Events
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Monday Lunch Seminars Juan Carlos Carbajal (UNSW)
Monday Lunch Seminars Juan Carlos Carbajal (UNSW)
"Selling Mechanisms for a Financially Constrained Buyer"
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Occasional Seminars LTI: “Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management”
Occasional Seminars LTI: “Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management”
Dr. Attilio Meucci (founder of ARPM) at ESOMAS – Università di Torino
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2 events,
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars From the European Stability Mechanism to the European Monetary Fund?
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars From the European Stability Mechanism to the European Monetary Fund?
Ralf Jansen (ESM), Iñigo Arruga Oleaga (ECB), Giovanna Adinolfi (University of Milan)
Seminars in Statistics Kolyan Ray (King’s College London)
Seminars in Statistics Kolyan Ray (King’s College London)
Estimating the mean response in a missing data model We study semiparametric Bayesian estimation of the mean response in a binary regression model with missing observations. We allow some dependence between the missingness and response mechanisms, which we assume are conditionally independent given some measured covariates (i.e. unconfoundedness). This model has applications in biostatistics and…
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3 events,
Monday Lunch Seminars Marit Hinnosaar (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Monday Lunch Seminars Marit Hinnosaar (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"How long do healthy habits last? The role of prices" Abstract When a policy gives temporary incentives for healthy behaviors, how long does the impact last? I study the U.S. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, which gives vouchers for healthy foods. Using household-level scanner data, I find that the effect of…
Collegio Aperto COLLEGIO APERTO: “Oro”
Collegio Aperto COLLEGIO APERTO: “Oro”
Pietro Terna IntroductionPresidente Collegio Carlo Alberto Giorgio Barba Navaretti videoVice Presidente Collegio Carlo Alberto Maurizio Ferraris videoProfessore ordinario di Filosofia Teoretica,Università di Torino Licia Mattioli videoAmministratrice Delegata Mattioli Spa Pietro Terna videoPresidente Collegio Carlo Alberto discutono del nuovo libro di Salvatore Rossi videoDirettore Generale della Banca d'Italia Dibattito video Conclusioni video registrazione onlinehttps://collegioaperto7maggio.eventbrite.it Per informazioni:011.6705000 -…
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Seminars in Economics Francesco Drago (Università degli Studi di Messina)
Seminars in Economics Francesco Drago (Università degli Studi di Messina)
"Voters' Response to Public Policies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment" abstract How do voters assess policy makers in the presence of incomplete information? We address this question by providing quasi-experimental evidence on voters' electoral response to the realized effects of public policies and by also unmasking the underlying mechanism linking public policies and electoral behavior…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Pierre Mohnen (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Pierre Mohnen (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands)
"Exploring complementarity between R&D, ICT and organizational change"
2 events,
Seminars in Economics CANCELLED: Geert Rouwenhorst (Yale School of Management)
Seminars in Economics CANCELLED: Geert Rouwenhorst (Yale School of Management)
"A Tale of Two Premiums: The Role of Hedgers andSpeculators in Commodity Futures Markets"
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Seminars in Economics Huseyin Yildirim (Duke University)
Seminars in Economics Huseyin Yildirim (Duke University)
"Social Pressure, Transparency, and Voting in Committees"
Seminars in Politics and Society Glyn Morgan (Maxwell Syracuse University)
Seminars in Politics and Society Glyn Morgan (Maxwell Syracuse University)
"Is the European Union Imperialist?" abstract A common charge of Eurosceptics is that the project of European Integration constitutes a form of imperialism. In recent years, this charge appeared during the Eurozone Crisis, it was reiterated by “Leavers” both during and after the Brexit campaign, and it can be heard today in Hungary and Poland…
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Monday Lunch Seminars Willa Friedman (University of Houston)
Monday Lunch Seminars Willa Friedman (University of Houston)
"What Happens to Babies Born During Health-Worker Strikes?" abstract Health worker strikes are a growing but still under-studied phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the past few years alone, health worker strikes limited service provision in more than 18 countries. We use panel data from Kenya linked with a newly compiled record of the timing and…
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Seminars in Economics Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Seminars in Economics Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
"Wealth Returns Persistence and Heterogeneity"
3 events,
Seminars in Economics Simone Galperti (UC San Diego)
Seminars in Economics Simone Galperti (UC San Diego)
"Shared Knowledge and Competition for Attention in Information Markets"
[Academic Events] LTI@UniTO Seminars in Finance Gli investimenti fisici alternativi
