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Monday Lunch Seminars Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Monday Lunch Seminars Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
"Do parents know their children's ability? Evidence from parental choice of school starting age" ABSTRACT Parental ability to make optimal decisions about their children's education depend on whether parents are aware of the ability of their children. We investigate whether this is the case by means of a quasi-natural experiment: in Italy parents can choose…
Seminars in Economics Irma Clots Figueras (University Carlos III de Madrid)
Seminars in Economics Irma Clots Figueras (University Carlos III de Madrid)
"Leader Identity and Coordination Failure" Abstract This paper investigates the role of leader identity in addressing coordination failure. It uses data from an artefactual field experiment and survey conducted in 44 towns in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, sampling individuals from among the minority Muslim and the majority Hindu communities. We find that Muslim leaders…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Christos Kolympiris (University of Bath)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Christos Kolympiris (University of Bath)
"Learning by seconding: evidence from NSF rotators"
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
JUNIOR ALLIEVI 9.30 Pietro Ramella Title: The Lotka-Volterra model 10.00 Elisabetta Cappa Title: "The Effects of Public Debt on Economic Growth: the Reinhart-Rogoff Controversy" SENIOR ALLIEVI 10.30 Giulia OddoneTitle: Political competition with imperfectly informed voters 11.15 Simona Giglioli Title: The Effects of Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agent Models 12.00 Marco Schiavone Title: Stock return response to monetary policy shocks -…