Archives for CORE
November 02, 2016
Seminar: Thuc Huan Ha
Social Welfare and the Rebound Effect of the Scraps Collection System
Thuc Huan Ha, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
In a simple two-period model, we examine the interaction between an extractor and a recycler competing in an industry, facing different rates of scraps...
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October 28, 2016
Seminar: Arnaud Doucet
The Correlated Pseudo-Marginal Method for Inference in Latent Variable Models
Arnaud DOUCET, Oxford University
(joint work George Deligiannidis and Michael K. Pitt)
The pseudo-marginal algorithm is a popular variant of the Metropolis--Hastings scheme which allows us to sample...
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October 26, 2016
Workshop on Poverty and Well-being
Prof. Angus Deaton
Professor Angus Deaton has agreed to attend the workshop and informally comment on the papers.
Angus DEATON, Professor of Economics and Internal Affairs at Princeton University, is an internationally renowned leader in consumption, poverty and welfare. In 2015, he was...
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CORE Nobel Talk: Angus DEATON
As part of CORE’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, Profs. Philippe CHEVALIER and François MANIQUET (CORE) are organizing a CORE Nobel Talk with Prof. Angus DEATON (Princeton) on "Why is global poverty so hard to measure, and so hard to eradicate?". The seminar will be held on October 25, 11:00...
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Debate between Angus Deaton, Jean Drèze and students
As part of CORE’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, Prof. François MANIQUET (CORE) is organizing a debate between Prof. Angus DEATON (Princeton), Jean DRÈZE and students. The debate will be held on October 25, 6:30 p.m. at UCL.
Registration is free but mandatory. To register, simply fill out the...
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