Events
The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, along with Northwestern University, University of Utah, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitá...
Friday 20 March 10:00am - 11:00am The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, along with Northwestern University, University of Utah, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitá...
Friday 20 March 10:00am - 11:00am
We’re organising a special celebration marking 60 years of the Department of Economics at Warwick, taking place as part of the University’s Alumn...
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Wednesday 19 November 11:00am - 12:00pm Meet & Engage (Online)Event Overview
- Mon01Dec
Econometrics Seminar - Ben Deaner (UCL)
Title: Identification Using Internal Instruments in Large N and T Panel Models (joint with Andrei Zeleneev).
This is preliminary work so we do not yet have a complete paper, here is an abstract .
Abstract - In order to identify causal effects using panel data, researchers may exploit the presence of external instruments in the form of aggregate shocks which vary over time but not between individuals, e.g., policy shocks or cost shocks. By construction, these shocks are uncorrelated with any idiosyncratic variation in confounding factors, and they are uncorrelated with aggregate confounding factors if they satisfy an exclusion restriction. In this work we show that with large N and T panel data, causal effects can be identified and estimated when such exogenous shocks exist, even if they are not directly observed. Our identification approach can be summarized as follows. First, we propose that one form a vector of candidate (i.e., possibly endogenous) instruments by extracting period-specific factors from the matrix of outcomes and treatments. Second, we show that with large and panel data, given a vector of candidate instruments, one can identify causal effects so long as there exists some (unknown) linear combination of these candidate instruments that is exogenous. We propose an estimator whose form is motivated by our identification results and we provide some simulation evidence of its efficacy.
- Tue02Dec
MIEW (Macro and International Economics Workshop) - Aicha Kharazi
Title: Collateral, Household Borrowing, and Income Distribution
- Tue02Dec
CWIP Workshop - Sonia Bhalotra
Lea Nassal will present joint work with Sonia Bhalotra, the paper is called The price of breaking the glass ceiling.
- Tue02Dec
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Arushi Kalra (Oxford)
Title to be advised.
- Tue02Dec
ERG (Econometrics Reading Group) - Sebastien Montpetit
Sébastien Montpetit will present his work-in-progress methodological projects in IO/public/environment
Title: Are Climate Policies Marginal? A Welfare Evaluation of Environmental Reforms (with Jean-François Fournel)
Abstract: Which climate investments should policymakers prioritize? We develop a framework that combines the Marginal Value of Public Funds (MVPF) with structural models of demand for green technologies to evaluate the welfare effects of environmental reforms. Our approach traces the MVPF across the entire policy spectrum using counterfactual simulations, thereby relaxing the constant-elasticity and “small-change” assumptions of sufficient-statistics methods. We apply our methodology to the Canadian electric vehicle market, following Fournel (2025). The analysis reveals strong nonlinearities in the cost-effectiveness of electric vehicle incentives: initial subsidies yield substantial welfare gains, but diminishing returns make large subsidies inefficient. At average subsidy levels, we estimate an MVPF of 1.07, indicating modest social returns. Counterfactual simulations suggest that investing in charging-station deployment generates the highest welfare gains, while taxing fuel-inefficient vehicles is not an efficient funding source.
- Wed03Dec
AMES Workshop - Adam Di Lizia (PGR) and Malavika Mani (PGR)
Title: Alternative Media and You(Tube)
- Wed03Dec
CRETA Theory Seminar - Eeva Mauring (Bergen)
Title: Dual Learning: How and How Much Can Platforms Learn from Searching Consumers? (with Maarten Janssen)
Paper is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VHPop4V3hKzxWp4FFPJWkMxUKlyXN-ii/view?usp=drive_linkLink opens in a new window
- Thu04Dec
PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Peter Schwardmann (Carnegie Mellon)
Title: Social Anxiety and Evaluative Interviews, with Samantha Horn and Egon Tripodi
As social skills command ever rising labor-market returns, fear and avoidance of social interactions are poised to become an increasingly important source of inequality. We study how social anxiety shapes behavior and beliefs in evaluative interviews using a controlled online experiment (N = 922). Participants complete a performance task and then take part in a face-to-face interview with an evaluator attempting to hire high performers. Socially anxious individuals disproportionately avoid interviewing and hold significantly more pessimistic beliefs about how competent, likable, and hirable they will appear. This pessimism is unfounded: socially anxious individuals perform just as well as others in the interview. Yet the experience of a non-discriminatory interview does not correct their pessimism, nor does random assignment to a particularly warm or non-judgmental interviewer. Social anxiety is a strong and distinct predictor of avoidance and pessimism, even relative to depression, generalized anxiety, personality measures, and social-skill indices commonly used in labor economics. Lowering the cost of interviewing increases the share of socially anxious applicants, highlighting the removal of frictions as a promising intervention point.
