Events
Monday Lunch Seminars Antonio Nicolò (Universita di Padova)
"On the Efficiency of Partial Information in Elections" We study the relation between the electorate’s information about candidates’ policy platforms during an election, and the subsequent provision of inefficient local publicgoods (pork) by the elected government. More information does not lead to better outcomes. We show that the efficient outcome in which no candidate proposes…
Seminars in Economics Elie Tamer (Northwestern University)
"Sensitivity analysis in a likelihood model"
Monday Lunch Seminars Aleksey Tetenov (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Price as a signal of product quality: experimental evidence from wine tastings" Abstract:We study the determinants of the choice between wines in wine tasting experiments where about 200 nonprofessional tasters were asked to indicate which one of the tasted wines they preferred and which one they would buy. In addition to actually tasting several wines, which differ in terms…
Seminars in Statistics Sergio Bacallado (Stanford University)
A Bayesian analysis of reversible time series with an uncertain length of memory We propose a Bayesian analysis of reversible time series using a Probabilistic Suffix Automaton (PSA) model. We show that PSAs have a representation as higher-order Markov chains, and that the class of reversible PSAs generalize reversible variable-order Markov chains. The analysis uses…
Piet Sercu (KU Leuven)
"Estimating the Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution: Results from an International Panel"
Flavia Barsotti (Università di Firenze)
''Optimal Capital Structure with Endogenous Default and Volatility Risk''
Occasional Seminars CHILD Seminar: Kelly Ragan (Stockholm School of Economics)
"Sex and the Single Girl: The Role of Culture in Contraception Demand"
[Academic Events] Seminario sul progetto Aging
Seminario sul progetto Aging
[Academic Events] Seminario: “Digestible Microfoundations: Buffer Stock Saving in a Krusell-Smith World”
Seminario: “Digestible Microfoundations: Buffer Stock Saving in a Krusell-Smith World”
Distinguished Scientific Lectures 2011 Vilfredo Pareto Conference
"International Capital Markets and the World Economy after the Crisis" 12 pm: Ricardo Caballero (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Asset Shortages and the World Economy" Lecture Video 3 pm: Filippo Taddei (Collegio Carlo Alberto) "International Capital Flows under Credit Market Imperfections" Lecture Video
Seminars in Economics Mariagiovanna Baccara (Washington University, St. Louis)
"Child-Adoption Matching: Preferences for Gender and Race"
Seminars in Economics Andy Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania)
"Mental Processes and Decision Making"
Seminars in Economics Stefano Della Vigna (Berkeley)
"Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving" and "The Role of Theory in Field Experiments"
CarloAlberto Outreach (past events) Conference: “Recent Advances in Bargaining Theory”
Welcome to the site of the conference "Recent advances in bargaining theory"Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri organized by Dino Gerardi and Johannes Hörner _________ ParticipantsYing Chen (Arizona State University)Olivier Compte (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées)Brendan Daley (Duke University)Raymond Deneckere (University of Wisconsin)Theodoros Diasakos (Collegio Carlo Alberto)Allan Drazen (University of Maryland and Collegio Carlo Alberto)Hülya Eraslan (Johns Hopkins University)Willie…
Seminars in Economics Ran Spiegler (University College London)
"Price Competition under Limited Comparability"