PhD Conference 2014 - Programme
Thursday 6 March 2014
Location: S2.79, 2nd floor, Social Sciences Building-
11:3012:45
Registration with Lunch - Rootes Restaurant
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12:5013:00
Welcome Address - S2.79
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13:0015.00
Session 1: Macroeconomics - S2.79
- Alireza Sepahsalari (UCL)
"Unemployment Risk and the Distribution of Assets"
Discussant: Nikolaos Kontogiannis (University of Leicester) - Juan Equiza (ECARES-ULB)
"Sovereign debt and growth expectations"
Discussant: Laura Lebastard (Sciences Po) - Basile Grassi (Paris School of Economics)
"Firm Dynamics and the Granular Hypothesis"
Discussant: Christina Ammon (University of Warwick)
- Alireza Sepahsalari (UCL)
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15:0015:30
Coffee Break - S2.132
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15:3016:50
Session 2: Empirical Microeconomics - Labour - S2.79
- Ariell Zimran (Northwestern University)
"Self-Selection of Immigrants on the Basis of Living Standards: Evidence from the Stature of Italian Immigrants at Ellis Island, 1907-1925"
Discussant: Paolo Fornaro (Helsinki University) - Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Columbia University)
"Too Young to Marry? Early Marriage and Labor Demand"
Discussant: Giulia Lotti (University of Warwick)
- Ariell Zimran (Northwestern University)
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16:5017:20
Coffee Break - S2.132
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17:2018:40
Session 3: Empirical Microeconomics: Development - S2.79
- Adi Shany (Hebrew University)
"Out of Africa: Human Capital Consequences of In Utero and Postnatal Conditions "
Discussant: Jan Bietenbeck (CEMFI) - Florian Blum (LSE)
"Food for Thought: Nutrition and Agricultural Mechanization"
Discussant: Anna Baiardi (University of Warwick)
- Adi Shany (Hebrew University)
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19:30
Conference Dinner - Radcliffe Restaurant
Friday 7 March 2014
Location: S2.79, 2nd floor, Social Sciences Building-
09:0009:30
Morning Coffee - S2.132
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09:3011:30
Session 1: Theory – Information Economics - S2.79
- Giulio Trigilia (University of Warwick)
"Security design, asymmetric information and accounting fraud: optimal Contingent Convertibles"
Discussant: Spyros Terovitis (University of Warwick) - Elyashiv Wiedman (Hebrew University)
"Good Information Cascade"
Discussant: Marco Serena (Universidad Carlos III) - Enrico Zanardo (Columbia University)
"When Does Information reduce disagreement?"
Discussant: John Vourdas (EUI)
- Giulio Trigilia (University of Warwick)
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11:3012:00
Coffee Break - S2.132
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12:0013:20
Session 2: Theory - S2.79
- Marco Serena (Universidad Carlos III)
"Transparency in Contests"
Discussant: Julia Wirtz (University of Warwick) - Dimitri Migrow (University of Warwick)
"Eliciting Knowledge in Networks"
Discussant: Ruben Martinez Cardenas (University of York)
- Marco Serena (Universidad Carlos III)
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13:2014:20
Lunch - Chancellor's Suite
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14:2016:20
Session 3: Behavioural Economics & Political Economy - S2.79
- Geoffrey Castillo (University of Nottingham)
"Social Preference Reversals"
Discussant: Pavel Luengas Sierra (Oxford University) - Benjamin Solow (Boston University)
"Aggregate Uncertainty in Runoff Elections"
Discussant: Raghul Venkatesh (University of Warwick) - Thorsten Rogall (Stockholm University)
"The Escalation of Violence: Armed Groups and Civilian Perpetrators"
Discussant: Guo Xu (LSE)
- Geoffrey Castillo (University of Nottingham)
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16:2016:40
Coffee Break - S2.132
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16:4018:00
Session 4: Economic History & Trade - S2.79
- Andrea Papadia (LSE)
"Foreign Debt and Secondary Markets: Lessons from Interwar Germany"
Discussant: Shuo Cao (University of Glasgow) - Eliav Danziger (Princeton University)
"Skill Acquisition and the Dynamics of Trade-Induced Inequality"
Discussant: Salamat Ali (Nottingham University)
- Andrea Papadia (LSE)
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18:00
Conference Close
Please contact the Economics PhD Conference team by emailing economics dot phdconf at warwick dot ac dot uk with any queries.