EEA-ESEM 2009: Congress Programme

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DAY OVERVIEW
10:15 - 11:30 PLENARY SESSION 3 ESEM
12:00 - 14:00 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 8
CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS ECONOMETRICS 8 (ESEM EEE)
15:30 - 17:30 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 9
CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS ECONOMETRICS 9 (ESEM EEE)



10:15 - 11:30 PLENARY SESSION ESEM 3
Laffont Lecture:
Guido Imbens (Harvard University)

12:00 - 14:00 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 8
EEA



12:00 - 14:00 BUSINESS CYCLES IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Jacek Suda, Washington Universtiy in St. Louis
Room

  DISAGREEMENT AMONG FORECASTERS IN G7 COUNTRIES
Jiri Slacalek, European Central Bank
Co-Authors: Jonas Dovern, and Ulrich Fritsche,

 
  YIELD-CURVE BASED PROBIT MODELS FOR FORECASTING U.S. RECESSIONS: STABILITY AND DYNAMICS
Heikki Kauppi, University of Turku

 
  HOW DOES A TWISTED BELIEFS SHOCK AFFECT THE MACROECONOMY?
Jacek Suda, Washington Universtiy in St. Louis
 

12:00 - 14:00 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: EMPIRICAL (EEA)
Chairperson: Sule Alan, Cambridge University
Room

  DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIFE-CYCLE CONSUMPTION
Charles Grant, Reading

 
  HOW CHANGING PRUDENCE AND RISK AVERSION AFFECT OPTIMAL SAVING
Christian Bauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Co-Author: Wolfgang Buchholz, University of Regensburg and CESifo

 
  COUNTERFACTUAL PREDICTION WITH PANEL DATA
Misra Kanishka, Northwestern Universirty
Co-Author: Benjamin Handel, Northwestern University

 
  HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, PORTFOLIO CHOICE AND EXPECTED STOCK MARKET RETURNS
Sule Alan, Cambridge University
Co-Author: Steffan Ball, Federal Reserve Board
 

12:00 - 14:00 CORPORATE FINANCE V (EEA)
Chairperson: Nihal Bayraktar, Penn State University and World Bank
Room

  HUMAN RIGHT ABUSE AND CORPORATE STOCK PERFORMANCE - AN EVENT STUDY ANALYSIS
Peter Schmidt, University of Zurich (CCRS)
Co-Authors: Vivien Kappel, ETH Zurich and Andreas Ziegler, University of Zurich

 
  TWO-SIDED CERTIFICATION: THE MARKET FOR RATING AGENCIES
Dirk Leonhard Hofmann, Humboldt University Berlin
Co-Author: Erik R. Fasten, Humboldt University Berlin

 
  INVESTMENT, FUNDAMENTALS AND AGENCY COST OF CONTRACTING MODELS
Nihal Bayraktar, Penn State University and World Bank
 

12:00 - 14:00 DISCRIMINATION (EEA)
Chairperson: Juanjo Dolado, Universidad Carlos III
Room

  DOES DISCRIMINATION EXPLAIN OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION BY SEX? EVIDENCE FROM LOCAL GENDER IMBALANCES IN POST-UNIFICATION GERMANY
Holger Bonin, ZEW Mannheim
Co-Authors: Melanie Arntz, ZEW Mannheim and Felix Hörisch, ZEW Mannheim

 
  RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN WAGES AND NON-WAGE COMPENSATION
Zahra Siddique, IZA
Co-Author: Wallace Mok, Northwestern University

 
  THE IMPORTANCE OF NAMES: NEW EVIDENCE ON ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
Angela Djupsjöbacka, Ĺbo Akademi
Co-Author: Jonas Lagerström, Ĺbo Akademi University

 
  ON GENDER GAPS AND SELF-FULFILLING EXPECTATIONS: THEORY, POLICIES AND SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Juanjo Dolado, Universidad Carlos III
Co-Authors: Sara de la Rica, Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV) and Cecilia García-Peńalosa, GREQAM
 

12:00 - 14:00 ECONOMIC HISTORY (EEA)
Chairperson: Claudia Rei, Vanderbilt University
Room

  TESTING THE WEBER HYPOTHESIS: THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION IN THE GERMAN LANDS
Davide Cantoni, Harvard University

 
  CIGARETTE MONEY AND BLACK-MARKET PRICES DURING THE 1948 GERMAN MIRACLE
Vincent Bignon, University Paris at Nanterre

 
  CHILD EVACUEES DURING WWII: ESTIMATING NURTURE EFFECTS USING A NATURAL EXPERIMENT
Torsten Santavirta, Helsinki School of Economics

 
  A COMPARISON OF THE ORGANIZATION OF MERCHANT EMPIRES: PORTUGAL, ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS
Claudia Rei, Vanderbilt University
 

12:00 - 14:00 ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Karsten Reuss, Centre of European Economic Research
Room

  DO TEACHING PRACTICES INFLUENCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT?
Amelie Wuppermann, University of Munich
Co-Author: Guido Schwerdt, ifo Institute Munich

 
  MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND LABOR MARKET SUCCESS: EVIDENCE FROM SWITZERLAND
Donata Bessey, University of Zurich
Co-Author: Uschi Backes-Gellner, University of Zurich

 
  SENSITIVE AND CRITICAL PERIODS OF COGNITIVE AND NONCOGNITIVE SKILLS
Karsten Reuss, Centre of European Economic Research
Co-Author: Katja Coneus, Centre of European Economic Research (ZEW)
 

12:00 - 14:00 ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS III (EEA)
Chairperson: Bjart J. Holtsmark, Statistics Norway
Room

  AIR POLLUTION AND INFANT MORTALITY: A NATURAL EXPERIMENT FROM POWER PLANT DESULFURIZATION
Simon Luechinger, London School of Economics

 
  CARBON MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Thomas Weber, Stanford University
Co-Author: Karsten Neuhoff, University of Cambridge

 
  THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING WITH ENDOGENOUS ENDOWMENTS
Bjart J. Holtsmark, Statistics Norway
 

12:00 - 14:00 EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Carsten Erner, Finance Center Muenster
Room

  DISTRIBUTING TWO PRIZES IN THE ALL-PAY AUCTION
Julia Schmid, Technical University Berlin
Co-Author: Dietmar Fehr, TU Berlin

 
  ECONOMIC LABORATORY EXPERIMENT ON HORN’S RULE
Stephanie Rosenkranz, Utrecht University School of Economics
Co-Authors: Kris De Jaegher, Utrecht School of Economics and Utz Weitzel, Utrecht University School of Economics

 
  CAN INTENTIONS SPOIL THE KINDNESS OF A GIFT? - AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Christina Strassmair, LMU Munich

 
  CAN PROSPECT THEORY BE USED TO PREDICT INVESTOR’S WILLINGNESS TO PAY?
Carsten Erner, Finance Center Muenster
Co-Authors: Alexander Klos, Finance Center Muenster and Thomas Langer, Finance Center Muenster
 

12:00 - 14:00 FINANCIAL INTEGRATION II (EEA)
Chairperson: Cesar Calderon, The World Bank
Room

  ON THE WELFARE AND DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
Antonio Antunes, Banco de Portugal
Co-Author: Tiago Cavalcanti, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

 
  RESILIENCE AND CONTAGION IN A CONNECTED ECONOMY
Gwenaël Moysan, ENS LSH - GATE
Co-Author: Camille Cornand, Universite Strasbourg

 
  DOES FINANCIAL OPENNESS LEAD TO DEEPER DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS?
Cesar Calderon, The World Bank
Co-Author: Megumi Kubota, University of York
 

12:00 - 14:00 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Wendy Carlin, UCL
Room

  FIRM INTEGRATION STRATEGIES AND IMPERFECT LABOR MARKETS
Tobias Seidel, University of Munich
Co-Authors: Hartmut Egger, University of Bayreuth and Peter Egger, Ifo Institute, LMU Munich

 
  FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT & THE WELFARE EFFECTS OF COST HARMONIZATION
Anthony Creane, Michigan State University
Co-Author: Kaz Miyagiwa, ISER, Osaka University

 
  MULTINATIONAL OWNERSHIP AND SUBSIDIARY INVESTMENT
Wendy Carlin, UCL
Co-Authors: Andrew Charlton, LSE and Colin Mayer, Said Business School Oxford University
 

12:00 - 14:00 GROWTH IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Kenza Benhima, University of Paris X
Room

  PATENT POLICY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Christian Kiedaisch, Toulouse School of Economics

 
  PRODUCT AND PROCESS INNOVATION IN A GROWTH MODEL OF FIRM SELECTION
Cristiana Benedetti Fasil , European University Institute

 
  UNIFYING TIME TO BUILD THEORY
Mauro Bambi, University of York

 
  A REAPPRAISAL OF THE ALLOCATION PUZZLE THROUGH THE PORTFOLIO APPROACH
Kenza Benhima, University of Paris X
 

12:00 - 14:00 HEALTH ECONOMICS V (EEA)
Chairperson: Tapas Kundu, University of Oslo
Room

  TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. SWITCHING BEHAVIOR AT THE TIME OF THE DUTCH HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
Jonneke Bolhaar, VU University Amsterdam
Co-Authors: Maarten Lindeboom, VU univeristy Amsterdam, Netspar and Bas Van der Klaauw, VU University, Amsterdam

 
  UPCODING AND OPTIMAL AUDITING IN HEALTH CARE MARKETS
Luigi Siciliani, Department of Economics, University of York
Co-Author: Michael Kuhn, Vienna Institute of Demography

