Archives for IRES
February 28, 2019
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Sandy Tubeuf
Sandy Tubeuf
(UCLouvain, Institute of Health and Society)
will give a presentation on
(In)-equality of opportunity in the allocation of R&D resources for rare diseases
Abstract:
Abstract: This paper investigates the existence of inequalities of opportunity in the allocation of...
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February 26, 2019
IRES Lunch Seminar
Luca Pensieroso (UCLouvain)
Luca Pensieroso
(UCLouvain, LIDAM, IRES)
will give a presentation on
The Rise of a Mainstream Economics
(with Michel De Vroey)
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February 21, 2019
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Botond Köszegi (Central European University)
Botond Koszegi
(Central European University)
will give a presentation on
An Attention-Based Theory of Mental Accounting
Abstract: We analyze how an agent with costly attention optimally attends and responds to shocks in basic consumption decisions, explaining several types of mental...
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February 19, 2019
IRES Lunch Seminar
Nouhoum Touré (Paris 2)
Nouhoum Touré
(Paris 2)
will give a presentation on
Culture, Institutions and the Industrialization Process
Abstract: How do culture and institutions interact with the process of industrialization? To answer this question, we construct a general equilibrium model where culture and...
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February 14, 2019
UCLouvain Economics Seminar
Matteo Cervellati (Università di Bologna)
Matteo Cervellati
(Università di Bologna)
will give a presentation on
Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development: Theory and Evidence for Europe 1000-1850
Abstract:
This paper offers a first attempt of systematic investigation of the drivers of the evolution of sovereign...
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