics; ABI Luis Vasconcelos Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Presented by: Mariano Selvaggi, London School of Economics |
| Unilateral and Coordinated Effects of Mergers: Experimental Evidence |
| By Miguel Fonseca, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), Columbia University New York Hans Theo Normann, Royal Holloway College, University of London |
| Presented by: Hans Normann, Royal Holloway College, University of Lo |
| Surcharging as a Facilitating Practice |
| By Luke Garrod ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and School of Economics, University of East Anglia |
| Presented by: Luke Garrod, University of East Anglia |
Session 78: General Session 6-9 |
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| Session Chair: Misa Tanaka, Bank of England |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| Paris Club Involvement: helping or harming IMF's attempt to catalyse private capital flows? |
| By Koen van der Veer, Radboud University Nijmegen Eelke de Jong, Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Presented by: Eelke Jong, Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Financial Frictions and Household Debt: a New Perspective on the Twin Deficit Problem |
| By Giovanni Callegari, European University Institute |
| Presented by: Giovanni Callegari, European University Institute |
| International monetary cooperation in a world of imperfect information |
| By Kang Yong Tan (University of Oxford) Misa Tanaka (Bank of England) |
| Presented by: Misa Tanaka, Bank of England |
Session 79: General Session 6-1 |
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| Session Chair: Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R0.12 |
| Does membership on the UN Security Council influence IMF decisions? Evidence from panel data |
| By Axel Dreher, ETH Zurich Jan-Egbert Sturm, ETH Zurich James Raymond Vreeland, Yale University |
| Presented by: Axel Dreher, ETH Zurich |
| Foreign Aid, Political Instability, and Economic Growth |
| By Manuel Oechslin, University of Zurich |
| Presented by: Manuel Oechslin, University of Zurich |
| Trust, conditionality and aid-effectiveness |
| By Paul Mosley Suleiman Abrar |
| Presented by: Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield |
Session 80: General Session 6-2 |
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| Session Chair: John Hunter, Brunel University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| The political economy of unemployment and threshold effects. A nonlinear time series approach. |
| By Patrick Minford: Cardiff Business School, Aberconway Building, Cardiff University, Column Drive, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, CF 10 3EU. Phone + 44 (0)29 2087 5728, Fax +44 (0)29 2087 4419, E-mail MinfordP@cardiff.ac.uk Ruthira Naraidoo: Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG. Phone +44 (0) 1782 583107, Fax +44 (0) 1782 717577. E-mail: r.naraidoo@econ.keele.ac.uk (Corresponding author) Ioannis Venetis: University of Patras, Department of Economics, University Campus, Rio 26504, Greece , E-mail ivenetis@upatras.gr |
| Presented by: Ruthira Naraidoo, Keele University |
| Fractional Integration and Structural Breaks in U.S. Macro Dynamics |
| By Luis Gil-Alana, University of Navarra Antonio Moreno, University of Navarra |
| Presented by: Antonio Moreno, Universidad de Navarra |
| Common trends, Cointegration and Competitive Price Behaviour |
| By John Hunter Economics and Finance Section, Brunel Business School Simon Burke Economics Department Reading University Business School |
| Presented by: John Hunter, Brunel University |
Session 81: General Session 6-5 |
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| Session Chair: Martin Robson, Durham University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: LT5 |
| Unions, within-workplace job cuts, and job security guarantees |
| By Alex Bryson, Policy Studies Institute and Centre for Economic Performance Michael White, Policy Studies Institute |
| Presented by: Alex Bryson, Policy Studies Institute |
| Before Leaving the Working Families' Tax Credit to Lie, Another Look at Labour Supply |
| By Ghazala Yasmeen Azmat Universitat Pompeu Fabra & Centre for Economic Performance |
| Presented by: ghazala azmat, UPF |
| Does Raising the Pay of Low Wage Employyees Reduce Their Rate of Sickness Absence? Evidence from the Impact of Minimum Wage Legislation |
| By Marco Ercolani, Birmingham University Martin Robson, Durham University |
| Presented by: Martin Robson, Durham University |
Session 82: General Session 6-11 |
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| Session Chair: Alex Trew, University of St Andrews |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| On refutability of the Nash-Walras equilibrium hypothesis |
| By Andres Carvajal, University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Andres Carvajal, University of Warwick |
| A Three Way Equivalence |
| By Leonidas C. Koutsougeras University of Manchester, Nicholas Ziros University of Manchester |
| Presented by: Nicholas Ziros, University of Manchester |
| Endogenous Exchange Costs in General Equilibrium |
| By Charles Nolan, University of St. Andrews Alex Trew, University of St. Andrews |
| Presented by: Alex Trew, University of St Andrews |
