Development and Institutions Seminars Autumn 2006
DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONS AUTUMN SEMINARS 2006
Sponsored by IEP and IGIER
All seminars start at 12.45 unless otherwise indicated, and last about an hour. Please note that from November 6th until the end of December, ALL seminars will be held in ROOM 24, Via Sarfatti 25 unless otherwise indicated.
| September |
Monday September 11th (ROOM 44, Via Sarfatti 25)
Massimo Morelli (Ohio State University)
"Political Bias and War" joint with Matthew O. Jackson
Monday September 25th (ROOM 21, Via Sarfatti 25)
John Hassler (IIES, Stockholm University)
"Read my Lips: the Commitment Value of Empty Promises under Loss Aversion"
joint with Jos V. Rodriguez Mora
| October |
Monday October 2nd (ROOM 201, Via Sarfatti 25)
Jakob Svensson (IIES, Stockholm University)
"Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of a Citizen Report Card Project in Uganda" joint with Martina Bjorkman
Monday October 9th (ROOM 201, Via Sarfatti 25)
Pierre Cahuc (ENSAE, Paris)
"Why Is the Minimum Wage So High In Low Trust Countries" joint with Yann Algan
| November |
Monday November 6th
Maurizio Zanardi (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
"Does Antidumping Use Contribute to Trade Liberalization? An Empirical Analysis"
joint with M. O. Moore
Wednesday November 8th - OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)
"Goodbye Lenin (or not?): The effect of Communism on people's preferences" joint with N. Fuchs-Schundeln
Monday November 20th
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat (Duke University)
"The Wrong Side(s) of the Tracks: Estimating the Causal Effects of Racial Segregation on City Outcomes"
| December |
*Friday December 1st - OCCASIONAL SEMINAR - TIME 4:00pm - ROOM 14, Via Sarfatti 25*
Nancy Qian (Brown University)
"The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from Chinas Great Famine" joint with Xin Meng
Monday December 4th
Graziella Bertocchi (University of Modena)
"The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective"
Monday December 18th
Panu Poutvaara (University of Helsinki, CEBR and HECER)
"The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success" joint with Niclas Berggren and Henrick Jordahl