Review of Economic Studies Tour
20-21 May 2010
Sala Europa – Villa Schifanoia
Programme - pdf
Thursday 20 May 2010 – Sala Europa
9.00 Welcome
9.15 – 10.45 Pablo Kurlat (MIT)
Lemons, Market Shutdowns and Learning
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break – Sala Bandiere
11.00 – 12.30 Andrew Shephard (UCL)
Equilibrium search and tax credit reform
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch – Sala Bandiere
13.45 – 15.15 Kirill Evdokimov (Yale)
Identification and Estimation of a Nonparametric Panel Data Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity
15.15 – 16.45 Alp Simsek (MIT)
When Optimists Need Credit: Asymmetric Filtering of Optimism and Implications for Asset Prices
16.45 – 17.00 Coffee Break – Sala Bandiere
17.00 – 18.30 Florian Scheuer (MIT)
Entrepreneurial Taxation, Occupational Choice, and Credit Market Frictions
Friday 21 May 2010 – Sala Europa
9.15 – 10.45 Cynthia Kinnan (MIT)
Distinguishing barriers to insurance in Thai villages
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break – Sala Bandiere
11.00 – 12.30 Benjamin Handel (Northwestern)
Adverse Selection and Switching Costs in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts
12.30 Lunch – Sala Bandiere