- Thu04Dec
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Emanuela Lotti (Southampton)
Title: Aligning UG Research in Economics towards AI-driven Research Skills
- Thu04Dec
BERG (Behavioural & Experimental Reading Group) - Sebanti
Title: to be advised.
- Thu04Dec
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Andrew Harkins (Warwick)
Title: Opinion Dynamics on Edges: Differentiated Messaging and Polarization
- Thu04Dec
Macro/International Seminar - Feng Ying (NUS)
Title to be advised.
- Thu04Dec
DR@W Forum: Tiantong Liu & Daniel Read (WBS, Behavioural Science)
When and why does choice differ from rejection?
- Mon08Dec
Economic History Seminar - Shari Eli (Toronto)
Title: The Origins of Generosity and Racial Exclusion in American Welfare
Co-authors: Price Fishback, Niketana Kannan, Adriana Lleras-Muney and James Uguccioni
Abstract: What are the origins of U.S. welfare generosity? Using newly digitized historical welfare records from 1911-1935, we show that while most states passed welfare -- known as Mothers' Pensions -- by 1930, only 37% of counties within those states ever administered transfers. We find that counties with large black populations were unlikely to provide transfers and that welfare generosity is correlated with high immigrant populations. Local political leanings and the strength of the women’s movement had modest effects on early programs, in line with previous work. Despite sweeping racial and political shifts since the 1910s, the most generous states historically remain the most generous states today. - Tue09Dec
CWIP Workshop - Amira Elasra
Title: The Interplay of Skills, Ambition, and Training in Forming Students' Labour Market Expectations
- Wed10Dec
CRETA Theory Seminar - Michelle Avataneo Truqui (ITAM Mexico)
Title: The Evolutionary Success of Moral Universalism vs Moral Particularism.
- Thu11Dec
MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) Workshop - Yating Yuan (PGR)
Title: Costless Coordination thorugh Public Contracting (JMP)
- Thu11Dec
Macro/International Seminar - Matthew Schwartzman (U.Michigan)
Title: From Street Markets to Shopping Malls: The Modern Service Multiplier
Weblink: https://m-schwartzman.github.io/MatthewWebsite/Schwartzman_JMP_post.pdf
- Thu11Dec
DR@W Forum - Eugenio Proto (Glasgow)
The Accuracy and Malleability of parental First and Second-Order Beliefs about Child Socio-Emotional Health
- Thu15Jan
DR@W Forum: Thomas Hills (Warwick, Psychology)
DetailsTBC
- Thu22Jan
Bernd Figner (Radboud)
Details TBC
- Tue17Feb
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Yanagizawa (Zurich)
Title to be advised.
- Wed18Feb
CRETA Theory Seminar - Thomas Mariotti
- Thu19Feb
Political Economy Seminar - Paola Moscanello (Yale)
Title to be advised.
- Thu19Feb
DR@W/EBER Seminar: Rafael Jimenez-Duran (Stanford)
Details TBC
- Mon23Feb
Econometrics Seminar - Francis J. Di Tragilia (Oxford)
Title to be advised.
- Tue24Feb
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Jonathan Weigel (UC Berkeley)
Title to be advised.
- Wed25Feb
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Jana Sadeh (Southampton)
Title: We're writing what? A meta analysis on economics scholarship.
Joint work with Annika Johnson (Bristol)
- Wed25Feb
Econometrics Seminar - Tymon Sloczynski (Brandeis)
Title to be advised.
- Wed25Feb
CRETA Theory Seminar - to be confirmed
Title to be advised.
- Thu26Feb
Political Seminar - Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton)
Title to be advised.
- Thu26Feb
DR@W Forum: Roel van Veldhuizen (Lund)
Gender Differences in Self-Promotion and Career Advice
- Mon02Mar
Econometrics Seminar - Kirill Pomaranev (Chicago)
Title to be advised.
- Tue03Mar
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Luigi Guiso (Einaudi)
Title to be advised.
- Wed04Mar
CRETA Theory Seminar - Daniel Rappoport
Title to be advised.
