Micro/Econometrics Spring Seminars 2004
MICRO/ECONOMETRICS SPRING SEMINARS ON TUESDAYS
sponsored by IEP and IGIER
All seminars are held in Room 27, second floor,
Via Sarfatti, 25, at 12:45 pm, unless otherwise indicated.
| January |
| February |
| March |
Wednesday, March 3 OCCASIONAL SEMINAR Micro
Francesco Squintani (University of Rochester)
"Private Polling in Elections" joint with John Duggan (University of Rochester) and Dan Bernhardt (University of Illinois)
Tuesday, March 9 Econometrics
Juan Dolado (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)
"A Simple Test of Long-Memory vs. Structural Breaks in the Time Domain: What is what?" joint with Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Laura Mayoral (Universidat Pompeu Fabra)
Tuesday, March 16 Micro
Massimo Morelli (Ohio State University)
"Endogenous Affirmative Action: Gender Bias Leads to Gender Quotas" joint with Francois Moniquet (University of Namur), Guillaume Frechette (Harvard University) and Ji Li (Ohio State University)
Wednesday, March 17 OCCASIONAL SEMINAR Micro
Jean-Pierre Benoit (New York University)
"Information Revelation in Auctions" joint with Juan Dubra (Universidad de Montevideo)
Tuesday, March 23 Econometrics
Andrea Moro (University of Minnesota)
"Why Do Incumbent Senators Win? Evidence from a Dynamic Selection Model" joint with Gautan Gowrisankaran (Washington University and NBER) and Matthew Mitchell (University of Iowa)
Tuesday, March 30 Micro
Andrea Prat (London School of Economics)
"Trading Volume with Career Concerns" joint with Amil Dasgupta (London School of Economics)
| April |
Tuesday, April 6 Econometrics
Hashem Pesaran (Cambridge University)
"Estimation and Inference in Large Heterogenous Panels with Cross Section Dependence"
Tuesday, April 13
NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED
Tuesday, April 20 Econometrics
Fabio Canova (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Università Bocconi)
"Time Variations in Monetary Policy: Who is Right?" joint with Luca Gambetti (UPF)
figures for paper
Wednesday, April 21 OCCASIONAL SEMINAR Micro
Giovanna Iannantuoni (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
"A Spatial Voting Model where Proportional Rule Leads to Two-Party Equilibria" joint with Francesco De Sinopoli (Carlos III de Madrid)
Monday, April 26 OCCASIONAL SEMINAR Econometrics
Jesper Lind (Bank of Sweden)
"The Effects of Permanent Technology Shocks on Labor Productivity and Hours in the RBC Model"
Tuesday, April 27 Micro
Ray Fisman (Columbia University)
"Revealed Preference Determinants of Mate Selection: Evidence from an Experimental Dating Market" joint with Sheena Sethi-Iyengar and Itamar Simonson
| May |
Tuesday, May 4
Frank Vella (European University Institute) Econometrics
"Identification and Estimation of the Triangular Siumultaneous Equation Model in The Absence of Exclusion Restrictions and in the Presence of Heteroskedasticity"
Tuesday, May 11 Micro
Andrew Newman (University College London)
"Competing for Ownership" joint with Patrick Legros (ECARES and CEPR)
Tuesday, May 18 Econometrics
Jonathan Skinner (University of Dartmouth)
"The Diffusion of Health Care Technology" joint with Doug Staiger (Dartmouth)
Tuesday, May 25 Micro
Paola Manzini (Queen Mary, University of London)
"A Vague Theory of Choice Over Time" joint with Marco Mariotti (Queen Mary, London)
| June |
Tuesday, June 1 Econometrics
Yiannis Bilias (University of Cyprus)
"The Distribution of Gains from Access to Stocks" joint with Michael Maliassos (University of Cyprus)
Tuesday, June 8 Micro
Mattias Polborn (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"A Rational Choice Model of Informative Positive and Negative Campaigning" joint with David T.Yi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Tuesday, June 15 Micro/Econometrics
Frank Furstenberg, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania)
Subjective Perceptions of Adulthood among Urban Youth:
Are Demographic Transitions Still Relevant?
Tuesday, June 22 Micro
Erio Castagnoli (IMQ, Università Bocconi)
"Expected Utility without Utility and without Expectations"
Tuesday, June 29 Micro
Ulrike Malmendier (Stanford University)
"CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Decision-Making"
The talk will mainly cover the paper "Who Does Mergers? CEO Overconfidence and the Market's Reaction" (joint with G. Tate) and will also refer to "CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Investment" (joint with G. Tate)