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Seminars in Statistics Andreas Kyprianou (University of Bath)

Deep factorisation of stable processes The Lamperti-Kiu transformation for real-valued self-similar Markov processes (rssMp) states that, associated to each rssMp via a space-time transformation, is a Markov additive process (MAP). In the case that the rssMp is taken to be an α-stable process with α∈(0,2), the characteristics of the matrix exponent of the semi-group of…

Seminars in Politics and Society Angela Garcia Calvo (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

"Institutions and upgrading strategies in the global economy: a comparative analysis of Spain and Korea" abstract This talk presents the preliminary argument of a book that examines the roles of states and large firms in fostering economic upgrading in the context of late industrialising, advanced, but not world-leading economies. The empirical analysis is based on…

Seminars in Politics and Society Carol Mershon

"Formal Modeling for Substantive Social Research: The Place of Narratives  in Linking Theory to Models" abstract This talk grows out of Mershon's book manuscript, _Formal Modeling for Substantive Research_, co-authored with Olga Shvetsova. The talk and the book focus on the methodology of using formal models as a systematic component in research design in political…

Seminars in Economics Yuliy Sannikov (Princeton University)

"Dynamic Trading: Price Inertia, Front-Running and Relationship Banking" Abstract We build a linear-quadratic model to analyze trading in a market with pri-vate information and heterogeneous agents. Agents receive private endowment shocks and trade continuously. Agents dier in their need for trade as well assize, i.e. the ability to stay away from their ideal positions. In…

Collegio Aperto Collegio aperto: “Reforming the Labor Market: Recent Developments in Italy and Spain”

The conference will be chaired by Elsa Fornero. Welcome and Opening Remarks: Elsa Fornero (Università di Torino and CeRP-Collegio Carlo Alberto) Video Fornero The Spanish Reform: Juan Jimeno (Bank of Spain)Discussant: Juan Dolado (European University Institute) Video Jimeno Video Dolado The Italian Reform: Filippo Taddei (SAIS – The Johns Hopkins University and Collegio Carlo Alberto)Discussant:…

Seminars in Politics and Society Maurizio Carbone (University of Glasgow)

"Explaining variation of EU effectiveness in international development negotiations" abstract This article analyses the role played by the European Union in the changing development architecture, focusing on the negotiation and conclusion of four high-level forums on aid effectiveness, held in Rome (2003), Paris (2005), Accra (2008) and Busan (2011). Drawing on published and unpublished material and…