Seminars in Economics

Forthcoming 2011/2012

Unless it is specified, the seminars will take place in English from 1 pm to 2 pm.

Lunch is planned for the participants.

Location : unless it is specified the seminars will take place at the Campus Limpertsberg: Building of Science - Room BS001

162a, avenue de la Faïencerie L-1511 Luxembourg

  Date  

  Title of the presentation  

Speaker  

May 4, 2012

1 pm - Room BS004

Beauty is the promise of happiness?

Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin

May 9, 2012
Room BC306

A Strategic Market Game Approach for the Private Provision of Public Goods

wiith Marta Faias, Emma Moreno-García

Myrna Wooders , Vanderbilt University

May 22, 2012

The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development

Oded Galor, Brown University

May 23, 2012

Amphitheater Tavenas
102, av. Pasteur

Agriculture to Industry: the End of the Patriarchal Family

Luca Pensieroso, University of Louvain

June 6, 2012

TBA

Suzana Peralta

Previous conferences

  Date  

  Title of the presentation  

Speaker  

October 5, 2011

Location: BC208

Skill premium, education race, and supply of skills

Luca Deidda , University of Sassari

October 19, 2011

Location: BC012

The Corporate Governance Endgame –
An Economic Analysis of Minority Squeeze‐out Regulation in Germany

joint with Ettore Crocia, Olaf Ehrhardt

Eric Nowak , University of Lugano

November 2, 2011

Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden and Immigration Skill Selectivity

Jackline Wabha , University of Southampton

November 16, 2011

Ramsey Equilibrium with Endogenous Labor Supply and Borrowing Constraints: Existence, Bubbles, Efficiency

joint with R. Becker, S. Bosi, T. Seemulle r

Cuong Le Van , Université Paris 1

November 30, 2011

Inter-municipal cooperation: Which fiscal regime?

joint with Pascale Duran-Vigneron and Anne-LaureSamson

Marie-Laure Breuillé , INRA-ENESAD

December 14, 2011

Welfare gains from illiquid annuities

joint with Johanne Etner

Hippolyte d'Albis, University Paris 1

January 11, 2012

The failing firm defense in declining markets

Jan Bouckaert , University of Antwerp

January 25, 2012

Trade integration and business tax differentials: theory and evidence from OECD countries

joint with Benny Geys

Nelly Exbrayat, University of St Etienne

February 8, 2012

Competition with exclusive contracts and market share discounts

Giacomo Calzolari , University of Bologna

February 22, 2012

On the Recovery Path during a Liquidity Trap: Do Financial Frictions Matter for Fiscal Multipliers?

joint with J. Carrillo

Céline Poilly , University of Lausanne

Mars 7, 2012

Bargaining and delay in patent licensing

with A.Mauleon & V. Vannetelbosch

Cecilia Vergari,  Università di Bologna

Mars 21, 2012

Public Order, private Payments

Mikael Priks , University of Stockholm

April 18, 2012

Is immigration Policy enough to Lure Brains? The Tale of Two Small Economies against the United States' Magnet Effect

Dominique M. Gross , Simon Fraser University