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November 30, 2017
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Alain Venditti, AMSE
On Sunspot Fluctuations in Infinite-horizon Models: A General Analysis
Alain Venditti, AMSE
In this paper we study the existence of local indeterminacy and sunspot fluctuations in general infinite-horizon models with external effects leading to increasing returns to scale (IRS). Our aim is...
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November 29, 2017
Brown Bag Seminar
Hodaya Lampert, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Patents and Pools in Pyramidal Innovation Structures
Hodaya Lampert, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
We study sequential innovation in two pyramidal structures. In both structures patent pools are socially desirable. In an expanding pyramid, patent pools are stable and when allowed the...
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November 24, 2017
Econometrics Seminar
Dimitra Kyriakopoulou, CORE
Exponential-type GARCH models with linear-in-variance risk premium
Dimitra Kyriakopoulou, CORE
One of the implications of the intertemporal capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is that the risk premium of the market portfolio is a linear function of its variance. Yet, estimation theory of...
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November 23, 2017
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Cheti Nicoletti, The University of York
Do parental time investments react to changes in child's skills and health?
Cheti Nicoletti, The University of York
While a large literature has focused on how parental investments respond to differences between siblings in human capital at birth, very little is known about the response...
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Brown Bag Seminar
Valerio Serse, CORE UCLouvain
Heterogeneity in the Tax Pass-Through to Spirit Retail Prices: Evidence from Belgium
Valerio Serse, CORE UCLouvain
On 1st November 2015, the Belgian government increased the excise tax on alcoholic beverages. For spirits with 40% of alcohol and bottle size of 70cl, this tax change is...
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