- Thu05Mar
Political Economy Seminar - Agustina Martinez (Leicester)
Title to be advised.
- Thu05Mar
WBS Distinguished Seminar Series: Mirta Galesic (Santa Fe Institute)
Details TBC
- Tue10Mar
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Petra Todd (UPenn)
Title to be advised.
- Wed11Mar
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Annika Johnson (Bristol)
Title: The UK Economics Degree in 2026.
Joint with Ashley Lait (Bath)
- Thu12Mar
Political Economy & Public Economics Seminar - Stefan Krasa (Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Title to be advised.
- Thu12Mar
DR@W Forum - Kai Barron (WZB)
Details TBC
- Mon16Mar
Econometrics Seminar - Zhongjun Qu (Boston)
Title to be advised.
- Tue17Mar
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Manudeep Bhullier (Oslo)
Title to be advised.
- Thu19Mar
Macro/International Seminar - Hugo Lhuilier (Columbia)
Title to be advised.
- Fri20Mar
CEPR Political Economy Symposium 2026
The Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, along with Northwestern University, University of Utah, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitá Bocconi, SciencesPo and the host institution Nova School of Business and Economics are organising the CEPR Political Economy Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal, on 20-21 March 2026.
Date: Friday 20 – Saturday 21 March 2026
Venue: Nova SBE in Lisbon, PortugalThe aim of the symposium is to bring together the top theoretical and empirical political scientists and economists across Europe and North America. A limited number of papers will be presented (12 over two days) to allow maximum time for discussion.
Programme
Friday, 20 March
9.00 – 10.00
Registration, Coffee and Welcome Remarks from the Organisers
Session 1
10:00 – 10.50
Lucy Page (University of Pittsburg)
Title: 'Reaching across the aisle: Polarization and grassroots climate mobilization'Discussant: Mateusz Stalinski (University of Warwick)
10.50 – 11.40
Salvatore Nunnari (Bocconi Univ and CEPR)
Title: 'Do Political Representation Gaps Cause Populism? Evidence from the 2025 German Election'
Discussant: Francesco Capozza (UB and IEB)
11.40 – 12.10
Coffee Break
12.10 – 13.00 Laura Karpuska (INSPER)
Title: 'Mass Protests'Discussant: Gabriel Leon (Kings College London)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
Session 2
14.30 – 15.20
Sergei Guriev (LBS and CEPR)
Title: 'Mobile Broadband and the Decline of Incumbency Advantage'Discussant: Andrea Tesei (QMUL and CEPR)
15.20 – 16.10
Benjamin Marx (BU and CEPR)
Title: 'The Incumbency Advantage at the National Level'Discussant: Vincenzo Galasso (Bocconi Univ and CEPR)
16.10 – 16.40
Coffee break
16.40 – 17.30
Adelina Barbalau (Univ of Alberta)
Title: 'Firms as Electoral Monopsonies'Discussant: Thomas Lambert (Erasmus Univ Rotterdam)
19:00 onwards
Dinner (by invitation only)
Saturday, 21 March
Session 3
10.00 – 10:50
Alessia Russo (Univ of Padova and CEPR)
Title: 'Sustainable Social Security'Discussant: Facundo Piguillem (EIEF and CEPR)
10.50 – 11.40
Jeffrey Yusof (Univ of Stuttgart)
Title: 'Billionaire Superstar: Public Image and Demand for Taxation'Discussant: Egon Tripodi (Hertie Berlin)
11.40 – 12.10
Coffee Break 12.10 – 13.00
Stefano Gagliarducci (Univ Roma Tor Vergata and EIEF)
Title: 'The New Deal Realignment Revisited'Discussant: Cecilia Testa (Univ of Nottingham)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch Session 4
14:30 – 15:20
Jens Oehlen (Stockhom Univ)
Title: 'Enigma'Discussant: Gerard Padró (Yale Univ and CEPR)
15:20 – 16.10
Enrichetta Ravina (Northwestern Univ and CEPR)
Title: 'ESG Choice with Polarized Investors'Discussant: Magdalena Rola-Janika (Imperial College London)
16.10 – 16.40
Coffee break
16.40 – 17.30
Claudio Ferraz (UBC)
Title: 'Voting for Quality?'Discussant: Maria Carreri (Bocconi Univ and CEPR)
Organisers
- Helios Herrera (University of Warwick and CEPR)
- Mateusz Stalinski (University of Warwick)
- Erika Deserranno (Bocconi, Northwestern and CEPR)
- Ruben Durante* (NUS, UPF and CEPR)
- Edoardo Teso (Bocconi, Northwestern, NBER and CEPR)
- Silvia Vannutelli (Northwestern University, SciencesPo, CEPR and NBER)
