CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 07th Oct. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Matthew Jackson (Stanford University) - "What Makes Financial Networks Special? Distorted Investment Incentives, Regulation, and Systemic Risk Measurement" joint work with Agathe Pernoud Abstract: "In a model of financial networks with both debt and equity interdependencies, we show that […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 07th Oct. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Matthew Jackson (Stanford University) - "What Makes Financial Networks Special? Distorted Investment Incentives, Regulation, and Systemic Risk Measurement" joint work with Agathe Pernoud Abstract: "In a model of financial networks with both debt and equity interdependencies, we show that […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 16th Oct. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Martin Oehmke (LSE) - "A Theory of Socially Responsible Investment",  joint work with Marcus Opp Abstract: "Based on a canonical model of corporate financing under agency frictions, we characterize how and when socially responsible investors can affect firm behavior […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 16th Oct. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Martin Oehmke (LSE) - "A Theory of Socially Responsible Investment",  joint work with Marcus Opp Abstract: "Based on a canonical model of corporate financing under agency frictions, we characterize how and when socially responsible investors can affect firm behavior […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 17th Oct. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Steven Berry (Yale University) - "Estimating Labor Market Power" joint work with José Azar and Ioanna Marinescu. Abstract: "How much power do employers have to suppress wages below marginal productivity? It depends on the firm-level labor supply elasticity. Leveraging data […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 17th Oct. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Steven Berry (Yale University) - "Estimating Labor Market Power" joint work with José Azar and Ioanna Marinescu. Abstract: "How much power do employers have to suppress wages below marginal productivity? It depends on the firm-level labor supply elasticity. Leveraging data […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 6th Nov. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Harry Di Pei (Northwestern University) - Reputation Building with Endogenous Speed of Learning Abstract: "I study reputation models where each short-run player observes a (possibly stochastic) bounded subset of the long-run player’s previous period  actions, in addition to the […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 6th Nov. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Harry Di Pei (Northwestern University) - Reputation Building with Endogenous Speed of Learning Abstract: "I study reputation models where each short-run player observes a (possibly stochastic) bounded subset of the long-run player’s previous period  actions, in addition to the […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 7th Nov. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Béatrice Cherrier (Université Cergy-Pontoise) - A century of economics and engineering at Stanford joint work with Aurélien Saïdi. Abstract: " This paper documents the disciplinary exchanges between economists and engineers at Stanford throughout the 20th century. We elucidate how this […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 7th Nov. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Béatrice Cherrier (Université Cergy-Pontoise) - A century of economics and engineering at Stanford joint work with Aurélien Saïdi. Abstract: " This paper documents the disciplinary exchanges between economists and engineers at Stanford throughout the 20th century. We elucidate how this […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 13th Nov. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Maria Ana Vitorino (INSEAD) - "Drip Pricing When Consumers Have Limited Foresight: Evidence from Driving School Fees" Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the add-on or “drip” pricing behavior of firms. We present a model in which consumers purchase a […]

CREST Microeconomics Seminar :  Time: 12:15 pm - 1:30pm Date: 13th Nov. 2019 Place: Room 3001. Maria Ana Vitorino (INSEAD) - "Drip Pricing When Consumers Have Limited Foresight: Evidence from Driving School Fees" Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the add-on or “drip” pricing behavior of firms. We present a model in which consumers purchase a […]