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Session 119: Growth Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Session Chair: Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University Location: Arts Building AB LT3
Structural change and the Kaldor facts in a growth model with relative price effects and
non-Gorman preferences
By Timo Boppart; University of Zurich.
Is Agglomeration Really Good for Growth? Global Efficiency, Interregional Equity
and Uneven Growth
By Fabio Cerina; University of Cagliari and CRENoS; Francesco Mureddu; University of Cagliari and CRENoS
Presented by: Fabio Cerina, University of Cagliari
The Economic Consequences of “Brain Drain” of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic
Evidence from Five Countries
By John Gibson; University of Waikato; David McKenzie; World Bank
Presented by: John Gibson, University of Waikato
Multiproduct Firms and Price-Setting: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Producer Prices
By Saroj Bhattarai; Penn State University; Raphael Schoenle; Brandeis University
Presented by: Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University
Session 120: Labour Economics Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Session Chair: John Sessions, Brunel University Location: Horton Building HLT2
General Xenophobia in the Labor Market: a correspondence testing in Chicago
By Nicolas Jacquemet; Paris School of Economics & University Paris 1; Constantine Yannelis;
Stanford University
Presented by: Nicolas Jacquemet, University Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne
The effect of potential unemployment benefits duration on unemployment exits to work
and on job <strong>quality</strong>
By Thomas LE BARBANCHON; Crest; Thomas DEROYON; Crest
Presented by: Thomas Le Barbanchon,
Are Active Labour Market Programmes Least Effective Where They Are Most Needed?
The Case of the British New Deal for Young People
By Duncan McVicar; University of Melbourne; Jan M. Podivinsky; University of Southampton
Presented by: Duncan McVicar, University of Melbourne
Racial Differences in Pay Across Positions: An Empirical Test of Major League Baseball*
By Örn B. Bodvarsson, St Cloud State University; John Sessions, University of Bath
Presented by: John Sessions, Brunel University
Session 121: Environmental Economics
Session Chair: Oliwia Kurtyka, Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Lancaster University Management School Location: Windsor WIN 00-05
Global Warming and Extreme Events:
Rethinking the Timing and Intensity of Environmental Policy
By Yu-Fu Chen; University of Dundee; Michael Funke; Hamburg University
Presented by: Yu-Fu Chen, University of Dundee
Trade union structure with environmental concern and firms’’technological choice
By Elias Asproudis; Loughborough University.
Commercial interests vs. the public’s environmental preferences:
The political economy of carbon credit imports
By Florens Flues; University of Zurich.
The Switching Effect of Environmental Taxation within Bertrand Differentiated Duopoly
By Oliwia Kurtyka; Lancaster University Management School and TSE(LERNA); Philippe Mahenc; TSE
(LERNA) and University of Perpignan.
Presented by: Oliwia Kurtyka, Lancaster University Management School
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