 
  MONOPOLY PRICING UNDER A MEDICAID-STYLE MOST-FAVORED-CUSTOMER CLAUSE AND ITS WELFARE IMPLICATION
Tapas Kundu, University of Oslo
Co-Author: Peter Klibanoff, Northwestern University
 

12:00 - 14:00 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: REGULATION I (EEA)
Chairperson: Georg Goetz, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Room

  SCHEDULED SERVICE VERSUS PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION: THE ROLE OF DISTANCE
Xavier Fageda, Universitat de Barcelona
Co-Authors: Volodymyr Bilotkach, University of California-Irvine and Ricardo Flores-Fillol, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

 
  ACCESS REGULATION AND INVESTMENT IN NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS - A RANKING OF REGULATORY REGIMES
Lars Wiethaus, European School of Management and Technology
Co-Author: Rainer Nitsche, European School of Management and Technology

 
  THE EFFECT OF GUN SHOWS ON GUN RELATED DEATHS: EVIDENCE FROM CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS
Randi Hjalmarsson, University of Maryland
Co-Authors: Mark Duggan, University of Maryland and Brian Jacob, University of Michigan

 
  COMPETITION, REGULATION, AND BROADBAND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
Georg Goetz, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
 

12:00 - 14:00 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: VERTICAL RELATIONS (EEA)
Chairperson: Vanessa von Schlippenbach, DIW Berlin
Room

  BUYER POWER THROUGH PRODUCERS' DIFFERENTIATION
Claire Chambolle, INRA and Departement D'Economie de l'Ecole Polytechnique
Co-Author: Sofia Villas Boas B., University of California, Berkeley

 
  HOW DOES VERTICAL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AFFECT INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY?
Alessandro Avenali, Universittŕ Telematica Internazionale
Co-Author: Pierfrancesco Reverberi, Sapienza - Universitŕ di Roma

 
  VERTICAL INTEGRATION, IMITATION AND FORECLOSURE
Marie-Laure Allain, CNRS Ecole Polytechnique
Co-Authors: Claire Chambolle, INRA and Departement D'Economie de l'Ecole Polytechnique and Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics and IDEI

 
  QUALITY UNCERTAINTY IN VERTICAL RELATIONS: MUTUAL DEPENDENCY MITIGATES INEFFICIENCIES
Vanessa von Schlippenbach, DIW Berlin
Co-Author: Pio Baake, DIW Berlin
 

12:00 - 14:00 INTERNATIONAL TRADE: THEORY (EEA)
Chairperson: Mariya Teteryatnikova, European University Institute
Room

  TRADE AND TERRORISM: DOES THE NEIGHBOR HURT?
Jose de Sousa, CES University Paris 1 - CREM University Rennes 1

 
  TRADE SEARCH AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Terence Huw Edwards, Lecturer in Economics, Loughborough University

 
  COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND SKILL-SPECIFIC UNEMPLOYMENT
Wolfgang Lechthaler, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Co-Author: Mario Larch, Ifo Institute, Munich

 
  R&D IN THE NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE: MULTILATERAL VERSUS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
Mariya Teteryatnikova, European University Institute
 

12:00 - 14:00 LABOR MARKETS AND UNEMPLOYMENT (EEA)
Chairperson: Benedicte Rouland, University of Le Mans (GAINS-TEPP)
Room

  CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Nicolas Dromel, Paris School of Economics - CNRS
Co-Authors: Elie KOLAKEZ, ERMES-TEPP, Paris 2 University and Etienne Lehmann, CREST

 
  UNEMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS IN THE OECD
Aysegul Sahin, NYFED
Co-Authors: Mike Elsby, University of Michigan and Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve bank of San Francisco

 
  INEFFICIENT EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT WITH UNOBSERVABLE HETEROGENEITY OF WORKERS
Benedicte Rouland, University of Le Mans (GAINS-TEPP)
Co-Author: ARNAUD CHERON, GAINS - Université du Mans
 

12:00 - 14:00 LABOR MARKETS: SEARCH II (EEA)
Chairperson: Marco Caliendo, IZA
Room

  OPTIMAL POLICY IN A DYNAMIC SEARCH MODEL WITH RISK AVERSION
Jean-Baptiste Michau, London School of Economics

 
  LABOR MARKET POLICY EVALUATION IN EQUILIBRIUM: SOME LESSONS OF THE JOB SEARCH AND MATCHING MODEL
Thomas Le Barbanchon, Insee Crest
Co-Author: Pierre Cahuc, University of Paris 1

 
  LOCUS OF CONTROL AND JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Marco Caliendo, IZA
Co-Authors: Deborah Cobb-Clark, Australian National University and Arne Uhlendorff, IZA
 

12:00 - 14:00 MACROECONOMICS OF MONETARY AND CURRENCY UNIONS (EEA)
Chairperson: Leopold von Thadden, European Central Bank
Room

  FISCAL POLICY IN A MONETARY UNION: GAINS FROM CHANGING INSTITUTIONS
Susana Salvado, FEUNL

 
  OPTIMUM CURRENCY AREA THEORY REVISITED -- NEW INSIGHTS FROM STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS
Ferdinand Fichtner, European Central Bank

 
  THE EFFECTS OF HOUSING PRICES AND MONETARY POLICY IN A CURRENCY UNION
Pau Rabanal, IMF
Co-Author: Oriol Aspachs, "La Caixa" and Financial Markest Group (LSE)

 
  MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY ASPECTS OF INDIRECT TAX CHANGES IN A MONETARY UNION
Leopold von Thadden, European Central Bank
Co-Author: Anna Lipinska, Bank of England
 

12:00 - 14:00 MIGRATION IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown
Room

  LAND RIGHTS INSECURITY AND MIGRATION: THE CASE OF CHINA.
Thomas Vendryes, Paris School of Economics
Co-Authors: Maelys de la Rupelle, Paris School of Economics, Quheng Deng, CASS and Shi Li, BNU

 
  RETURN MIGRATION AS A CHANNEL OF BRAIN GAIN
Karin Mayr, University of Vienna
Co-Author: Giovanni Peri, UC Davis

 
  TAX AND MIGRATION COMPETITION WHEN HIGHLY SKILLED VOTE WITH THEIR FEET: STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN CULTURE
Laurent Simula, National University of Singapore
Co-Author: Alain Trannoy, EHESS and GREQAM

 
  DO INTEREST GROUPS AFFECT US IMMIGRATION POLICY?
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown
Co-Authors: Giovanni Facchini, Erasmus University and Prachi Mishra, IMF
 

12:00 - 14:00 MONETARY POLICY IV (EEA)
Chairperson: Massimiliano Pisani, Bank of Italy
Room

  A LONG-RUN ANALYSIS OF THE MONEY DEMAND IN ARGENTINA: 1900-2006
Matteo Mogliani, Paris School of Economics
Co-Authors: Giovanni Urga, Cass Business School, London (UK) and Bergamo University, (Italy) and Carlos Winograd, Paris School of Economics

 
  POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WELFARE
Christian Stoltenberg, University of Amsterdam
Co-Author: Vadym Lepetyuk, Universidad de Alicante

 
  MONETARY POLICY UNDER ENDOGENOUS ATTENTION ALLOCATION
Luigi Paciello, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Co-Author: Mirko Wiederholt, Northwestern University

 
  MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GREATER COMPETITION IN THE EURO AREA
Massimiliano Pisani, Bank of Italy
 

12:00 - 14:00 OPTIMAL TAXATION (EEA)
Chairperson: Lambert Schoonbeek, Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Groningen
Room

  EMPLOYMENT, HOURS OF WORK AND THE OPTIMAL DESIGN OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS
Andrew Shephard, UCL / IFS
Co-Author: Richard Blundell, UCL

 
  ENVY, TAX EQUITY AND TAXATION
Tobias Koenig, University of Hannover
Co-Author: Andreas Wagener, University of Hannover

 
  OPTIMAL POLICY AND THE RISK PROPERTIES OF HUMAN CAPITAL RECONSIDERED
Dan Anderberg, Royal Holloway University of London

 
  SOUND TAXATION? ON THE USE OF SELF-DECLARED VALUE
Lambert Schoonbeek, Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Groningen
Co-Authors: Marco, A Haan, University of Groningen, Pim Heijnen, University of Amsterdam and Linda, A. Toolsema, University of Groningen
 

12:00 - 14:00 POLITICAL ECONOMY: ELECTIONS AND VOTING II (EEA)
Chairperson: Linda Veiga, Universidade do Minho
Room

  ARE WOMEN PAWNS IN THE POLITICAL GAME? EVIDENCE FROM ELECTIONS TO THE SPANISH SENATE
Berta Esteve-Volart, York University
Co-Author: Manuel Bagues, Universidad Carlos III

 
  CANDIDATE NOMINATION PROCEDURES AND POLITICAL SELECTION: EVIDENCE FROM LATIN AMERICAN PARTIES
Fernando Aragon, London School of Economics

 
  ON THE COHERENCE OF COUNCIL VOTES
Klaas Staal, University of Bonn, IIW
Co-Author: Marco Fantini, European Commission DG TAXUD

 
  ELECTION RESULTS AND OPPORTUNISTIC POLICIES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
Linda Veiga, Universidade do Minho
Co-Authors: Toke Aidt, University of Cambridge and Francisco Veiga, Universidade do Minho
 

12:00 - 14:00 PORTFOLIO CHOICE, CONSUMPTION AND THE LIFE-CYCLE (EEA)
Chairperson:
Room


12:00 - 14:00 PRICE STICKINESS: EMPIRICAL STUDIES (EEA)
Chairperson: Alessandro Barattieri, Boston College
Room

  PRICE CONVERGENCE IN THE EMU? EVIDENCE FROM MICRO DATA
Christoph Fischer, Deutsche Bundesbank

 
  THE TIMING OF PRICE CHANGES AND THE ROLE OF UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY
Daniel Kaufmann, Swiss National Bank

 
  EVALUATING MICROFOUNDATIONS FOR AGGREGATE PRICE RIGIDITIES: EVIDENCE FROM MATCHED FIRM-LEVEL DATA ON PRODUCT PRICES AND UNIT LABOR COST.
Mikael Carlsson, Sveriges Riksbank
Co-Author: Oskar Nordström Skans, IFAU, Uppsala University and IZA.

