Events at CERGE-EI: 2013

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January 

Thursday, 17 January, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Dr. Daniele Condorelli: “Selling through Referrals”

Friday, 18 January, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Dr. Jan Libich: “Monetary Exit Strategy and Fiscal Spillovers”

Monday, 21 January, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Dr. Adam Sanjurjo: “Search, Memory, and Choice: An Experiment”

Thursday, 24 January, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Marit Hinnosaar (JOB TALK): “Time Inconsistency and Alcohol Sales Restrictions”

February 

Thursday, 7 February, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Güneş Gökmen (JOB TALK): “Cultural Diversity a Barrier to Riches?”

Thursday, 14 February, 2013 | 14:30 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Ester Faia (2:30 p.m.!!!): “Endogenous Banks' Networks, Cascades and Systemic Risk”

Friday, 15 February, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Julia Schmidt (JOB TALK): “Technological Standardization, Endogenous Productivity and Transitory Dynamics”

Monday, 18 February, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Nikolas Mittag (JOB TALK): “A Method of Correcting for Misreporting Applied to the Food Stamp Program”

Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 | 10:00 | Defense - PhD

Lenka Lauková: “‘Soft’ Concepts in Economics: Essays on the Role of Non-Cognitive Skills and Cultural Values”

March 

Monday, 4 March, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Marcel Fafchamps: “Networks and Manufacturing Firms in Africa: Initial Results from a Randomised Experiment”

Tuesday, 12 March, 2013 | 11:00 | Defense - PhD

Peter Ondko: “Essays on Access to External Finance, Acquisitions and Productivity”

Thursday, 14 March, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Simon Anderson: “Media market concentration, advertising levels, and ad prices”

Monday, 25 March, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Marcelo Olarreaga: “There Goes Gravity: How eBay Reduces Trade Costs”

April 

Friday, 5 April, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Dr. Alex Popov: “‘Take care of home and family, honey, and let me take care of the money.’ Gender bias and credit market barriers for female entrepreneurs”

Thursday, 25 April, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Michele Aquaro (JOB TALK): “Pairwise difference estimation of dynamic panel data models”

Friday, 26 April, 2013 | 15:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. M. Scott Taylor: “A Spatial Approach to Energy Economics”

Monday, 29 April, 2013 | 12:00 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Dietmar Harhoff: “The Economic Value of Patent Portfolios”

Monday, 29 April, 2013 | 16:30 | Special Event

How to Make the Right Decisions without Knowing People's Preferences: An Introduction to Mechanism Design

May 

Monday, 6 May, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Dr. Peter Katuščák: “Does Anticipated Regret Really Matter? Revisiting the Role of Feedback in Auction Bidding”

Thursday, 9 May, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Dr. Anna Gunnthorsdottir: “‘Magic’ – The Predictive Power of the Nash Equilibrium under Merit-based Social Organization”

Friday, 17 May, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Morten Ravn: “Job Uncertainty and Deep Recessions”

Monday, 20 May, 2013 | 16:30 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Christian Hellwig: “Optimal Regulation in the Presence of Reputation Concerns”

Thursday, 23 May, 2013 | 16:30 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Max Gillman: “Tax Evasion and Revenue: Intermediation, Human Capital and Endogenous Growth”

Monday, 27 May, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Dr. Levent Çelik: “When Is It Optimal to Delegate: The Theory of Fast-Track Authority”

Thursday, 30 May, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Nabil Al-Najjar: “A Bayesian Model of Knightian Uncertainty”

Friday, 31 May, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Dr. Virgiliu Midrigan: “Competition, Markups, and the Gains from International Trade”

June 

Saturday, 1 June, 2013 | 19:00 | Special Event

Graduation Gala

Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Dr. Jaroslav Borovička: “Robust Preference Expansions and Temporal Decomposition of Risk”

Thursday, 20 June, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Wojciech Olszewski: “Large Contests”

Friday, 21 June, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Esteban Rossi-Hansberg: “The Anatomy of French Production Hierarchies”

