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05/05 11am-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Emanuele Savini and Andrea Guerrieri D'Amati (PGRs)

Jane Snape — Fri, 01 May 2026 09:59:20 GMT

When: 11am - 1pm, Tue, 05 May '26

Where: S2.79

There will be two 1hr presentations, titles are as follows:

i) Exchange Rates and the ‘Fed Information Effect - Emanuele Savini

ii) An Emotional Mr. Market: Media Emotions and the Time-Varying Price of Risk - Andrea Guerrieri D'Amati

05/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Damiano Turchet (Warwick)

Jane Snape — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:57:36 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 05 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Disadvantage and Distorted Beliefs (joint with P Dalton and S Ghosal).

Abstract: We develop a dynamic theory of how structural disadvantage shapes outcomes through the interaction of cognitive constraints and psychological determinants of efforts. We relate locus of control, self-efficacy, and grit to perceived returns to effort, and study aspirations in an extension. Individuals differ in exogenous circumstances, such as class, caste, race, gender, or inherited wealth, which affect the payoff or likelihood of success from effort. Beliefs about returns to effort evolve only through effort itself. Disadvantage raises the belief threshold required to justify effort, making disadvantaged individuals more likely to stop trying before learning their true returns. External locus of control, low self-efficacy, and weak grit can therefore emerge endogenously. We distinguish standard traps, which arise even for farsighted agents, from behavioral traps, which arise under partial myopia. Cash transfers, subsidies, and access policies lower effort thresholds; psychological, role-model, and grit interventions sustain beliefs.

05/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Siwan Anderson (UBC)

Jane Snape — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:35:38 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 05 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa (by Siwan Anderson, Sophia Du Plessis, Sahar Parsa, and James A. Robinson)

Abstract: Research on female political representation has tended to overlook the traditional role of women as leaders across many societies. Our study aims to address this gap by investigating the enduring influence of historical female political leadership on contemporary formal political representation in Africa. We test for this persistence by compiling two original datasets: one detailing female political leadership in precolonial societies and another on current female representation in local elections. Our findings indicate that ethnic groups historically allowing women in leadership roles in politics do tend to have a higher proportion of elected female representatives in today's formal local political institutions. We also observe that institutional, rather than economic, factors significantly shape the traditional political influence of women. Moreover, in accordance with historical accounts, we uncover evidence of a reversal of female political power due to institutional changes enforced by colonial powers.

06/05 11:15am-12:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Antonio Galvao (Michigan State)

Jane Snape — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:43:57 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Wed, 06 May '26

Where: S0.18

Title: Model Averaging in Semiparametric Estimation of Quantile Treatment Effects.

Please find the paper here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5274615

06/05 4pm-5:30pm: CRETA Seminar - Xiaosheng Mu (Princeton)

Jane Snape — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:05:11 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:30pm, Wed, 06 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

07/05 11:15am-12:30pm: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Gustavo Bobonis (Toronto)

Jane Snape — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:58:14 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised

07/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Toru Kitagawa (Brown)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:37:29 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Who With Whom? Learning Optimal Matching Policies

07/05 4pm-5:15pm: EBER Seminar - Etienne Le Rossignol (University de Namur)

Jane Snape — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:49:21 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:15pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Scope of Trust: Origins and Consequences

08/05 9:45am-3:30pm: Computational History Workshop

Jane Snape — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:03:17 GMT

When: 9:45am - 3:30pm, Fri, 08 May '26

Where: Scarman Conference Centre (Space 43)

Date/Time: Friday 8th May 2026 - 9:45am to 3.30pm

Location: University of Warwick - Scarman Conference Centre (Room: Space 43)

Organised by: Mirko Draca (University of Warwick/CAGE)

Audience: Academics and Students (History and Economics in particular)

Join us to hear more about the launch of CAGE's new Computational History initiative, part of our latest round of ESRC funding. This programme has two central aims - harnessing the power of text data to open up new possibilities for historical research, and bringing together disciplines in a connected, organic way.

You'll also learn more about our major partnership with Living with Machines – the groundbreaking humanities research group based at the British Library and The Alan Turing Institute, led by Ruth Ahnert – and the opportunities this collaboration creates for future research.

There will be space to ask questions, connect with others working at the intersection of history and data, and explore how you might get involved.