 
  SOME EVIDENCE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STICKY WAGES
Alessandro Barattieri, Boston College
Co-Authors: Susanto Basu, Boston College and NBER and Peter Gottschalk, Boston College and IZA
 

12:00 - 14:00 TAXATION V (EEA)
Chairperson: Salmai Qari, WZB (Social Science Research Center Berlin)
Room

  OPTIMAL SECOND-BEST INCOME TAXATION WITH BORROWING CONSTRAINTS
Hongyan Yang, University of Konstanz
Co-Author: Bas Jacobs, Erasmus University Rotterdam

 
  REDUCING THE EXCESS BURDEN OF SUBSIDIZING THE STORK: JOINT TAXATION, INDIVIDUAL TAXATION, AND FAMILY TAX SPLITTING
Volker Meier, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Co-Author: Matthias Wrede, University of Marburg

 
  AD VALOREM TAX DEDUCTIONS OF HOUSING EXPENSES MAY REDUCE HOUSE BUILDING
Jose Maria Usategui, Universidad del Pais Vasco

 
  THE LAST REFUGE OF A SCOUNDREL? PATRIOTISM AND TAX COMPLIANCE
Salmai Qari, WZB (Social Science Research Center Berlin)
 

12:00 - 14:00 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 8
ESEM: Theoretical and Applied Economics



12:00 - 14:00 MECHANISMS II (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: STEFANO GALAVOTTI, Department of Decision Mathematics, University of Florence, Italy
Room

  INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE TRANSFERS
Nenad Kos, Department of Economics, Bocconi University
Co-Author: Matthias Messner,

 
  INFORMED PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS IN GENERALIZED PRIVATE VALUES ENVIRONMENTS
Timofiy Mylovanov, University of Bonn

 
  WORST-CASE MECHANISM DESIGN WITH UNDOMINATED STRATEGIES: INDIVIDUALLY RATIONAL OUTCOMES IN A STATUS-QUO MODEL
Takuro Yamashita, PhD candidate, Stanford University

 
  ON EFFICIENT PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION UNDER EX POST INDIVIDUAL RATIONALITY
STEFANO GALAVOTTI, Department of Decision Mathematics, University of Florence, Italy
Co-Authors: NOZOMU MUTO, Hitotsubashi University and Daisuke Oyama, Hitotsubashi University, Paris School of Economics
 

12:00 - 14:00 ECONOMICS OF UNCERTAINTY II (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Thomas Gall, University of Bonn
Room

  SEQUENTIAL SEARCH WITH INCOMPLETELY INFORMED CONSUMERS
Paul Pichler, University of Vienna
Co-Authors: Maarten Janssen, University of Vienna and Simon Weidenholzer, University of Vienna

 
  THE ECONOMICS OF CREDENCE GOODS - EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
Uwe Dulleck, QUT School of Economics and Finance
Co-Authors: Rudolf Kerschbamer, University of Innsbruck and Matthias Sutter, University of Innsbruck

 
  ENDOGENOUS ENTRY IN MARKETS WITH ADVERSE SELECTION
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Michigan State University
Co-Author: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University

 
  SORTING ACROSS MARKETS
Thomas Gall, University of Bonn
 

12:00 - 14:00 MATCHING MARKETS (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Ozgur Yilmaz, Koc University
Room

  BREAKING TIES IN SCHOOL CHOICE: (NON-)SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS
Alexander Westkamp, Institute of Economic Theory II, University of Bonn & Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Co-Author: Lars Ehlers, Departement de Sciences Economiques and CIREQ, Universite de Montreal

 
  MIXED PRIORITY MATCHING
Szilvia Papai, Concordia University

 
  SCHOOL CHOICE: THE CASE FOR THE BOSTON MECHANISM
Antonio Miralles, Boston University

 
  PAIRED KIDNEY DONATION AND LISTED EXCHANGE
Ozgur Yilmaz, Koc University
 

12:00 - 14:00 POLITICAL ECONOMY III (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Paolo Vanin, University of Bologna
Room

  DOWNSIAN MODEL WITH ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: POSSIBILITY OF POLICY DIVERGENCE
Kazuya Kikuchi, Hitotsubashi University

 
  NOT SO CHEAP TALK: A MODEL OF ADVICE WITH COMMUNICATION COSTS
John Smith, Rutgers University-Camden

 
  COMPETING WITH EQUIVOCAL INFORMATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF WEAK CANDIDATES
Eduardo Perez, Stanford University

 
  ON TRANSPARENCY AND CREDIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Paolo Vanin, University of Bologna
Co-Authors: Facundo Albornoz, University of Birmingham and Joan Esteban, IAE, CSIC, Barcelona
 

12:00 - 14:00 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE II (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Fabio Ghironi, Boston College
Room

  FINANCIAL INTEGRATION, LIQUIDITY AND THE DEPTH OF SYSTEMIC CRISES
Fabio Castiglionesi, Tilburg University
Co-Authors: Fabio Feriozzi, Tilburg University and Guido Lorenzoni, MIT

 
  INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS AND WORLD OUTPUT GAINS
Haiping Zhang, School of Economics, Singapore Management University
Co-Author: Jürgen Von Hagen, University of Bonn

 
  OIL SHOCKS & EXTERNAL BALANCES
Nikola Spatafora, IMF, Research Dept
Co-Authors: Lutz Kilian, and Alessandro Rebucci,

 
  THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS OF INTERSTATE U.S. BANKING
Fabio Ghironi, Boston College
Co-Author: Viktors Stebunovs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
 

12:00 - 14:00 MACROECONOMICS AND HETEROGENOUS AGENTS II (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Edgar Preugschat, BI Norwegian School of Management
Room

  ON ENTREPRENEURIAL RISK-TAKING AND THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
Maik Heinemann, University of Lueneburg
Co-Author: Christiane Clemens, University of Hamburg

 
  SOLVING DYNAMIC MODELS WITH HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS AND AGGREGATE UNCERTAINTY WITH DYNARE OR DYNARE++
Tarik Ocaktan, Paris School of Economics
Co-Author: Wouter Den Haan, Amsterdam

 
  TAX REFORM WITH ENDOGENOUS BORROWING LIMITS AND INCOMPLETE ASSET MARKETS
Eva Carceles, Stony Brook University
Co-Author: Arpad Abraham, University of Rochester

 
  UNIONIZATION PATTERNS AND FIRM REALLOCATION
Edgar Preugschat, BI Norwegian School of Management
 

12:00 - 14:00 LABOR MARKETS III (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Claudia Vittori, University of Bristol, University of Rome
Room

  REPEATED MORAL HAZARD WITH WORKER MOBILITY VIA DIRECTED ON-THE-JOB SEARCH
Kunio Tsuyuhara, University of Toronto, Department of Economics

 
  THE INCREASE IN DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: CONFRONTING DATA AND THE PREDICTIONS OF AN EQUILIBRIUM SEARCH MODEL
Andre Silva, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Co-Author: Álvaro Novo, Banco de Portugal

 
  FAMILY POLICIES: WHAT DOES THE STANDARD ENDOGENOUS FERTILITY MODEL TELL US?
Thomas Baudin, Paris School of Economics

 
  EXPLORING SHORROCKS MOBILITY INDICES USING EUROPEAN DATA
Claudia Vittori, University of Bristol, University of Rome
Co-Author: Paul Gregg,
 

12:00 - 14:00 ECONOMIC THEORY: EQUILIBRIUM (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Julio Dávila, CORE U. cath. de Louvain - Paris School of Economics
Room

  NON-EXISTENCE OF EQUILIBRIA IN MARKETS WITH DYNAMICALLY INCONSISTENT PREFERENCES
Tommaso Gabrieli, City University of London and Catholic University of Milan
Co-Author: Sayantan Ghosal, University of Warwick

 
  P-STABLE EQUILIBRIUM: DEFINITION AND SOME PROPERTIES
Gabriel Desgranges, University of Cergy-Pontoise
Co-Author: Sayantan Ghosal, University of Warwick

 
  AMBIGUITY AND RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS EQUILIBRIA
Jayant Vivek Ganguli, University of Cambridge
Co-Author: Scott Condie, Brigham Young University

 
  THE TAXATION OF SAVING RETURNS IN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS ECONOMIES WITH STOCHASTIC ASSET BUBBLES
Julio Dávila, CORE U. cath. de Louvain - Paris School of Economics
 

12:00 - 14:00 COMPETITION POLICY (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Chongwoo Choe, Monash University
Room

  ARE ANTITRUST FINES FRIENDLY TO COMPETITION? AN ENDOGENOUS COALITION FORMATION APPROACH TO COLLUSIVE CARTELS
David Bartolini, Universitŕ Politecnica delle Marche
Co-Author: Alberto Zazzaro, Universitŕ Politecnica delle Marche

 
  LENIENCY PROGRAMS FOR MULTIMARKET FIRMS: THE EFFECT OF AMNESTY PLUS ON CARTEL FORMATION
Yassine Lefouili, CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain
Co-Author: Catherine Roux, University of Lausanne