July 

Wednesday, 3 July, 2013 | 13:00 | Defense - PhD

Boryana Madzharova: “Corporate Taxation, Tax Evasion, and Tax Design”

Thursday, 4 July, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Reneé McKibbin: “A Regime Switching Skew-normal Model for Measuring Financial Crisis and Contagion”

Thursday, 18 July, 2013 | 10:00 | Defense - PhD

Jan Brůha: “Four Essays on Macroeconomic Aspects of the Transition Process”

Wednesday, 24 July, 2013 | 11:00 | Defense - PhD

Martin Guzi: “Essays on Access to Higher Education, Welfare Traps, and Welfare Migration”

Wednesday, 31 July, 2013 | 13:00 | Defense - PhD

Mário Vozár: “Essays on Matching Markets”

August 

Thursday, 1 August, 2013 | 11:00 | Defense - PhD

Ilkin Aliyev: “Essays on Natural Resource Impact”

September 

Friday, 6 September, 2013 | 13:00 | Defense - PhD

Vahagn Jerbashian: “Essays on Aggregate Performance and Competition”

October 

Thursday, 3 October, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Volker Nocke: “Exclusive Dealing and Vertical Integration in Interlocking Relationships”

Thursday, 17 October, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Nick Netzer: “Mechanism Design and Intentions”

Monday, 21 October, 2013 | 16:30 | Special Event

“World Development Report 2014” Panel Discussion

Thursday, 24 October, 2013 | 09:30 | Special Event

IMF's recruitment event at CERGE-EI

Thursday, 31 October, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Patrick Rey: “Cooperation vs. Collusion: How Essentiality Shapes Co-opetition”

November 

Friday, 1 November, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Dr. Ctirad Slavík: “Machines, Buildings, and Optimal Dynamic Taxes”

Thursday, 14 November, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Alp Atakan: “Auctions, Actions, and the Failure of Information Aggregation”

Friday, 15 November, 2013 | 15:15 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Giorgio Primiceri: “The Effects of the Saving and Banking Glut on the U.S. Economy”

Friday, 22 November, 2013 | 16:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Prof. Kevin Sheedy: “Debt and Incomplete Financial Markets: A Case for Nominal GDP Targeting”

Monday, 25 November, 2013 | 09:00 | Defense - PhD

Dragana Stanišić: “Topics on Terrorism and Foreign Direct Investment”

Monday, 25 November, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Lorenz Goette: “Randomizing Endowments: Is the Endowment Effect Driven by Expectations to Keep an Object?”

Thursday, 28 November, 2013 | 16:00 | Special Event

CERGE-EI London Alumni Panel Discussion

Friday, 29 November, 2013 | 15:00 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Roman Inderst: “Hypertargeting, Limited Attention, and Privacy: Implications for Marketing and Campaigning”

December 

Monday, 2 December, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Prof. Margaret Kyle: “Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Innovation: Evidence from TRIPS”

Thursday, 5 December, 2013 | 13:00 | Special Event

Lecture: "Czech Republic as a Partner in the World Development"

Thursday, 5 December, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Elmar Wolfstetter: “Optimal Information Disclosure in License Auctions”

Friday, 6 December, 2013 | 15:00 | Macro Research Seminar

Dr. Tomáš Havránek: “Publication Bias in Measuring Intertemporal Substitution”

Monday, 9 December, 2013 | 16:30 | Special Event

Think tank IDEA: Panel Discussion (in Czech)

Monday, 9 December, 2013 | 16:30 | Applied Micro Research Seminar

Dr. Michal Kolesár: “Estimation in an instrumental variables model with treatment effect heterogeneity”

Thursday, 12 December, 2013 | 11:00 | Defense - PhD

Anna Kochanova: “Essays on Governance and Economic Performance”

Thursday, 12 December, 2013 | 16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar

Prof. Salvatore Piccolo: “Non-Exclusive Financial Advice”

Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 | 13:00 | Defense - PhD

Dmitriy Vorobyev: “Essays on Electoral Fraud”