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Monday Lunch Seminars Toomas Hinnosaar (CCA)

"Rent-seeking contest design" Abstract This paper studies the relationship between information, incentives, and outcomes in rent-seeking contests. A common solution to limiting socially wasteful rent-seeking activities is transparency. I show…

Seminars in Economics Piero Gottardi (EUI)

"A Theory of Repurchase Agreements, Collateral Re-use, and Repo Intermediation" Abstract This paper characterizes repurchase agreements (repos) as equilibrium contracts starting from first principles. We show that a repo allows…

Seminars in Politics and Society Tiziana Nazio (CCA)

"Institutional clocks and family structures on the organization of care for children in Italy" Abstract Using time-use data for Italy (2008-09), on a sample of around 3.800 households with children…

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…

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…