 
  MAXIMAL CARTEL PRICING AND LENIENCY PROGRAMS
Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam
Co-Authors: Evgenia Motchenkova, VU University Amsterdam and Quan Wen, Vanderbilt University

 
  COMPULSORY OR VOLUNTARY PRE-MERGER NOTIFICATION? THEORY AND SOME EVIDENCE
Chongwoo Choe, Monash University
Co-Author: Chander Shekhar, University of Melbourne
 

12:00 - 14:00 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 8
ESEM: Econometrics and Empirical Economics



12:00 - 14:00
CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS ECONOMETRICS 8 (ESEM EEE)

INFLATION (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Timo Terasvirta, Univ of Aarhus
Room

  INFLATION RISK PREMIA IN THE US AND THE EURO AREA
Peter Hördahl, Bank for International Settlements
Co-Author: Oreste Tristani, European Central Bank

 
  ON THE TRANSMISSION OF MEMORY: INFLATION PERSISTENCE AND THE GREAT MODERATION
Christian Conrad, University of Heidelberg
Co-Authors: Simone Elmer, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich and Karanasos Menelaos, Brunel University

 
  ESTIMATING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRICE STICKINESS FROM AGGREGATE DATA
Carlos Carvalho, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Co-Author: Niels Dam, Danmarks Nationalbank

 
  FORECASTING INFLATION WITH GRADUAL REGIME SHIFTS AND EXOGENOUS INFORMATION
Timo Terasvirta, Univ of Aarhus
Co-Authors: Andrés González, Banco de la Rebública and Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank
 

12:00 - 14:00 IDENTIFICATION (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Lynda Khalaf, Carleton University
Room

  NONPARAMETRIC INFERENCE IN NONSEPARABLE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
Christoph Rothe, University of Mannheim
Co-Author: Melanie Schienle, Humboldt University Berlin

 
  SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATORS FOR NONSEPARABLE MODELS UNDER ENDOGENEITY
Koen Jochmans, CEMFI, Madrid and KULeuven

 
  SINGLE EQUATION ENDOGENOUS BINARY RESPONSE MODELS
Andrew Chesher, UCL

 
  IDENTIFICATION ROBUST INFERENCE IN STRUCTURAL MULTIVARIATE FACTOR MODELS WITH RANK RESTRICTIONS
Lynda Khalaf, Carleton University
Co-Authors: Marie-Claude Beaulieu, Université Laval and Jean-Marie Dufour, McGill University
 

12:00 - 14:00 JOB AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Cheti Nicoletti, University of Essex
Room

  THE EFFECT OF PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION ON JOB INSTABILITY
Ainhoa Aparicio, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 
  THE U-SHAPES OF OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
Fane Groes, University of Copenhagen
Co-Authors: Philipp KIrcher, University of Pennsylvania and Iourii Manovskii, University of Pennsylvania

 
  THE POLARIZATION OF THE DANISH LABOR MARKET
Lena Janys, Ĺrhus University

 
  MULTIPLE SAMPLE SELECTION IN THE ESTIMATION OF INTERGENERATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
Cheti Nicoletti, University of Essex
 

12:00 - 14:00 LABOR SUPPLY (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Michael Lechner, University of St. Gallen (SEW)
Room

  INCOME SUPPORT AGE ELIGIBILITY EFFECTS ON SINGLE MOTHERS' LABOUR SUPPLY IN THE UK
Zeenat Soobedar, Queen Mary University of London

 
  THE EFFECTS OF LOW-SKILLED IMMIGRATION ON THE LABOR SUPPLY OF SKILLED SPANISH FEMALES
Lídia Farre, University of Alicante
Co-Authors: Libertad González, University Pompeu Fabra and Francesc Ortega, Universidad Pompeu Fabra

 
  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE VERSUS MINIMUM INCOME - EFFECTS ON WORKING BEHAVIOR OVER THE LIFE-CYCLE
Peter Haan, DIW Berlin
Co-Author: Victoria Prowse, Oxford UNiversity

 
  LONG-RUN LABOUR MARKET EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL SPORTS ACTIVITIES
Michael Lechner, University of St. Gallen (SEW)
 

12:00 - 14:00 MONETARY POLICY (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Emanuela Cardia, Université de Montreal
Room

  QUESTIONING THE TAYLOR RULE
Rodrigo Bueno, Getulio Vargas Foundation

 
  THE ADVANTAGE OF FLEXIBLE TARGETING RULES
Andrea Ferrero, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 
  IMPERFECT COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND MONETARY POLICY: A LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS
Leonardo Melosi, University of Pennsylvania

 
  DURABLE GOODS, INTER-SECTORAL LINKAGES AND MONETARY POLICY
Emanuela Cardia, Université de Montreal
Co-Authors: Francisco Ruge-Murcia, university of montreal, Francisco Ruge-Murcia, university of montreal, Francisco Ruge-Murcia, university of montreal, Francisco Ruge-Murcia, professor, Francisco Ruge-Murcia, professor, Francisco Ruge-Murcia, professor and Hafedh Bouakez, HEC Montreal
 

12:00 - 14:00 ECONOMETRICS OF GAMES AND CONTRACTS (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Philippe Gagnepain, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Room

  NONPARAMETRIC TESTING FOR MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
Maximilian Kasy, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley

 
  A ROBUST SEMI-PARAMETRIC INFERENCE OF DYNAMIC DISCRETE GAMES
Zhengyuan Gao, University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute
Co-Author: Kees Jan van Garderen, Univ of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute

 
  THE COST OF CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES
Philippe Gagnepain, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Co-Authors: Marc Ivaldi, Toulouse School of Economics and David Martimort, Toulouse School of Economics (Idei, Gremaq and EHESS)
 

12:00 - 14:00 BOOTSTRAP (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Silvia Goncalves, Universite de Montreal
Room

  A REFINED BOOTSTRAP FOR HEAVY TAILED DISTRIBUTIONS
Adriana Cornea, GREQAM

 
  BOOTSTRAP METHODS FOR INFERENCE WITH CLUSTER-SAMPLE IV MODELS
Keith Finlay, Tulane University
Co-Author: Leandro Magnusson, Tulane university

 
  CROSS-SECTIONAL DEPENDENCE ROBUST BLOCK BOOTSTRAP PANEL UNIT ROOT TESTS
Stephan Smeekes, Maastricht University
Co-Authors: Franz Palm, Maastricht University and Jean-Pierre Urbain, Maastricht University

 
  THE MOVING BLOCKS BOOTSTRAP FOR PANEL LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS WITH INDIVIDUAL FIXED EFFECTS
Silvia Goncalves, Universite de Montreal
 

12:00 - 14:00 HIGH-FREQUENCY ECONOMETRICS AND MICROSTRUCTURE (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Nikolaus Hautsch, Humboldt-Universit¨at zu Berlin
Room

  STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY OF VOLATILITY IN CONTINUOUS TIME
Almut E. D. Veraart, CREATES, Aarhus University
Co-Author: Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Aarhus University

 
  SEPARATING RISK DUE TO DI USION, POSITIVE JUMPS, AND NEGATIVE JUMPS
Klößner Stefan, Saarland University

 
  TRADING DYNAMICS IN THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET: A LATENT FACTOR PANEL INTENSITY APPROACH
Ingmar Nolte, Warwick Business School
Co-Author: Valeri Voev, Aarhus University - CREATES

 
  MODELLING AND FORECASTING LIQUIDITY SUPPLY USING SEMIPARAMETRIC FACTOR DYNAMICS
Nikolaus Hautsch, Humboldt-Universit¨at zu Berlin
Co-Authors: Wolfgang Haerdle, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Wolfgang Härdle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wolfgang Härdle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wolfgang Härdle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Andrija Mihoci,
 

12:00 - 14:00 DSGE MODELS (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Junior Maih, Norges Bank
Room

  TREND AGNOSTIC ONE STEP ESTIMATION OF DESGE MODELS
Filippo Ferroni, Universitat Pomepu Fabra

 
  MATCHING THEORY AND DATA: BAYESIAN VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION AND DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
Alexander Kriwoluzky, European University Institute Florence

 
  ON THE FORECASTING PERFORMANCE OF A SMALL-SCALE DSGE MODEL
MIchał Rubaszek, Warsaw School of Economics
Co-Author: Paweł Skrzypczyński, National Bank of Poland

 
  CONDITIONAL FORECASTS IN DSGE MODELS
Junior Maih, Norges Bank
 

12:00 - 14:00 MICROECONOMETRICS (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Frank Windmeijer, Bristol
Room

  CLUSTER SAMPLE INFERENCE USING SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS: THE CASE WITH FEW GROUPS
Johan Vikström, IFAU-Uppsala

 
  THE MOMENTUM E ECT IN COMPETITIONS: FIELD EVIDENCE FROM TENNIS MATCHES
Lionel Page, University of Westminster

 
  LIVING STANDARDS AND FERTILITY IN INDONESIA: A BAYESIAN ANALYSIS
Alessandra Mattei, University of Florence
Co-Authors: Fabrizia Mealli, University of Florence and Stephen Pudney, University of Essex

 
  MORE RELIABLE INFERENCE FOR SEGREGATION INDICES
Frank Windmeijer, Bristol
Co-Authors: Rebecca Allen, Institute of Education and Simon Burgess, CMPO, University of Bristol
 

12:00 - 14:00 FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS 2 (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Bent Nielsen, Oxford University
Room

  BACKTESTING VALUE-AT-RISK: A GMM DURATION-BASED TEST
Christophe Hurlin, Université d''Orléans
Co-Authors: Bertrand Candelon, Maastricht University, gilbert colletaz, Université d'Orléans and Sessi Tokpavi, Université d'Orléans

