spring 2003 micro/econometrics
SPRING 2003 MICRO/ECONOMETRICS SEMINARS ON TUESDAYS
Sponsored by IEP and IGIER
All seminars are held in Room 2, via San Mansueto 4, from 12:45 pm to 2:30 pm, unless otherwise indicated.
| January |
Tuesday, January 7 Econometrics
No Seminar Scheduled
Tuesday, January 14 Micro
Patrick Moyes (GRAPE, Universite Montesquieu Bordeaux IV)
"Equivalence Scales Reconsidered" (joint with Udo Ebert)
Tuesday, January 21 Econometrics
Attila Ratfai (Central European University - Budapest)
"Linking Individual and Aggregate Price Changes"
Tuesday, January 28 Micro
Paul Sengmueller (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
"Company Stock in 401(k) Plans" (joint with Gur Huberman)
OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Wednesday, January 15 Micro
Luigi Spaventa (CONSOB)
"Ownership Structure and Investor Protection: Myths"
| February |
See Bocconi Job Market Seminars
OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Tuesday, February 25 Micro
Steven Klepper (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh)
"The Geography of Organizational Knowledge"
| March |
Tuesday, March 11 Micro
Paul Schure (University of Victoria, Canada)
"Illiquid Assets and Short-term Debt: Banks"
Tuesday, March 18 Econometrics
Giorgio Topa (New York University)
"Dynamic Properties of Local Interactions Models"
Tuesday, March 25 Micro
John Hills (CASE, London School of Economics )
"The Blair Government, poverty and social exclusion in the UK: Policies and prospects"
OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Wednesday, March 19 Micro
Sandro Brusco (New York University)
"Simultaneous Ascending Auctions with Unknown Budget Constraints and Complementarities"
| April |
Tuesday, April 1 Econometrics
Enrico Pennings (IGIER)
"The Hazard Rate of Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Countries: A Direct Estimation of a Real Option Model" (joint with Carlo Altomonte, Università Bocconi)
Tuesday, April 8 Micro
Martin Dufwenberg (Stockholm University)
"Promises and Partnership" (joint with Gary Charness, UC Santa Barbara)
OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Friday, April 11 Micro
Marco Celentani (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
"What Form of Relative Performance Evaluation?"with Rosa Loveira (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Tuesday, April 15 Econometrics
Simone Manganelli (European Central Bank)
"The Central Banker as a Risk Manager: Quantifying and Forecasting Inflation Risks" (joint with Kilian Lutz)
Tuesday, April 22 Micro
Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics)
"Social Network and Technology Adoption in Northern Mozambique"
OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Wednesday, April 30 Econometrics
Cheti Nicoletti (ISER, University of Essex)
"Correcting for sample selection bias in poverty analysis: Alternative estimators compared"
| May |
Tuesday, May 6 Micro
Markus Goldstein (London School of Economics)
"Gender, Land Rights and Agriculture in Ghana" with Christopher Udry (Yale University)
Tuesday, May 13 Econometrics
Franco Peracchi (Universit Tor Vergata, Roma)
"The limits of statistical information. How important are GDP revisions in Italy?"
OCCASIONAL SEMINAR
Friday, May 16 Econometrics
Juan Rubio-Ramirez (Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta)
"Comparing Solution Methods for Dynamic Equilibrium Economies" with S. Boragan Aruoba (Penn) and J.Fernndez-Villaverde (Penn)
Tuesday, May 20 Micro
Conchita D'Ambrosio (Università Bocconi and DIW Berlin)
"The Measurement of Social Exclusion" joint with Satya R. Chakravarty (Indian Statistical Institute)
Tuesday, May 27 Econometrics
Christopher J. Flinn (New York University)
"Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Outcomes under Search with Bargaining"
| June |
Tuesday, June 3 Micro
Javier Ruiz-Castillo (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
"Multidimensional Indexes of Gender Segregation With Applications to Spain" with Ricardo Mora (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
Tuesday, June 17 Micro
Giovanni Immordino and Marco Pagano (CSEF, Università di Salerno)
"Design and Enforcement of Legal Standards"
| July |
Tuesday, July 1 Micro
Paolo Ramezzana (University of Virginia)
"Globalization, market efficiency and the organization of firms" with Niko Matouschek (Kellogg, Northwestern)
OCCASIONAL SEMINARS
Wednesday, July 2 Micro
Robert Bloomfield (Cornell University)
The "Make or Take" Decision in an Electronic Market: Evidence on the Evolution of Liquidity with Maureen O'Hara (Cornell University) and Gideon Saar (Stern School, New York University)
and
Barbara Rindi (Bocconi University) and Pietro Perotti (Columbia Business School)
"Market for Information and Identity Disclosure in an Experimental Automated Market" (Tables)