30/10/2025 | 12:45Cuimin Ba(University of Pittsburgh)will give a presentation on Over- and Underreaction to Information: Belief Updating with Cognitive ConstraintsAbstractThis paper explores how cognitive constraints interact with the information environment to determine whether people overreact or underreact to information.

29/10/2025 | 10:30 | OnlineTommaso Sonno(University of Bologna and CEP-LSE)will give a presentation on Large Scale Land Acquisitions: Trees, Trade, and Structural ChangeAbstract: By 2022, large-scale land acquisitions, a key component of agricultural foreign direct investment, covered more than 4% of the world’s arable land.

28/10/2025 | 12:45 | LECL 60Charles de Pierpont de Burnot(IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain)will give a presentation on The Roman roots of the Western European trade linkagesAbstract:This research examines the persistent legacy of Roman integration in current trade linkages across Western Europe.

24/10/2025 - D.251Leo ZhangPortfolio Selection with Downside Risk Optimization: Distributional Robustness and Ambiguity AversionDownside risk and ambiguity aversion are central concerns in portfolio selection.

23/10/2025 | 12:45Maya Eden(University of Zurich)will give a presentation onFixed Point Utilitarianism (very preliminary)AbstractHow should policymakers make decisions that affect the population trajectory? I propose a choice rule which reflects the goal of maximizing the sum of utilities of those people who will end up existing. This choice rule consists of a solution to a fixed point problem.

21/10/2025 | 12:45Margaux Clarr (IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on Strategic Drones Abstract US drone strikes are popular with the electorate and overseen by the President. This paper investigates whether the US President uses drone strikes strategically for political gain.

11:00 - "The Pivotal Information Criterion" -  Sylvain Sardy (Université de Genève) The Pivotal Information Criterion Abstract: The Bayesian and Akaike information criteria aim at finding a good balance between under- and over-fitting. They are extensively used everyday by practitioners.

17/10/2025 - D251 Title : French Institutional Investments, facts and trends

16/10/2025 | 12:45Konstantin Egorov(UAntwerp)will give a presentation on Threat of SanctionsAbstractMost sanctions on imports to Russia were imposed immediately after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In that same month, the sanctioning countries promised to escalate sanctions further unless the conflict ended.

15/10/2025 | 10:30 | OnlineYu Ji (Peking University)Will give a presentation onBoosting Exports or Picking Winners?