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Evangelos Dioikitopoulos
TSE, 10 novembre 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 003
In this paper we unify existing theories and empirical evidence on the origins of obesity and examine the effects of fiscal policy on the dynamic evolution of weight. We build a dynamic general equilibrium growth model, with two sectors, one producing food and the other producing a composite...
Alessandro Bonatti
TSE & IAST, 9 novembre 2016, 12h30–13h30, salle MS003
Debopam Bhattacharya (University of Cambridge)
TSE, 8 novembre 2016, 15h30–17h00, salle MS 001
We develop methods of empirical welfare analysis in multinomial choice settings, under completely general consumer heterogeneity and income effects. Our results pertain to three practically important scenarios, viz., (i) simultaneous price-change of multiple alternatives, (ii) introduction/...
Tommaso Monacelli (Bocconi University)
8 novembre 2016, 11h30–12h30
Johannes Hörner (Toulouse School of Economics)
Toulouse : TSE, 8 novembre 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
Andras Niedemayer (University of Mannheim)
TSE, 7 novembre 2016, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
We develop a novel theory of real estate foreclosure auctions, which have the special feature that the lender acts as a seller for low and as a buyer for high prices. The theory yields several empirically testable predictions concerning the strategic behavior of the agents when the seller has an...
François Koulischer (Banque centrale du Luxembourg)
TSE, 7 novembre 2016, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323
We use new data on security-level portfolio holdings of institutional investors and households in the euro area to understand the impact of the ongoing asset purchase programme of the European Central Bank (ECB) on the dynamics of risk exposures and on asset prices. We develop a tractable...
Ulrich Wagner (University of Mannheim)
Toulouse : TSE, 7 novembre 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 001
We estimate the causal impact of air pollution on the incidence and duration of sickness leaves taken by a representative sample of employees affiliated to the social security system in Spain. Identification derives from day-to-day variation in air pollution concentrations to which the individuals...
Rebecca Stott (University of East Anglia)
Toulouse : IAST, 4 novembre 2016, 11h30–12h30, salle MF323
Roberto Veneziani (Queen Mary, University of London)
TSE, 4 novembre 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 003
We model opportunities in society as chances of success’ , that is as they are commonly described by practitioners. We show that a classical liberal principle of justice together with a limited principle of social rationality imply that the social objective should be to maximise the chance that...
