XIII Workshop on
INSTITUTIONS, INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
IBEO 2018
CORTE PROGRAM 2018
30th May – 2nd June 2018
Tuesday, 29th MAY
20:00 WELCOMING DINNER
Wednesday, 30th MAY – Urban and regional economics and policy
Organizers: Bianca Biagi, University of Sassari-CRENoS-GSSI; Claudio Detotto, University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli-CRENoS; Dominique Prunetti, University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli.
8:45-9:30
Welcome and Introductions.
9:30-10:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Philip McCann, Sheffield University Management School: TBA.
10:30-11:15
Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona: “Infrastructure and Regional Growth: Railways and the Productivity Gap in Italy after Unification”.
11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:15
Laura Ciucci, University of Corsica: “The impact of Technology Transfer Office on local patenting performance”.
12:15-13:00
Ugo Rizzo, University of Ferrara: “R&D Knowledge Spillovers and Employment through Entrepreneurship”.
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14.30-15:15
Claire Goavec, University of Corsica: “Economic Development in Corsica: The Question of Wealth Inequalities”.
15:15-15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Alessandra Faggian, Gran Sasso Science Institut: “What to Do (if Anything) with Peripheral Areas? Some reflections”.
20:00 SOCIAL DINNER
Thursday, 31st MAY – Urban and regional economics and policy
09:30-10:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Oded Stark, Universities of Bonn, Tuebingen, and Warsaw: TBA.
10:30-11:15
Davide Fiaschi, University of Pisa: “Selective Migration: Theory and Empirical Evidence for Italy”.
11:15-11:30 COFFE BREAK
11:30-12:15
Margherita Gerolimetto, Ca' Foscari University of Venice: “Income Inequality and Poverty within US Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Urban Governance”.
12:15-13:00
Valerio Sterzi, University of Bordeaux: “Multinationals, Labour Mobility and Knowledge flows in Emerging Countries: An Analysis at the Patent Level”.
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-15:15
Bryan McCannon, University of West Virginia: “Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices”.
15:15 FAREWELL COFFEE BREAK
Friday, 1st JUNE – 2018
Workshop on Economics of Risky Behavior
(in collaboration with the Workshop on Institution,
Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes)
Organizers: Erdal Tekin, School of Public Affairs, American University, IZA, and NBER; Gregory DeAngelo, Claremont Graduate University
8:45-9:00
Coffee/Pastries
9:00-9:15
Welcome and Introductions
Session A
9:15-10:05
Fatma Usheva, University of Padua: “Childhood Environment and Adolescent Criminal Behavior”. Discussant: Bryan McCannon, University of West Virginia.
10:05-10:55
Joseph Sabia, San Diego State University, University of New Hampshire, and IZA: “Child Access Prevention Laws, Youth Gun Carrying, and School Shootings”. Discussant: Fatma Usheva, University of Padua.
10:55-11:10 COFFEE BREAK
Session B
11:10-12:00
Ben Hansen, University of Oregon, IZA, and NBER: “The Grass is Greener on the Other Side: How Extensive is the Trafficking of Recreational Marijuana”. Discussant: Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut and NBER.
12:00-12:50
Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin–Madison: “The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime”. Discussant: Murat Mungan, George Mason University.
12:50-14:00 LUNCH
Session C
14.00-14:50
Jenny Williams, University of Melbourne and IZA: “Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Re-offending?”. Discussant: Dave Marcotte, American University and IZA.
14.50-15:40
Michael Darden, George Washington University: “Risky Behaviors and Mental Health: A New Look at Self-Medication”. Discussant: Jenny Williams, University of Melbourne and IZA.
15:40-15:55 COFFEE BREAK
Session D
15:55- 16:45
Taryn Morrissey, American University: “The Earned Income Tax Credit and Health: Examining Time Use as a Mechanism”. Discussant: Gulcin Gumus, Florida Atlantic University and IZA.
