European Doctoral Group in Economics

Program Schedule

September 12-13, 2009

 Conference Location 
La Baume-Les Aix
1770 Chemin de la Blaque
13 090 Aix-en-Provence

Saturday September 12th  

8.30 > 8.45 a.m            Registration and Coffee

 8.45 > 10.45         Session 1  Labour and industrial organization  (chair: Prof. Dalia Marin, Munich)

 8.45 > 9.05                          Felix Reinshagen (Munich)   “Minimum Education Requirement for Professions  

9.05 > 9.15                          Discussion:  W. Wadho (Aix-Marseille)

 9.15 > 9.35                          G. Labartino (Bocconi) “Academic Dynasties 

9.35 > 9.45                          Discussion:  F. Silbye (Copenhagen)

 9.45 > 10.05                        F. Silbye (Copenhagen)  “Asymmetric Evidence and Optimal Leniency Programs 

10.05 > 10.15                      Discussion: F. Reinshagen (Munich)

 10.15 > 10.35                      C. Siegert (Munich) Pushing for Compliance: on the Emergence of “Extreme” Incentives 

10.35 > 10.45                      Discussion : T. T. Platz (Copenhagen)

 10.45 > 11.15                      Coffee break

 11.15 > 12.45               Session 2: Applied Microeconomics (Chair: Prof. Mathias Messner, Bocconi)

 11.15 > 11.35                      H. Fisher (Cambridge) “Can Divorce Property Division Laws explain the decision to marry or cohabit ?              

11.35 > 11.45                      Discussion: M. Laouenan (Aix-Marseille)

 11.45 > 12.05                      B. Schmutz (Aix-Marseille) “I don’t Want You as a Neighbour: What will the landlord do ?                                           

12.05 > 12.15                      Discussion:  H. Fisher (Cambridge)

 12.15 > 12.35                      D. Comerford (Dublin) “Experimental Tests of Survey Responses to Expenditure Questions” 

12.35 > 12.45                      Discussion: J. Newton (Cambridge)

 12.45 > 13.45 p.m        Lunch

 13.45 > 14.30 p.m               Keynote Lecture Prof. Alan P. Kirman, Aix-Marseille, “The economic crisis is also a crisis for economics”

 14.30 > 14.45 p.m        Break

 14.45 > 16.15       Session 3 Economic Theory (chair: prof. Peter Sorensen, Copenhagen)

 14.45 > 15.05                      T. T. Platz (Copenhagen) “Forming and dissolving partnerships in cooperative game situations”  

15.05 > 15.15                      Discussion: A. Gamba (Bocconi)

 15.15 > 15.35                      A. Gamba (Bocconi) “Binary Cursed Equilibrium 

15.35 > 15.45                      Discussion: P. Toqueboeuf (Aix-Marseille)

 15.45 > 16.05                      P. Toqueboeuf (Aix-Marseille) “Attitude toward information and learning under multiple

priors 

16.05 > 16.15                      Discussion:  R. Ulbricht (Munich)

 16.15 > 16.45       Coffee break

 16.45. > 18.15              Session 4: Financial markets (chair: Prof. Liam  Delanay, Dublin)

 16.45 > 17.05                      A. D. Tortora (Bocconi) “Exchange Rate forcasting: Bayesian Model Averaging and Structural Instability 

17.05 > 17.15                      Discussion:  F. Guobin (Aix-Marseille)

17.15 > 17.35                      F. Guobin (Aix-Marseille) “Evidence of Regime-Switching Dependence in Chinese Financial Markets              

17.35 > 17.45                      Discussion: S. Saksonovs, Cambridge

 17.45 > 18.05                      S.  Saksonovs (Cambridge)   “A Model of International Assets Allocation 

18.05 > 18.15                      Discussion: Monique Newiak (Munich)

 19.00      Reception, City Hall, Aix-En-Provence

 20.30     Dinner - Le passage - 6bis rue Mazarine -13100 Aix-En-Provence - htpp://www.le-passage.fr

 

Sunday September13th

 9.30 > 11.30         Session 5:  Empirical economics (chair: Prof. Sule Alan, Cambridge)

 9.30 > 9.50                          E. Hudson (Dublin)   “Obesity and Determinants of Life Satisfaction  

9.50 > 10.00                        Discussion: G. Labartino (Bocconi)

10.00 > 10.20                      I. Gocksel (Bocconi) “The determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey              

10.20 > 10.30                      Discussion: B. Schmutz (Aix-Marseille)

 10.30> 10.50                       K. Mohaddes (Cambridge) “Growth and natural resources in Latin America: new Evidence using a Heterogeneous Panel Analysis” 

10.50> 11.00                       Discussion:  C. Lorenczik (Munich)

11.00 > 11.20                      Michael Seitz (Munich) “The gain from variety in the European Union 

11.20 > 11.30                      Discussion: E. Hudson (Dublin)

11.30 > 12.45                      Lunch

12.45 > 13.30                      Meeting of the faculty members in charge of EDGE