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Seminars in Statistics Natesh Pillai (Harvard University)

Bayesian Factor Models in High Dimensions Sparse Bayesian factor models are routinely implemented for parsimonious dependence modeling and dimensionality reduction in high-dimensional applications. We provide theoretical understanding of such Bayesian procedures in terms of posterior convergence rates in inferring high-dimensional covariance matrices where the dimension can be larger than the sample size. We will also…

Occasional Seminars Avidit Acharya (Stanford University)

"Improving the Relationship: A Principal-Agent Model of Progressive Learning and Path Dependence" Abstract We study a dynamic principal-agent relationship with adverse selection and limited commitment. We show that when the relationship is subject to time-varying productivity shocks, the principal may be able to improve her value over time by gradually learning the agent's private information.…

Occasional Seminars The Common Core of Legal Systems and the Legal Hegemony of the United States

A discussion between    Franz Werro, Professor of Law, Fribourg and Georgetown, Faculty Member IUC, Director CTLS,  Editor in Chief American J. Comparative Law.  Ugo Mattei, Professor of Law, Turin and U.C. Hastings, Academic Coordinator IUC, General Editor of The Common Core of European Private Law Project, Fellow of Collegio Carlo Alberto Chaired byGianmaria Ajani,…

Seminars in Economics David Ribar (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research)

"A Longitudinal Analysis of Violence and Housing Insecurity" abstract Violence and housing insecurity are horrible events that may be intertwined, with violence possibly forcing victims to abandon their accommodations and housing insecurity depriving people of the safety of a home or placing them in compromised circumstances. This study uses national, prospective, longitudinal data from the…

Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Bruno Cassiman (Universidad de Navarra)

"In Search of Performance Effects of Industry-Science Links" abstract We study how firms access basic research and translate this into more valuable technologies. Firms looking to access basic research need to bridge the “gap” between scientific and technology communities before basic research can be translated and used for developing new technologies. This gap is particularly…

Seminars in Economics Raquel Bernal (Universidad de los andes)

"The Effects of the Transition from Home-based Community Nurseries to Childcare Centers on Children in Colombia" abstract Colombia’s national early childhood strategy launched in 2011 aimed at improving the quality of childcare services offered to socio-economically vulnerable children, and included transferring children from small non-parental family daycare units into large childcare centers in urban areas.…

Monday Lunch Seminars Martina Viarengo (Graduate Institute Geneve)

"Nation-Building Through Compulsory Schooling During the Age of Mass Migration" Abstract By the mid-19th century, America was the best educated nation on Earth: significant financial investments in education were being undertaken and the majority of children voluntarily attended public schools. So why did American states start introducing compulsory schooling laws at this point in time?…

Seminars in Politics and Society Ute Klammer (Univ of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

"Gender, employment biographies and EU employment and social policy strategies" abstract Within the European Union, a number of demographic trends such as low fertility, rising life expectancy and the aging of the population have widely been discussed. Looking at the labour market, it can be observed that unemployment, the rise of precarious jobs and the…