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Age-Specific Effects of Mortality Shocks and Economic Development Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon) (Joint paper with Fidel Perez-Sebastian) This paper examines the effect of age-specific mortality on the pattern of investment and economic development. In the presence of...

Capacity Constraints, Zero-rating and Net Neutrality Robert Somogyi, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain The presentation will be based on two of his works: 1)  Monopoly Pricing with Dual Capacity Constraints This paper studies the price-setting behavior of a monopoly facing...

An Asynchronous Distributed Algorithm for Solving Stochastic Unit Commitment Ignacio ARAVENA SOLIS, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain (with Anthony Papavasilou) We present an asynchronous algorithm for solving the stochastic unit commitment (SUC) problem using scenario...

Schooling, Learning, and Earnings: Long-term Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua Karen Macours (PSE, Paris) CCT programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs,...