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Past Talks 2020/21

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitleComment
28/10/2020Felix OwusuHarvard Law SchoolRacial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System(with E.T. Bishop, B. Hopkins, & C. Obiofuma)
04/11/2020Diogo Britto BocconiJob Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence (with S. Bhalotra, D. Britto, P. Pinotti and B. Sampaio)
11/11/2020Marina Della GiustaUniversity of ReadingFraming the predicted impacts of COVID-19 prophylactic measures in
terms of lives saved rather than deaths is more effective for older people
(with P. Biroli, S. Bosworth, A. DiGirolamo, S. Jaworska, J. Vollen
18/11/2020Nigar HashimzadeBrunel University LondonOptimal environmental policy with endogenous time preference(with S. Ghosh)
25/11/2020Philip DaviesBrunel University LondonMACROPRUDENTIAL POLICY, BANK COMPETITION AND BANK RISK IN EAST ASIA(with K.K. Chan and D. Karim)
09/12/2020Steeve MongrainSimon Fraser UniversityProperty crime and private protection in cities(with B. Decreuse and T. van Ypersele)
16/12/2020Corrado MacchiarelliNIESR and Brunel UniversityBremia: A study of the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 based on bond prices
13/01/2021Manu SavaniBrunel University LondonThe electoral politics of sexual harassment
20/01/2021Prof. Kaushik BasuCornell UniversityThe new approach to law and economics
27/01/2021Cyrille LenoelNational Institute of Economic and Social ResearchThe forecast horizon of a yield curve recession mode
03/02/2021Matteo PazzonaBrunel University LondonMigrant Diversity and Team Performance in a High-Skilled Labour Market(with F. Addesa & G. Rossi)
03/03/2021Francesca CalmunciUniversity of CataniaAnti-Mafia Law Enforcement and Lending in Mafia’s Lands. Evidence from the Judicial Administration in Italy.
10/03/2021Anna CartwrightCoventry UniversityEconomics of ransomware
21/04/2021Pierre-Louis VezinaKing’s College LondonRefugees and Foreign Direct Investment: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from US Resettlements
28/04/2021Konstantin A. KholodilinDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)Rent price control – yet another great equalizer of economic inequalities? Evidence from a century of historical data
26/05/2021Ming-Tsung LinUniversity of EssexSovereign-Momentum Currency Return (working title)(with G. Calice)
16/06/2021Andrea Mario LavezziUniversity of PalermoOrganizing Crime: an Empirical Investigation of the Sicilian Mafia
23/06/2021Fang XuBrunel University LondonStructural transmissions among investor attention, stock market volatility and trading volumes.
30/06/2021Elena GentiliBank of ItalyPolitically connected cities: Italy 1951-1991

Organizer: Sven Fischer