16:45- 17:35
Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut and NBER: “Macrogenetic Structure and Religion: Evidence from the Recent African Origin Hypothesis”. Discussant: Taryn Morrissey, American University.
19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
(invitation only)
Saturday, 2nd JUNE – 2018
Workshop on Economics of Risky Behavior
(in collaboration with the Workshop on Institution,
Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes)
Session E
9:00-9:50
Anna Harvey, New York University: “The Political Economy of Risky Driving Deterrence”. Discussant: Christian Traxler, Hertie School of Governance – Germany.
9:50-10:40
Gulcin Gumus, Florida Atlantic University & IZA: “Hit-and-run or hit-and-stay: Does a stricter BAC limit encourage drivers to flee the crash scene?”. Discussant: Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburg.
10:40-10:55 COFFEE BREAK
Session E - Continued
10:55-11:45
Christian Traxler, Hertie School of Governance - Germany: “Experience with Punishment and Specific Deterrence: Evidence from Speeding Tickets”. Discussant: Ben Hansen, University of Oregon, IZA, and NBER.
11:45-12:45
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Justin McCrary, University of California – Berkeley and NBER: “Teenage Childbearing and Crime: Evidence From the U.S. Crime Drop”.
12:45-13:45 LUNCH
Session F
13:45-14:35
Osea Giuntella (University of Pittsburg): “Sunset Time and the Economic Effects of Social Jetlag Evidence from US Time Zone Borders”. Discussant: Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin – Madison.
14:35-15:25
Ben Vollaard, Tilburg University: “Salience of Law Enforcement: A Field Experiment”. Discussant: Greg DeAngelo, University of West Virginia.
15:25 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FAREWELL
ALGHERO PROGRAM 2018
19th June
Parallel session 1: Credit and Financial Frictions
Session 1.A 9:00-10:30
Giuseppe Cappelletti, Aurea Marques, Paolo Varraso: ”Impact of higher capital buffers of banks’ lending: Evidence from the Euro Area experiments.”
Antonio Accetturo, Giulia Canzian, Maria Lucia Stefani: ”Debt Maturity and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment.”
10:30- 11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 1.B 11:00-12:30
Giovanni Ferri, Pierluigi Murro, Raoul Minetti: ”Credit Relationships in the Great Trade Collapse. Micro Evidence From Europe.”
Yuliyan Mitkov: ”Private Sunspots in Games of Coordinated Attack.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
Session 1.C 14:00-15:30
Fabrizio Adriani, Piercarlo Zanchettin: ”Innovation v rationalization in a model with financial market frictions and real -financial feedback effects.”
Elena Mattana, Ettore Panetti: ”The Welfare Costs of Self-fulfilling Bank Runs.”
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
Parallel session 2: Political Economy
Session 2.A 9:00-10:30
Richard Van Weelden, Peter Buisseret: ”Crashing the party? Elites, Outsiders and Elections.”
Mariaelisa Epifanio, Marco Giani: ”Torture their bodies, ignore my emails. Policy demands following terror attacks.”
Livio Di Lonardo, Jessica Sun, Scott Tyson: ”The Challenges of Regime Change.”
10:30- 11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 2.B 11:00-12:30
Federica Izzo: ”With Friends like These, Who Needs Enemies?”
Liqun Liu: ”Domestic Constraints in Crisis Bargaining: A Dynamic Mechanism De- sign Approach.”
Giacomo Battiston, Matteo Bizzarri, Riccardo Franceschin: ”Third Party Interest, Resource Value and the Likelihood of Conflict.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
Session 2.C 14:00-15:30
Andrea Mattozzi, Fabio Michelucci: “Betting, Screening, or Learning?”
Torun Dewan, Stephane Wolton: ”Political Economy of Social Discrimination.” Matteo Gamalerio: ”Not Welcome Anymore: the Effect of Electoral Incentives on the Reception of Refugees.”
