1998 Colloquia
1998 Colloquia on Economic Research
Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline, June 18-19, 1998
Co-sponsored by:
IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research),
FEEM (Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei),
AIDEI (International Association of Italian Economists).
with the contribution of:
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA,
CNR (Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca).
(Preliminary) CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Organizing Committee:
Alberto Bisin, New York University
email: bisina@fasecon.nyu.edu
Marzio Galeotti, University of Bergamo
email: galeotti@unibg.it
Pietro Garibaldi, International Monetary Fund
email: pgaribaldi@imf.org
Piero Gottardi, University of Venice
email: gottardi@unive.it
THURSDAY, June 18
9.15
Introduction
Marco Mazzucchelli ( Chief Financial Officer, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA)
9.30-10.35
Dynamic Human Capital Externalities in U.S. Cities
Giovanni Peri (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussant: Francesco Daveri (University of Brescia)
10.35-11.40
The Macroeconometrics of Cross Sectional Heterogeneity
Claudio Michelacci (London School of Economics )
Discussant: Massimiliano Marcellino (IGIER)
11.40-12.00
Coffee Break
12.00-13.05
Binary Choice with Binary Endogenous Regressors in Panel Data: Estimating the Effect of Fertility on Female Labour Participation
Raquel Carrasco (CEMFI, Madrid)
Discussant: Enrico Rettore ( University of Padova)
13.05-14.45
Lunch Break
14.45-15.50
Sophisticated Players in Evolutionary Game Theory
David Myatt (Oxford University)
Discussant: Nicola Persico ( University of Pennsylvania)
15.50-16.55
Limited stock Market Participation
Annette Vissing (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussant: Fulvio Ortu (University of Trieste and University of Southern California)
16.55-17.15
Coffee Break
17.15-18.30
Social Arrangements and Economic Theory
Andrew Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania)
FRIDAY, June 19
9.15-10.20
Competitive Equilibria and second Best Allocation of Multicommunity Economies with moral Hazard. The Case of Perfect Verifiability of Trades.
Alberto Bennardo ( University of Chicago )
Discussant: Robert Waldmann (IGIER, European University Institute)
10.20-11.25
Default Correlations and Systemic Risk in Economies with Private Information.
Adriano Rampini (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Alessandro Lizzeri (Princeton University )
11.25-11.45
Coffee Break
11.45-12.50
An Epistemic Characterization of Extensive Form Rationalizability
Marciano Siniscalchi (Stanford University )
Discussant: Massimo Marinacci (University of Toronto)
12.50-14.40
Lunch
14.40-15.45
R&D Cooperation and Growth
Guido Cozzi (New York University and University of Rome)
Discussants: Marco Ottaviani (University College of London)
15.45-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-17.15
Adverse Selection in Insurance Market: An Empirical Perspective
Pierre Andr Chiappori ( University of Chicago and Delta-EN)
The conference will take place at FEEM, Corso Magenta 63, 20123 Milan, Italy.
Detailed travel information on how to reach Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei is attached herewith.
We suggest you to reserve your room in the following Hotel, located nearby the Fondazione:
Hotel Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 61, 20123 Milan, Italy; phone 0039,02,4818708, fax 0039,02,48194281
HOW TO REACH
FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI (FEEM)
(Corso Magenta 63, Milan, Italy; phone 0039,02,520.36934, fax 0039,02,520.36946)
MALPENSA AIRPORT
Malpensa Airport - shuttle coach to Stazione Centrale
Malpensa Airport is located 46 km from downtown Milan. It is linked to the city by a shuttle coach with a frequency of one coach every 30 minutes (to and from Malpensa - to and from Stazione Centrale - journey time 50 minutes). Tickets can be purchased on the coach.
MILANO STAZIONE CENTRALE is about 20 minutes from the Fondazione. Public transports from the station are:
- by underground (subway) yellow line (metro 3) till the Duomo stop and from Duomo by street car (trolley) n. 24 to Corso Magenta (Palazzo delle Stelline/Santa Maria delle Grazie stop);
- by underground green line (metro 2), Cadorna stop. Cadorna is a few minutes walking distance from the Fondazione (Piazza Cadorna, via Boccaccio, piazza Virgilio, via Caradosso, corso Magenta).
- A taxi from Stazione Centrale to Corso Magenta is advisable.
Malpensa Airport - taxi to the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
The taxi fare should amount to approximately It. L. 100.000, excluding tips.
LINATE AIRPORT
Airport - bus service to S. Babila Square
Linate Airport is located only 10 km from downtown Milan. It is linked to the city by a bus service (bus n. 73 outside the international arrivals terminal) with a frequency of one bus every minutes to and from Linate to and from S. Babila Square.
S. Babila Square is more or less 15 minutes from the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. A taxi from S. Babila to Corso Magenta is advisable.
Linate Airport - taxi to the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
The taxi fare should amount to approximately It. L. 30.000, excluding tips.