 
  JACKKNIFING STOCK RETURN PREDICTIONS
Erik Hjalmarsson, Federal Reserve Board
Co-Author: Benjamin Chiquoine, Federal Reserve Board

 
  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD UNIT ROOT TESTS: BRIDGE ESTIMATORS DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN NONSTATIONARY AND STATIONARY MODELS AND SELECT OPTIMAL LAG
Mehmet Caner, North Carolina State University
Co-Author: KEITH KNIGHT, University of Toronto

 
  SINGULAR VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIONS WITH DETERMINISTIC TERMS: STRONG CONSISTENCY AND LAG ORDER DETERMINATION
Bent Nielsen, Oxford University
 

15:30 - 17:30 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 9
EEA



15:30 - 17:30 BANKING II (EEA)
Chairperson: Alexander Popov, European Central Bank
Room

  CORPORATE CHOICE OF BANKS: DECISION FACTORS, PROCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY – FIRST EVIDENCE
Gunseli Tumer-Alkan, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Co-Authors: Steven Ongena, CentER - Tilburg University and CEPR and Bram Vermeer, Tilburg University

 
  DO WOMEN PAY MORE FOR CREDIT? EVIDENCE FROM ITALY
Paolo Emilio Mistrulli, Bank of Italy
Co-Author: alberto alesina, harvard university

 
  FINANCIAL MARKETS, ECONOMICS OF SUPERSTARS, AND FIRM SIZE
Alexander Popov, European Central Bank
 

15:30 - 17:30 BUSINESS CYCLES V (EEA)
Chairperson: Etsuro Shioji, Hitotsubashi University
Room

  HAS THE EURO CHANGED THE BUSINESS CYCLE?
Zeno Enders, University of Bonn
Co-Authors: Philip Jung, University of Mannheim and Gernot Müller, University of Bonn

 
  FINANCIAL INTEGRATION AND BUSINESS CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION
Elias Papaioannou, Dartmouth College, Economics Department
Co-Authors: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston and NBER and Jose-Luis Peydro, European Central Bank

 
  UNCERTAINTY SHOCKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION IN A DYNAMIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL: A MARKOVIAN JUMP LINEAR QUADRATIC APPROACH
Etsuro Shioji, Hitotsubashi University
 

15:30 - 17:30 DEVELOPMENT, THE HEALTH SECTOR AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION (EEA)
Chairperson: Raphael Franck, Bar Ilan University
Room

  ACCESS TO HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND CHILD HEALTH DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Shinsuke Tanaka, Boston University

 
  THE IMPACT OF PROVIDING PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT TO INDIGENT FAMILIES AND INCREASING THEIR ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES: EVALUATING CHILE SOLIDARIO
Rita Ginja, UCL
Co-Authors: Pedro Carneiro, and Emanuela Galasso, World Bank

 
  THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Sonia Bhalotra, University of Bristol
Co-Author: Samantha Rawlings, University of Bristol

 
  DOES THE LEADER'S ETHNICITY MATTER? ETHNIC FAVORITISM, EDUCATION AND HEALTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Raphael Franck, Bar Ilan University
Co-Author: Ilia Rainer, George Mason University
 

15:30 - 17:30 ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION V (EEA)
Chairperson: Nicolai Kristensen, Danish Institute of Governmental Research
Room

  NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE AND CHILDREN'S LONG-RUN OUTCOMES
Tarjei Havnes, ESOP/University of Oslo
Co-Author: Magne Mogstad, Statistics Norway

 
  THE CENTURY OF EDUCATION
Fabrice Murtin, OECD
Co-Author: Christian Morrisson, Universit´e Paris I

 
  SEPARATE BUT EQUAL? SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
Maria Ana Lugo, University of Oxford

 
  ESTIMATING COMPLEMENTARITY BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Nicolai Kristensen, Danish Institute of Governmental Research
Co-Authors: Christian Belzil, CNRS and Jorgen Hansen, Concordia University
 

15:30 - 17:30 EMPIRICAL FINANCE V (EEA)
Chairperson: Alexander Muravyev, IZA
Room

  THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL GOVERNANCE QUALITY ON THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Oliver Mueller, University of Bochum
Co-Author: Andre Uhde, University of Bochum

 
  LIMITS OF LIMITS OF ARBITRAGE: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
Johan Hombert, ENSAE-CREST
Co-Author: David Thesmar, HEC, Paris

 
  INVESTOR PROTECTION AND SHARE PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM STATUTORY RULES GOVERNING VARIATIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ CLASS RIGHTS IN RUSSIA
Alexander Muravyev, IZA
 

15:30 - 17:30 ENTREPRENEURSHIP (EEA)
Chairperson: Ari Hyytinen, University of Jyvaskyla
Room

  COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES ENTREPRENEURS
Robin Douhan, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

 
  ENDOGENIZING THE SCOPE OF THE STIGMA OF FAILURE
Michal Kowalik, Mannheim
Co-Authors: Kerstin Gerling, and Heiner Schumacher, Goethe-University Frankfurt

 
  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Mark Sanders, Utrecht University
Co-Author: Zoltan Acs, george mason university

 
  ENTREPRENEURIAL OPTIMISM AND SURVIVAL
Ari Hyytinen, University of Jyvaskyla
Co-Authors: Lahtonen Jukka, University of Jyvaskyla and Mika Pajarinen, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
 

15:30 - 17:30 EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS V (EEA)
Chairperson: Dietmar Fehr, TU Berlin
Room

  AN EXPERIMENT ON LEARNING IN A MULTIPLE GAMES ENVIRONMENT
Friederike Mengel, Maastricht University
Co-Author: Veronika Grimm, University of Nuernberg

 
  TESTING WITH THE TESTERS
Romain Aeberhardt, Crest-Insee
Co-Authors: denis fougere, , julien pouget, and Roland Rathelot, CREST-DARES

 
  COMMUNICATION AND GROUP FORMATION
Dietmar Fehr, TU Berlin
 

15:30 - 17:30 FISCAL POLICY III (EEA)
Chairperson: Erik Fasten, Humboldt University Berlin
Room

  FISCAL POLICIES, THE CURRENT ACCOUNT AND RICARDIAN EQUIVALENCE
Christiane Nickel, European Central Bank
Co-Author: Isabel Vansteenkiste, European Central Bank

 
  FISCAL POLICY, FIRINGS AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION OVER THE CYCLE
Philip Jung, University of Mannheim

 
  THE FISCAL-FINANCIAL TRANSMISSION CHANNEL: ASSET PRICING IN GERMANY
Erik Fasten, Humboldt University Berlin
 

15:30 - 17:30 IMMIGRATION AND THE LABOR MARKET (EEA)
Chairperson: Herbert Bruecker, University of Bamberg and IAB
Room

  HELLO AND GOODBYE? DO IMMIGRANT PLANT INFLOWS INDUCE NATIVE OUTFLOWS?
Pĺl Schřne, Institute for social research
Co-Author: Marianne Rřed, Institute for social research

 
  HOW DO MIGRANTS CHOOSE THEIR DESTINATION COUNTRY? AN ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS
Silke Uebelmesser, CES, University of Munich
Co-Authors: Wido Geis, Ifo Institute at the University of Munich and Martin Werding, Martin Werding [Martin.Werding@ruhr-uni-bochum.de]

 
  MIGRATION AND WAGE SETTING: REASSESSING THE LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF MIGRATION
Herbert Bruecker, University of Bamberg and IAB
Co-Author: Elke J. Jahn, Aarhus School of Business
 

15:30 - 17:30 INCOME DISTRIBUTION II (EEA)
Chairperson: Federico De Francesco, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Room

  DIFFERENT SOCIETAL BELIEFS AND REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES: THE TRADE-OFF EFFECT OF INFORMATION
Tommaso Gabrieli, City University of London and Catholic University of Milan

 
  ABILITY SORTING, BIASED TECHNOLOGY AND WITHIN GROUPS WAGE INEQUALITY
Giuseppe Rose, Birkbeck College, University of London
Co-Author: Patrizia Ordine, University of Calabria

 
  INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITIONS -- A RECONCILIATION
Frank Cowell, STICERD, LSE,
Co-Author: Carlo Fiorio, University of Milan

 
  WAGE INEQUALITY AND BARRIERS TO ENTRY
Federico De Francesco, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
 

15:30 - 17:30 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: INNOVATION III (EEA)
Chairperson: Roger Svensson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Room

  DETERMINANTS OF ICT ADOPTION: EVIDENCE FROM FIRM-LEVEL DATA
Lulia Siedschlag, Economic and Social Research Institute
Co-Author: Stefanie Haller, Economic and Social Research Institute

 
  INEFFICIENT EXCLUSION IN STANDARD SETTING ORGANIZATIONS
Emanuele Tarantino, European University Institute

 
  CREATIVE DESTRUCTION AND PRODUCTIVE PREEMPTION: INNOVATION FOR SALE AND ENTRY
Roger Svensson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Co-Authors: Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Lars Persson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics and CEPR
 

15:30 - 17:30 INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY (EEA)
Chairperson: Gordon Klein, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
Room

  "NETWORK NEUTRALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ISSUES: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS"
Carlo Reggiani, University of York

 
  DO INTERNATIONAL ROAMING ALLIANCES HARM CONSUMERS?
Benno Buehler, Toulouse School of Economics / LMU Munich

 
  REGULATION EFFECTS ON INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN TWO-SIDED MARKET INDUSTRIES: THE NET NEUTRALITY DEBATE
Carlos Canon, Toulouse School of Economics

 
  HOW MARKET REGULATION AFFECTS NETWORK AND SERVICE QUALITY IN RELATED MARKETS
Gordon Klein, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
Co-Author: Justus Haucap, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,
 