Session 83: General Session 6-8 |
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| Session Chair: Francesco Zanetti, Bank of England |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| Price Rigidity and the Volatility of Vacancies and Unemployment |
| By Javier Andres (Universidad de Valencia) Rafael Domenech (Universidad de Valencia) Javier Ferri (Universidad de Valencia) |
| Presented by: Javier Ferri, Universidad de Valencia |
| Strategic Wage Bargaining, Labor Market Volatility, and Persistence |
| By Matthias S. Hertweck, European University Institute, Florence, Italy |
| Presented by: Matthias Hertweck, European University Institute |
| Labor Market Institutions and Aggregate Fluctuations in a Search and Matching Model |
| By Francesco Zanetti, Bank of England |
| Presented by: Francesco Zanetti, Bank of England |
Session 84: General Session 6-6 |
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| Session Chair: Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: F110 |
| Interdependent Preferential Trade Agreement Memberships: An Empirical Analysis |
| By Peter Egger, ifo Institute and LMU Munich Mario Larch, ifo Institute |
| Presented by: Mario Larch, ifo Munich |
| Can trade hurt? A follow-up on Samuelson’s controversial paper |
| By Jürgen Bitzer, Free University Berlin Holger Görg, University of Nottingham Philipp J.H. Schröder, Aarhus School of Business |
| Presented by: Philipp Schröder, Aarhus School of Business - University of Aarhus |
| Does external trade promote financial development? |
| By Yongfu Huang, University of Bristol Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol |
| Presented by: Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol |
Session 85: General Session 6-4 |
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| Session Chair: Marina-Eliza Spaliara, University of Nottingham |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Location: LT4 |
| The elasticity of substitution: evidence from a UK firm-level data set |
| By Sebastian Barnes: OECD Maria Sebastia-Barriel: Bank of England Simon Price: Bank of England and City University |
| Presented by: Simon Price, Bank of England |
| Labor Market Rigidities, Financial Integration and International Risk Sharing in the OECD |
| By Jarko Fidrmuc, University of Munich Neil Foster, University of Vienna Johann Scharler, Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
| Presented by: Jarko Fidrmuc, University of Munich |
| UK Evidence on the Effects of Firm-Specific Characteristics on the Capital-Labour ratio under Capital Market Imperfections |
| By Marina-Eliza Spaliara University of Nottingham |
| Presented by: Marina-Eliza Spaliara, University of Nottingham |
Session 86: General Session 7-2 |
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| Session Chair: José Dorich, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: F111 |
| Do Sticky Prices Need to Be Replaced with Sticky Information? |
| By Bill Dupor, Ohio State University Tomiyuki Kitamura, Ohio State University and Bank of Japan Takayuki Tsuruga, Bank of Japan |
| Presented by: Takayuki Tsuruga, Bank of Japan |
| When do Firms Adjust Prices? Evidence from Micro Panel Data |
| By Sarah M. Rupprecht, ETH Zurich |
| Presented by: Sarah Rupprecht, ETH Zurich, KOF |
| Resurrecting the Role of Real Money Balance Effects |
| By Jose Dorich, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: José Dorich, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Session 87: General Session 7-8 |
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| Session Chair: Euan Phimister, University of Aberdeen |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: LT5 |
| The Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on Individual Unemployment Duration in Western Germany |
| By Stephan L. Thomsen, ZEW Mannheim Reinhard Hujer, Goethe-University Frankfurt/M. Christopher Zeiss, Goethe-University Frankfurt/M. |
| Presented by: Stephan Thomsen, ZEW, Mannheim |
| Unemployment Insurance Benefits – Trap Or Bridge?: Longitudinal Evidence From The Netherlands 1985-2000 |
| By Irma Mooi-Reçi Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands i.reci@fsw.vu.nl Melinda Mills University of Groningen, the Netherlands m.c.mills@rug.nl |
| Presented by: Irma Mooi-Reci, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam |
| Housing Tenure, Job Mobility and Unemployment in the UK |
| By Harminder Battu, University of Aberdeen Ada Ma, University of Aberdeen Euan Phimister, University of Aberdeen |
| Presented by: Euan Phimister, University of Aberdeen |
Session 88: General Session 7-3 |
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| Session Chair: Maria Jose Gil-Molto, Loughborough University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R1.13 |
| Oligopoly on a Salop circle with centre |
| By Paul Madden, University of Manchester Mario Pezzino, University of Manchester |
| Presented by: Mario Pezzino, University of Manchester |
| Entry and Exit in a Liberalised Market |
| By Maria José Gil-Moltó, Dpt Economics, Loughborough University Claudio Piga, Dpt Economics, Loughborough University |
| Presented by: Maria Jose Gil-Molto, Loughborough University |
Session 89: General Session 7-9 |
