
XIV Workshop on
INSTITUTIONS, INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES

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.
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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
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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
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The Interest Rate and Bank Rescue Policy. Emmanuel Caiazzo, Università di Napoli Federico II.
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Severe Weather and Collateral Provisions. Cristina Cella, Sveriges Riksbank.
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11:00-11:30 | COFFE BREAK
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11:30-13:00 | SESSION 2
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Judicial Enforcement and the Transmission of Bankruptcy through Firm Networks. Gil Nogueira, Bank of Portugal, Católica-Lisbon SBE.
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Unveiling the Fog of Law: Judicial Transparency and Entrepreneurship. Zhiming Zhu, Tsinghua University.
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13:00-15:00 | LUNCH
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15:00-16:30 | SESSION 3
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Imperfect Banking Competition and the Propagation of Uncertainty Shocks. Tommaso Gasparini, Banque de France.
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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
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Trade credit in a developing country: the role of large suppliers in the production network. Pierluca Pannella, São Paulo School of Economics - FGV
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Financial Development, Financial Specialization, and Trade. Pierluigi Murro, LUISS.
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11:00-11:30 | COFFE BREAK
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11:30-13:00 | SESSION 5
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Time to Innovate. Sunwoo Hwang. Korea University Business School.
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Finance and Productivity Growth: The Role of Intangibles. Isabelle Roland, Bank of England.
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13:00-15:00 | LUNCH
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15:00-16:30 | SESSION 6
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Collateral Choice. Benedikt Ballensiefen, Universität zu Köln.
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The Value of Words: Evidence from Non-Financial Disclosure Regulation. Antonio Accetturo, Banca d'Italia.
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