15:30 - 17:30 INFORMATION AND LEARNING (EEA)
Chairperson: Alan Kirman, Université d''Aix Marseille lll
Room

  ASSESSING OTHERS' RATIONALITY IN REAL TIME
Gaetano Gaballo, University of Siena

 
  WHOM TO OBSERVE?
Martin Břg, Erasmus School of Economics

 
  BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR?
Alan Kirman, Université d''Aix Marseille lll
Co-Authors: Nobuyuki Hanaki, Tsukuba University and Matteo Marsili, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
 

15:30 - 17:30 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FIRM HETEROGENEITY II (EEA)
Chairperson: Gino Gancia,
Room

  REDISTRIBUTING GAINS FROM GLOBALISATION
Hartmut Egger, University of Bayreuth
Co-Author: Udo Kreickemeier, University of Nottingham

 
  TRADE, FIRM SELECTION, AND INNOVATION: THE COMPETITION CHANNEL
Giammario Impullitti, IMT Lucca
Co-Author: Omar Licandro, EUI- European University Institute

 
  TRADING IN EUROS: ESTIMATES OF THE INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE MARGINS
Virginia Di Nino, Bank of Italy

 
  TRADE, MARKUP HETEROGENEITY AND MISALLOCATIONS
Gino Gancia,
Co-Author: Paolo Epifani, Bocconi University
 

15:30 - 17:30 INTERNATIONAL TRADE: EMPIRICAL STUDIES V (EEA)
Chairperson: Anne-Celia Disdier, INRA
Room

  SPATIAL PRICE DISCRIMINATION IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS: FROM MODELS TO DATA
Julien Martin, CREST and Paris School of Economics

 
  THE FREE-RIDING EFFECT OF THE MFN CLAUSE: EVIDENCE ACROSS COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown
Co-Author: Rod Ludema, Georgetown University

 
  TRADE MISINVOICING: THE DARK SIDE OF WORLD TRADE
Stefan Eichler, Technische Universitaet Dresden
Co-Author: Andreas Buehn, Technische Universitaet Dresden

 
  VERTICAL VERSUS HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF PREFERENCES: THE CASE OF CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES IN FOOD CONSUMPTION
Anne-Celia Disdier, INRA
 

15:30 - 17:30 LABOR MARKETS AND MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS II (EEA)
Chairperson: Nan Li, Ohio State University
Room

  DECOMPOSING THE INS AND OUTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Ronald Bachmann, RWI Essen
Co-Author: Mathias Sinning, Australian National University, IZA

 
  EMPLOYMENT DIFFERENCES IN THE OECD: INSTITUTIONS OR FISCAL POLICIES?
Freddy Heylen, sherppa, Ghent University
Co-Author: Tino Berger, Institut für Internationale Ökonomie, Universität Münster

 
  THE CYCLICALITY OF EFFECTIVE WAGES WITHIN EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE MATCHES IN A RIGID LABOR MARKET
Silke Anger, DIW Berlin

 
  LABOR MARKET SEARCH IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
Nan Li, Ohio State University
Co-Authors: Emine Boz, International Monetary Fund and Bora Durdu, Federal Reserve Board
 

15:30 - 17:30 LABOR MARKETS: EFFECTS OF INSURANCE (EEA)
Chairperson: Katja Sonderhof, Leibniz University Hannover
Room

  ESTIMATING INCENTIVE AND WELFARE EFFECTS OF NON-STATIONARY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Andrey Launov, University of Wuerzburg
Co-Authors: Irene Schumm, University of Wuerzburg and Klaus Waelde, University of Glasgow

 
  OPTIMAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FINANCING SCHEME, SEARCH FRICTIONS AND REAL WAGE RIGIDITIES
Julien Albertini, EPEE, University of Evry
Co-Author: Xavier Fairise, EPEE, University of Evry

 
  SWITCH-ON AND SWITCH-OFF EFFECTS OF SICK PAY REFORM ON ABSENCE FROM WORK AND ON HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES
Katja Sonderhof, Leibniz University Hannover
Co-Author: Patrick Puhani, Leibniz University Hannover
 

15:30 - 17:30 LAW AND ECONOMICS (EEA)
Chairperson: Giovanni Immordino, University of Salerno and CSEF
Room

  "THE EFFECT OF LAWYERS' CAREER CONCERNS ON LITIGATION"
Rosa Ferrer, Vanderbilt University

 
  DEMOCRACY, JUDICIAL ATTITUDES AND HETEROGENEITY: THE CIVIL VERSUS COMMON LAW TRADITION.
Carmine Guerriero, University of Cambridge

 
  ETHNICITY, SENTENCING AND 9/11
Brendon McConnell, University College London

 
  INCENTIVES TO INNOVATE AND SOCIAL HARM: AUTHORIZATION VS. PENALTIES
Giovanni Immordino, University of Salerno and CSEF
 

15:30 - 17:30 MIGRATION V (EEA)
Chairperson: Albrecht Glitz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Room

  INTERETHNIC MARRIAGE AND THE LABOR MARKET INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS
Zahide Eylem Gevrek, University of Arizona

 
  SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND TRADE OUTCOMES
Silvio Hong Tiing Tai, University of Geneva

 
  DISCRIMINATION AGAINST IMMIGRANTS IN THE SPANISH RENTAL MARKET. EVIDENCE FROM FIELD EXPERIMENTS
M. Angeles Carnero, Universidad de Alicante
Co-Authors: Mariano Bosch, Universidad de Alicante and Lídia Farre, University of Alicante

 
  ETHNIC SEGREGATION IN THE WORKPLACE
Albrecht Glitz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Co-Authors: Christian Dustmann, University College London and Uta Schönberg, University College London
 

15:30 - 17:30 MONETARY POLICY V (EEA)
Chairperson: Ester Faia, Goethe University Frankfurt
Room

  OPTIMAL INFLATION, IMPERFECT COMPETITION AND LABOR TAXES
Maarten Dossche, National Bank of Belgium

 
  OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY AND FIRM ENTRY
Vivien Lewis, Ghent University

 
  MODELING MONETARY POLICY
Andreas Schabert, University Dortmund
Co-Author: Samuel Reynard, Swiss Natoinal Bank

 
  LABOR TURNOVER COSTS, WORKERS’ HETEROGENEITY AND OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY
Ester Faia, Goethe University Frankfurt
Co-Authors: Wolfgang Lechthaler, Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Christian Merkl, Institute for the World Economy Kiel and CAU
 

15:30 - 17:30 NETWORK INDUSTRIES (EEA)
Chairperson: Steffen Hoernig, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Room

  THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF INTERCHANGE FEE REGULATION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez, University of Granada
Co-Authors: Santiago Carbo-Valverde, University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Sujit Chakravorti, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 
  REGULATORY FEDERALISM IN NETWORK INDUSTRIES
Francesc Trillas, UAB

 
  CAN TWO-PART TARIFFS PROMOTE EFFICIENT INVESTMENT ON NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS?
Joăo Vareda, Autoridade da Concorręncia
Co-Authors: Duarte Brito, DCSA, Faculdade de Cięncias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Pedro Pereira, Autoridade da Concorręncia

 
  COMPETITION BETWEEN MULTIPLE ASYMMETRIC NETWORKS: A TOOLKIT AND APPLICATIONS
Steffen Hoernig, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

15:30 - 17:30 PATENTS AND INNOVATION (EEA)
Chairperson: Robert Christian Schmidt, Humboldt University Berlin
Room

  ASSESSING R&D EFFICIENCY IN THE OECD A TWO STAGE SEMI-PARAMETRIC APPROACH
Jens Schmidt-Ehmcke, German Institute for Economic Research
Co-Authors: Astrid Cullmann, DIW Berlin and Petra Zloczysti, Freie Universität Berlin

 
  LICENSING UNCERTAIN PATENTS: PER-UNIT ROYALTY VS UP-FRONT FEE
Yassine Lefouili, CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain
Co-Author: David Encaoua, Paris School of Economics, Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne

 
  PATENTS, SPILLOVERS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE - EVIDENCE FROM UK START-UPS
Christian Helmers, University of Oxford

 
  A MODEL OF TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR
Robert Christian Schmidt, Humboldt University Berlin
Co-Author: Robert Marschinski, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
 

15:30 - 17:30 PERSONNEL ECONOMICS (EEA)
Chairperson: Raymond Montizaan, Maastricht University
Room

  INDIVIDUAL VS. RELATIVE PERFORMANCE PAY WITH ENVIOUS WORKERS AND NON-VERIFIABLE PERFORMANCE
Jenny Kragl, European Business School Oestrich-Winkel

 
  TENURE, SPILL-OVER EFFECTS, AND OUTPUT
Jan Sauermann, Maastricht University
Co-Authors: Andries De grip, Maastricht University and Inge Sieben, Department of Sociology, Tilburg University

 
  MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE WORKERS
Eirik Kristiansen,
Co-Author: Hans Hvide, University of Aberdeen

 
  DEMOTIVATING WORKERS: RETRENCHMENT OF PENSION RIGHTS AND NEGATIVE RECIPROCITY
Raymond Montizaan, Maastricht University
Co-Authors: Frank Corvers, ROA / Maastricht University, Andries De grip, Maastricht University and Thomas Dohmen, ROA/Maastricht University
 

15:30 - 17:30 POLITICAL ECONOMY: ELECTIONS AND VOTING III (EEA)
Chairperson: Christian Schultz, University of Copenhagen
Room

  PAY FOR POLITICIANS AND CANDIDATE SELECTION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Kaisa Kotakorpi, University of Tampere
Co-Author: Panu Poutvaara, University of Helsinki

