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Fri 14 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Evgenii Safonov (Princeton)
via Zoom
Mon 17 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Anant Sudarshan (Chicago)
via MS Teams
Mon 17 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Yingkai Li (Northwestern)
via Zoom

Yingkai Li (Northwestern University), "Optimization of Scoring Rules" (with Jason D. Hartline, Liren Shan and Yifan Wu

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257798189?pwd=emw0WE4rb2hSV2JmcVNpcGd1VFhBUT09
Meeting ID: 852 5779 8189
Passcode: SET2022


Tue 18 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Ellen Muir (Stanford)
via Zoom

Ellen Muir (Stanford University), "Contracting and vertical control by a dominant platform" (with Zi Yang Kang)

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257798189?pwd=emw0WE4rb2hSV2JmcVNpcGd1VFhBUT09
Meeting ID: 852 5779 8189
Passcode: SET2022

Tue 18 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Pietro Spini (San Diego)
via MS Teams
Wed 19 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Juan Felipe Riano R (UBC)
via Zoom
Thu 20 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Iain Bamford (Columbia)
via MS Teams
Fri 21 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Alkis Georgiadis-Harris (LSE)
via MS Teams

Title of paper: Information Acquisition and the Timing of Actions

This paper develops a dynamic model of information acquisition, in which the decision maker lacks control over the timing of their action. It characterizes the optimal dynamic experiment when the decision maker can flexibly choose all relevant aspects of the information they acquire. The cost of an experiment depends on the quantity of information it produces. At the optimum, the decision maker concentrates resources in generating a single piece of breakthrough news, contradicting their plan of action. In the absence of such news, the decision maker becomes more confident in their intentions. This leads them to sacrifice the frequency with which breakthroughs arrive in order to increase their impact on choice behaviour. These are in stark contrast with the case where the timing of actions is endogenous, in which breakthroughs confirm beliefs, and the resolution of the trade-off between frequency and precision is reversed.

Time to be confirmed.

Fri 21 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Sara Shahanaghi (Columbia)
via Zoom
Mon 24 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Daniel Clark (MIT)
via Zoom

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257798189?pwd=emw0WE4rb2hSV2JmcVNpcGd1VFhBUT09
Meeting ID: 852 5779 8189
Passcode: SET2022


Mon 24 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Tom Schmitz (Bocconi)
via MS Teams
Wed 26 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Alais Martin-Baillon (Sciences Po)
via MS Teams
Wed 26 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Jaden Chen (Cornell)
via Zoom

Jaden Chen (Cornell University), Title TBA

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257798189?pwd=emw0WE4rb2hSV2JmcVNpcGd1VFhBUT09
Meeting ID: 852 5779 8189
Passcode: SET2022


Wed 26 Jan, '22
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#EconTEAching seminar "Diversity in Economics Undergraduates: the Admissions and Transition Support for Students"

Panel:

Chair: Stefania Paredes Fuentes (Warwick)

Organised by Stefania Paredes Fuentes and CTaLE (UCL)

Register here to attend on Zoom. The session will be live-streamed on YouTube (CTaLE channel)

Wed 26 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Mu Zhang (Princeton)
via MS Teams
Thu 27 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Nikhil Datta (UCL)
via MS Teams

Title of paper:

Fri 28 Jan, '22
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SET - "Not-The-2022-Theory-Market" - Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford)
via Zoom

Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford University), Title TBA

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85257798189?pwd=emw0WE4rb2hSV2JmcVNpcGd1VFhBUT09
Meeting ID: 852 5779 8189
Passcode: SET2022


Mon 31 Jan, '22
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Seminar - Mattie Toma (Harvard)
via MS Teams
Tue 1 Feb, '22
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Seminar - Felipe Gonzalez (PUC-Chile)
via MS Teams
Fri 4 Feb, '22
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Seminar -- Andres Barrios-Fernandez (MIT)
via Microsoft Teams
Wed 16 Feb, '22
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Teaching & Learning Seminar - Caroline Elliott & Lory Barile
S2.79 via MS Teams

Title: The relationship between module Moodle engagement and module results.

Wed 16 Feb, '22
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Seminar in Economic Theory (SET) - Alessandro Pavan ( Northwestern)
via Zoom
Thu 17 Feb, '22
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Macro/International Economics Seminar - Isabela Manelici (LSE)
S2.79 via MS Teams

Isabela will be visiting the department for this Seminar - Dennis Novy will be hosting this visit.

Title to be advised.

Mon 21 Feb, '22
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Seminar - Mohamed Saleh (Toulouse)

Time to be advised.

Tue 22 Feb, '22
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Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Michela Tincani (UCL)
S2.79
Wed 23 Feb, '22
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Seminar in Economic Theory (SET) - Jean-Jacques Herings (Maastricht)
Thu 24 Feb, '22
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Macro/International Seminar - Helene Turon (Bristol)
S2.79

Zero-hours Contracts in a Frictional Labor Market

J. J. Dolado, E. Lalé and H. Turon

Abstract

We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.’s zero-hours contract (ZHC) – a contract that exempts employers from the requirement to provide any minimum working hours, and allows workers to decline any workload. We find quantitatively mixed welfare effects of ZHCs. On one hand they unlock job creation among firms that face highly volatile business conditions and increase labor force participation of individuals who prefer flexible work schedules. On the other hand, the use of ZHCs by less volatile firms, where jobs are otherwise viable under regular contracts, reduces welfare and likely explains negative employee reactions to this contract.

Mon 28 Feb, '22
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Economic History Seminar - Alex Trew (Glasgow)

Title of paper: The Death and Life of Great British Cities.

Organisers: Bishnupriya Gupta and Claudia Rei

Mon 28 Feb, '22
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Econometrics Seminar - Xiaoxia Shi (Wisconsin)

This seminar is joint with Bristol University and Warwick will be hosting today's event.

Tue 1 Mar, '22
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Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Kitt Carpenter (Vanderbilt)
S2.79

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