Programme

Running order:

09:45 Arrival
09:55 Welcome from Mirko Draca (CAGE Centre Director)
10:00 Overview of Living with Machines (LwM) Project – Ruth Ahnert (Queen Mary University of London)
This paper will also cover two case studies on key work packages:
The Environmental Scan & Historical Language Models and ‘Atypical Animacy’
10:45 LwM and the Emergence of Computational Map Studies – Katherine McDonough (Lancaster University)
11:15 Coffee/Tea break
11:45 ‘Beyond the Tracks’ and LwM: People, place and railways – Joshua Rhodes (UCL)
12:15 Analysing Opposition to the New Poor Law Using Historical Newspapers – Eric Melander (University of Birmingham)
12:45 Lunch: Scarman Dining Room
13:45 Exploration & Exploitation in US Technological Change – Mirko Draca (University of Warwick/CAGE)
14:15 Quantifying Belief in God. The Long Run Decline of Sincere Faith in England 1300-1850 – Neil Cummins (LSE)
14:45 Coffee/Tea break
15:00 Multimodal LLMs for Historical Dataset Construction from Archival Image Scans: German Patents (1877-1918) – Niclas Grießhaber (University of Oxford)
15:30 Day ends

Registration: If you are interested in this event, please click the button below and fill out the registration form. We will get back to you to confirm your place as soon as possible.

Let us know at cage.centre@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window if you later discover you cannot attend so that your place can be offered to others.

08/05 10am-11am: Computational History Workshop

Jane Snape — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:02:52 GMT

When: 10am - 11am, Fri, 08 May '26

11/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Wendun Wang (EUR)

Jane Snape — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:18:23 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Mon, 11 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Synthetic Control and Synthetic Difference-in-Differences: An Asymptotic Optimality Perspective

12/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Johannes Brinkmann (PGR)

Jane Snape — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:32:52 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

12/05 1pm-2pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - David Boll (PGR)

Jane Snape — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:40:39 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

12/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Kelsey Jack (UC Berkeley)

Jane Snape — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:47:57 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Health Insurance for Seasonal Savings: Evidence from Rural Côte d'Ivoire

Authors: Günther Fink, B. Kelsey Jack, Renate Strobl, Dao Daouda

Abstract: Households in low-income agricultural economies face large seasonal fluctuations in income and limited access to financial tools for smoothing consumption. In such settings, health insurance can serve not only as risk protection, but also as a state-contingent savings technology, transferring resources from high-income harvest periods to low-income lean periods. We study the rollout of Côte d'Ivoire's national health insurance scheme in a context with high morbidity, substantial out-of-pocket expenditures, and pronounced income seasonality---conditions under which the potential welfare gains from insurance are particularly large. Using a randomized subsidy design among 2,468 cocoa-farming households, we show that insurance demand is highly responsive to both price and cash-on-hand liquidity. Despite strong demand and actuarially favorable pricing, we find limited effects on health spending or consumption. We show that this disconnect arises from frictions in accessing benefits, including weak verification and reimbursement environments that limit providers' willingness to honor coverage without immediate proof. Our results highlight the importance of implementation, trust, and contract enforceability in determining the welfare impacts of social insurance.

13/05 10am-11am: CRETA Theory Seminar - Marilyn Pease (Indiana University)

Jane Snape — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:17 GMT

When: 10am - 11am, Wed, 13 May '26

Title: Follow the Leader? Coordination Motives in Sequential Information Acquisition (joint with Mark Whitmeyer)

14/05 11:15am-12:30pm: Political Economy & Public Economics Seminar - Francesco Trebbi (UoCalifornia, Berkeley)

Jane Snape — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:04:39 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Decoupling Taste-Based versus Statistical Discrimination in ElectionsLink opens in a new window (with Amanda de Albuquerque, Fred Finan, Anubhav Jha, and Laura Karpuska)

14/05 1pm-2pm: MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Maryam Saeedi (Carnegie Mellon)

Jane Snape — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:07:39 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

14/05 2pm-3:30pm: Macro/International Seminar - Olivia Bordeu (Berkeley)

Jane Snape — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:32:51 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Bank Branches and the Allocation of Capital across Cities (with Gustavo Gonzalez, Marcos Sora).

18/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:39:39 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Mon, 18 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

19/05 12pm-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Daniel Jaar (EUI)

Jane Snape — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:42:13 GMT

When: 12pm - 1pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.08

Daniel Jaar is visiting the department for one week.

Title to be advised.

19/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Desmond Fairall (PGR)

Jane Snape — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:34:27 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

19/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Lagakos (BU)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:42:39 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title: Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development? (joint with Martin Shu and Jonathan Colmer)

20/05 4pm-5:30pm: CRETA Theory Seminar - Dilip Abreu (New York)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:42:11 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:30pm, Wed, 20 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

21/05 11:15am-12:30pm: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Leonardo Bursztyn (Chicago)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:43:06 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S0.20

Title to be advised.

21/05 2pm-3:30pm: Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:48:03 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S0.20

Title to be advised.

21/05 2pm-3pm: AMRG (Applied Microeconomics Reading Group)

Jane Snape — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:36:28 GMT

When: 2pm - 3pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S1.50

21/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: EBER Seminar - Andis Sofianos (Durham)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:49:59 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: WBS2.007

Title to be advised.

26/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Lily Shevchenko (PGR)

Jane Snape — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:35:54 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 26 May '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

26/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Guy Pincus (Harvard)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:50:52 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 26 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

27/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)

Jane Snape — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:51:38 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Wed, 27 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.