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Seminars in Economics Francesca Cornelli (London Business School)

"Team Stability and Performance: Evidence fromPrivate Equity" abstract We examine the effect of team turnover on performance studying the privateequity industry. Using a unique data set that tracks over time teams in 138PE managers and their performance, we uncover a positive relation betweenturnover and fund performance. We propose and confirm in the data twochannels that…

CarloAlberto Outreach (past events) Workshop: “Resurrection or Reinvention: Industrial Resilience in Traditional Manufacturing Regions”

ll workshop è organizzato da Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto, Dip.to Cognetti de Martiis - Università di Torino, Politecnico di Torino, Munk School of Global Affairs, ISMEL- Polo del Novecento. L’evento si colloca nel quadro di un progetto internazionale di ricerca che analizza comparativamente con l’Ontario lo sviluppo dell’industria e dell’indotto automobilistico nella regione di Torino. La…

Monday Lunch Seminars Julien Penasse (University of Luxembourg)

"Bubbles and Trading Frenzies: Evidence from the Art Market" abstract We use the art market as a laboratory to test speculative bubble models based on investor disagreement. Several aspects distinguish the art market from other markets: it features unlevered and wealthy investors, financial and technological innovations are absent, and transaction costs are substantial. We find…

Monday Lunch Seminars Ignacio Monzon (CCA), Andrea Gallice (CCA)

"Cooperation in Social Dilemmas through Position Uncertainty" Abstract In a social dilemma, individual incentives and collective interests are at odds. We propose a simple mechanism to sustain full cooperation in one-shot social dilemmas among a finite number of agents. Players sequentially decide whether to contribute to a public good. They observe the actions of some…

Monday Lunch Seminars Roberto Marfe (CCA)

"Labor Rigidity and the Dynamics of the Value Premium" (Note: the seminar is on Wednesday) abstract This paper documents that (i) the labor-share is a strong predictor of both the value and duration premia, (ii) these premia are highly correlated, and (iii) the labor-share does not forecast the component of the value premium orthogonal to the…

Seminars in Economics Enrica Carbone (Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli)

"Equilibria in Transportation Games with Road Pricing" abstract As congestion pricing is becoming increasingly popular as a solution to traffic congestion in many parts of the world, one issue is how it affects the location of commercial activities. If a cordon charge is constructed around a city center, as in London and Stockholm, for example,…

Monday Lunch Seminars Dino Gerardi (CCA)

"Efficiency in Decentralized Markets with Aggregate Uncertainty" (Note: the seminar is on Thursday) Abstract We study efficiency in decentralized markets with aggregate uncertainty and one-sided private information. There is a continuum of mass one of uninformed buyers and a continuum of mass one of informed sellers. Buyers and sellers are randomly and anonymously matched in…

Seminars in Economics Paola Conconi (ECARES and CEPR)

"All Together Now: Integration, Delegation and Management" abstract Abstract Little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the relationship between firm boundary choices and the allocation of decision rights within firms. We develop a model in which firms choose which suppliers to integrate, whether to delegate decisions to integrated suppliers or keep them centralized,…

Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session

SENIOR ALLIEVI 9.00 Francesco CosentinoTitle: "Stochastic Optimal Control with Financial Applications" JUNIOR ALLIEVI 9.45 Alberto CappelloTitle: "Competition and Innovation: when theory and evidence tell different stories" 10.15 Enrico BelliardoTitle: "Hand-to-Mouth Consumers and Fiscal Stimulus Payments" 10.45 Jonas DalmazzoTitle: "Foreign public debt: theory and evidences" 11.15 Gemma GasseauTitle:  "At a minimum, income for all: Minimum Income…