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Marc Melitz
July 20, 2010
Roger Famer
July 6, 2010
Véronique Achard (ONERA Toulouse)
Toulouse: TSE, June 29, 2010, 14:00–15:30, room MF 323
L'imagerie hyperspectrale (IHS) consiste à acquérir des images dans un grand nombre de bandes spectrales (100 à 200 bandes). Le sujet de l'exposé concerne l’exploitation de cette information spectrale pour des applications de type non supervisé de détection de cibles (ou encore “détection d’...
Argia Sbordone
June 29, 2010
Argia Sbordone (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Toulouse: TSE, June 28, 2010, 17:00–18:30, room MF 323
We examine how to design a disinflation when agents must learn the new policy rule. Erceg and Levin (2003) demonstrate that learning increases inflation persistence and the sacrifice ratio relative to what would occur under rational expectations. Accordingly, one might think that learning promotes...
Elena Panova (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Toulouse: TSE, June 24, 2010, 15:30–17:00, room MF 323
We analyze biases in the majority-vote outcomes, such as an ideological bias or a bias for status quo. We consider successive majority votes over two alternatives. A voter receives psychic benefit from voting for the alternative which he perceives as being most likely efficient, that is,...
Hashem Pesaran (Cambridge University)
Toulouse: TSE, June 22, 2010, 14:00–15:30, room MF 323
This paper considers combining forecasts generated from the same model but over different estimation windows. It develops theoretical results for random walks with breaks in the drift and volatility and for a linear regression model with a break in the slope parameter. Averaging forecasts over...
Glen Weyl, and Alexander White
Toulouse: TSE, June 22, 2010, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
Perhaps the longest-standing problem in the theory of two-sided markets is developing a general model of competition. We extend the monopoly techniques of Weyl (forthcoming) to develop a solution concept, Insulated Equilibrium, that makes such a model tractable. In Insulated Equilibrium each firm’s...
Thomas Chaney (University of Chicago)
Toulouse: TSE, June 21, 2010, 17:00–18:30, room MF 323
I build a simple dynamic model of the formation of an international social network of importers and exporters. Firms can only export into markets in which they have a contact. They acquire new contacts both at random, and via their network of existing contacts. This model can explain (i) the cross-...
Marina Halac
TSE, June 21, 2010, 15:00–16:15, room MF 323
The question of how to develop a relationship is central to business and management. This is especially true when the environment is characterized by informational asymmetries and subjectivity, as for example in management consulting. This paper presents a model of relationship building inspired by...