- Alex Armand* (Nova SBE and CEPR)
- Pedro Vicente (Nova SBE and CEPR)
- Nikita Melnikov (Nova SBE and CEPR)
- Erik Snowberg (University of Utah and NBER)
*Ruben Durante and Alex Armand acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 101125953 and no. 101039532)
- Tue28Apr
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Eve Kolson-Shira (Hebrew)
Title to be advised. - Wed29Apr
CRETA Theory Seminar - Abreu
Title to be advised. - Thu30Apr
DR@W Forum: Marc Kaufmann (CEU)
Details TBC
- Tue05May
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Siwan Anderson (UBC)
Title to be advised. - Wed06May
Econometrics Seminar - Antonio Galvao (Michigan State)
Title to be advised. - Wed06May
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Guglielmo Volpe (City St George's, UoLondon)
Title: Authentic Assessment in Data Analysis - Thu07May
Econometrics Seminar - Toru Kitagawa (Brown)
Title to be advised - Mon11May
Econometrics Seminar - Markus Pelger (Stanford)
Title to be advised. - Tue12May
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Kelsey Jack (UC Berkeley)
Title to be advised. - Thu14May
Political Economy & Public Economics Seminar - Francesco Trebbi (UoCalifornia, Berkeley)
Title to be advised. - Thu14May
Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet
Title to be advised. - Thu14May
DR@W/EBER Seminar - Katie Coffman (Harvard Business School)
Details TBC - Mon18May
Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)
Title to be advised. - Tue19May
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Lagakos (BU)
Title to be advised. - Thu21May
Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet
Title to be advised. - Thu21May
DR@W Forum: Andis Sofianos (Durham)
Details TBC - Tue26May
Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Rohini Pande (Yale)
Title to be advised. - Wed27May
Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)
Title to be advised. - Thu28May
Political Economy Seminar - Chris Roth (Cologne)
Title to be advised. - Thu28May
DR@W Forum: Dr. Davide Pace (LMU)
Details TBC
- Wed03Jun
CRETA Theory Seminar - to be advised.
Title to be advised.
- Thu04Jun
DR@W/EBER Seminar: Douglas Bernheim (Stanford)
Details TBC
- Thu11Jun
DR@W Forum: Marc Scholten (IADE)
Details TBC
- Wed18Feb
CRETA Theory Seminar - Thomas Mariotti
- Mon23Feb
Econometrics Seminar - Francis J. Di Tragilia (Oxford)
Title to be advised.
- Wed25Feb
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Jana Sadeh (Southampton)
Title: We're writing what? A meta analysis on economics scholarship.
Joint work with Annika Johnson (Bristol)
- Wed25Feb
Econometrics Seminar - Tymon Sloczynski (Brandeis)
Title to be advised.
- Wed25Feb
CRETA Theory Seminar - to be confirmed
Title to be advised.
- Mon02Mar
Econometrics Seminar - Kirill Pomaranev (Chicago)
Title to be advised.
- Wed04Mar
CRETA Theory Seminar - Daniel Rappoport
Title to be advised.
- Wed11Mar
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Annika Johnson (Bristol)
Title: The UK Economics Degree in 2026.
Joint with Ashley Lait (Bath)
- Mon16Mar
Econometrics Seminar - Zhongjun Qu (Boston)
Title to be advised.
- Thu19Mar
Macro/International Seminar - Hugo Lhuilier (Columbia)
Title to be advised.
- Wed29Apr
CRETA Theory Seminar - Abreu
Title to be advised.
- Wed06May
Econometrics Seminar - Antonio Galvao (Michigan State)
Title to be advised.
- Wed06May
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Guglielmo Volpe (City St George's, UoLondon)
Title: Authentic Assessment in Data Analysis
- Thu07May
Econometrics Seminar - Toru Kitagawa (Brown)
Title to be advised
- Mon11May
Econometrics Seminar - Markus Pelger (Stanford)
Title to be advised.
- Thu14May
Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet
Title to be advised.
- Mon18May
Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)
Title to be advised.
- Thu21May
Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet
Title to be advised.
- Wed27May
Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)
Title to be advised.
- Wed03Jun
CRETA Theory Seminar - to be advised.
Title to be advised.
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