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Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School, London)

"Informality and Access to Finance: Evidence from India" Abstract This paper gauges the effect of financial deepening and bank outreach on informality using micro data from the Indian manufacturing sector and exploiting cross-industry variation in the need for external finance. We distinguish between two channels through which access to finance can reduce informality: reducing the…

Seminars in Statistics Alessandro Arlotto (Duke University)

Sequential decisions, time dependence, and central limit theorems We prove a central limit theorem for the sum of functions of (1+m)-dimensional vectors from a time non-homogeneous Markov chain and we show several examples in which this central limit theorem can be used to easily establish the asymptotic normality of the optimal total reward of finite…

Seminars in Politics and Society Etienne Ollion (University de Strasbourg – CNRS)

"The Superiority of Economists" AbstractIn this essay, we investigate the dominant position of economics within the network of the social sciences in the United States. We begin by documenting the relative insularity of economics, using bibliometric data. Next we analyze the tight management of the field from the top down, which gives economics its characteristic hierarchical structure. Economists also…

Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Massimiano Bucchi (University of Trento)

"Norms, competition and visibility in contemporary science: the legacy of Robert K Merton" Abstract Can Robert K. Merton’s seminal work in the sociology of science still offer useful insights tounderstand key features, trends and challenges of science in contemporary societies? This articlefocuses on two main topics. It addresses the general theme of values and norms…

Seminars in Politics and Society Giulia Dotti Sani (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

"Increasingly unequal. The economic crisis, trust in institutions and social inequalities in six peripheral European countries" abstract The 2008-09 economic crisis has been identified as an important element contributing to declining trust in institutions in Europe and other countries. However, it is unclear whether the decline in trust is distributed homogenously among citizens, or whether…