European Doctoral Group in Economics
Program Schedule
September 12-13, 2009
Conference Location
La Baume-Les Aix
1770 Chemin de la Blaque
13 090 Aix-en-Provence
Saturday September 12th
8.30 > 8.45 a.m Registration and Coffee
8.45 > 10.45 Session 1 Labour and industrial organization (chair: Prof. Dalia Marin, Munich)
8.45 > 9.05 Felix Reinshagen (Munich) “Minimum Education Requirement for Professions”
9.05 > 9.15 Discussion: W. Wadho (Aix-Marseille)
9.15 > 9.35 G. Labartino (Bocconi) “Academic Dynasties”
9.35 > 9.45 Discussion: F. Silbye (Copenhagen)
9.45 > 10.05 F. Silbye (Copenhagen) “Asymmetric Evidence and Optimal Leniency Programs”
10.05 > 10.15 Discussion: F. Reinshagen (Munich)
10.15 > 10.35 C. Siegert (Munich) “Pushing for Compliance: on the Emergence of “Extreme” Incentives”
10.35 > 10.45 Discussion : T. T. Platz (Copenhagen)
10.45 > 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 > 12.45 Session 2: Applied Microeconomics (Chair: Prof. Mathias Messner, Bocconi)
11.15 > 11.35 H. Fisher (Cambridge) “Can Divorce Property Division Laws explain the decision to marry or cohabit ?
11.35 > 11.45 Discussion: M. Laouenan (Aix-Marseille)
11.45 > 12.05 B. Schmutz (Aix-Marseille) “I don’t Want You as a Neighbour: What will the landlord do ?
12.05 > 12.15 Discussion: H. Fisher (Cambridge)
12.15 > 12.35 D. Comerford (Dublin) “Experimental Tests of Survey Responses to Expenditure Questions”
12.35 > 12.45 Discussion: J. Newton (Cambridge)
12.45 > 13.45 p.m Lunch
13.45 > 14.30 p.m Keynote Lecture Prof. Alan P. Kirman, Aix-Marseille, “The economic crisis is also a crisis for economics”
14.30 > 14.45 p.m Break
14.45 > 16.15 Session 3 Economic Theory (chair: prof. Peter Sorensen, Copenhagen)
14.45 > 15.05 T. T. Platz (Copenhagen) “Forming and dissolving partnerships in cooperative game situations”
15.05 > 15.15 Discussion: A. Gamba (Bocconi)
15.15 > 15.35 A. Gamba (Bocconi) “Binary Cursed Equilibrium”
15.35 > 15.45 Discussion: P. Toqueboeuf (Aix-Marseille)
15.45 > 16.05 P. Toqueboeuf (Aix-Marseille) “Attitude toward information and learning under multiple
16.05 > 16.15 Discussion: R. Ulbricht (Munich)
16.15 > 16.45 Coffee break
16.45. > 18.15 Session 4: Financial markets (chair: Prof. Liam Delanay, Dublin)
16.45 > 17.05 A. D. Tortora (Bocconi) “Exchange Rate forcasting: Bayesian Model Averaging and Structural Instability”
17.05 > 17.15 Discussion: F. Guobin (Aix-Marseille)
17.15 > 17.35 F. Guobin (Aix-Marseille) “Evidence of Regime-Switching Dependence in Chinese Financial Markets”
17.35 > 17.45 Discussion: S. Saksonovs, Cambridge
17.45 > 18.05 S. Saksonovs (Cambridge) “A Model of International Assets Allocation”
18.05 > 18.15 Discussion: Monique Newiak (Munich)
19.00 Reception, City Hall, Aix-En-Provence
20.30 Dinner - Le passage - 6bis rue Mazarine -13100 Aix-En-Provence - htpp://www.le-passage.fr
Sunday September13th
9.30 > 11.30 Session 5: Empirical economics (chair: Prof. Sule Alan, Cambridge)
9.30 > 9.50 E. Hudson (Dublin) “Obesity and Determinants of Life Satisfaction”
9.50 > 10.00 Discussion: G. Labartino (Bocconi)
10.00 > 10.20 I. Gocksel (Bocconi) “The determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey”
10.20 > 10.30 Discussion: B. Schmutz (Aix-Marseille)
10.30> 10.50 K. Mohaddes (Cambridge) “Growth and natural resources in Latin America: new Evidence using a Heterogeneous Panel Analysis”
10.50> 11.00 Discussion: C. Lorenczik (Munich)
11.00 > 11.20 Michael Seitz (Munich) “The gain from variety in the European Union”
11.20 > 11.30 Discussion: E. Hudson (Dublin)
11.30 > 12.45 Lunch
12.45 > 13.30 Meeting of the faculty members in charge of EDGE