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Luca Gambetti
April 16, 2013
Nicholas Bloom (University of Stanford)
Toulouse: TSE, April 15, 2013, 17:00–18:30, room Amphi S
We propose uncertainty shocks as a new shock that drives business cycles. First, we demonstrate that microeconomic uncertainty is robustly countercyclical, rising sharply during recessions, particularly during the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Second, we quantify the impact of time-varying...
Suzanne Scotchmer (University of California, Berkeley)
TSE, April 15, 2013, 14:00–15:30, room MF 323
We investigate optimal rewards in an R&D model where substitute ideas for innovation arrive to random recipients at random times. By foregoing investment in a current idea, society as a whole preserves an option to invest in a better idea for the same market niche, but with delay. Because...
Zsuzsanna Fluck
IDEI, April 15, 2013, 12:30–14:00, room MF 323
Private equity funds are expected to invest in deals that maximize returns for their investors and to realize those returns when they exit their investments. During the last decade an increasing fraction of PE exits have been secondary deals, in which one PE fund sells their portfolio company to...
Laura Lasio (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, April 15, 2013, 12:30–13:30, room MS 003
This work investigates how physician, patient and drug characteristics interact in the prescription decision between brand-name and generic drugs. It aims at verifying whether non-medical factors affect the outcome of the prescription process and whether physicians adjust the choice of the brand...
Stéphane Turolla (INRA-AGROCAMPUS - Rennes)
Toulouse: TSE, April 15, 2013, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
Using consumer panel data, we analyze the impact of a merger in the retail sector on food prices in France. In order to capture the local dimension of retail competition, we define local markets as catchment areas around each store. We develop a difference-in-differences analysis to compare price...
Richard Green (Imperial College London)
Toulouse: TSE, April 15, 2013, 11:00–12:30, room MS 003
This talk will combine a presentation of “The Long-run Impact of Wind Power on Electricity Prices and Capacity” by Richard Green and Nicholas Vasilakos with a discussion of the policy measures being introduced in the UK to support nuclear and renewable investment. The paper uses a market...
Imen Ben Tahar (Université Paris Dauphine)
Toulouse: TSE, April 12, 2013, 13:45–15:00, room MF 323
The context is that of a secular competition between the electrical vehicle (EV) and the gasoline-powered car. In the early years of the automotive industry none of these technologies dominated, but rapidly, the internal combustion engine (IC) has established itself as the dominant technology...
Daniel Wilhelm (University College London)
TSE, April 12, 2013, 12:30–13:30, room MF 429
Paul Sauvy (Université de Pau)
TSE, April 12, 2013, 11:15–12:30, room MC 102
