PEPES Seminar *via ZOOM* - Apr 25th

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Marta Reynal-Querol

*Due to an air-controller strike, our PEPES guest speaker cannot be present with us in Paris - join us on Zoom, same time (zoom link sent to you by email) !*

Marta REYNAL-QUEROL is ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Research Professor. She is the Director of the BSE Master's Program in Economics. She is also Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and member of the Council of the European Economic Association (EEA). Among her editorial duties, she is Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the European Journal of Political Economy. She worked for the World Bank between 2001 and 2005.

Her research focuses on the causes of civil wars and genocides, conflict resolution and the aftermath of conflict; leaders and institutional reforms; aid effectiveness, and the economics of institutions. She publishes regularly in the most prestigious international journals, both general and specialised. After receiving a European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant in 2008 and an ERC Consolidator grant in 2014, she was awarded an ERC Advanced grant in 2021 for her project Colonization, Early Institutions and the Origin of State Capacity and Democratization. In 2022 she was the recipient of the Rei Jaume I Prize in Economics for her contributions to the determinants of war conflicts, political economy and economic development using methodologies based on historical experiences and “big data”.

Marta Reynal-Querol will present a paper, joint with Tim Besley, at the next PEPES Seminar on the topic:

The Colonial Origins of State Capacity: Evidence from Spanish Conquerors in Latin America (read abstract, PDF 37.9 KB)

More about Marta REYNAL-QUEROL and her research

Date: THURSDAY, April 25th - 12.30 pm
*EXCEPTIONAL* Location: Zoom (link sent to you via email)

The next PEPES Seminar will host Aurélie OUSS (Visiting faculty, on leave from UPenn) on June 6th.

Paris Trade Seminar - Apr 23rd

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Martina Magli

Martina MAGLI is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat München (LMU). She is also a Research Fellow at CESifo and at the Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP).

Her research interests are at the intersection of international economics, applied economics and labour economics. She is mostly interested in trade in services, firms' dynamics and how trade affects the labour markets.

Martina Magli will present a paper at the next Paris Trade Seminar on the topic:

Should We Stay or Should We Go? Firms' Adjustments to Trade Shocks (read abstract, PDF 39.94 KB)

More about Martina MAGLI and her research

Date: TUESDAY, April 23rd - 2.30 pm
Location: PSE - Jourdan Campus - Room R2-01

The next Paris Trade Seminar will host Matt GRANT (Dartmouth) on May 7th.

Roy-ADRES Seminar - Apr 22nd

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Ryota Iijima

Ryota IIJIMA is Associate Professor of the Department of Economics at Yale University. After completing his PhD in Economics at Harvard in 2016, he became a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale's Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics in 2016-2017, before joining Yale's permanent faculty.

His research interests include Behavioural Economics, Decision Theory, Economic Theory, Game Theory, and Networks.

Ryota Iijima will present a paper, joint with Mira Frick and Yuhta Ishii, at the next Roy-ADRES Seminar on the topic:

Multidimensional Screening with Rich Consumer Data (read abstract, PDF 38.35 KB)

More about Ryota IIJIMA and his research

Date: MONDAY, April 22nd - 5 pm
Location: PSE - Jourdan Campus - Room R1-09

The next Roy-ADRES Seminar will host Ariel RUBENSTEIN (New York University) on April 29th.

Applied Microeconomics Seminar - Apr 22nd

Joint with our Departmental Seminar
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*For faculty who would like to schedule an appointment with our guest speaker please fill out the Applied Micro Google form only. PhD students may send an email to Stéphanie Berrebi.*

Barbara Biasi

Barbara BIASI is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), at IZA, and at CESifo.

She is a labour economist working on education, innovation, and gender.

Barbara Biasi will present a paper, joint with Julien Lafortune and David Schönholzer, at an exceptional joint Applied Microeconomics and Departmental Seminar on the topic:

How Political Institutions Shape Education Spending: Supermajority Requirements in U.S. School Capital Investments (read abstract, PDF 44.02 KB)

More about Barbara BIASI and her research

Date: MONDAY, April 22nd - 2.45 pm
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Jean-Paul Fitoussi Conference Room

Our next Applied Microeconomics Seminar will host Mushfiq MOBARAK (Yale) on May 15th.

Our next Departmental Seminar will host Dave DONALDSON (MIT) on April 29th.

Banque de France Research Seminar - Apr 17th

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For our final Banque de France/Sciences Po Research Seminar "Banks and the Financial System: what regulation?" of the academic year, we are pleased to host Olivier WANG (Assistant Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business at New York University) on the theme:

Banking on Uninsured Deposits

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 Stéphanie BERREBI 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, April 17th - 5 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Jean-Paul Fitoussi Conference Room

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