Applied Seminar Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 30th of January Room : 3001 Alina Ozhegova (Norwegian School of Economics) "Assortment Choice and Market Power under Uniform Pricing" Abstract :This paper studies how retailers strategically use product assortment to respond tolocal market conditions when prices are set at the national level. When firms […]
Applied Seminar Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 31th of January Room : 3001 Enrico Rubolino (Lausanne) "Market Externalities of Tax Evasion" Abstract : This paper shows that tax evasion significantly distorts market competition and firm growth. Using administrative data on the universe of firms in Italy, we compute a tax evasion proxy […]
Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 6th Febuary 2024 Place: room 3001 Felix ELWERT (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - Causal decomposition of group disparities Abstract: Social scientists often ask how an intermediate treatment variable contributes to group-based outcome disparities. E.g., how does family formation contribute to the gender-wage gap; how […]
Applied Micro Seminar : Every Tuesday Time: 12:15 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 27th Febuary Room : 3001 Marleen MARRA (Sciences Po) - A Market for Airport Slots Abstract : This paper explores the welfare impacts of introducing a market-based mechanism for the allocation of scarce airport take-off and landing slots. Instead of […]
Quantitative Sustainable Economics and Finance Time: 10.30 am Date: 29 th of February 2023 Room 1001 Simon SCHEIDEGGER (HEC Lausanne) "t.b.a." Abstract : Organizers: Peter TANKOV (CREST) - Olivier David ZERBIB (CREST) Sponsors: CREST
Quantitative Sustainable Economics and Finance Time: 11.30 am Date: 29 th of February 2023 Room Louis Daumas (CIRED) "Financial transition risks and the multiverse of mitigation pathways: A scenario-exploration exercise with a stock-flow consistent model" Abstract : This article proposes a novel methodology for forward-looking low-carbon transition risk assessment based on a large set of […]
Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Date: 29 Febuary 2024 Place: room 3105 ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/97022088673?pwd=c0lkazlob2hIWE5zU2pnMlNpem5udz09 Caroline Bertron (Université Paris 8) - Educating the Wealth Elite. Studying Social Class and Schools with Economic Sociology Abstract: In this presentation I wish to offer an overview of my research on Swiss international boarding […]
Macro seminar Time : 12h15 - 13h30 Date : 04 Mars 2024 Salle 3001 Antoine BERTHEAU (Norwegian School of Economics ) "Why Firms Lay Off Workers Instead of Cutting Wages: Evidence From Linked Survey-Administrative Data" Abstract: We study how firms adjust labor in response to adverse shocks—via layoffs or pay cuts—and the reasons behind each […]
Finance & Financial Econometrics : Time: 10.00 am Date: 07th of March 2023 Room 3001 Davide LA VECCHIA (University of Geneva) "t.b.a." Abstract : Organizers: Jean-Michel ZAKOIAN (CREST) Sponsors: CREST
Finance & Financial Econometrics : Time: 11.00 am Date: 07th of March 2023 Room 31001 Jeroen ROMBOUTS (ESSEC) - "Modeling Higher Moments and Risk Premiums for S&P 500 Returns" Abstract : Using joint estimation on a large sample of index option prices and the underlying returns, we study how multifactor models capture time-series and cross-sectional […]
Macro seminar Time : 12h15 - 13h30 Date : 11 Mars 2024 Salle 3001 Sebastian SCHMIDT (European Central Bank) "T.B.A." Abstract: T.B.A. Organizer Olivier LOISEL (CREST)
Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am Date: 14th March Place: room 3060 Kevin Munger (Pennsylvania State University) - Political Deepfakes Are As Credible As Other Fake Media And (Sometimes) Real Media Abstract: We demonstrate that fabricated videos of public officials synthesized by deep learning (“deepfakes”) are credible to a large […]