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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…

Seminars in Politics and Society Matteo Luppi (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

"Dependency and Poverty. The effect of LTC spending on dependent elderly people and their families' income" Abstract This work examines the economic conditions of dependent elderly people and their families in order to investigate the existence of a relation between the condition of dependence and the risk of falling into poverty. For this purpose, we…

Seminars in Politics and Society Tiziana Caponio (University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto)

"Immigrant Integration beyond National Policies? Italian Cities Participation in Transnational Cities Networks" Abstract In the literature on the local dimension of migration policy-making, one can see an emerging interest towards transnational cities networks (TCNs). Networks such as Eurocities can represent policy venues that go beyond the limits of vertical relations between national governments and local…

Job Market Seminars Bruno Salcedo (Penn State University)

"Pricing Algorithms and Tacit Collusion" Abstract There is an increasing tendency for firms to use pricing algorithms that speedily react to market conditions, such as the ones used by major airlines and online retailers like Amazon. I consider a dynamic model in which firms commit to pricing algorithms in the short run. Over time, their algorithms can be revealed…

Job Market Seminars Stefano Sacchetto (London Business School)

"Merger Activity in Industry Equilibrium" ABSTRACT We study a dynamic industry-equilibrium model that features mergers, entry, and exit by heterogeneous firms. We show how different sources of synergies affect merger cyclicality. Improvements in marginal productivity between merging firms generate a procyclical motive for mergers, while reductions in fixed costs of production generate a countercyclical one.…