Seminars
Seminars
Seminars in Politics and Society Hadas Mandel (Tel Aviv University)
"Cross-Country Comparison of Individual and Structural Aspects of Gender Inequality" abstract The comparative research of long-term trends largely neglects structural mechanisms of gender inequality, i.e. the gender bias in which jobs and activities are evaluated and rewarded. I argue that as more women become integrated in positions of power, the stronger the role of structural…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Einar Rasmussen (Nord University Business School)
"The economic, social, and environmental impacts of science-based new firms" at Department of Economics and Statistics S. Cognetti de Martiis, Seminar Room Abstract The creation of university spin-off firms is seen as an important mechanism for generating economic and societal impacts from universities and for the transfer of university knowledge into application in society. The…
Seminars in Economics Pablo Schenone (Arizona State University)
"Networks, Frictions, and Price Dispersion" Note: this seminar is on Monday
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars Walid Ben Hamida (University of Paris-Sacly University)
"Regional investment agreements: the originality of the Arab and the Islamic system of investment protection" at Campus Luigi Einaudi
Occasional Seminars David S. Bates (Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Finance, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa)
"On Estimating Stock Market Volatility and Crash Risk"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Tommaso Minola (University of Bergamo)
"Too much of a good thing? When entrepreneurial education turns (not) into entrepreneurial learning" at Department of Economics and Statistics S. Cognetti de Martiis, Seminar Room abstract Despite the worldwide increase in entrepreneurship education offered at universities, there is an ongoing debate whether and under which conditions this type of education contributes to students’ entrepreneurial…
Monday Lunch Seminars Greg Veramendi (Arizona State University)
“College Major Choice: Sorting and Differential Returns to Skills”
Seminars in Politics and Society Klaus Armingeon (University of Bern)
"Austerity. Where and when democratic politics still matters" Abstract In 2010-2015 almost all democratic countries pursued austerity, i.e. they attempted to reduce public deficits. We study the political strategies and options of governments during austerity periods using a new data set on austerity during 2010-2015 for 30 democratic nations. We ask where and when democratic…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Andrea Mina (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies)
"Innovation and the financing of new firms" Abstract The paper focuses on the capital structure of firms in their early years of operation. Through the lens of agency theory, we study how the pursuit of innovation influences the reliance of firms on different types of finance (founders’ own capital, cash flow, debt, equity and government…
Seminars in Economics Maher Said (NYU Stern School of Business)*
"Evaluating Strategic Forecasters"
Seminars in Economics Gian Luca Clementi (NYU Stern School of Business)
"Equilibrium Corporate Finance and Intermediation"
Monday Lunch Seminars Emanuele Felice (UAB)
"The roots of a dual equilibrium: GDP, productivity and structural change in the Italian regions in the long-run (1871-2011)" abstract This paper explores the long-run evolution of regional inequality in Italy over the course of 140 years, from around Unification (1871) until our days (2011). To this scope, a unique and up-to-date dataset of GDP…
Seminars in Politics and Society Alison Koslowski (University of Edimburgh)
"Fathers at work: explaining the gaps between entitlement to leave and flexible working policies and their uptake" abstract Much workplace support to parents offered by employers in the United Kingdom is gender neutral in design, but fathers’ usage rates are generally very low and far below that of mothers. Why are fathers unlikely to use…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Suelene Mascarini (University of Sao Paulo)
"Territorial aspects of the degree of novelty of the innovation in Brazil" at Department of Economics and Statistics S. Cognetti de Martiis, Seminar Room
Seminars in Economics Simon Board (UCLA)*
"Recruiting Talent"
Monday Lunch Seminars Enrica Maria Martino (Università di Torino)
"Early Childcare and Child Non Cognitive Outcomes" (with Daniela Del Boca and Chiara Daniela Pronzato) abstract In this study, we analyze the impact of formal early childcare on a number ofnon-cognitive child outcomes, conditional on several socio demographic characteristicsof the household and the child. Non cognitive skills were found to be particularlymalleable at young ages…
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars Nora McKeon (Università Roma3)
"Social Movements and Global Governance" at Campus Luigi Einaudi
Seminars in Statistics Petros Dellaportas (University College London)
High dimensional jump processes with stochastic volatility We deal with the problem of identifying jumps in multiple financial time series using the stochastic volatility model combined with a jump process. We develop efficient MCMC algorithms to perform Bayesian inference for the parameters and the latent states of the proposed models. In the univariate case we…
Seminars in Politics and Society Stefania Ravazzi (University of Torino)
"Deliberative minipublics and policy making. A comparison of two deliberative processes on highly controversial issues" abstract Over the last few decades, deliberative minipublics have been used as inclusive and innovative practices to integrate traditional policy-making. Because of their policy-oriented aim, but also owing to the usually not legally-binding nature, some scholars have recently pointed out the…
Seminars in Economics Nageeb Ali (Pennsylvania State University)
"The Perverse Politics of Polarization"