Events
Week of Events
Seminars in Politics and Society Anton Hemerijck (VU University, Amsterdam)
Seminars in Politics and Society Anton Hemerijck (VU University, Amsterdam)
"Welfare states in transition and E(M)U crisis management. The imperative of a post-neoliberal consensus" (Note: the seminar is on Tuesday) Abstract Half a decade after the Euro crisis, the EU is in dire need of a growth strategy that is – all at once – economically viable, politically legitimate and thus seen as socially fair. Without…
Monday Lunch Seminars Edmund Cannon (University of Bristol)
Monday Lunch Seminars Edmund Cannon (University of Bristol)
"Adverse selection in the UK annuity market and the 1956 Finance Act" (Note: the seminar is on Thursday) abstract This paper proposes a new price test for evidence of active adverse selection in the insurance market for longevity risks: the annuity market. The test is applied to the exogenous change in taxation of annuity payments following…
Seminars in Politics and Society Brent Simpson (University of South Carolina)
Seminars in Politics and Society Brent Simpson (University of South Carolina)
"Moral Judgments, Material Sanctions, and Collective Action" at Campus Luigi Einaudi (Room 3D233) Abstract In group settings individuals can often benefit more by free-riding, letting others make costly contributions to collective efforts. The threat of free-riding makes the marshalling of cooperation from group members a fundamental challenge of social life. Drawing on classical sociological theory,…
Seminars in Statistics Laura Ventura (University of Padua)
Seminars in Statistics Laura Ventura (University of Padua)
Robust Approximate Bayesian Inference The likelihood function is the basis of both frequentist and Bayesian methods. However, the stability of likelihood-based procedures requires strict adherence to the model assumptions: mild deviations from the model can lead to misleading inferential results. A possible Bayesian solution to robustness is to use a of robust pseudo likelihood, such…