Micro Econometrics Seminars Spring 2005
SPRING 2005 MICRO/ ECONOMETRICS SEMINARS
Sponsored by IEP and IGIER
All Seminars are held in ROOM 32, Third Floor
via Sarfatti, 25 at 12.45 unless otherwise indicated
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January |
Tuesday, January 11 Micro
Andrea Ichino (EUI)
"Trust and Trustworthiness among Europeans: South-North Comparison" joint with Fabian Bornhorst, Karl Schlag and Eyal Winter
Tuesday, January 18 Econometrics
Alejandro Cuat (University of Essex and LSE)
"Labor Market Flexibility and Comparative Advantage"
Job Market Seminars
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February |
Job Market Seminars
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March |
Job Market Seminars
Tuesday, March 1st Econometrics
Marco Del Negro (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
"On the Fit and Forecasting Performance of New Keynesian Models" joint with Frank Schorfheide (University of Pennsylvania), Frank Smets (European Central Bank and CEPR) and Raf Wouters (National Bank of Belgium)
Wednesday, March 2 Micro OCCASIONAL
Oriana Bandiera (LSE) Paper not available on-line
"Managerial Incentives in Hierarchies: Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment"
joint with Iwan Barankay (Essex) and Imran Rasul (University of Chicago and CEPR)
Tuesday, March 8 Micro and Econometrics
Alfonso Rosolia (Banca d'Italia)
"People I know: social networks and job search outcomes" joint with F. Cingano (Banca d'Italia)
Tuesday, March 15 Econometrics
Elena Pesavento (Emory University)
"The Decline in US Output Volatility: Inventory Investment and Systematic Monetary Policy" joint with Ana Herrera (Michigan State University)
Wednesday, March 16 Micro
Heski Bar-Isaac (Stern Business School)
"Teaching to the top and searching for superstars" joint with (Juanjo Ganuza)
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April |
Tuesday, April 5 Econometrics
Guenter Coenen (European Central Bank)
"Identifying the Influences of Nominal and Real Rigidities in Aggregate Price-Setting"
Monday, April 11 Econometrics
Adrian Pagan (Australian National University)
"Making a Match: Combining Theory and Evidence in Policy-Oriented Macroeconomic Modeling" joint with G.Kapetanios and A.Scott
Tuesday, April 12 Micro
Tore Ellingsen (Stockholm School of Economics)
"Generosity" joint with M. Johannesson
Tuesday, April 19
Luca Sala (IGIER, Universit� Bocconi)
"The Kydland and Prescott Legacy"
Tuesday, April 26 Micro
Giacinta Cestone (CSEF-Universit� di Salerno and CEPR)
"Multimarket Competition: The Internal Capital Market Channel" joint with Chiara Fumagalli
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May |
Tuesday May 3 Econometrics
Fabio Schiantarelli (Boston College)
"Capital Accumulation and Growth : A New Look at the Empirical Evidence", joint with S. Bond and A. Leblebicioglu
Wednesday, May 4 Micro OCCASIONAL
Charles Blackorby (University of Warwick)
"Taxes and Employment Subsidies in Optimal Redistribution Programs" joint with Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia)
Tuesday, May 10 Micro
Massimo Motta (European University Institute)
"Exclusive dealing, entry, and mergers" with C Fumagalli and L Persson
Tuesday, May 17 Econometrics
Anindya Banerjee (European University Institute)
"Breaking Panel Data Cointegration" joint with Josep Lluis Carrion-i-Silvestre (University of Barcelona)
Friday, May 20 Micro OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Nicola Persico (University of Pennsylvania)
"Estimating Deterrence Effects Using Random Crackdowns: Theory and Evidence" joint with Jan Eeckhout and Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania)
Tuesday, May 24 Micro
Georges Casamatta (University of Toulouse)
"Clientelism and Aid" joint with Charles Vellutini (University of Toulouse)
Tuesday, May 31 Econometrics
Barbara Petrongolo (London School of Economics, CEP, CEPR and IZA)
"Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps" joint with Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)
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June |
ALL SEMINARS IN JUNE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO AULA N35
Monday, June 13 Econometrics
Harald Uhlig (Humboldt University Berlin, Deutsche Bundesbank, CentER and CEPR)
"Macroeconomics and Asset Markets: Some Mutual Implications"
Tuesday, June 14 Micro
Moshe Justman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Academic Admissions Standards: Implications for Output, Distribution and Mobility" joint with Yaakov Gilboa (Sapir College)
Wednesday, June 22 Micro OCCASIONAL
Steven Klepper (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Entrepreneurship, Geography and the Origin of Entrants"
Click here for related paper:"Heritage and Agglomeration: The Akron Tire Cluster Revisited"
See Below for Papers Related to the PhD Seminars
1) "Entry by Spinoffs"
2) "The Geography of Organisational Knowledge"
3) "Submarkets and Evolution of Market Structure"
Tuesday, June 28 Micro
Stanley Winer (Carleton University, Canada)
"Political Competition, Convergence to Fundamentals and the Size of the Public Sector: With Application to the Study of Political Business Cycles" joint with J.Stephen Ferris (Carleton University) and Soo-Bin Park (Carleton University)