Alghero Program 2025

Alghero program 2025

16th June - Political Economy

8:50 | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

9:00 – 10:00 | SESSION 1

9:00 – 9:30 | Sovereign Credit Ratings, Transparency and Political Survival. Peter Rosendorff, New York University.

9:30 – 10:00 | Supranation Building. Massimiliano Onorato, Università di Bologna.

10:00 – 11:00 | SESSION 2

10:00 – 10:30 | Building or Blocking? Regulatory Barriers to Public Investment. Michael Ting, Columbia University.

10:30 – 11:00 | A Remedy to the Demand for Bad Policy. Paolo Roberti, Università di Bozen-Bolzano.

11:00 – 11:30 | COFFE BREAK

11:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 3

11:30 – 12:00 | Misperceptions of Gender Norms: Experimental Evidence from Rural Tanzania. Beatrice Montano, Columbia University.

12:00 – 12:30 | The Battle of the Sexes for Mayoral Re-election: Gender Differences in Early Childcare Provision. Elena Renzullo, London School of Economics.

12:30 – 2:00 | LUNCH

2:00 – 3:30 | SESSION 4

2:00 – 2:30 | The Politics of Attention. Andrea Mattozzi, Università di Bologna and CEPR.

2:30 – 3:00 | The Political Economy of Neoliberal Narratives. Adam Brzezinski, London School of Economics.

3:00 – 3:30 | Strategic Radicalism. Lucas Morissette, University of Manchester.

17th June - Political Economy

9:00 – 10:00 | SESSION 5

9:00 – 9:30 | Blameocracy. Giacomo Manferdini, Università Bocconi.

9:30 – 10:00 | Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter. Eleonora Alabrese, University of Bath.

10:00 – 11:00 | SESSION 6

10:00 – 10:30 | Policymaking in the American States, 1787-2020. Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

10:30 – 11:00 | Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S. – Evidence from Migration Patterns of 212 Million Voters. Emilie Sartre, University of Nottingham.

11:00 – 11:30 | COFFE BREAK

11:30 – 12:30 | SESSION 7

11:30 – 12:00 | Competing to Deter. Scott Tyson, University of Rochester.

12:00 – 12:30 | Influence Operations with Corrupt Agents. Jessica Sun, Emory.

12:30 – 2:00 | LUNCH

2:00 – 3:00 | SESSION 8

2:00 – 2:30 | When Growth Leads to Zero-sum Conflict. Alvaro Delgado-Vega, Harris School of Public Policy.

2:30 – 3:00 | Restoring Trust in Public Institutions. Maddalena Grignani, UPF.

18th June - Corporate finance, financial intermediation and macro-finance

09:30-11:00 | SESSION 1

The Interest Rate and Bank Rescue Policy. Emmanuel Caiazzo, Università di Napoli Federico II.

Severe Weather and Collateral Provisions. Cristina Cella, Sveriges Riksbank.

11:00-11:30 | COFFE BREAK

11:30-13:00 | SESSION 2

Judicial Enforcement and the Transmission of Bankruptcy through Firm Networks. Gil Nogueira, Bank of Portugal, Católica-Lisbon SBE.

Unveiling the Fog of Law: Judicial Transparency and Entrepreneurship. Zhiming Zhu, Tsinghua University.

13:00-15:00 | LUNCH

15:00-16:30 | SESSION 3

Imperfect Banking Competition and the Propagation of Uncertainty Shocks. Tommaso Gasparini, Banque de France.

The Macroeconomics of Liquidity in Financial Intermediation. Davide Porcellacchia, European Central Bank.

19th June - Corporate finance, financial intermediation and macro-finance

9:30-11:00 | SESSION 4

Trade credit in a developing country: the role of large suppliers in the production network. Pierluca Pannella, São Paulo School of Economics - FGV

Financial Development, Financial Specialization, and Trade. Pierluigi Murro, LUISS.

11:00-11:30 | COFFE BREAK

11:30-13:00 | SESSION 5

Time to Innovate. Sunwoo Hwang. Korea University Business School.

Finance and Productivity Growth: The Role of Intangibles. Isabelle Roland, Bank of England.

13:00-15:00 | LUNCH

15:00-16:30 | SESSION 6

Collateral Choice. Benedikt Ballensiefen, Universität zu Köln.

The Value of Words: Evidence from Non-Financial Disclosure Regulation. Antonio Accetturo, Banca d'Italia.