Department of Economics Universidad Carlos III

A gender bias in reporting expected ranks when performance feedback is at stake
2022-04-26 12:45 - 14:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | 15.1.39
Aurora García Gallego
(Universitat Jaume I)

“A gender bias in reporting expected ranks when performance feedback is at stake”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Optimal Contests with Incomplete Information and Convex Effort Costs
2022-05-10 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Mengxi Zhang
(University of Bonn)

“Optimal Contests with Incomplete Information and Convex Effort Costs”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Razor-Thin Elections
2022-05-12 15:00 - 16:15 | 15.1.41
Cesar Martinelli
(George Mason University)

“Razor-Thin Elections” (joint work with David K Levine)

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.41

Competitive award of scarce airport slots: an empirical analysis
2022-05-17 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.41
Marleen Marra
(Sciences Po)

“Competitive award of scarce airport slots: an empirical analysis”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.41

Naivete and Sophistication in Initial and Repeated Play
2022-05-31 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Nagore Iriberri
(University of the Basque Country)

“Naivete and Sophistication in Initial and Repeated Play“

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Competing Narratives in Action: Belief Cycles throughout the Pandemic
2022-06-07 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Ricardo Serrano Padial
(Drexel University)

“Competing Narratives in Action: Belief Cycles throughout the Pandemic” (joint with Marco Angrisani & Anya Samek)

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

An Economic Framework for Vaccine Prioritization
2022-06-14 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Piotr Dworczak
(Northwestern University)

“An Economic Framework for Vaccine Prioritization”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Unpacking Overconfident Behavior
2022-09-13 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Han Bleichrodt
(University of Alicante)

“Unpacking Overconfident Behavior”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

A theory of front-line management
2022-09-27 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Alexander Frug
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

“A theory of front-line management” (joint with Daniel Bird)

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Mechanisms without transfers for fully biased agents
2022-10-04 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Deniz Kattwinkel
(University College London)

“Mechanisms without transfers for fully biased agents” (with Axel Niemeyer, Justus Preusser and Alexander Winter)

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Optimal intermediary test-design
2022-10-11 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Zeinab Aboutalebi
(European University Institute)

“Optimal intermediary test-design“

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Liberty, Security, and Accountability: The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Democracies
2022-10-18 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Barton Lee
(ETH Zurich)

“Liberty, Security, and Accountability: The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Democracies” (with Gabriele Gratton)

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Networking entrepreneurs: theory and evidence from a Pan-African RCT
2022-10-25 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Fernando Vega-Redondo
(UC3M)

“Networking entrepreneurs: theory and evidence from a Pan-African RCT”

ABSTRACT: Can peer interaction foster entrepreneurship and innovation, even in large-scale environments? This question, which has substantial economic implications, is studied both empirically and theoretically. For the empirical part of the analysis, we have conducted an RCT involving almost 5,000 entrepreneurs from 49 African countries, where the treatment provides the possibility of interacting with peers in alternative ways/arms: face-to-face or virtually (i.e. with more or less “band width”), and under different degrees of diversity (local, national, or international). Two are the main findings: (a) There is a non-monotonic trade-off between peer diversity and band width: whereas interaction with low band width (i.e. virtual) requires high enough diversity to be effective, too much of it is detrimental. (b) Even when interaction is ineffective, network peer effects are always positive and strongly significant. While (a) suggests that some intermediate degree of peer diversity is needed for scalable interaction (only feasible if implemented virtually), (b) points to an apparent paradox: ineffective interaction is not due to weak peer influence. To shed light on this evidence, we develop a theory that is consistent with it and distinguishes between “constructive” and “disruptive” settings, depending on how positive and negative peer stimuli compare. When these notions are operationalized, we revisit the data and find that, as the theory predicts, only virtual interaction among peers of moderate diversity (same nationality) qualifies as constructive.

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Equal opportunities in school choice settings
2022-11-08 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Umutcan Salman
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)

“Equal opportunities in school choice settings”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Optimal monetisation schemes in a creator economy with network effects
2023-02-28 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Vincent Meisner
(TU Berlin)

“Optimal monetisation schemes in a creator economy with network effects”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Organizing for Collective Action: Olson Revisited
2023-03-14 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Marco Battaglini
(Cornell University)

“Organizing for Collective Action: Olson Revisited”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Price Competition, Information Acquisition, and Product Differentiation Perception
2023-03-15 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Gary Biglaiser
(UNC)

“Price Competition, Information Acquisition, and Product Differentiation Perception*”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

A theory of media bias and disinformation
2023-03-21 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Manuel Foerster
(Bielefeld University)

“A theory of media bias and disinformation”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Risk Sharing and Strategic Choice
2023-03-28 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Brendan Daley
(Johns Hopkins University)

“Risk Sharing and Strategic Choice”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Sabotage in Contests: Group Size Uncertainty and Group Size Disclosure
2023-04-18 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Jonathan Stäbler
(University of Mannheim)

“Sabotage in Contests: Group Size Uncertainty and Group Size Disclosure”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Organizational Capacity and Project Dynamics
2023-04-25 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Dana Foarta
(Stanford)

“Organizational Capacity and Project Dynamics”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Group identity and ingroup bias in belief formation
2023-05-16 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Florian Hett
(University Mainz)

“Group identity and ingroup bias in belief formation”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Economic Shocks and Populism
2023-05-23 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Nicola Pavoni
(Universita’ Bocconi)

“Economic Shocks and Populism”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

On Cournot's theory of oligopoly with perfect complements
2023-06-27 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Amir Rabah
(University of Iowa)

“On Cournot’s theory of oligopoly with perfect complements”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Should the Timing of Inspections be Predictable?
2023-09-19 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Jan Knoepfle
(Queen Mary University of London)

“Should the Timing of Inspections be Predictable?’”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Identity-Based Elections
2023-09-20 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Helios Herrera
(Warwick University)

“Identity-Based Elections”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Mediated (Anti)Persuasive Communication
2023-09-26 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Roberto Serrano
(Brown University)

“Mediated (Anti)Persuasive Communication”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

An Organizational Theory of State Capacity
2023-10-03 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Erik Snowberg
(University of Utah)

“An Organizational Theory of State Capacity”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

On the Fragility of DeFi Lending
2023-10-10 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Emre Ozdenoren
(London Business School)

“On the Fragility of DeFi Lending”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39

Monetizing Steering
2023-10-17 12:45 - 14:00 | 15.1.39
Sandro Shelegia
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

“Monetizing Steering”

Face-to-face seminar – Room 15.1.39
