Thesis defence: Essays in the Econometrics of Asset Pricing and Public Health Fri 27 Nov 2020 15.00 - 17.00 Department of Economics In this thesis, I employ techniques from time series econometrics to study the detection of asset price bubbles and the measurement of vaccine uptake.In Chapter 1, I analyse some commonly used bubble ... Co-Supervisor: Prof. Juan Jose Dolado (Universidad Carlos III Madrid) Defendant: Matthias Schmidtblaicher (EUI - Economics) Examiner: Prof. Patrik Guggenberger (The Pennsylvania State University) Marcin Zamojski (University of Gothenburg') Supervisor: Prof. Peter Hansen (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Contact: Rossella Corridori (Eco) - Send a mail Location: Online - Zoom Read more Essays in the Econometrics of Asset Pricing and Public Health
Thesis defence: Belief Formation and Prosocial Behavior Thu 05 Nov 2020 17.00 - 19.00 Department of Economics This dissertation consists of three self-contained essays on belief formation and on the role of beliefs for prosocial behavior.The first chapter is co-authored with Peter Schwardmann and Joel van der... Co-Supervisor: Prof. Michèle Belot (Cornell University) Defendant: Egon Tripodi (EUI - Economics) Examiner: Prof. Uri Gneezy (University of California San Diego) Prof. Lorenz Götte (University of Bonn) Supervisor: Prof. David Levine (Washington University in St. Louis & EUI) Location: Outside EUI premises - Read more Belief Formation and Prosocial Behavior
Thesis defence: Essays on Trade, Fiscal Policy and Gender Equality Mon 23 Nov 2020 16.00 - 18.00 Department of Economics Chapter 1 introduces a new data set containing daily trade policy statements issued by government agencies between 2007 and 2019. Entries are classified along several dimensions: the direction of the ... Co-Supervisor: Prof. Leonardo Melosi (EUI and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) Contact: Lucia Vigna (EUI - Department of Economics) - Send a mail Defendant: Alica Ida Bonk (EUI - Department of Economics) Examiner: Dr. Antonio Navas Ruiz (University of Sheffield) Prof. Sarantis Kalyvitis (Athens University of Economic and Business) Supervisor: Prof. Evi Pappa (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Location: Online via ZOOM - Read more Essays on Trade, Fiscal Policy and Gender Equality
Thesis defence: Essays in Macroeconomics: Fiscal Policy, Hiring Frictions, Uncertainty, and Risk Sharing Tue 24 Nov 2020 17.00 - 19.00 Department of Economics The first chapter uncovers the role of firms' hiring decisions as a novel source of state dependence in the fiscal spending multiplier. A firm that hires faces a tradeoff between current and futur... Co-Supervisor: Prof. Leonardo Melosi (EUI and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) Defendant: Anna Rogantini Picco (EUI - Economics) Examiner: Prof. John Fernald (INSEAD and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) Prof. Antonella Trigari (Bocconi - IGIER) Supervisor: Prof. Evi Pappa (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Contact: Lucia Vigna (EUI - Department of Economics) - Send a mail Location: Online via Zoom - Read more Essays in Macroeconomics: Fiscal Policy, Hiring Frictions, Uncertainty, and Risk Sharing