 
  PRIMARIES: THE UNIFYING FORCE
Hannes Mueller, IAE/CSIC
Co-Author: Rafael Hortala-Vallve,

 
  TAX CONTRACTS AND GOVERNMENT FORMATION
Maik Schneider, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
Co-Author: Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich

 
  PUBLIC FUNDING OF POLITICAL PARTIES WITH INFORMATIVE CAMPAIGNS
Christian Schultz, University of Copenhagen
Co-Author: Ignacio Ortuno-Ortin, Universidad Carlos III
 

15:30 - 17:30 PRICE STICKINESS: THEORY (EEA)
Chairperson: Hervé Le Bihan, Banque de France
Room

  INCOMPLETE INFORMATION, HIGHER-ORDER BELIEFS AND PRICE INERTIA
Jennifer La'O, MIT

 
  THE WELFARE LOSSES OF PRICE RIGIDITIES
Jose Dorich, Bank of Canada

 
  THE ROLE OF SECOND MENU COSTS - TWO-PRODUCT FIRMS AND THE REAL EFFECTS OF NOMINAL SHOCKS
Adam Reiff, National Bank of Hungary
Co-Author: Péter Karádi, NYU

 
  TIME-VARYING (S,S) BAND MODELS OF PRICE-SETTING: EMPIRICAL PROPERTIES AND INTERPRETATION
Hervé Le Bihan, Banque de France
Co-Author: Erwan Gautier, Banque de France
 

15:30 - 17:30 SEARCH, MATCHING AND SORTING (EEA)
Chairperson: Thomas Gall, University of Bonn
Room

  DIRECTED SEARCH WITH ENDOGENOUS CAPACITY
Mats Godenhielm, University of Helsinki
Co-Author: Klaus Kultti,

 
  IDENTIFYING SORTING - IN THEORY
Philipp KIrcher, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Author: Jan Eeckhout, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 
  DO EQUAL TREATMENT POLICIES REDUCE LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY? - POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN A DIRECTED SEARCH MODEL
Jun Lu, University Konstanz

 
  MISMATCH, REMATCH, AND INVESTMENTS
Thomas Gall, University of Bonn
Co-Authors: Patrick Legros, ECARES, ULB and Andrew Newman, Boston University
 

15:30 - 17:30 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 9
ESEM: Theoretical and Applied Economics



15:30 - 17:30 CONTRACT THEORY IV (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Yves Schneider, Swiss National Bank
Room

  RESOLVING CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES
Surajeet Chakravarty, University of Exeter
Co-Author: Miltos Makris, University of Leicester

 
  DELEGATION AND NONMONETARY INCENTIVES
Georgy Egorov, Harvard University
Co-Author: Attila Ambrus, Harvard University, Department of Economics

 
  COLLUSION AND STRATEGIC FAVORITISM IN ORGANIZATIONS
Zhijun Chen, University of East Anglia

 
  PRESELECTION AND EXPERT ADVICE
Elisabeth Schulte, Mannheim University
Co-Author: Mike Felgenhauer, Mannheim University
 

15:30 - 17:30 REGRET AND AMBIGUITY (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Andriy Zapechelnyuk, University of Bonn
Room

  ROBUST FIRM PRICING WITH NON-PARAMETRIC DISCRETE-CHOICE MODELS
Misra Kanishka, Northwestern Universirty

 
  ARE THE TREASURES OF GAME THEORY AMBIGUOUS?
David Kelsey, University of Exeter
Co-Author: Jurgen Eichberger, Universitat Heidelberg

 
  DECISION MAKING IN UNCERTAIN AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
Andriy Zapechelnyuk, University of Bonn
Co-Author: Karl Schlag,
 

15:30 - 17:30 NETWORKS II (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Berno Buechel, IMW, Bielefeld University
Room

  MECHANISM DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Tristan Tomala, HEC
Co-Author: Ludovic Renou, University of Leicester

 
  RISK AVERSION AND NETWORKS: MICROFOUNDATIONS FOR NETWORK FORMATION
Jaromir Kovarik, University of Basque Country
Co-Author: Marco van der Leij, University of Alicante

 
  OPTIMAL EQUILIBRIA OF THE BEST SHOT GAME
Paolo Pin, Dipartimento di Economia Politica - Universitŕ degli Studi di Siena
Co-Authors: Dall'Asta Luca, and Abolfazl Ramezanpour,

 
  UNDER-CONNECTED AND OVER-CONNECTED NETWORKS: EXTERNALITIES IN STRATEGIC LINK FORMATION
Berno Buechel, IMW, Bielefeld University
Co-Author: Tim Hellmann, IMW, Bielefeld University
 

15:30 - 17:30 OLIGOPOLY THEORY (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Neelam Jain, Northern Illinois University
Room

  OF THE NATURE OF COURNOT COMPETITION
Alex Dickson, University of Strathclyde
Co-Author: Roger Hartley, University of Manchester

 
  BERTRAND'S PRICE COMPETITION IN MARKETS WITH FIXED COSTS
Alejandro Saporiti, University of Manchester

 
  PRICE COMPETITION WITH POPULATION UNCERTAINTY
Klaus Ritzberger, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna

 
  ENTRY-DETERRENCE AND LEARNING UNDER DEMAND UNCERTAINTY
Neelam Jain, Northern Illinois University
 

15:30 - 17:30 BUSINESS CYCLES V (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Calin Arcalean, ESADE Busines School
Room

  FISCAL POLICY RESPONSIVENESS, PERSISTENCE AND DISCRETION
Luca Agnello, University of Palermo
Co-Authors: Antonio Afonso, ECB and ISEG/UTL and Davide Furceri,

 
  HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION, SERVICES AND MONETARY POLICY
Constant Aimé Lonkeng Ngouana, CIREQ, Université de Montréal

 
  STABILIZING FISCAL POLICIES WITH CAPITAL MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
Nicolas Dromel, Paris School of Economics - CNRS

 
  DYNAMIC FISCAL COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
Calin Arcalean, ESADE Busines School
 

15:30 - 17:30 EDUCATION (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Martin Gonzalez-Eiras, Universidad de San Andres
Room

  DOES THE POSSIBILITY OF OPTING OUT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FAVOR EXPENDITURE ON BASIC EDUCATION?
Gabriel Romero, Universiad de Santiago de Chile

 
  MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING POLICIES
Ioana Schiopu, Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC)

 
  A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM THEORY OF COLLEGE WITH EDUCATION SUBSIDIES, IN-SCHOOL LABOR SUPPLY, AND BORROWING CONSTRAINTS
Carlos Garriga, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

 
  POPULATION AGEING AND THE INCREASE IN STATE FINANCING OF EDUCATION
Martin Gonzalez-Eiras, Universidad de San Andres
Co-Author: Dirk Niepelt, Study Center Gerzensee
 

15:30 - 17:30 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL PREFERENCES (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Geir B. Asheim, University of Oslo
Room

  A REPRESENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL FROM ARROVIAN AGGREGATION OF PARAMETRIC INDIVIDUAL UTILITIES
Frederik Herzberg, Bielefeld University

 
  DISCOUNTING AND DIVERGENCE OF OPINION
Elyčs Jouini, Université Paris-Dauphine
Co-Author: Clotilde Napp, CNRS and Université Paris-Dauphine

 
  GENERALIZED TIME-INVARIANT OVERTAKING
Geir B. Asheim, University of Oslo
Co-Authors: Kuntal Banerjee, Florida Atlantic University and Claude d’Aspremont, CORE, Universite catholique de Louvain
 

15:30 - 17:30 R&D INNOVATION (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Wei Ding, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Room

  ENDOGENOUS IPR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Andreas Schaefer, University of Leipzig
Co-Author: Maik Schneider, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich

 
  GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR NEW PRODUCT R&D IN LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINED FIRMS
Jianjun Wu, Northwetern University and University of Arizona
Co-Author: David Besanko, Northwestern University

 
  INNOVATION POLICY REFORM
Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland and University of Jyvaskyla
Co-Authors: Tanja Tanayama, HECER, Etla and Otto Toivanen, University of Helsinki

 
  PRIZES AND LEMONS: PROCUREMENT OF INNOVATION UNDER IMPERFECT COMMITMENT
Wei Ding, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Co-Author: Elmar Wolfstetter, Humboldt-University at Berlin
 

15:30 - 17:30 TRADE AND MACROECONOMICS (ESEM TAE)
Chairperson: Marc Teignier Baque, The University of Chicago
Room

  TRADE OPENNESS, EDUCATION AND GROWTH
Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Co-Author: Parantap Basu, University of Durham

 
  THE ROLE OF EXPORTING AND TRADE FOR ENTRY OVER THE BUSINESS CYCLE
George Alessandria, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Co-Author: Horag Choi, University of Auckland

 
  THE ROLE OF TRADE IN STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Marc Teignier Baque, The University of Chicago
 

15:30 - 17:30 CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS 9
ESEM: Econometrics and Empirical Economics



15:30 - 17:30
CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS ECONOMETRICS 9 (ESEM EEE)

HEALTH 2 (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Melvyn Weeks, University of Cambridge
Room

  "HEALTH SHOCK, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, AND CHILD NUTRITION"
Galiano Aida, Economic Strategies and Initiatives S.L. and ADETRE, University of Zaragoza
Co-Author: Marcos Vera-Hernadez, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LONDON AND IFS

 
  DYNAMIC ESTIMATION OF HEALTH EXPENDITURE: A NEW APPROACH FOR SIMULATING INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURE
laurent davezies,
Co-Authors: valerie albouy, and thierry debrand, IRDES