[Academic Events] LTI@UniTO Seminars in Finance Gli investimenti fisici alternativi
Gacomo Andreoli, Il Mercato dell’Oro Marcello Manna, Il Mercato dei Diamanti Filippo Bolaffi, Il Mercato dei Collectibles Venue: Ersel, Torino, Piazza Solferino 11
2 events,
Seminars in Politics and Society Andreas Schedler (Center for Economic Research and Teaching, Mexico)
Seminars in Politics and Society Andreas Schedler (Center for Economic Research and Teaching, Mexico)
"A Threat to Democracy? Donald Trump in Comparative Perspective" at Campus Luigi Einaudi (Sala Lauree Rossa piccola) abstract Since his irruption into the 2016 presidential contest, Donald Trump has engendered intense public debate about him representing a “threat to democracy” and herewith forming part of a wider international trend of democratic subversion by illiberal leaders. In…
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1 event,
[Hosted Events] Hosted events “Rigorous Impact Evaluation in Europe”
A Research Conference in Honor of Alberto Martini Rigorous Impact Evaluation in Europe? Motives for Optimism and Reasons for Pessimism Alberto Martini, Università del Piemonte Orientale and Associazione per lo Sviluppo della Valutazione e l’Analisi delle Politiche Pubbliche (ASVAPP) Rigorous Impact Evaluation: The Impact Assessment Office of the Italian Senate Sen. Laura Bottici, Questore del…
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Monday Lunch Seminars Stephen Zeldes (Columbia GSB)
Monday Lunch Seminars Stephen Zeldes (Columbia GSB)
"Should the Government Be Paying Investment Fees on $3 Trillion of Tax-Deferred Retirement Assets?"
5 events,
Seminars in Economics Gustavo Manso (Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley)
Seminars in Economics Gustavo Manso (Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley)
"Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Innovation"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Lucia Naldi (Jonkoping International Business School)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Lucia Naldi (Jonkoping International Business School)
"Industry Knowledge, Prior Industry Experience and New Venture Survival"
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Seminars in Economics Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University)
Seminars in Economics Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University)
"Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions" abstract This paper revisits the economic effects of constitutions. We propose a model ofgovernmental resource allocation under political competition and contrast majori-tarian and proportional representation systems. We derive predictions regardingthe relationship between local –sub-district– level characteristics and inequality ingovernment intervention. Looking at a local level and introducing heterogeneityallows…
2 events,
[Academic Events] Workshop Statistics and Data Science: new Developments for Business and Industrial Applications
Joint Meeting of SIS SDS Group and itENBIS http://www.sds2018.polito.it/
Seminars in Politics and Society Camilla Borgna (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Seminars in Politics and Society Camilla Borgna (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Old habits die hard? Educational inequalities in Germany after the rise of comprehensive schools" abstract Comparative research has shown that in Germany the level of intergenerational mobility in educational attainment is one of the lowest of the industrialized world. This negative record has often been attributed to the country’s rigidly tracked secondary school system. At the…
3 events,
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
9.30 Alessandro TugnettiTitle: The effect of insider trading on prices and volumes 10.00 Danilo Forastiere Title: Network dismantling
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Monday Lunch Seminars Andrei Hagiu (MIT Sloan)
Monday Lunch Seminars Andrei Hagiu (MIT Sloan)
"Platforms and the exploration of new products" abstract The introduction of new but risky products and sellers are key to the growth of platforms. Exploration by current buyers helps future buyers better value these products and sellers. This externality across buyers raises the possibility that there may be too little exploration in the absence of…
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Seminars in Economics CANCELLED: Martin Pesendorfer (LSE)
Seminars in Economics CANCELLED: Martin Pesendorfer (LSE)
"Reference dependence, limited attention, and intertemporal substitution in consumer choice" Abstract We develop a discrete-choice demand model accommodating expectations-based reference effects following Koszegi and Rabin . Applying this model to panel data on household ketchup purchases, we find substantial evidence of reference effects. We then extend this model to fully dynamic setting accommodating limited attention…
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Monday Lunch Seminars Nicola Borri (LUISS)
Monday Lunch Seminars Nicola Borri (LUISS)
"Limited Participation and Local Currency Sovereign Debt" Abstract Emerging country governments increasingly issue bonds denominated in local currency and the share of this market held by foreign investors, once negligible, has been progressively growing. This paper presents a model of segmented markets, in which specialized foreign investors can access multiple local markets only after paying an…