Archives for IRES
May 23, 2019
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Sydney Ludvigson (New York University)
Sydney Ludvigson
(New York University)
will give a presentation on
How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market Fundamentals
Abstract: We provide novel evidence on the driving forces behind the sharp increase in equity values over the post-war era. From the beginning of 1989 to...
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May 21, 2019
IRES Lunch Seminar
Lingwei Wu (University of Bonn)
Lingwei Wu
(University of Bonn)
will give a presentation on
The Economic Motives For Foot-Binding
Abstract: What are the origins of gender-biased social norms? As a painful custom that persisted in historical China, foot-binding targeted girls whose feet were reshaped during early...
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May 20, 2019
IRES Lunch Seminar joint with Doctoral Workshop
Javier García-Cicco (Central bank of Argentina)
Javier García-Cicco
(Central Bank of Argentina)
will give a presentation on
Revisiting the Exchange Rate Pass Through: A General Equilibrium Perspective
Abstract: A large literature estimates the exchange rate pass-through to prices (ERPT) using reducedform approaches, whose results...
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May 16, 2019
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Pietro Biroli (University of Zurich)
Pietro Biroli
(University of Zurich)
will give a presentation on
Genetics and Health Insurance: How Genes and Insurance Status Affect Smoking Decisions after Health Shocks
Abstract: The determinants of healthy behaviors are complex and multifaceted, and include both biological...
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May 14, 2019
IRES Lunch Seminar
Christian Kiedaisch (UNamur)
Christian Kiedaisch
(UNamur)
will give a presentation on
Inequality and Demand-Driven Innovation: Evidence from International Patent Applications
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