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Session 95: Macroeconomics Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Session Chair: Roland Meeks, Bank of England Location: Arts Building AB F028
Forecasting and Policy Analysis in Real-Time During Periods of <strong>High</strong> Volatility
By Carlo Altavilla; University of Naples Parthenope; Matteo Ciccarelli; European Central Bank
Presented by: Carlo Altavilla, University of Naples Parthenope
Measuring Euro Area Monetary Policy Transmission in a Structural Dynamic Factor Model
By Matteo Barigozzi; LSE; Antonio Conti; Bank of Italy, ECARES, Universite’ libre de Bruxelles; Matteo
Luciani; ECARES, Universite’ libre de Bruxelles
Presented by: Matteo Barigozzi, London School of Economics and Political Science
Measuring the Natural Output Gap using Actual and Expected Output Data
By Anthony Garratt; Birkbeck College, University of London; Kevin Lee; University of Leicester;
Kalvinder Shields; University of Melbourne
Presented by: Kevin Lee, University of Nottingham
Do credit market shocks drive output fluctuations? Evidence from corporate spreads and defaults
By Roland Meeks; Bank of England.
Session 96: Public Economics Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Session Chair: Sarah Smith, CMPO, University of Bristol Location: Windsor WIN 01-05
Political competition and Mirrleesian income taxation: A first pass
By Felix J. Bierbrauer; Max Planck Institute Bonn; Pierre C. Boyer; Universty of Mannheim
Presented by: Pierre Boyer, University of Mannheim
Optimal Income Taxation with Asset Accumulation
By Arpad Abraham; European University Institute; Sebastian Koehne; IIES, Stockholm University;
Nicola Pavoni; European University Institute.
Presented by: Sebastian Koehne, Stockholm University
Social mobility and redistributive taxation
By Kai A. Konrad; Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; Florian Morath; Max Planck
Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Presented by: Florian Morath, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Crowded in or out? What is the effect of past donations on how much people give to
charitable causes?
By Sarah Smith; University of Bristol; Frank Windmeijer; University of Bristol; Edmund Wright;
University of Bristol.
Presented by: Sarah Smith, CMPO, University of Bristol
Session 97: Experimental Economics Time: 9:30 - 11:00
Session Chair: Marcelo Tyszler, University of Amsterdam Location: Arts Building AB F001
Individual Expectations, Limited Rationality and Aggregate Outcomes
By Te Bao; University of Amsterdam; Cars Hommes; University of Amsterdam; Joep Sonnemans;
University of Amsterdam; Jan Tuinstra; University of Amsterdam.
Presented by: Te Bao, CeNDEF
Can we manage first impressions in cooperation problems?
An experimental study on “Broken (and Fixed) Windows”
By Christoph Engel; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn; Sebastian Kube;
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn and University of Bonn; Michael
Kurschilgen; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn
Presented by: Michael Kurschilgen, Max Planck Institute Bonn
Roads to development: experimental evidence from urban road pavement
By Climent Quintana-Domeque; Universitat d’Alacant; Marco Gonzalez-Navarro; UC Berkeley
Presented by: Climent Quintana-Domeque, Universitat d’Alacant
Preference for Efficiency or Confusion? A Note on a Boundedly Rational Equilibrium
Approach to Individual Contributions in a Public Good Game
By Luca Corazzini; University of Padua; Marcelo Tyszler; University of Amsterdam
Presented by: Marcelo Tyszler, University of Amsterdam
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