The Microeconometrics Seminar: Time: 10:30 am - 11:45 am Exceptionally Date: 13th of December 2019 Exceptionally Friday Place: Room 3001. Alberto ABADIE (MIT) - “Statistical Non-Significance in Empirical Economics" Abstract: Statistical significance is often interpreted as providing greater information than nonsignificance. In this article we show, however, that rejection of a point null often carries […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Time: 10:30 am - 11:45 am Exceptionally Date: 13th of December 2019 Exceptionally Friday Place: Room 3001. Alberto ABADIE (MIT) - “Statistical Non-Significance in Empirical Economics" Abstract: Statistical significance is often interpreted as providing greater information than nonsignificance. In this article we show, however, that rejection of a point null often carries […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday at 12:15 pm. Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Date: 17th of December 2019 Place: Room 3001. Lucas GIRARD (CREST) - "Measuring Speech Polarization: Identification and Estimation", joint work with Xavier D'Haultfoeuille (CREST) and Roland Rathelot (University of Warwick and CEPR) Abstract: Recently, political divisiveness appears to have been increasing […]
The Microeconometrics Seminar: Every Tuesday at 12:15 pm. Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Date: 17th of December 2019 Place: Room 3001. Lucas GIRARD (CREST) - "Measuring Speech Polarization: Identification and Estimation", joint work with Xavier D'Haultfoeuille (CREST) and Roland Rathelot (University of Warwick and CEPR) Abstract: Recently, political divisiveness appears to have been increasing […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 13th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Elia LAPENTA (TSE) "A Bootstrap Specification Test for Semiparametric Models with Generated Regressors" Abstract : This paper provides a specification test for semiparametric models with nonparametrically generated regressors. Such variables are not observed by the researcher but are nonparametrically […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 13th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Elia LAPENTA (TSE) "A Bootstrap Specification Test for Semiparametric Models with Generated Regressors" Abstract : This paper provides a specification test for semiparametric models with nonparametrically generated regressors. Such variables are not observed by the researcher but are nonparametrically […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 14th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Pieter de VLIEGER (University of Michigan) "Quantifying Sources of Persistent Prescription Behavior : Evidence from Belgium" Abstract : Physician behavior is highly persistent and difficult to change, yet the drivers of this persistence are not well understood. This paper […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 14th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Pieter de VLIEGER (University of Michigan) "Quantifying Sources of Persistent Prescription Behavior : Evidence from Belgium" Abstract : Physician behavior is highly persistent and difficult to change, yet the drivers of this persistence are not well understood. This paper […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 22th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Alessandra ALLOCCA (University of Mannheim) "No Man is an Island ": An Empirical Study on Team Formation and Performance Abstract : Many organizations rely on decentralized arrangements where employees choose their projects and teams. Most of the empirical literature […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 22th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Alessandra ALLOCCA (University of Mannheim) "No Man is an Island ": An Empirical Study on Team Formation and Performance Abstract : Many organizations rely on decentralized arrangements where employees choose their projects and teams. Most of the empirical literature […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 23th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Anthony STRITTMATTER (University of St. Gallen) "What Is the Value Added by Using Causal Machine Learning Methods in a Welfare Experiment Evaluation?" Abstract : Recent studies have proposed causal machine learning (CML) methods to estimate conditional average treatment effects […]
Job market interview Time: 12:30pm – 13:45 pm Date: 23th of January 2020 Place: Room 3001 Anthony STRITTMATTER (University of St. Gallen) "What Is the Value Added by Using Causal Machine Learning Methods in a Welfare Experiment Evaluation?" Abstract : Recent studies have proposed causal machine learning (CML) methods to estimate conditional average treatment effects […]