Events
[Academic Events] MOPACT – Active Ageing Forum 3
MOPACT – Active Ageing Forum 3
Monday Lunch Seminars Cornelia Metzig (Imperial College)
"Scaling and Evolutionary Growth in a Macroeconomic Agent-Based Model" abstract I present a simple stock-flow consistent macroeconomic agent-based model for the production cycle, composed of firms, households and a financial sector. Competition of firms in the markets generates a stochastic process for firm evolution, which can be described theoretically. Results are several interrelated distributions for…
Seminars in Statistics Emilie Kaufmann (CNRS, France)
The information complexity of sequential resource allocation I will talk about sequential resource allocation, under the so-called stochastic multi-armed bandit model. In this model, an agent interacts with a set of (unknown) probability distributions, called 'arms' (in reference to 'one-armed bandits', another name for slot machines in a casino). When the agent draws an arm,…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Claudia Ghisetti (University of Ferrara)
"Demand-pull and Environmental Innovations: depicting the effects of innovative public procurement" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Job Market Seminars Luca Facchinello (Stockholm School of Economics)
"The Impact of Early Grading on Academic Choices: Mechanisms and Social Implications"
CarloAlberto Outreach (past events) Judge Guido Calabresi (Yale Law School)
"What can economists learn from law scholars?"
Monday Lunch Seminars Giorgio Barba Navaretti (Universita’ di Milano e Centro Luca d’Agliano)
"It takes (more than) a moment: Revisiting the link between firm productivity and aggregate exports" Abstract This paper exploits a unique data set covering a panel of 16 European countries and 21 manufacturing industries to examine within sectors which features of a country's firm productivity distribution are relatedto its aggregate export performance. It provides robust…
Seminars in Politics and Society Giulia Dotti Sani (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Two hearts and a loan? Employment insecurity, income and mortgage access among young couples in six European countries" Abstract Homeownership is increasingly being understood by policy makers and social scientists as a fundamental asset against poverty risks, especially in times of economic uncertainty. Yet, in several Western countries, access to homeownership among younger generations appears…
Seminars in Economics Sonia Oreffice (University of Surrey): CANCELLED
(Note: the seminar is on Tuesday)
Seminars in Politics and Society David Stark (Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology, Columbia University)
"Challenging the Smooth Flow to Calamity: How Ethnic Diversity Deflates Price Bubbles" at Campus Einaudi (CLE), Dept of Cultures, politics and society, 3rd floor, room D233
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Bart van Looy (KU Leuven)
SEIK: "Translating science into technology: does involvement in patenting jeopardize one’s scientific footprint? An analysis of citation flows of patent-paper pairs in biotechnology"
Seminars in Politics and Society Javier Moreno Fuentes (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid)
"Immigrant populations and the economic crisis in Spain. The role of the Welfare State" Abstract The economic crisis severely deteriorated the socio-economic situation of immigrant populations in Spain over the last years. Often pushed to the margins of the labor market, they survive with informal jobs in the underground economy and with a precarious access…
Job Market Seminars Michela Giorcelli (Stanford University)
"The Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfer: Evidence from the US Productivity Program” abstract This paper uses a unique historical episode to assess the long-run effects of man-agement and technology transfer on firm performance. During the 1950s, as part of the Marshall Plan, the US administration sponsored management-training trips for European managers to US…
Job Market Seminars Gabriella Santangelo (Yale University)
"Firms and Farms: The Impact of Agricultural Productivity on the Local Indian Economy"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Valentina Meliciani (LUISS University)
"Regional disparities in the enlarged European Union: Geography, Innovation and Structural Change" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")