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| Session Chair: Alfonso Miranda, Keele University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: Lib 1 |
| Teacher Shortages, Teacher Incentives and their Impact on Education in Africa |
| By Jean Bourdon, Institute for Research in the Sociology and Economics of Education (IREDU) Markus Frölich, Universität St.Gallen Katharina Michaelowa, Universität Zürich |
| Presented by: Katharina Michaelowa, University of Zurich |
| Intrinsic Motivation, Discrimination and the Child Labor-Schooling Trade-Off: Empirical Evidence |
| By Bernhard Ganglmair Bonn Graduate School of Economics University of Bonn |
| Presented by: Bernhard Ganglmair, University of Bonn |
| Do migrant networks affect education in source countries? Evidence from Mexico |
| By Alfonso Miranda, Keele University. |
| Presented by: Alfonso Miranda, Keele University |
Session 90: General Session 7-6 |
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| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R3.41 |
| Conditional beta- and sigma -Convergence in Space: A Maximum Likelihood Approach |
| By Department of Economics, University of Innsbruck, Universitaetsstrasse 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Email: Michael.Pfaffermayr@uibk.ac.at. |
| Presented by: Michael Pfaffermayr, University of Innsbruck |
| Censored Box-Cox Quantile Regression for Unemployment Duration in Germany |
| By Bernd Fitzenberger, Goethe-University Frankfurt Ralf A. Wilke, University of Leicester |
| Presented by: Ralf Wilke, University of Leicester |
Session 91: General Session 7-10 |
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| Session Chair: Raphael Espinoza, University of Oxford |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: Lib 2 |
| The Emergence of Information Sharing In Credit Markets |
| By Martin Brown, Swiss National Bank Christian Zehnder, University of Zurich |
| Presented by: Christian Zehnder, University of Zurich |
| Supply signals, complementarities, and multiplicity in asset prices and information acquisition |
| By Jayant Ganguli (Cornell University) Liyan Yang (Cornell University) |
| Presented by: Jayant Ganguli, Cornell University |
| Endogenous State Prices and the Yield Curve |
| By Raphael Espinoza, Department of Economics and Christ Church, University of Oxford Dimitrios P. Tsomocos, Saïd Business School and St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Raphael Espinoza, University of Oxford |
Session 92: General Session 7-1 |
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| Session Chair: Daniel Birke, University of Nottingham |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R0.12 |
| The Great Industry Gamble: Market Structure Dynamics with Moral Hazard |
| By Aron Toth University of Warwick |
| Presented by: Aron Toth, University of Warwick |
| NETWORK EFFECTS, NETWORK STRUCTURE AND CONSUMER INTERACTION IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN EUROPE AND ASIA |
| By Daniel Birke, University of Nottingham Peter Swann, University of Nottingham |
| Presented by: Daniel Birke, University of Nottingham |
Session 93: General Session 7-5 |
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| Session Chair: Alice Mesnard, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: R2.41 |
| Are All Resources Curse? Coffee, Oil and Armed Conflict in Colombia |
| By Oeindrila Dube, Harvard University Juan F. Vargas, University of London-Royal Holloway and IQSS, Harvard University |
| Presented by: Juan Vargas, University of London - Royal Holloway |
| MIGRATION, VIOLENCE AND WELFARE IN RURAL COLOMBIA |
| By Alice MESNARD, Institute for Fiscal Studies Orazio ATTANASIO, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UCL |
| Presented by: Alice Mesnard, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
Session 94: General Session 7-4 |
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| Session Chair: Markus Kinateder, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: F110 |
| Aggregative Games |
| By Martin Kaae Jensen, University of Birmingham |
| Presented by: Martin Jensen, University of Birmingham |
| Repeated Games Played in a Network |
| By Markus Kinateder, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona |
| Presented by: Markus Kinateder, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona |
Session 95: General Session 7-7 |
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| Session Chair: Christophe Kamps, public |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: April 13, 2007 |
| Time: 15:00 - 16:30 |
| Location: LT4 |
| Political and Institutional Determinants of the Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy: Evidence from the OECD and Latin America |
| By Nuno Venes ISEG and Universidade Lusiada Rua da Junqueira, 188 a 198, 1349-001 Lisboa, Portugal |
| Presented by: Nuno Venes, Universidade Lusiada |
| What are the effects of fiscal policy shocks? A VAR-based comparative analysis |
| By Caldara, Dario (Stockholm University) Kamps, Christophe (European Central Bank) |
| Presented by: Christophe Kamps, public |
| TAXATION AND THE UK’S INTERWAR DEPRESSION |
| By Shaun P Vahey, Reserve Bank of New Zealand James M Nason, FRB Atlanta |
| Presented by: Shaun Vahey, Norges Bank |
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