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Gregory Veramendi (Arizona State University)
TSE, November 13, 2018, 15:30–17:00, room MH 001
This paper examines how high school specialization shapes college investment decisions and their subsequent returns through dynamic complementarities. Using Swedish administrative data, we estimate a dynamic Roy model that accounts for selection on multidimensional skills, family background, prior...
Thomas Troger (University of Mannheim)
Toulouse: TSE, November 13, 2018, 11:00–12:30, room MF323
Bastian Schulz (Department of Economics and Business Economics - Aarhus University)
TSE, November 12, 2018, 17:00–18:30, room MF 323
This paper analyzes the allocation of workers to jobs and the wage distribution in Germany. We use the wage-based rank aggregation procedure proposed by Hagedorn et al. (2017) to infer worker ranks. On the firm side, we use rich survey data to rank firms based on unobserved productivity shocks,...
Sandro Shelegia (University Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)
TSE, November 12, 2018, 14:00–15:30, room MS 001
Players often face direct costs of participating in contests due to set-up costs or minimum outlays. In such cases, the outcome can depend upon the `default allocation' - how the prize is awarded if no player actively competes. The existing literature has neglected this issue by implicitly assuming...
Jos Van Bommel
TSE, November 12, 2018, 12:30–14:00, room MF 323
We propose the Volume Coefficient of Variation (VCV), the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean of trading volume, as a new and easily computable measure of information asymmetry in security markets. We use a microstructure model to demonstrate that VCV is strictly increasing in the...
Nick Hanley (Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine University Of Glasgow)
Toulouse: TSE, November 12, 2018, 11:00–12:15, room MF 323
Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) schemes are based on voluntary enrolment by land managers. Such schemes are designed to deliver additional environmental benefits to society relative to a no-payment situation. However, often the effective delivery of environmental benefits depends on spatial...
November 12, 2018, room Espace conference - Banque de France
Bâtiment S - Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, November 12–13, 2018, room MS 001
Pascal Cardonnel (European Court of Justice)
Toulouse: TSE, November 9, 2018, 15:30–17:00, room MF323
Kamel Daoud
Toulouse: IAST, November 9, 2018, 11:30–12:30, room MF 323
Peut-on sortir du Postcolonial ? C’est une interrogation qui habite mon imaginaire littéraire mais aussi ma réflexion en tant que journaliste ou de conférencier. Pour y répondre, je me devais d’abord de définir le postcolonial non en tant que concept universitaire dont je n’ai pas la maitrise, mais...
