Department of Economics Weekly programme 10-14 November 2014 Courses This week the course on Microeconomics (Matthias Sutter) will only take place on Tuesday and the advanced half-credit course on Nonlinear Solution and Estimation Techniques (Nora Traum) starts. Macro working group – note different day and time from usual! Monday 10 November, 14.00, VSP 1 Pedro Brinca, Jean Monnet Fellow, Fiscal Multipliers in the 21st Century Microeconomics Research Workshop – note two this week! Tuesday 11 November, 13.30, VSP 1 Arthur Campbell, Yale University Social Learning with Differentiated Products Micro working group – note different day and time from usual! Wednesday 12 November, 12.00, Priests’ room Andrea Galeotti, University of Essex Financial linkages and portfolio choices Microeconomics Research Workshop – note different day and time from usual! Wednesday 12 November, 17.00, VSP 1 Eduardo Azevedo, The Wharton School Perfect Competition in Markets with Adverse Selection (with Daniel Gottlieb) Macroeconomics Research Workshop/Pierre Werner Chair seminar – note different day from usual! Thursday 13 November, 11.00, Priests’ room Jean Charles Rochet, Swiss Finance Institute (Professor Rochet will also give a more general seminar on banking regulation at the RSCAS on Friday 14 November) A Lucas Model with Financial Frictions Macro reading group Thursday 13 November, 13.30, VSP 1 Krzysztof Pytka, Efficient Search on the Job and the Business Cycle Econometrics Research Workshop Friday 14 November , 14.30, VSP 1 Francesco Decarolis, Boston University The Welfare Effects of Supply Side Regulations in Medicare Part D Conference: Economic Policy after the Financial Crisis Conference Friday 14 - Saturday 15 November, Villa La Fonte http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/Economics/SeminarsEvents/Conferences/EconomicPolicyaf tertheFinancialCrisis.aspx; for information contact [email protected] Coffee get-together, Tuesdays at 16.00, VSP bar or garden Time Monday 8.45 – 10.45 11-13 13 - 15 15-17 17.1519.15 Course on Macroeconomics of Uncertainty Shocks (Christian Bayer) VSP 1 14.00 Macro working group Pedro Brinca Fiscal Multipliers in the 21st Century VSP 1 Week 10-14 November Tuesday Course on Microeconomics (Matthias Sutter) VSP 1 --------------------Expectations and Learning in Macroeconomics and Finance (Ramon Marimon) VSP 2 Course on Macroeconomics (Arpad Abraham) VSP 1 --------------Course on Nonlinear Solution and Estimation Techniques (Nora Traum) VSP 2 13.30 Microeconomics Research Workshop Arthur Campbell Social Learning with Differentiated Products VSP 1 15.00-16.00 Course on Microeconomics (Matthias Sutter) VSP 1 ------------------Coffee gettogether VSP bar or garden Wednesday Exercise class for Microeconomics (Filip Lazaric) VSP 1 12.00 Micro working group Andrea Galeotti Financial linkages and portfolio choices Priests’ room Thursday Course on Macroeconomics (Arpad Abraham) VSP 1 --------------Course on Nonlinear Solution and Estimation Techniques (Nora Traum) VSP 2 Macroeconomics research workshop/Pierre Werner Chair seminar Jean Charles Rochet A Lucas Model with Financial Frictions Priests’ room Friday Exercise class for Macroeconomics (Pavel Brendler) VSP 1 13.30 Macro reading group Krzysztof Pytka Efficient Search on the Job and the Business Cycle VSP 1 14.30 Econometrics Research Workshop Francesco Decarolis The Welfare Effects of Supply Side Regulations in Medicare Part D VSP 1 Econometrics Research Workshop (cont’d) VSP 1 Course on Statistics and Econometrics (Juan Dolado) VSP 1 ---------------------15.30 Short faculty meeting VSP 2 Course on Statistics and Econometrics (Juan Dolado) VSP 1 Microeconomics Research Workshop Eduardo Azevedo Perfect Competition in Markets with Adverse Selection VSP 1 Exercise class for Statistics and Econometrics (Gabriel Facchini) VSP 1