Events
Seminars in Economics Daniel Quint (University of Wisconsin)
"Indicative Bidding in Auctions with Costly Entry"
Seminars in Economics David McKenzie (World Bank)
"Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries"
Seminars in Economics Alessandro Barattieri (ESG-UQAM)
"Asymmetric trade liberalizations and current account dynamics"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Hans Loof (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
"A SEM approach to estimation of the R&D-innovation relationship" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Seminars in Politics and Society Karel Williams (University of Manchester)
"The end of the experiment? From competition to the foundational economy"
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…
CarloAlberto Outreach (past events) Workshop on Foundational economy
Feb 26: Collegio Carlo Alberto Feb 27: CLE
Monday Lunch Seminars Juan Carlo Carbajal (University of New South Wales)
"Inconspicuous conspicuous consumption” (Note: the seminar is on Friday)
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…
Job Market Seminars Mariana Khapko (Stockholm School of Economics)
"Asset Pricing with Dynamically Inconsistent Agents"
Seminars in Politics and Society Josef Hien (EUI)
"Tax Evasion in Italy: A God-given right?"
Job Market Seminars Laura Lasio (Toulouse School of Economics and CREST, Paris)
"Delisting of Pharmaceuticals from Insurance Coverage: Effects on Consumption, Pricing and Expenditures in France"
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…
Job Market Seminars Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
"Nonparametric Tests for Conditional Treatment Effects in Duration Outcomes"
Job Market Seminars Alexandre De Cornière (University of Oxford)
"Quality Provision in the Presence of a BiasedIntermediary"
Job Market Seminars Attila Lindner (University of California Berkeley)
"Who Pays for the Minimum Wage?"
Seminars in Politics and Society Marcy Carlson (University of Wisconsin)
"Fathers Unequal: U.S. Men as Partners and Parents in an Era of Rapid Family Change" Abstract While major changes in U.S. family demography—and their growing divergence by socioeconomic status—have received notable attention, less well understood is the extent to which the nature and implications of family change may differ between men and women, mothers and…
Seminars in Economics Anna Fruttero (World Bank)
"The 2015 World Development Report: Mind, Society and Behavior"