Seminars 2014

December

• 03/12/2014 Gilles Saint-Paul (Paris School of Economics): A political economic theory of populism and discrimination (152 KB) Gilles Saint-Paul (Paris School of Economics)
• 02/12/2014 (16:00-17:30)  Cristina Lopez-Mayan (UAB): Teaching practices and student achievement (230 KB) Cristina Lopez-Mayan (UAB)

November

• 26/11/2014 Jiri Slacalek (ECB): The Distribution of Wealth and the Marginal Propensity to Consume (3 MB) Jiri Slacalek (ECB)
• 19/11/2014 Frédéric Docquier (UC Louvain): Income disparities, population and migration flows over the 21st century Frédéric Docquier (UC Louvain)
• 19/11/2014 (10:30-12:00)  Hermann-Josep Hansen (Bundesbank): Reforms of bankruptcy laws: The case of Germany (1 MB) Hermann-Josep Hansen (Bundesbank)
• 05/11/2014 Carlos Madeira (Banco de Chile): Simulating the covariance risk of consumer debt portfolios (239 KB) Carlos Madeira (Banco de Chile)

October

• 29/10/2014 Joel Slemrod (Michigan): Tax Systems (1 MB) Joel Slemrod (Michigan)
• 22/10/2014 Silvana Tenreyro (LSE): The Transmission of Monetary Policy Operations through Redistributions and Durable Purchases (731 KB) Silvana Tenreyro (LSE)
• 15/10/2014 (12:00-13:30)  Keith Kuester (University of Bonn): Doves for the Rich, Hawks for the Poor? Distributional Consequences of Monetary Policy (923 KB) Keith Kuester (University of Bonn)
• 10/10/2014 (12:00-13:30)  Luca Dedola (ECB): The mystery of the printing press: monetary policy and self-fulfilling debt crises Luca Dedola (ECB)
• 08/10/2014 Karl Walentin (Riksbank): Business Cycle Implications of Mortgage Spreads (334 KB) Karl Walentin (Riksbank)
• 01/10/2014 Valerio Ercolani (Banco de Portugal): The Precautionary Saving Effect of Government Consumption (2 MB) Valerio Ercolani (Banco de Portugal)

September

• 26/09/2014 Paul Johnson (Institute for Fiscal Studies): The UK’s Fiscal Response to the Crisis (434 KB) Paul Johnson (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
• 24/09/2014 Pontus Rendahl (University of Cambridge): Fiscal Policy in an Unemployment Crisis (411 KB) Pontus Rendahl (University of Cambridge)
• 10/09/2014 Giancarlo Corsetti (Cambridge University): International competitiveness and monetary policy Giancarlo Corsetti (Cambridge University)

June

• 18/06/2014 (16:00-17:30)  Basit Zafar (New York Fed): NYFed Survey of Consumer Expectations: An Overview, and Investigation of Expectations Formation (392 KB) Basit Zafar (New York Fed)
• 18/06/2014 Guglielmo Maria Caporale (Brunel University London): Fiscal Spillovers in the euro area (736 B) Guglielmo Maria Caporale (Brunel University London)

May

• 22/05/2014 (16:30-18:00)  (Place: Chaflán 1ª planta) Laurent Ferrara (Banque de France): Post-recession US employment through the lens of a non-linear Okun’s law Laurent Ferrara (Banque de France)
• 13/05/2014 (Place: Sala de Cibeles Baja Madrazo) Raffaella Giacomini (UCL): Anchoring the Yield Curve Using Survey Expectations (991 KB) Raffaella Giacomini (UCL)

April

• 14/04/2014 Kebin Ma (Warwick University): Systemic risk and market liquidity (286 KB) Kebin Ma (Warwick University)
• 02/04/2014 (16:00-17:30)  Ángel de la Fuente (IAE-CSIC): Un Sistema de Cuentas Públicas Territorializadas para España (386 KB) Ángel de la Fuente (IAE-CSIC)

March

• 26/03/2014 (16:00-18:00)  (Place: Sala de Cibeles Baja Madrazo) Luis A. Puch (Universidad Complutense): A Theory of Vintage Capital Investment and Energy Use (1 MB) Luis A. Puch (Universidad Complutense)
• 19/03/2014 Andrea Ferrero (University of Oxford): What Explains Japan's Persistent Deflation? Andrea Ferrero (University of Oxford)
• 12/03/2014 Nezih Guner (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Heterogeneity and Government Revenues: Higher Taxes at the Top? Nezih Guner (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
• 05/03/2014 (Place: Sala de Cibeles Baja Madrazo) Eric Bartelsman (VU University Amsterdam): Reallocation and productivity Eric Bartelsman (VU University Amsterdam)

February

• 19/02/2014 Mónica Martínez-Bravo (CEMFI): Educate to Lead? The Effect of Politicians' Education on Public Good Provision: Evidence from Java Mónica Martínez-Bravo (CEMFI)
• 05/02/2014 Michele Piffer (LSE): Monetary Policy and Defaults in the US (521 KB) Michele Piffer (LSE)
• 04/02/2014 (Place: Chaflán 1ª planta) Daniel Osorio (LSE): Foreign Currency Debt and Optimal Monetary Policy: Is There a Role for the Exchange Rate in Completing Markets? (552 KB) Daniel Osorio (LSE)
• 03/02/2014 Isabel Cairo (UPF): The Slowdown in Business Employment Dynamics: The Role of Changing Skill Demand (628 KB) Isabel Cairo (UPF)

January

• 31/01/2014 Ksenia Koloskova (Bocconi University): On the Relationship Between Government Spending Multiplier and Welfare (598 KB) Ksenia Koloskova (Bocconi University)
• 30/01/2014 Elena Rancoita (University of Mannheim): Financial Integration and Sovereign Default (1 MB) Elena Rancoita (University of Mannheim)
• 29/01/2014 Martin Kuncl (CERGE-EI): Securitization under Asymmetric Information over the Business Cycle (1 MB) Martin Kuncl (CERGE-EI)
• 28/01/2014 Chiara Forlati (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne): Mortgage Amortization and Welfare (858 KB) Chiara Forlati (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
• 27/01/2014 Patricia Gómez (MIT): Financial Innovation in Sovereign Borrowing and Public Provision of Liquidity (450 KB) Patricia Gómez (MIT)
• 21/01/2014 Pedro Brinca (Stockholm University): Distortions in the Neoclassical Growth Model: A Cross Country Analysis (1 MB) Pedro Brinca (Stockholm University)
• 20/01/2014 Anatoli Segura (CEMFI): Why did sponsor banks rescue their SIVs? A reputational model of rescues (356 KB) Anatoli Segura (CEMFI)
• 17/01/2014 (Place: Chaflán 1ª planta) Annamaria Lusardi (George Washington University): The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence (394 KB) Annamaria Lusardi (George Washington University)
• 16/01/2014 Immo Schott (EUI): Start-ups, House Prices, and the Jobless Recovery (1 MB) Immo Schott (EUI)
• 15/01/2014 Liliana Varela (PSE): Financial Liberalization, Competition and Productivity (730 KB) Liliana Varela (PSE)