Seminars 2009

December

• 16/12/2009 Ugo Panizza (UNCTAD): International Evidence on Recovery from Recessions (869 KB) Ugo Panizza (UNCTAD)
• 09/12/2009 S. Gomes (Banco de Portugal) and P. Jacquinot (ECB): Macroeconomic Implications of Greater Competition in the Euro Area (252 KB) S. Gomes (Banco de Portugal) and P. Jacquinot (ECB)
• 02/12/2009 Alfonso Rosolia (Banca d'Italia): Schooling and Youth Mortality: Learning from a Mass Military Exemption (856 KB) Alfonso Rosolia (Banca d'Italia)

November

• 25/11/2009 Thomas Laubach (Goethe University Frankfurt): Learning and the Role of Macroeconomic Factors in the Term Structure of Interest Rates (349 KB) Thomas Laubach (Goethe University Frankfurt)
• 18/11/2009 Guido Sandleris (Univ. Torcuato di Tella): The Cost of Emerging Markets Financial Crises: Output, Productivity and Welfare (835 KB) Guido Sandleris (Univ. Torcuato di Tella)
• 11/11/2009 (12:30)  Elena del Rey (Universitat de Girona): Loans, Insurance and Failures in the Credit Market for Students (465 KB) Elena del Rey (Universitat de Girona)
• 04/11/2009 Irma Clots (Universidad Carlos III): The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes (202 KB) Irma Clots (Universidad Carlos III)

October

• 28/10/2009 (12:00)  David Dorn (CEMFI): Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States (645 KB) David Dorn (CEMFI)
• 14/10/2009 Joachim Voth (UPF and CREI): Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt and Default in the Age of Philip II, 1556-1598 (4 MB) Joachim Voth (UPF and CREI)
• 07/10/2009 Nuria Rodríguez (UAB): The Part-Time Pay Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market (297 KB) Nuria Rodríguez (UAB)

September

• 23/09/2009 Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III): Permanent and Transitory Shocks (Can We Identify and Test Them? Yes, We Can) Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III)
• 16/09/2009 Neeltje van Horen (De Nederlandsche Bank): The crisis as a wake-up call: Do banks tighten lending standards during a financial crisis? (148 KB) Neeltje van Horen (De Nederlandsche Bank)
• 09/09/2009 Ismael Sanz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos): The Growth Effects of Corporate and Personal Tax Rates in the OECD (328 KB) Ismael Sanz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

July

• 15/07/2009 Manuel Santos (ITAM): Long-Term Asset Price Volatility and Macroeconomic Fluctuations (497 KB) Manuel Santos (ITAM)

June

• 24/06/2009 Michael Golosov (MIT): Decentralized Trading with Private Information (473 KB) Michael Golosov (MIT)
• 17/06/2009 Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard): Collective moral hazard, maturity mismatch and systemic bailouts (419 KB) Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard)
• 10/06/2009 (11:00)  Tommaso Monacelli (Bocconi): Fiscal Policy, Wealth Effects and Mark-ups (344 KB) (joint with Roberto Perotti)
• 08/06/2009 John Duca (Dallas Fed): House Prices and Credit Constraints: Making Sense of the U.S. Experience (244 KB) John Duca (Dallas Fed)
• 03/06/2009 (12:30)  Olga Gorbachev (University of Edinburgh): Did household consumption become more volatile? (606 KB) Olga Gorbachev (University of Edinburgh)

May

• 27/05/2009 Mark Wright (UCLA): The Recovery Before Redemption: A Theory of Delays in Sovereign Debt Renegotiations (497 KB) Mark Wright (UCLA)
• 20/05/2009 Oleksiy Kryvtsov (Bank of Canada): Inventories, Markups, and Real Rigidities in Menu Cost Models (348 KB) Oleksiy Kryvtsov (Bank of Canada)
• 14/05/2009 Gara Afonso (New York Federal Reserve): Systemic Risk and Liquidity in Payment Systems (699 KB) Gara Afonso (New York Federal Reserve)
• 13/05/2009 John Romalis (University of Chicago): The Welfare Implications of Rising Price Dispersion (499 KB) John Romalis (University of Chicago)
• 06/05/2009 Jens Hagendorff (Univerity of Leeds): The Impact of European Bank Mergers on Bidder Default Risk (223 KB) Jens Hagendorff (Univerity of Leeds)

April

• 30/04/2009 Todd Clark (Kansas Fed): Nested Forecast Model Comparisons: A New Approach to Testing Equal Accuracy (830 KB) Todd Clark (Kansas Fed)
• 22/04/2009 Luis Garicano (LSE): The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization (574 KB) Luis Garicano (LSE)
• 15/04/2009 Marco Leonardi (University of Milan): Sources of Earnings Instability: Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market (347 KB) Marco Leonardi (University of Milan)
• 14/04/2009 Carlos Garriga (Saint Louis Fed): Subprime Crises and Bail-out Programs (331 KB) Carlos Garriga (Saint Louis Fed)
• 01/04/2009 Jos van Bommel (Said Business School, University of Oxford): The Governance of Financial Intermediaries (330 KB) Jos van Bommel (Said Business School, University of Oxford)

March

• 25/03/2009 Ghazala Azmat (UPF): The Importance of Relative Performance Feedback Information: Evidence from a Natural Experiment using High School Students (401 KB) Ghazala Azmat (UPF)
• 18/03/2009 Michael Mcaller (University of Western Australia): The Ten Commandments for Optimizing Value-at-Risk and Daily Capital Charges (198 KB) Michael Mcaller (University of Western Australia)
• 11/03/2009 Salvador Barrios (Comisión Europea): International Taxation and Multinational Firms Location Decisions (283 KB) Salvador Barrios (Comisión Europea)
• 04/03/2009 Huberto Ennis (Universidad Carlos III): A Model of Stigma in the Fed Funds Market (252 KB) Huberto Ennis (Universidad Carlos III)

February

• 25/02/2009 Itai Agur (Dutch Central Bank): Centralization versus Decentralization of the Lender of Last Resort (207 KB) Itai Agur (Dutch Central Bank)
• 18/02/2009 Javier Suárez (CEMFI): The Procyclical Effects of Basel II (398 KB) Javier Suárez (CEMFI)
• 11/02/2009 Francesc Ortega (UPF): The Short-run Effects of a Large Immigration Wave: Spain 1998-2008 (545 KB) Francesc Ortega (UPF)

January

• 28/01/2009 Ana Lamo (ECB): How are Firms’ Wages and Prices Linked: Survey Evidence in Europe (314 KB) Ana Lamo (ECB)