Sarah Langlotz (University of Goettingen) will give a presentation on Terrorist Propaganda Abstract: This paper examines the influence of Islamic State (IS) propaganda on public opinion in Afghanistan. We leverage granular survey data to investigate how plausibly exogenous exposure to IS content influences views towards local and international forces. We employ two distinct designs.

Karine Moukkadem (AMSE) will give a presentation on Arab Spring Protests and Women’s Marriage Outcomes: Evidence from Egypt Abstract: The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 has triggered important socio-economic changes directly affecting women, who have played an unprecedented role in protests.

Florian Schuett (KULeuven) will give a presentation on Platform Design and Rent Extraction   Abstract: We study the design of online platforms that aggregate information and facilitate transactions.

Antoine Germain (CORE) will give a presentation on Working time regulations and redistribution Abstract: All countries except the US are mandating paid time off. Why? In standard labor supply models, working time regulations are inefficient as they clash with individuals' own choices. In this paper, I provide a novel welfare analysis of any working time regulations.

Carmen Camacho (Paris School of Economics) will give a presentation on Pollution diffusion, limited production factors, non-monotonic growth and the emergence of spatially heterogeneous steady states Abstract: We develop a spatial growth model for an agricultural economy where pollution diffuses in the soil.

Emmanuel de Veirman (De Nederlandsche Bank) will give a presentation on How Does the Phillips Curve Slope Relate to Repricing Rates? Abstract: In sticky price models, the Phillips curve slope depends positively on the probability of price adjustment. I test this implication using a series for the empirical frequency of price adjustment.

Andrew Rhodes (Toulouse School of Economics) will give a presentation on Personalization and Privacy Choice Abstract: This paper studies consumers' privacy choices when firms can use their data to make personalized offers.

Programme 09.30-10.00 Registration with coffee 10.00-11.00 First keynote: Michael Rubens (UCLA): “Exploiting or augmenting labor?” 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30-12.00 Olivier Sterck (University of Oxford):  “A new distribution sensitive index for measuring welfare, poverty and inequality.” 12.00-12.30 Olivier De Groote (Toulouse

Anna Gasten (University of Göttingen) will give a presentation on Are FDI restrictions inducing international migration? Evidence from Indonesia Abstract:  Using disaggregated dyadic panel data on international migration flows from Indonesian districts, this paper provides causal evidence for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and international migration being substitutes.

Jeffrey Campbell (University of Notre Dame) will give a presentation on Effective Time-Consistent Quantitative Easing under Ricardian Equivalence Abstract: This paper considers monetary and fiscal policy when tangible assets can be created and stored after shocks that increase desired savings. The model's flexible-price allocation uses saving to smooth consumption.