Events
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,…
Monday Lunch Seminars Mariana Khapko (University of Toronto)
"Smart Settlement"
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…
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…
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…
Job Market Seminars Steven Van Hauwaert (University of Mainz)
"Public opinion and the macro-polity: Italy in a comparative perspective" Aula lignea Abstract The politics and economics of public opinion are a major and expanding field of research and teaching…
Job Market Seminars Mario Quaranta (European University Institute, Florence)
"Citizens’ political behaviour and attitudes in changing contexts" Aula lignea Abstract Research has often underlined the importance of studying political behaviour and attitudes to capture the extent to which democracies…
Monday Lunch Seminars Vikram Maheshri (University of Houston)
"Explaining Recent Trends in US School Segregation: 1988-2014" Abstract We analyze trends in public school segregation throughout the United States from 1988 to 2014. While predominantly minority schools have increased…
Monday Lunch Seminars Dario Sansone (Georgetown University)
"Pink Work: Same-Sex Marriage, Employment and Discrimination" Abstract This paper analyzes how the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S. affected gay and lesbian couples in the labor market. Results…
Distinguished Scientific Lectures Vilfredo Pareto Lecture: Christopher Udry (Northwestern University)
"Information, Market Access and Risk: Addressing Constraints to Agricultural Transformation in Northern Ghana" Introduction
Occasional Seminars CANCELLED: Seminar, Gabriella E. Sanchez (Arizona State University)
"The countering of migrant smuggling along the US Mexico Border and what it tells us about the European experience" At Campus Luigi Einaudi abstract Graphic images of migrant suffering in the…
Monday Lunch Seminars Pascal Courty (University of Victoria)
"The Value of Online Scarcity Signals"
Monday Lunch Seminars Nicolas Groshenny (University of Adelaide)
"Do we really know that US monetary policy was destabilizing in the 1970s?"
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
SENIOR ALLIEVI 10.30 Gaia RigodanzaTitle: The Bloody Rise of Drug Cartels and the Internal Displacement in Mexico