Seminars
Seminars
Job Market Seminars Davide Morisi (University of Vienna)
"Choosing the risky option: information and risk propensity in referendum campaigns" Aula lignea Abstract Direct democracy has enjoyed increased popularity worldwide. Despite the complexity of most of the issues subject to a direct-democratic vote, in referendum campaigns voters generally face a simple choice between an uncertain Yes for a change and a safer No for…
Job Market Seminars Sarah Carol (University of Cologne)
"Ethnic and Religious Discrimination in the Wedding Venue Business: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Germany and Austria" Aula lignea Abstract Various studies have investigated the discrimination of ethnic minorities on the labour and rental market, in the education system as well as in public administrations. While many of these studies found support for discrimination,…
Job Market Seminars Aron Szekely (Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm)
"Cooperation and conflict in social systems" Aula lignea Abstract Cooperation and conflict are classical topics in the social sciences. Key questions include how cooperation arises and how conflict is avoided. Drawing on theoretical and methodological developments, I will present research that explores three mechanisms underlying cooperation and conflict. Using experiments and agent-based simulations, I test the role of group reputation and credible signalling in…
Monday Lunch Seminars Mariana Khapko (University of Toronto)
"Smart Settlement"
Monday Lunch Seminars Julian Wright (National University of Singapore)
"Steering by information intermediaries" Abstract We provide a model of an intermediary that can steer consumers towards particular firms due to its information advantage. Unlike most existing models of steering, our model allows firms to compete for consumers through commissions and prices. We explore the implications of steering for market outcomes, showing how steering reverses…
Monday Lunch Seminars Nicola Borri (LUISS)
"Limited Participation and Local Currency Sovereign Debt" Abstract Emerging country governments increasingly issue bonds denominated in local currency and the share of this market held by foreign investors, once negligible, has been progressively growing. This paper presents a model of segmented markets, in which specialized foreign investors can access multiple local markets only after paying an…
Seminars in Economics CANCELLED: Martin Pesendorfer (LSE)
"Reference dependence, limited attention, and intertemporal substitution in consumer choice" Abstract We develop a discrete-choice demand model accommodating expectations-based reference effects following Koszegi and Rabin . Applying this model to panel data on household ketchup purchases, we find substantial evidence of reference effects. We then extend this model to fully dynamic setting accommodating limited attention…
Monday Lunch Seminars Andrei Hagiu (MIT Sloan)
"Platforms and the exploration of new products" abstract The introduction of new but risky products and sellers are key to the growth of platforms. Exploration by current buyers helps future buyers better value these products and sellers. This externality across buyers raises the possibility that there may be too little exploration in the absence of…
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
9.30 Alessandro TugnettiTitle: The effect of insider trading on prices and volumes 10.00 Danilo Forastiere Title: Network dismantling
Seminars in Politics and Society Camilla Borgna (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Old habits die hard? Educational inequalities in Germany after the rise of comprehensive schools" abstract Comparative research has shown that in Germany the level of intergenerational mobility in educational attainment is one of the lowest of the industrialized world. This negative record has often been attributed to the country’s rigidly tracked secondary school system. At the…
Seminars in Economics Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University)
"Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions" abstract This paper revisits the economic effects of constitutions. We propose a model ofgovernmental resource allocation under political competition and contrast majori-tarian and proportional representation systems. We derive predictions regardingthe relationship between local –sub-district– level characteristics and inequality ingovernment intervention. Looking at a local level and introducing heterogeneityallows…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Lucia Naldi (Jonkoping International Business School)
"Industry Knowledge, Prior Industry Experience and New Venture Survival"
Seminars in Economics Gustavo Manso (Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley)
"Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Innovation"
Monday Lunch Seminars Stephen Zeldes (Columbia GSB)
"Should the Government Be Paying Investment Fees on $3 Trillion of Tax-Deferred Retirement Assets?"
Seminars in Politics and Society Andreas Schedler (Center for Economic Research and Teaching, Mexico)
"A Threat to Democracy? Donald Trump in Comparative Perspective" at Campus Luigi Einaudi (Sala Lauree Rossa piccola) abstract Since his irruption into the 2016 presidential contest, Donald Trump has engendered intense public debate about him representing a “threat to democracy” and herewith forming part of a wider international trend of democratic subversion by illiberal leaders. In…
Seminars in Economics Simone Galperti (UC San Diego)
"Shared Knowledge and Competition for Attention in Information Markets"
Seminars in Economics Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
"Wealth Returns Persistence and Heterogeneity"
Monday Lunch Seminars Willa Friedman (University of Houston)
"What Happens to Babies Born During Health-Worker Strikes?" abstract Health worker strikes are a growing but still under-studied phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the past few years alone, health worker strikes limited service provision in more than 18 countries. We use panel data from Kenya linked with a newly compiled record of the timing and…
Occasional Seminars Giuseppe Bertola (University of Torino)
"EEAG Report on the European Economy"
Seminars in Politics and Society Glyn Morgan (Maxwell Syracuse University)
"Is the European Union Imperialist?" abstract A common charge of Eurosceptics is that the project of European Integration constitutes a form of imperialism. In recent years, this charge appeared during the Eurozone Crisis, it was reiterated by “Leavers” both during and after the Brexit campaign, and it can be heard today in Hungary and Poland…