Alghero program 2023

Friday 30th June

Digital economics

9:00-10:30 – SESSION 1 – PLATFORM DESIGN - AULA SCANO S1A

Samuel Häfner, University of San Gallen. Optimal Decentralization and Service Provision on a Base-layer Blockchain Under Market Frictions.

Clara Graziano, Università di Udine. Personalized Pricing with Imperfect Customer Recognition.

Tommaso Bondi, Cornell University. Alone, Together. A Model of Social (mis)Learning from Consumer Reviews.

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 – SESSION 2 – DATA MARKET - AULA SCANO S1A

Luca Sandrini, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Mandated Data Sharing in Hybrid Marketplaces.

Laura Abrardi, Politecnico di Torino. Data Broker Competition and Downstream Market Entry.

Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University. “For the Public Benefit”: Data Policy in Platform Markets.

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 – SESSION 3 – PLATFORMS - AULA SCANO S1A

Caio Waisman, Northwestern University. A Multi-cell Experimental Design to Recover Policy Relevant Treatment Effects, with an Application to Online Advertising.

Robert Somogyj, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Streaming Wars: When to Launch a Streaming Service?

Jessica Fong, University of Michigan. The Effects of Delay in Bargaining: Evidence from eBay.

Saturday 1st July

Digital economics

9:00-10:30 – SESSION 4 – ONLINE AND OFFLINE MARKETS - AULA SCANO S1A

Sam Cao, Stockholm School of Economics. Local Labor Market Frictions and Platform-Dependent Entrepreneurship.

Fabio Manenti, Università di Padova. Patents with Simultaneous Innovations: The Non-Obviousness Requirement and the Direction of Innovation.

Vatsala Shreeti, BIS. Explaining Smartphone Adoption in India.

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 – SESSION 5 – PHD STUDENT SESSION - AULA SCANO S1A

Adam Feher, Universiteit van Amsterdam. How to Enforce Platforms' Liability.

Luca Rossi, Università di Parma e Ferrara. Social Movements as Catalysts: The Effect of #metoo on Music Consumption.

Dante Langone, Università di Pavia. Market Power and Tracking: an Empirical Analysis of iOS Apps.

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 – KEYNOTE LECTURE - AULA SCANO S1A

Marc Bourreau (Télécom Paris)

Interoperability in Digital Markets

Economic history

20 minutes presentation + 15 min. discussion

09:30 - 10:40 – SESSION 1 - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Stefano Comino, Università di Udine. Censorship, industry structure, and creativity: evidence from the Catholic inquisition in Renaissance Venice.

Chris Colvin, Queen's University Belfast. Why are corporations terminated? A century of evidence from the Netherlands.

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:10 – SESSION 2 - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Carlo Caporali, Gran Sasso Science Institute. Terror and Turnout: Examining the Impact of Terrorist Violence on Voter Participation during Italy's Anni di Piombo.

Gabriele Cappelli, Università di Siena. The drivers of the Italian “big spurt” (1861-1914): wages, energy and technology.

12:10-13:00 – KEYNOTE LECTURE - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Michelangelo Vasta (Università di Siena)

Exploring the frontiers of Economic History; the uneasy relation with economics

13:00 - 14:15 - Lunch

14:15 – 15:30 – SESSION 3 - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Giacomo Plevani, Università di Bologna. Cities' industrialization and social mobility: evidence from Turin.

Francesco Cinnirella, Università di Bergamo. Education and Innovation: The Role of Compulsory Schooling in Patenting Activity in Liberal Italy.

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:10 – SESSION 4 - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Gabriele Ruiu, Università di Sassari. “Amour à vendre” in Paris. An empirical analysis of the relationship between grain price and sex work at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century.

Øivind Schøyen, University of Tromsoe. Geostrategic competition and the balance between state and society: theory and historical evidence from the rivalry between Aragon and Genoa, 1358-1497.

21:00 - Social dinner Ristorante La Cullera (see map)

PE&CF

Monday 3rd July

Political economy

9:00 -10:30 - SESSION I - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Bianca Sanesi, IMT Lucca. Social Stigma and Status Concerns Can Produce Rational Generosity.

Federica Izzo, UC San Diego. Ideological Argumentation in Elections.

Saad Gulzar, Princeton University. Administrative Incentives Impact Crop-Residue Burning and Health in South Asia.

10.30 - 11.00 - Coffee break

11:00-12:30 - SESSION II - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Vincenzo Galasso, Università Bocconi. Fighting Populism on Its Own Turf: Experimental Evidence.

Gabriele Gratton, UNSW Sydney. Drain the Swamp: A Theory of Anti-Elite Populism.

Federico Boffa, Libera Università di Bolzano. Do Incompetent Politicians Breed Populist Voters? Evidence from Italian Municipalities.

12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 - SESSION III - AULA NIVOLA S3A

Giovanni Andreottola, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Simplistic Rhetoric and Poe's Law.

Marina Rizzi, Collegio Carlo Alberto e Università di Torino. Regulation of Social Media and the Evolution of Content: a Cross-Platform Analysis.

