Events
Week of Events
Collegio Aperto Commemorating the Centennial of Herbert Simon’s birth
Collegio Aperto Commemorating the Centennial of Herbert Simon’s birth
International Conference: Herbert Simon: the genius of simplicity and boundedness. International Workshop: Behavioral economics nudges and heuristics for public policies. at Campus Luigi Einaudi Program: http://herbertsimonsociety.org/
Monday Lunch Seminars Toomas Hinnosaar (CCA)
"Rent-seeking contest design" Abstract This paper studies the relationship between information, incentives, and outcomes in rent-seeking contests. A common solution to limiting socially wasteful rent-seeking activities is transparency. I show that information strictly increases efforts in rent-seeking contests. Thus, the socially optimal rent-seeking contest provides as little information as possible about the competition. The model…
Seminars in Economics Piero Gottardi (EUI)
"A Theory of Repurchase Agreements, Collateral Re-use, and Repo Intermediation" Abstract This paper characterizes repurchase agreements (repos) as equilibrium contracts starting from first principles. We show that a repo allows the borrower to augment its consumption today while hedging both agents against future market price risk. As a result, safer assets will command a lower…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Johan Bollen (Indiana University)
"Using big data to study well-being and mental health"
Occasional Seminars Allievi Defense Session
9.00 Ivan Lagrosa Title: Jobless recovery. How economic upturns can be unhappy
Carlo Alberto Law Seminars Panos Papapaschalis (ESMA/ECB)
"EU Administrative Law Seminar: Instruments of Supervisory Convergence in view of CJEU jurisprudence" at CLE (Campus Luigi Einaudi)