XIII Workshop on
INSTITUTIONS, INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
IBEO 2019
CORTE PROGRAM 2019
Thursday, 6th JUNE
Economics of dispute resolution
Organizers: Claudio Detotto (University of Corsica); Valerio Sterzi (University of Bordeaux); Marco Vannini (University of Sassari)
12:00-14:00
LUNCH / Welcome and Introductions
14.00-14:45
Giacomo Rodano, Bank of Italy: “Court efficiency and aggregate productivity: the credit channel”
14.45-15:30
Svitlana Zadorozhna, University of Turin: “Advocates in Mediation: Italian case”
15:30-16:15
Wessel Wijtvliet, KU Leuven, Centre for Legal Theory and Empirical Jurisprudence: “The Role of Economic Activity in Explaining Variation in Preliminary References in the European Union”
16:15-16:30
COFFEE
20:00 SOCIAL DINNER
Friday, 7th JUNE
Economics of dispute resolution
8:30-9:00
Coffee/Pastries
09:00-10:00
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Michael J. Meurer, Boston University
10:00-10:45
Stefania Fusco, Notre Dame Law School, “Monetization Strategies of University Patents and Their Impact on Technology Diffusion”
10:45-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:45
Miryam Martin Sanchez, University of the Balearic Islands: “Patent assertion entities’ spillover effects on strategic alliance partners”
11:45-12:30
Gianluca Orsatti, University of Bordeaux & University of Turin: “TBA”
12:30-14:00
LUNCH
Urban and regional economics and policy
Organizers: Bianca Biagi (University of Sassari); Claudio Detotto (University of Corsica); Sauveur Giannoni (University of Corsica); Dominique Prunetti (University of Corsica);
14.00-15:00
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Ron Boschma, Utrecht University
15.00-15:45
Alessandra Faggian, Gran Sasso Science Institute: “TBA”
15:45-16:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:00-16:45
Davide Fiaschi, University of Pisa: “The Drivers of Inequality Among European Regions”
16:45-17:30
Laura Ciucci, University of Corsica: “The Impact of Technology Transfer activities on Local Patenting Dynamics in Italy”
20:00 SOCIAL DINNER
Saturday, 8th JUNE – Urban and regional economics and policy
8:30-9:00
Coffee/Pastries
09:00-9:45
Marta Meleddu, University of Sassari: “Local perceptions on refugee and migrant integration in the City of Athens”
9:45-10:30
Ugo Rizzo, University of Ferrara: “Does crime affect entrepreneurship?”
10:30-10:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:45-11:30
Aurora Iannello, University of Turin: “Measuring the price effect of rent control in post-war Florence (1947-1975): a stochastic frontier approach”
11:30-12:15
Yuheng Ling, University of Corsica: “Spatio-Temporal Modeling of second homes dynamics in Corsica”
12:15-14:00
LUNCH
14:00
CONCLUDING REMARKS and FAREWELL
ALGHERO PROGRAM 2019
18th June
Parallel session 18-A: Credit and Financial Frictions
9:30-11:00
Omar Rachedi, Banco de España: ”Bank Regulatory Capital Arbitrage: Evidence from Housing Overappraisals”
Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank: ”Bank risk taking and twin defaults”
11:00-11:30 COFFE BREAK
11:30-13:00
Daria Finocchiaro, Sveriges Riksbank and Uppsala University: ”Endogenous growth, endogenous finance”
Quentin Vandeweyer, European Central Bank: ”The Portfolio Rebalancing Channel of Monetary Policy”
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-16:00
Marlene Isoré, Université Paris-Saclay: ”International Propagation of Financial Shocks in a Search and Matching Environment”
Ettore Panetti, Banco de Portugal: ”Wealth Inequality, Financial Crises and Government Intervention in a Heterogeneous Banking System”
16:00-16:30 COFFE BREAK
Parallel session 18-B: Political Economy
9:00-11:00
Scott Tyson, University of Rochester: ”Sowing the Seeds: Indoctrination and Counterinsurgency”
Josè Tavares, Nova School of Business and Economics: ”Can ATMs Get Out The Vote? Evidence From a Nationwide Field Experiment”
Andrea Canidio, IMT Lucca and INSEAD: ”Optimal Political Institutions in the Shadow of Conflict”
Tommaso Sonno, Università di Bologna: ”Globalization and conflicts: the good, the bad and the ugly of corporations in Africa”
11:00-11:30 COFFE BREAK
11:30-13:00
Livio di Lonardo, Università Bocconi: ”The Political Economy Of Criminal Capturing”
Antonio Nicolo', Università di Padova: “Corruption, Extremism and Conflict”
Matteo Gamalerio, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona: ”Finding the Warmth of other Suns? Refugee Reception, Extreme Votes and Hate Crimes”
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-16:00
Pierre Boyer, Ecole polytechnique (CREST): ”On the political economy of the income-tax threshold”
Federica Izzo, London School of Economics: ”Ideology for the Future”
Salvatore Nunnari, Università Bocconi: ”Preferences, Cognitive Abilities and the Demand for Populism”
Guadalupe Correa-Lopera, Universidad de Málaga: ”Demand for Direct Democracy”
16:00-16:30 COFFE BREAK
16:30
Plenary session: KEYNOTE Political Economy
Massimo Morelli, Università Bocconi: ”Causes and Consequences of Populism”
20:30 SOCIAL DINNER
19th June
Parallel session 19-A: Credit and Financial Frictions
9:00-11:15
Sarah Holton, Central Bank of Ireland: ”Is There a Zero Lower Bound? The Effects of Negative Policy Rates on Banks and Firms”
Sara Formai, Banca d’Italia: ”Bank credit and firm level investment: are recessions different?”