 
  A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER MODEL FOR DISCRETE ORDINAL OUTCOMES: A HEALTH PRODUCTION FUNCTION
Xueyan Zhao, Monash University
Co-Authors: William Griffiths, University of Melbourne and Xiaohui Zhang, Monash University

 
  SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, ETHNICITY AND FERTILITY IN KENYA
Melvyn Weeks, University of Cambridge
Co-Author: Sriya Iyer, Faculty of Economics
 

15:30 - 17:30 INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Jan Johannes, University Heidelberg
Room

  PARSIMONIOUS ESTIMATION WITH MANY INSTRUMENTS
Jan J. J. Groen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Co-Author: george kapetanios,

 
  INFERENCE ON A GENERALIZED ROY MODEL WITH EXCLUSION RESTRICTIONS
Xavier d''Haultfoeuille, CREST-INSEE
Co-Author: Arnaud Maurel, CREST, ENSAE, PSE and IZA

 
  A NATURAL EXPERIMENT ON SICK PAY CUTS, SICKNESS ABSENCE, AND LABOR COSTS
Nicolas Ziebarth, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Co-Author: Martin Karlsson, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

 
  ON RATE OPTIMAL LOCAL ESTIMATION IN NONPARAMETRIC INSTRUMENTAL REGRESSION.
Jan Johannes, University Heidelberg
Co-Author: Christoph Breunig, University Heidelberg
 

15:30 - 17:30 UNEMPLOYMENT (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne
Room

  SOCIAL NORMS AND INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYMENT - A CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS
Bernhard Boockmann, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW), TĂźbingen
Co-Author: Hans Verbeek, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW)

 
  DO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS BENEFIT FROM ENTERPRISE ZONES? THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE
Laurent Gobillon, INED
Co-Authors: Thierry Magnac, Toulouse School of Economics and Harris Selod, World Bank

 
  MARGINAL EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION AND EMPLOYMENT STABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM A MULTIVARIATE DURATION MODEL
Steffen Künn, IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
Co-Authors: Marco Caliendo, IZA and Arne Uhlendorff, IZA

 
  DOES CULTURE AFFECT UNEMPLOYMENT? EVIDENCE FROM THE BARRIČRE DES ROESTIS
Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne
Co-Authors: Beatrix Brügger, University of Lausanne and Josef Zweimüller, University of Zurich
 

15:30 - 17:30 RETURNS TO EDUCATION (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Monica Costa Dias, University of Porto and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Room

  ARE WE WASTING OUR CHILDREN'S TIME BY GIVING THEM MORE HOMEWORK?
Ozkan Eren, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Co-Author: Daniel J. Henderson, State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA Bonn

 
  RETURN TO EDUCATION AND EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MATCHING WITHIN A TRANSITION ECONOMY.
Natalia Kyui, CES, University Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne

 
  UNIVERSITY CHOICE AND SUBSEQUENT EARNINGS IN FINLAND: ESTIMATES FOR GROUPS OF MAJORS
Tuomo Suhonen, University of Jyvaskyla

 
  THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL POLICIES OVER THE LIFE-CYCLE
Monica Costa Dias, University of Porto and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Co-Author: Costas Meghir, UCL
 

15:30 - 17:30 INEQUALITY AND EMERGING ECONOMIES (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Thanasis Stengos, University of Guelph
Room

  URBAN-RURAL CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY IN CHINA FROM 1988 TO 2002: EVIDENCE FROM QUANTILE REGRESSION DECOMPOSITION
Zhong Zhao, Renmin University of China
Co-Author: Zhaopeng Qu,

 
  THE RUSSIAN REGIONAL CONVERGENCE PROCESS: WHERE DOES IT GO?
Konstantin Kholodilin, DIW Berlin
Co-Authors: Alexei Oschepkov, Higher School of Economics, Moscow and Boriss Siliverstovs, KOF ETH, Zürich

 
  MODELLING CHANGE IN FINANCIAL MARKET INTEGRATION: EASTERN EUROPE
Nektarios Aslanidis, University Rovira Virgili
Co-Author: Christos Savva, Cyprus University of Technology

 
  ON THE OPTIMAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN DEVELPOMENT INDEX
Thanasis Stengos, University of Guelph
Co-Authors: Topaloglou Nikolas, Athens University of Business and Economics and Mehmet Pinar, University of Guelph
 

15:30 - 17:30 CORPORATE FINANCE (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Beatriz Mariano, University Carlos III of Madrid
Room

  FINANCIAL LEVERAGE AND CORPORATE TAXATION - EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN CORPORATE TAX RETURN DATA
Nadja Dwenger, DIW Berlin
Co-Author: Viktor Steiner, DIW Berlin

 
  THE IMPACT OF INITIAL FINANCIAL STATE ON FIRM DURATION ACROSS ENTRY COHORTS
Kim Huynh, Indiana University
Co-Authors: Robert Petrunia, Lakehead University and Marcel Voia, Carleton University

 
  FIRM DEFAULT AND AGGREGATE FLUCTUATIONS
Tor Jacobson, Sveriges Riksbank
Co-Authors: Rikard Kindell, Handelsbanken, Jesper Lindé, Federal Reserve Board and Kasper Roszbach, Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden)

 
  EVIDENCE OF RISK-SHIFTING FROM DEBT COVENANTS VIOLATIONS
Beatriz Mariano, University Carlos III of Madrid
 

15:30 - 17:30 ARCH MODELS 2 (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Aman Ullah, University of California,Riverside
Room

  MERITS AND DRAWBACKS OF VARIANCE TARGETING IN GARCH MODELS
Christian FRANCQ, GREMARS-EQUIPPE University Lille 3
Co-Author: Jean-Michel Zakoian, CREST and Université Lille 3

 
  HIERARCHICAL HIDDEN MARKOV STRUCTURE FOR DYNAMIC CORRELATIONS: THE HIERARCHICAL RSDC MODEL.
Philippe Charlot, GREQAM and Aix-Marseille University
Co-Author: Vęlayoudom MARIMOUTOU, GREQAM, Aix-Marseille University and Institut Français de Pondichéry

 
  EXCHANGE RATES DEPENDENCE: WHAT DRIVES IT?
Chiara Scotti, Federal Reserve Board
Co-Author: Sigríđur Benediktsdóttir, Yale University

 
  ESTIMATION AND FORECASTING OF DYNAMIC CONDITIONAL COVARIANCE: A SEMIPARAMETRIC MULTIVARIATE MODEL
Aman Ullah, University of California,Riverside
Co-Authors: Xiangdong Long, University of Cambridge and Liangjun Su, Singapore Management University
 

15:30 - 17:30 COINTEGRATION INFERENCE (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Silika Prohl, Swiss Banking Institute
Room

  MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF FRACTIONALLY COINTEGRATED SYSTEMS
Katarzyna Lasak, CREATES, Aarhus University

 
  CONSISTENT ESTIMATION OF COINTEGRATING SUBSPACES
Javier Hualde, Universidad Publica de Navarra

 
  A NO ARBITRAGE FRACTIONAL COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS OF THE RANGE BASED VOLATILITY
Paolo Santucci de Magistris, University of Pavia
Co-Author: Eduardo Rossi, Dipartimento di economia politica e metodi quantitativi, Universitŕ degli studi di Pavia

 
  SUB-SAMPLING-AFTER-WILD BOOTSTRAP INFERENCE ON LONG-RUN LINKAGES BETWEEN THE CDS AND CREDIT SPREADS
Silika Prohl, Swiss Banking Institute
 

15:30 - 17:30 FORECASTING 2 (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Anindya Banerjee, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Room

  FORECASTING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY USING MIDAS REGRESSION MODELS
Andros Kourtellos, University of Cyprus
Co-Authors: Elena Andreou, University of Cyprus and Eric Ghysels, Department of Economics , University of North Carolina, and Department of Finance, Kenan-Flagler Business School

 
  FORECASTING FEDERAL FUNDS TARGET RATE DECISIONS WITH BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING
Sjoerd Van den Hauwe, Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Co-Authors: Richard Paap, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Dick van Dijk, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam

 
  FORECASTING WITH INTERVAL AND HISTOGRAM DATA. SOME FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS.
Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera, University of California, Riverside
Co-Authors: Javier Arroyo, Universided Complutense de Madrid and carlos mate, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid

 
  FORECASTING WITH FACTOR-AUGMENTED ERROR CORRECTION MODEL
Anindya Banerjee, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Co-Authors: Massimiliano Marcellino, EUI, Universitŕ Bocconi and CEPR and Igor Masten, University of Ljubljana
 

15:30 - 17:30 TESTING: TIME SERIES 2 (ESEM EEE)
Chairperson: Enrique Sentana, CEMFI
Room

  BOOTSTRAPPING THE LIKELIHOOD RATIO COINTEGRATION TEST IN ERROR CORRECTION MODELS WITH UNKNOWN LAG ORDER
Carsten Trenkler, University of Mannheim
Co-Author: Christian Kascha, Norges Bank

 
  LIMIT DISTRIBUTION OF THE CUSUM OF SQUARES TEST UNDER STOCHASTIC AND DETERMINISTIC TIME TRENDS
Jouni Sohkanen, Oxford University
Co-Author: Bent Nielsen, Oxford University

 
  TESTING FOR SMOOTH TRANSITION NONLINEARITY IN ADJUSTMENTS OF COINTEGRATING SYSTEMS
Milan Nedeljkovic, Department of Economics, The University of Warwick

 
  DYNAMIC SPECIFICATION TESTS FOR STATIC FACTOR MODELS
Enrique Sentana, CEMFI
Co-Author: Gabriele Fiorentini, University of Florence
 

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