EDP Jamboree 2015

The European Doctoral Programme in

Quantitative Economics

EDP Jamboree 2015 Schedule

You can access the programme below as a PDF file. 

Monday 14 September 2015

0900: Registration, room 32L. 1.05                  

0930: Welcoming address from Professor Martin PESENDORFER, PhD Programme Director, Department of Economics, LSE, room 32L. 1.04 

0935 - 1035: Professor Ricardo REIS (LSE), introductory lecture, 'New Style Central Banking', room 32L. 1.04

 

1035: 10 MINUTE BREAK 

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1045: PARALLEL SESSION 1 

Parallel Session 1

Microeconomics Room 32L. 1.04    Chair:  Professor Laurent LAMY	Development Economics/ Industrial Organisation Room 32L. 3.05  Chair: Professor Martin PESENDORFER
1045: Mirjam WUGGENIG (Bonn) Learning Faster or More Precisely?  Strategic Experimentation in Networks	1045: Valeria FORLIN (UCL) How Competition Determines the Success of an Eco-Label
1115: Konstantinos TOKIS (LSE) Dynamic Contracting under Career Concerns	1115: Nicola LIMODIO (LSE) Manager Selection and Aid Effectiveness: Evidence from World Bank Projects
1145: Lisa WINDSTEIGER (LSE) Sorting Equilibria With Misperceptions	1145: Torsten WALTER (LSE) Re-organising production processes: Direct and indirect effects on productivity
1215: Elias BOUACIDA (PSE) An Application of Behavioural Welfare Economics To Consumption Data

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1245: LUNCH

Lunch

STUDENT LUNCH Room: 32L. 1.05

FACULTY LUNCH AND EDP FACULTY MEETING Room: 32L.4.10

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1415: JOB MARKET SESSIONS

1415: Job market session 1 - Housing Markets, Room 32L. 1.04

Chair: Dr Daniel STURM

 

1415: Stefanie HUBER (UPF)

Preference for Housing Services and Rational House Price Bubbles

1445: (discussant: TBA)

 

1455: Pedro PINTO (LSE)

Securitization, Screening and Housing Bubbles

1525: (discussant: TBA)

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1535: Job market session 2 - Applied Microeconomics, Room 32L. 1.04

Chair: Professor Alessandro GAVAZZA

 

1535: Andreea ENACHE (PSE)

Identification and Estimation in a Classical Model of Regulation

1605: (discussant: TBA)

 

1615: Julien COMBE (PSE)

The Design of Teacher Assignment: Theory and Evidence

1645: (discussant: TBA)

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COFFEE BREAK, room 32L. 1.05 / END OF THE DAY’S SCHEDULE

               

1900: DINNER at TAS restaurant

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Tuesday 15 September 2015

0900: PARALLEL SESSION 2

Parallel Session 2

Applied Microeconomics Room 32L. 1.04 Chair:  Dr Guy MICHAELS   0900: Mery FERRANDO (UCL) Does the Identity of Leaders Matter for Education?  Evidence from the First Black Governor in the US   0930: Guzman OURENS (UCL) The Long-Term Impact of Trade with Firm Heterogeneity   1000: Tommaso SONNO (UCL) Firm’s Financial Conditions and the R&D-Export Trade-Off   1030: Emma DUCHINI (UPF) How Does Maternal Labour Supply Respond to Changes in Children’s School Schedule?   1100: Thomas STOERK (UPF) Heaven is High and the Emperor is Far Away: The Political Economy of Air Pollution in China

Macroeconomics Room 32L. 3.05 Chair:  Professor Wouter DEN HAAN   0900: Andresa LAGERBORG (EUI) Do Stock Market Booms Anticipate Baby Booms?  A VAR and DSGE Perspective   0930: Andrea PIRRONE (UCL) Liquidity Problems and Growth Implications: A Reconsideration of Pension Scheme Roles   1000: Thomas DRECHSEL (LSE) Following the Trend: Tracking GDP When Long-Run Growth is Uncertain   1030: Tomas WILLIAMS (UPF) International Asset Allocations and Capital Flows: The Benchmark Effect

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1130: COFFEE BREAK, room 32L. 1.05

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1145: JOB MARKET SESSIONS

1145: Job market session 3 - Microeconomic Theory, Room 32L. 1.04

Chair: Professor Vincent VANNETELBOSCH

 

1145: Tobias GAMP (Bonn)

Guided Search

1215: (discussant: TBA)

 

1225: Pedro ALVES (LSE)

A New Theoretical Explanation for Three Part Tariffs

1255: (discussant: TBA)

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1305: LUNCH, room 32L. 1.05

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1415: Job market session 4 - Development Economics, Room 32L. 1.04

Chair:  Professor Robin BURGESS

 

1415: Pauline ROSSI (PSE)

Strategic Choices in Polygamous Households: Theory and Evidence from Senegal

1445: (discussant: TBA)

 

1455: Shiyu BO (LSE)

The Value of Centralisation: Evidence from a Political Hierarchy Reform in China

1525: (discussant: TBA)

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1545: FAREWELL DRINKS, room 32L. 1.05