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 2.D 16:00-16:30
Martin Gonzalez-Eiras, Carlos Sanz: ”Womens Representation in Politics: The Importance of the Electoral System.”
20:15 SOCIAL DINNER: Bus appointment to go to Sa Mandra agriturism.
20th June
Parallel session 1: Credit and Financial Frictions
Session 1.A 9:00-10:30
Caterina Mendicino: ”Bank Capital in the Short and in the Long Run.”
Thomas Brand, Marléne Isoré, Fabien Tripier: ”Uncertainty Shocks and Firm Dynamics: Search and Monitoring in the Credit Market.”
10:30- 11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 1.B 11:00-12:30
Oscar Arce, Galo Nuño, Dominik Thaler, Carlos Thomas: ”A Large Central Bank Balance Sheet? Floor vs Corridor Systems in a New Keynesian Environment .”
Matthieu Darracq Pariés, Quentin Vandeweyer: ”A Macro-Financial Model of Monetary Policies with Leveraged Intermediaries.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
Session 1.C 14:00-14:45
Miguel Casares, Luca Deidda, Josè Enrique Galdon: “Credit Frictions, Monopolistic Competition and Idiosyncratic Shocks.”
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
16:00-17:00 KEYNOTE Credit and Financial Frictions: Giacomo Calzolari: “Cross-border banks”.
Parallel session 2: Political Economy
Session 2.A 9:00-10:30
Maria del Carmen Garcia-Alonso, Zaki Wahhaj: ”Social Diversity and Bridging Identity.”
Alexandra Cirone: ”Under Pressure: Political Geography of Mobilization.”
Leyla Karakas, Devashish Mitra: ”Inequality, Redistribution and the Rise of Out- sider Candidates.”
10:30-11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 2.B 11:00-12:30
Andrew Little: ”The Distortion of Related Beliefs.”
Benjamin G. Ogden: ”The Imperfect Beliefs Voting Model.”
Costas Matakos, Riikka Savolainen, Orestis Troumpounis, Janne Tukiainen, Dimitrios Xefteris: ”Electoral Institutions and intra-party Organization.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
Session 2.C 14:00-15:30
Niall Hughes: ”Left v Right, Leave v Remain, Closed v Open: Strategic Voting with Multiple Issues.”
Tom Clark, B. Pablo Montagnes, Jorg L. Spenkuch: ”Politics from the Bench? Ideology and Strategic Voting in the US Supreme Court.”
Shigeo Hirano, Jaclyn Kaslovsky, James Snyder: ”Primary Elections and Candidate- Centered Campaigns.”
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 2.D 16:00-16:30
Vladimir Asriyan, Dana Foarta, Victoria Vanasco: ”Strategic Complexity when Seeking Approval.”
16:30-17:30 KEYNOTE Political Economy: Gilat Levy and Torun Dewan: ”Beyond institutions: behaviour, culture and leadership.”
21:00 POLITICAL ECONOMY SOCIAL DINNER: Ristorante Il Pavone.
21st June
Parallel session 1: Health Economics
Session 1.A 9:30-10:30
Federico Crudu, Laura Neri, Silvia Tiezzi: ”Family Ties and Children Obesity in Italy.”
Tiziano Arduini, Daniela Iorio, Eleonora Patacchini: ”Weight, Reference Points and the Onset of Eating Disorders.”
10:30-11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 1.B 11:00-12:30
Paola Bertoli, Veronica Grembi, The Linh Bao Nguyen: ”Pregnancy and Birth in Hard Times: When Your Network Can Keep You Up or Drag You Down.”
Matteo Lippi Bruni, Irene Mammi, Cristina Ugolini: ”Are migrants overusing wel- fare services? Evidence from emergency care.”
Davide Dragone, Davide Raggi: ”Testing rational addiction: When lifetime is un- certain, one lag is enough.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
Session 1.C 14:00-15:30
Nicolas Berman, Lorenzo Rotunno, Roberta Ziparo: ”Sweet child of mine: income shocks, fertility and child health.”
