Events
Seminars in Statistics Luigi Malagò (Shinshu University, Japan)
Information geometry of the Gaussian distribution in view of stochastic optimization: first and second order geometry We study the optimization of a continuous function by its stochastic relaxation, i.e., the…
Seminars in Statistics Piotr Zwiernik (University of Genova)
Maximum likelihood estimation for linear Gaussian covariance Models We study parameter estimation in linear Gaussian covariance models, which are p-dimensional Gaussian models with linear constraints on the covariance matrix. Maximum…
Monday Lunch Seminars Toru Kitagawa (UCL)
"A Test for Instrument Validity" Abstract This paper develops a specification test for instrument validity in the heterogeneous treatment effect model with a binary treatment and a discrete instrument. The…
Seminars in Economics Ernesto Villanueva (Bank of Spain)
"Contract Staggering and Unemployment During the Great Recession: Evidence from Spain"
SHARE-ERIC Council Meeting
SHARE-ERIC Council Meeting
Seminars in Politics and Society Denish Walsh and Carol Mershon
"Strategies for Diversifying Academe: Redressing Bias against Women and Minority Scholars in the Social Science Professions"
Monday Lunch Seminars Massimiano Bucchi (Università di Trento and Collegio Carlo Alberto)
“Norms, competition and visibility in contemporary science: the legacy of Robert K Merton” (Note: the seminar is on Friday) Abstract Can Robert K. Merton’s seminal work in the sociology of…
Monday Lunch Seminars Tugba Zeydanli (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Social Interactions in Job Satisfaction"
Seminars in Economics Charles Manski (Northwestern University)
"Interpreting Point Predictions: Some Logical Issues"
Seminars in Economics Michelle Sovinsky (Zurich University): CANCELLED
"Marijuana on Main Street? Estimating Demand in Markets with Limited Access"
Seminars in Politics and Society Lucinda Fonseca (Lisbon University)
"Feedback in international migration: Brazilian and Ukrainian migration to Portugal" abstract After the remarkable migration inflows that occurred during the late 1990s and early 2000s, Brazilians and Ukrainians became the…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Chiara Franzoni (Politecnico di Milano)
"Segmented receivers’ preferences and the response to signals. An empirical test in film-crowdfunding" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Occasional Seminars Allievi Program Defense Sessions
9.30 am Alessandro De SanctisTitle: DSGE Models and Reality: Rational Expectations and Fat Tails 10.30 am Lorenzo PiccininiTitle: The Circularity of the Production Process 11.30 am Vincenzo MaccaroneTitle: Unpaid work…
Occasional Seminars Giulia Fuochi (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Is The More Better? Fertility and Life Satisfaction in Rural Ethiopia" at Campus Luigi Einaudi
Seminars in Economics Maia Guell (Edimburgh University)
"Correlating Social Mobility and Economic Outcomes"
Seminars in Economics Sevi Mora (Edimburgh University)
"The Inheritance of Advantage"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Shai Harel (School of Business Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"The implications of the size and diversity of investor syndicates for startup performance" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Monday Lunch Seminars Bruno Contini (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"A neo-keynesian proposal for restoring growth in the Italian economy" abstract A neo-keynesian suggestion aimed at recovering after twenty years of dramatic economic crisis has recently been put forward in…