VENUE: National Bank of Hungary
PROGRAM CHAIR: Prof. Ákos Valentinyi
Thursday 12 November 2009
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome
9:10 - 10:40 Session I
Frederic Malherbe (Université Libre de Bruxelles): Self-fulfilling Liquidity Dry-ups
Oren Levintal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): The Real Effects of Banking Shocks: Evidence from OECD Countries
10:40 -11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 -12:30 Session II
Alessandro Mennuni (University of Southampton): Optimal Fiscal Policy over the Business Cycle with Productive Government Infrastructures
Stefano Grassi (Universita degli Studi di Roma „Tor Vergata”) Global, Regional and Country Factors for the World Economy: A Dynamic Factor Approach
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:45 Session III
Enrique Moral-Benito (CEMFI): Panel Growth Regressions with General Predetermined Variables: Likelihood-Based Estimation and Bayesian Averaging
Peter Nilsson (Uppsala University): The Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Lead Exposure: Evidence from Sharp Changes in Local Air Lead Levels Induced by the Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline
Nick Vikander (University of Rotterdam): Targeted Advertising and Social Status
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 18:30 Session IV
Erik Mohlin (Stockholm School of Economics): Evolution of Theories of Mind in Strategic Interaction
Johannes Abeler (University of Bonn): Reference Points and Effort Provision
Monika Mrazova (Oxford University): Trade Negotiations When Market Access Matters
Friday 13 November 2009
9:00-10:30 Session V
Ramiro de Elejalde (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid): Local Entry Decisions in the US Banking Industry
Sebastian Koehne (University of Mannheim): The First-Order Approach to Moral Hazard Problems with Hidden Saving
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session VI
Fernando Aragon (London School of Economics): The Blessing of Natural Resources: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine
David Yanagizawa (Stockholm University): Propaganda and Conflict: Theory and Evidence From the Rwandan Genocide
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:45 Session VII
Yuliya Rychalovska (CERGE-EI Charles University): The Implications of Sectoral Heterogeneity for Monetary Policy and Welfare in a Small Open Economy: A Linear Quadratic Framework
Arturo Ormeno (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): Inflation Expectations, Learning and DGSE Model Estimation
Nicolas Roys (Paris School of Economics): Estimating Labor Market Rigidities with Heterogeneous Firms
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:45 Session IV
Moritz Kuhn (University of Mannheim) Recursive Equilibria in an Aiyagari Style Economy with Permanent Income Shocks
Dotan Persitz (Tel Aviv University): Power in the Heterogeneous Connections Model: The Emergence of Core-Periphery Networks
17:45 - 18:45 Regional Consultants Meeting
Last update: November 18, 2009