Our Seminars & Workshops
Seminars
Workshops
Thu 30 May, '24- |
Seminar - Julien LabonneS0.20Title: How Does Social Protection Affect Local Politics? (joint with Tatsuya Koyama and Pablo Querubin) Host: Andreas Stegmann |
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Thu 30 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Thierry Mayer (Sciences PO)S0.09Title: Gravity of Violence |
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Mon 3 Jun, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Mara Squicciarini (Bocconi)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle: Dealing with Adversity: Religiosity or Science? Evidence from the Great Influenza Pandemic, co-authored with E.Berkes, D.Coluccia, and G Dossi.
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Mon 3 Jun, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Xiaoxia Shi (Wisconsin)S0.10Title: Testing Inequalities Linear in Nuisance Parameters (with Gregory Cox and Yuya Shimizu) at the econometrics seminar. Abstract- This paper proposes a new test for inequalities that are linear in possibly partially identified nuisance parameters, called the generalized conditional chi-squared (GCC) test. It extends the subvector conditional chi-squared (sCC) test in Cox and Shi (2023, CS23) to a setting where the nuisance parameter is pre-multiplied by an unknown and estimable matrix of coefficients. Properly accounting for the estimation noise in this matrix while maintaining the simplicity of the sCC test is the main innovation of this paper. [How? New variance formula? Rank condition?] As such, the paper provides a simple solution to a broad set of problems including subvector inference for models represented by linear programs, nonparametric instrumental variable models with discrete regressor and instruments, and linear unconditional moment inequality models. We also derive a simplified formula for computing the critical value that makes the computation of the GCC test elementary. |
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Tue 4 Jun, '24- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - to be advisedS0.09Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Jun, '24- |
CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - to be advisedS0.09Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Jun, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Zoe CullenS0.10Title: Pushing the Envelope: A Field Experiment in Negotiations (with Ricardo Perez-Truglia and Bobak Pakzad-Hurson) What role does negotiation play in the job market for professionals? Does it affect the allocation of labor and split of surplus? In a field experiment with over 3,000 mid-career professionals actively seeking offers, we establish new facts about how people negotiate and the causal impact of negotiation on employment terms. We use experimental results and detailed offer data to propose a model of portfolio bargaining.
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Wed 5 Jun, '24- |
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Lily Shevchenko & Benjamin Koch (PGRs)S0.09There will be two presentations: 1: Lily Shevchenko - Title: Does cancel culture work? Evidence from Reddit Abstract: How well can platforms police user behaviour? We look at the popular social media site, Reddit, where a mass ban of toxic communities occurred in response to a change in the site's conduct policy. We aim to see how the users of these communities changed their behaviour after the ban, as well as at the impact on the platform as a whole. 2. Benjamin Koch - Title: Smart or Corrupt? Informed Trading in the U.S. Congress Abstract: U.S. Committee members enjoy an information privilege in regard to emerging regulations due to their role in shaping legislation. This privilege allows for a better prediction of a company’s future profit. If a politician indeed capitalizes on this privilege by trading affected stock, it would constitute an abuse of office in violation of ethical and legal standards. The identification of information-conflicted trades is not straightforward. Committee members often have prior expertise in the industry the committee is supposed to oversee, and working on the committee further enhances their expertise. To tackle these issues, I link stock transaction records of politicians with information on congressional committees, bills, and stock prices of affected firms. First, I compare Congress members’ portfolio returns before and after they join committees in a difference-in-differences framework, differentiating between committee-associated and -unassociated sub-portfolios. I then contrast the change in returns when Congress members join and leave committees for each sub-portfolio. Second, I use public relevations of milestones of bills and examine the frequency and timing of a politician’s transactions anticipating stock price reactions. My novel approaches contribute to the public and academic debates on how politicians can privately benefit from public office and on the prevalence of insider trading by politicians. |
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Wed 5 Jun, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Giacomo Lanzani (Harvard)S2.79Title: Dynamic Concern for Misspecification Abstract: We consider an agent who posits a set of probabilistic models for the payoff-relevant outcomes. The agent has a prior over this set but fears the |
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Thu 6 Jun, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Saraswata Chaudhuri (McGill)S0.18Title: More powerful Difference-in-difference (co-authored with Yang Ning). |
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Mon 10 Jun, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Marco Tabellini (HBS)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle: Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates (with Marguerite Obolensky, Charles A Taylor).. |
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Wed 12 Jun, '24- |
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Elaheh Fatemi Pour and Anisha Garg (PGRs)S0.08There will be two presentations: 1. Elaheh Fatemi Pour - Title: Natives' Demand for Immigrant Integration and Economic Contribution: Experimental Evidence from the UK 2. Anisha Garg - Title: Safe Travels: Transport Advancement and Women’s Safety in India
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Tue 18 Jun, '24- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Ernil Sabaj (Warwick)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle: The effects of government spending under trend inflation: theory and empirics |
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Tue 25 Jun, '24- |
MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - to be advisedTBA |