Matteo M. Galizzi, Marisa Miraldo: “Physician altruism and moral hazard:(no) evidence from Finnish national prescriptions data.”
Emine Kubra Usta: ”Effects of Maternal Education on Early Non-Monetary Investments in Child Development.”
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
16:00 KEYNOTE Health Economics: Christopher Carpenter: ”Effects of Access to Legal Same-Sex Marriage on Marriage and Health: Evidence from BRFSS”
Parallel session 2: Media Economics
Session 2.A 9:30-10:30
Stefano Comino, Fabio Manenti, Franco Mariuzzo: ”Updates Management in Mobile Applications: iTunes vs Google Play.”
Xavier Lambin: ”Digital Platforms: does promoting competitors promote competi- tion?”
10:30-11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 2.B 11:00-12:30
Robert Somogyi: ”Zero-rating and Net Neutrality.”
David Myatt, David Ronayne: ”The Robustness of Equilibria in Models of Sales.” Yiquan Gu, Leonardo Madio, Carlo Reggiani: ”Data brokers co-opetition.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
Session 2.C 14:00-15:00
Alessandra Casarico, Mirco Tonin: ”Pay-what-you-want to support independent information: a field experiment on motivation.”
Doh-Shin Jeon, Bruno Jullien, Mikhail Klimenko: ”Language, Internet and Plat- form Competition.”
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
16:00 KEYNOTE Health Economics: Christopher Carpenter: ”Effects of Access to Legal Same-Sex Marriage on Marriage and Health: Evidence from BRFSS”
21:00 SOCIAL DINNER: Ristorante Al Refettorio.
22nd June
Parallel session 1: Health Economics
Session 1.A 9:00-10:30
Laura Bierut, Pietro Biroli, Titus Galama, Kevin Thom: ”Gene-by-SES interplay in health behavior: theory and empirics.”
Matteo M. Galizzi, Sara Machado, Raffaele Miniaci: ”Temporal stability, cross-validity, and external validity of experimental measures of risk preferences: evidence from a UK representative sample.”
Andrew M. Jones, Nigel Rice, Silvana Robone: ”The effect of health shocks on financial risk preferences differs by personality traits.”
10:30-11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 1.B 11:00-12:30
Gabriella Conti, Sarah Cattan, Nicolas Libuy: ”Workforce quality in early years interventions: Evidence from a large-scale home visiting program.”
Paolo Berta, Gianni De Fraja, Stefano Verzillo: ”Optimal Healthcare Contracts: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Italy.”
Jessica Goldberg, Pradeep Chintagunta, Mario Macis: “Leveraging Patients Social Networks to Improve Tuberculosis Detection in India: A Field Experiment.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
14:00 KEYNOTE Media Economics: Hal Varian: ”Artificial Intelligence, economics and industrial organization”
Parallel session 2: Media Economics
Session 2.A 9:00-10:30
Esma Koca: ”Keep the Buzz and Binge On: Optimal Content Release Strategies .”
Carlo Reggiani, Alejandro Saporiti, Lois Simanjuntak: ”Organic social information with heterogeneous buyers.”
Marco Gambaro, Valentino Larcinese, Riccardo Puglisi, James M. Snyder: ”Is Soft News a Turn-Off? Evidence from Italian TV News Viewership.”
10:30-11:00 COFFE BREAK
Session 2.B 11:00-12:30
Maria Rosa Battaggion, Alessandro Vaglio: ”TV Advertising Caps and News Quality.”
Federico Vaccari: ”Direct Competition in the News Market.”
Elias Carroni, Luca Ferrari: ”(A) bit of information and adverse selection.”
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
14:00 KEYNOTE Media Economics: Hal Varian: ” Artificial Intelligence, economics and industrial organization”