Departmental Seminar via Zoom - Sept 13th
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Hamish LOW is the James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Hamish’s research is focused on three connected sets of issues: first, what sort of uncertainty do individuals face over their life-times; second, how do individuals respond to this uncertainty; and third, what is the role of government, especially through social insurance, in mitigating this uncertainty. The uncertainty that individuals face is partly due to economic risks (future wages or employment, value of their assets, such as housing and pensions), and economy-wide risks (recessions or financial contractions). Individuals also face risks to their health and to family structure, and these risks often have economic implications. These issues are both microeconomic and macroeconomic, which are addressed using computer simulation and structural econometrics to model and estimate realistic economic environments.
Hamish LOW will present a paper, joint with Thomas F. CROSSLEY and Peter LEVELL, at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:
House Price Rises and Borrowing to Invest (read paper, PDF 710.12 KB)
More about Hamish LOW and his research
Date: Monday, September 13th - 2:45 PM
Location: Zoom
Our next Departmental Seminar will host Thierry FOUCAULT (Visiting Faculty, on leave from HEC Paris) on September 20th.
Friday Seminar *in-person* - Sept 10th
Paper in a typewriter on which it is written "New Research"
*This seminar will take place in-person*
Julia CAGÉ is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department. In 2018 she became the Co-director of the LIEPP's "Evaluation of Democracy" research group. She is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Among her editorial duties, she is Co-Editor of Oxford's Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
It was recently announced that Julia CAGÉ is the 2021 Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment of the University of Oslo.
Her research focuses on political economy, industrial organization and economic history. She is particularly interested in media economics, political participation and political attitudes. She was awarded an ERC Starting grant last year for her project PARTICIPATE.
Julia CAGÉ will present a paper, joint with Laurent BOUTON, Edgard DEWITTE, and Vincent PONS, at the next Friday Seminar on the theme:
Small Campaign Contributions (read Abstract, PDF 33.08 KB)
More about Julia CAGÉ and her research
Date: Friday, September 10th, 2021 - 12:30 - 14:00
Location: Department of Economics, 28 rue des Saints Pères - ROOM H 405
The next Friday Seminar will host Zydney WONG and Gustave KENEDI on September 17th.
Julia CAGÉ is Næss Chair on Global Justice and the Environment (UiO)
Bust of Arne Næss on black background
The University of Oslo (UiO) announced in late August the 2021 Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment: faculty member Julia CAGÉ is the new chairholder.
The Arne Næss Programme seeks to "stimulate creative research and debate on the philosophical, ethical and legal dimensions of socio-environmental challenges of our time ". The Chair is awarded every year to a scholar, leader or activist of international renown. Past recipients have included Eva JOLY and Anthony GIDDENS.
Julia CAGÉ, Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Department, is particularly interested in media economics, political participation and political attitudes. She is the Co-Director of the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)’s “Evaluation of Democracy” research group. Among her editorial duties, she has just been appointed Co-Editor of Oxford’s Journal of Economics, Law and Organization (JELO).
Last year she was awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant for a five-year project on “Campaign finance, Information and Influence: A Comprehensive Approach Using Individual-Level Data and Computer Sciences Tools” (PARTICIPATE) – read interview with Julia CAGÉ.
Julia CAGÉ is also well-known to the general public through her books. Her critically acclaimed work « The Price of Democracy » (at Fayard in 2018, English edition at Harvard University Press, 2020) was awarded the Prix Pétrarque de l’essai by Le Monde and France Culture in 2019. According to the Arne Næss Programme Director Nina WITOSZEK, it is a « work (that) should be read by all social democrats – if there are any left. Her extraordinary book, The Price of Democracy, is not just a work of lazy deconstruction of predatory capitalism: it puts the financial responsibility for democracy – and for social and environmental justice - squarely in the hands of citizens ».
Julia CAGÉ will be giving the keynote lecture at the 2021 Arne Næss on September 23rd on « Rethinking Democracy: Steps to Political Equality and Social and Environmental Justice ». She will explain «why neither the traditional social democratic parties, nor populist upstarts, have ever really addressed social inequalities and environmental rights… (and propose) concrete strategies to increase citizen’s political power and ensure environmental justice.»
Congratulations to Julia CAGÉ!
More about Julia CAGÉ and her research
Read about her ERC Project PARTICIPATE
More about the Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment
The Arne Næss Symposia (link)
Banque de France Research Seminar via Zoom - Sept 8th
Banque de France and Sciences Po pediments on buildings
For the first Banque de France/Sciences Po Research Seminar "Banks and the Financial System: what regulation?" of the academic year, we are pleased to host Hyun-Song SHIN (Economic Advisor, Head of Research at the Bank for International Settlements - BIS) on the theme:
Central Bank Digital Currency: Where Do We Stand?
Thierry MENNESSON (Partner, Oliver Wyman Digital) will give his point of view on the subject.
Banque de France / Sciences Po Research Seminars discuss issues on banking, financial systems and financial regulation. The objective is to confront the approaches and ideas of academics and practitioners.
If you would like to attend, please contact Sandrine LE GOFF by email.
Seminars are organised by Vivien Levy-Garboua (Affiliated & Associate Faculty member), Denis Beau (Sous-Gouverneur, Banque de France), Stéphane GUIBAUD (Professor at Sciences Po).
Date: Wednesday, 2021/09/08 - 17:00 - 19:00
Location: Zoom
Departmental Seminar *in-person* - Sept 6th
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*This seminar will be in-person*
Basile GRASSI is a member of our Visiting Faculty this year, on leave from Bocconi University where he is an Assistant Professor of Economics. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and an Affiliate at the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER).
His research interests span a number of topics : Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization (IO), Firm Dynamics, Input-Output Networks (I-O), Micro-origins of Aggregate Fluctuations and Growth Theory.
Basile GRASSI will present a paper, joint with Ariel BURSTEIN and Vasco M. CARVALHO, at our first Departmental Seminar of the year on the theme:
Bottom-up Markup Fluctuations (read paper, Pdf 690.92 KB)
More about Basile GRASSI and his research
Date : Monday, September 6th, 2021 – 2 :45 PM
Location : Department of Economics – 28 rue des Saints Pères – Room H 405
Our next Departmental Seminar will host Hamish LOW (Oxford University) on September 13th.
