Devo, Labor and Pol Econ Autumn Seminars 2008

DEVELOPMENT, LABOR AND POLITICAL ECONOMY SPRING SEMINARS 2008
Sponsored by the Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi" and IGIER

All seminars are held from 12.45 to 2.00 pm in ROOM N34 at the Velodromo, in Piazza Sraffa,
unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday September 17 - Development
Martin ROSSI (Universidad de San Andrs)
"Term Length and Political Performance" joint with E. Dal B from Stanford University

Wednesday September 24 - Political Economy
Francesco TREBBI (Chicago GSB)
"The Political Economy of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis" joint with Atif Mian and Amir Sufi

Wednesday October 8 - Labor
Randy AKEE (IZA)
"Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment" joint with
W. Copeland, G. Keeler, A. Angold and E. J. Costello

Wednesday October 15 - Political Economy
Alberto ALESINA (Harvard University)
"Do Women Pay More for Credit? Evidence from Italy" joint with Francesca Lotti and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli
PRESENTATION SLIDES

Wednesday October 22 - Development
Paula BUSTOS (UPF/CREI)
"Bilateral Trade Liberalization, Exports and Technology Upgrading: Evidence on the Impact of MERCOSUR on Argentinean Firms"


Wednesday October 29 - Development
Christopher KSOLL
"Family Networks and Orphan Caretaking in Tanzania"

Wednesday November 5 - Political Economy
Andrea MATTOZZI (CalTech)
"Ideology and Competence in Alternative Electoral Systems" joint with M. Iaryczower

Wednesday November 12 - Political Economy
Matteo CERVELLATI (University of Bologna)
"Insurance, Human Capital and Technological Change: A Theory on the Economic Role of Religious Norms" joint with M. Jansen and U. Sunde

Wednesday November 19
Elsa ARTADI
"Less Conflict, Worse Institutions: Why Aid might not Help Africa"

Wednesday November 26 - Labor
Soohyung LEE (Maryland)
"Preferences and Choice Constraints in Marital Sorting: Evidence from Korea"

Wednesday December 3 - Labor
Ekaterina ZHURAVSKAYA (New Economic School, Moskow)
"Segregation and the quality of government in a cross-section of countries" joint with Alberto Alesina

Wednesday December 10 - Development
Ethan KAPLAN (I.I.E.S. Stockholm)
"Coups, Corporations and Classified Information" joint with Arindrajit Dube and Suresh Naidu

Wednesday December 17 - Political Economy
Nezih GUNER (Carlos III Madrid)
"From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: An Economic Model of the Rise of Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization" joint with Jeremy Greenwood and Jess Fernandez-Villaverde
See also:
"Social Change" joint with J.Greenwood