Nelson Ruiz, University of Essex. Mind and Machine: Rooting Out Corrupt Politicians.

Corporate finance and Financial intermediation

9:00 -10:30 - CORPORATE FINANCE I - AULA SCANO S1A

Carola Schenone, University of Virginia. Common Lenders and Pricing Strategies in the Airline Industry.

Dimas Fazio, National University of Singapore. Creditor Rights and Bank Competition.

10:30 - 11:00 - Coffee break

11:00-12:30 - CORPORATE FINANCE II - AULA SCANO S1A

Adelina Barbalau, University of Alberta. Reducing Carbon Using Regulatory and Financial Market Tools.

Shaoting Pi, Iowa State University. Information Acquisition in Shareholder Voting.

12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 - CORPORATE FINANCE III - AULA SCANO S1A

Rui Silva, Nova School of Business and Economics. Are Women More Exposed to Firm Shocks?

Thomas Krause, Danmarks Nationalbank. Female Political Leaders and Female Founders.

15:30-16:00 - Coffee break

16:00-17:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE - AULA SCANO S1A

Amil Dasgupta (London School of Economics)

Intermediated Corporate Governance: Ownership and Monitoring Incentives

Tuesday 4th July

Political economy

9.00 - 10.30 – SESSION IV - AULA MELIS S1B

Liqun Liu, Xiamen University. Accountability and Motivation.

Mariaelisa Epifanio, University of Liverpool. Felon Re-enfranchisement, Race, and Law Enforcement.

Thea How Choon, St. Lawrence University. Is there a Critical Mass? Gender Composition and Behavior in US City Councils.

10.30 - 11.00 - Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 – SESSION V - AULA MELIS S1B

Simone Meraglia, University of Exeter. Organizing a Kingdom.

Simon Goerlach, Università Bocconi. A Generalized Measure of Bargaining Power, with an Application to EU Law-Making.

Scott Tyson, University of Rochester. The Bad Implications of Good Intentions.

12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 – SESSION VI - AULA MELIS S1B

Shuige Liu, Università Bocconi. A Game-Theoretic Model of Superpowers Competing for a Sphere of Influence.

Seda Basihos, University of Cambridge. (Market) Power is (Political) Power! The Pressure of Declining Competition on Democracy.

Tanguy Le Fur, New York University Abu Dhabi. Conflict, Social Order, and Mutual Dependence in Production.

15.30-16.00 - Coffee break

16.00 - 17.00 – KEYNOTE LECTURE - AULA MELIS S1B

James Fearon (Stanford University)

Game Theory and Explanations for Armed Conflict

Corporate finance and Financial intermediation

9:00-10:30 – FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION I - AULA SCANO S1A

David Pothier, University of Vienna. Optimal Timing of Policy Interventions in Troubled Banks.

Quentin Vandeweyer, University of Chicago. Can Stablecoins Be Stable.

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 13:15 - MACROECONOMICS - AULA SCANO S1A

Shohini Kundu, University of California, Los Angeles. The Geography of Bank Deposits and the Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations.

Dmitry Kuvshinov, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Monetary Policy, Inflation, and Crises: New Evidence from History and Administrative Data.

Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California. Dynamic Credit Constraints: Theory and Evidence from Credit Lines.

13:15 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE - AULA SCANO S1A

Loriana Pelizzon (Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE Frankfurt and Università di Venezia)

Fintech, Open banking and the changing banking landscape

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 17:00 – FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION II

Consuelo Silva, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Incomplete Supervisory Cooperation.

Larissa Fuchs, Universität zu Köln. Climate Stress Tests, Bank Lending, and the Transition to the Carbon-Neutral Economy.

21:00 - Social dinner Ristorante La Cullera (see map)

Wednesday 5th July

Economics of migration

8:45 - WELCOME

9:00 – 10:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE - AULA SCANO S1A

Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics)

Exit and Voice: Germany, 1848-1933

10:00-10:50 - SESSION I - AULA SCANO S1A

Mariapia Mendola, Università di Milano Bicocca. Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers.

Coffee break - 10:50:11:20

11:20 -13:00 - SESSION II - AULA SCANO S1A

Ludovica Giua, Università di Cagliari. Legalization and Long-Term Outcomes of Immigrant Workers.

Davide Castellani, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università di Torino. Are we internalizing the expected cost of climate change? Evidence from US housing market.

Lunch 13:00 - 14:30

14:30-16:10 - SESSION III - AULA SCANO S1A

Singhania Rish, University of Exeter. Spatial Misallocation of Native Labor and Immigration.

Cristoph Deuster, Joint Research Centre - European Commission. Global Estimates of Net Migration at High Spatial Resolution.

16:10 16:40 - Coffe Break

16:40 17:30 - SESSION IV - AULA SCANO S1A

Eminia Florio, Università di Roma II Tor Vergata. Information Campaigns and Migration Perceptions: Evidence from Sen

Loriana Pelizzon (Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE Frankfurt and Università di Venezia)

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Fintech, Open banking and the changing banking landscape

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