Events
Week of Events
Seminars in Economics Antoine Bommier (ETH Zurich)
Seminars in Economics Antoine Bommier (ETH Zurich)
"Household Finance and the Value of Life" Abstract We analyze life-cycle saving strategies with a recursive model that is designed to provide reasonable positive values for the value of a statistical life. With a positive value of life, risk aversion amplifies the impact of uncertain survival on the discount rate, and thus reduces savings. Our…
Seminars in Economics Gianluca Violante (New York University)
Seminars in Statistics Vinayak Rao (Purdue University)
Seminars in Statistics Vinayak Rao (Purdue University)
Path and parameter inference for Markov jump processes A variety of phenomena are best described using dynamical models which operate on a discrete state-space and in continuous time. The most common example is the Markov jump processes whose applications range from systems biology, genetics, computing networks and human-computer interactions. Posterior computations typically involve approximations like…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Claudio Cozza (University of Trieste)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Claudio Cozza (University of Trieste)
"Are multinationals better at creating technical linkages with local firms and institutions?" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Seminars in Politics and Society Bruno Cousin (Université de Lille)
Seminars in Politics and Society Bruno Cousin (Université de Lille)
"Self-segregation, sociability and the internationalization of European upper classes"
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars Hadar Aviram (University of California, Hastings)
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars Hadar Aviram (University of California, Hastings)
"The impact of the Economic Crisis on Prison Policy in The United States" at Campus Luigi Einaudi (CLE)