Artashes Karapeytan, ESSEC Business School, ”To Ask or Not To Ask: Bank Capital Requirements and Loan Collateralization”
11:15-11:45 COFFE BREAK
11:45-13:15
Marcella Lucchetta, Università di Venezia: ”Bad bank resolutions and bank lending”
Andrea Nobili, Banca d’Italia: ”Credit risk-taking and maturity mismatch: the role of the yield curve”
13:15-14:30 LUNCH
Parallel session 19-B: Political Economy
9:00-11:00
Antoni de Moragas, CUNEF: ”When consensus hurts: expert advice and electoral support”
Tinghua Yu, London School of Economics: ”Political Polarization and Policy Expertise: Theory and Evidence from State Supreme Courts”
Tommaso Giommoni, Università Bocconi: ”Fighting Corruption with Fiscal Rules”
Alberto Grillo, Toulouse School of Economics: ”Political Competition with Endogenous Turnout”
11:00-11:30 COFFE BREAK
11:30-13:30
Erica Pini, Université Catholique de Louvain: ”Economic inequality, political polarization and voter turnout”
Gregory Sasso, Università Bocconi: ”Accountability in Governing Hierarchies”
Michela Redoano: Politics in the Facebook Era. Evidence from the 2016 US Presidential Elections
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30
Plenary session: KEYNOTE Credit and Financial Frictions
Andrew Ellul, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University: ”Financial Regulation, Fire Sales and Systemic Risk”
20th June
Parallel session 20-A: Economic Growth and Development
9:00-11:15
Maurizio Iacopetta, OFCE Sciences Po: ”Corporate Governance and Phases of Development”
Evangelos Dioikitopoulos, King’s College London: ”The Elimination of Common Rights and Comparative Economic Development in a Malthusian World”
Giorgio Gulino, Università di Bergamo: ”The Epidemiological Roots of Inequality: Malaria and Historical Evidence for Italy”
11:15-11.45 COFFE BREAK
11:45:13:15
Junaid Arshad, Università di Bologna: ”Psychological and Social Motivations in Microfinance Contracts: Theory and Evidence”
Esther Acquah, Universidad de Alicante: ”Rising from the Ashes: A Threshold Analysis of The Growth Effect of Institutions in Africa”
13:15-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-15:15
Katsufumi Fukuda, Toyama University: ”Effects of trade liberalization on economic growth and welfare”
16:00-16:30 COFFE BREAK
Parallel session 20-B: Digital Economics
9:00-11:15
Paul Belleflamme, Université Catholique de Louvain: ”Price Disclosure by two-sided platforms”
Marc Bourreau, Telecom ParisTech: ”Streaming Platform and Strategic Recommendation Bias”
Emilio Calvano, Università di Bologna: ”Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion”
11:15-11:45 COFFE BREAK
11:45-13:15
Lorien Sabatino, Politecnico di Torino: ”Online Privacy and Market Structure: Theory and Evidence”
Thanh Doan, University of East Anglia: “Platform Competition in the Tablet PC Market: the Role of Application Quality”
13:15- 14:30 LUNCH
14:30-16:00
Giuseppe Pignataro, Università di Bologna: ”Online reviews: better information or too much effort?”
Fabrizio Ciotti, Université Catholique de Louvain: ”Online News Provision and Strategic Sponsorship”
16:00-16:30 COFFE BREAK
16:30
Plenary session: KEYNOTE Digital Economics
Jose L. Moraga-Gonzalez, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Groningen: ”Search costs, prices and quality”
19:00 BUS Shuttle to SUNSET APERITIVO and SOCIAL DINNER at Restaurant Pedramare
21st June
Parallel session 21-A: Economic Growth and Development
9:00-11:15
Pietro Peretto, Duke University: ”Beyond ‘Through Scarcity to Prosperity: A Theory of the Transition to Sustainable Growth’: A report progress”
Alessandra Pelloni, Università di Roma II: ”Optimal Factor Taxation in A Scale Free Model of Vertical Innovation”
Pedro Gomes, Birkbeck, University of London: ”Human capital and financial frictions: firm-level interactions and some macroeconomic implications”
11:15-11:45 COFFE BREAK
11:45-13:15
Luca Pensieroso, Université Catholique de Louvain: ”Structural change and human handedness: how economic development can shape evolutionary forces”
Rafael Serrano-Quintero, Universidad del Alicante: ”Decreasing Hours, the Labor Share, and the Elasticity of Substitution”
13:15-14:30 LUNCH
Parallel session 21-B: Digital Economics
9:00-11:15
Andrea Mantovani, Università di Bologna: ”Much ado about nothing? Online platform price parity clauses and the EU Booking.com case”
Heiko Karle, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management: ”Excessive Targeting”
Rossi Abi-Rafeh, Toulouse School of Economics: ”The Price is Right!”
11:15-11:45 COFFE BREAK
11:45-13:15
Alessandro Fedele, Libera Università di Bolzano: ”Congestion and Incentives in the Age of Driverless Cars”
Pasqualina Arca, University of Manchester: “Information avoidance, Echo Chambers and Uninformed Decisions”
13:15-14:30 LUNCH
14:30
Plenary session: KEYNOTE Economic Growth and Development
Jakob B. Madsen, The University of Western Australia: ”The Aging Society: Is Growth Reverting to Pre-Industrial Levels in the 21st Century? ”