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Irish Society of New Economists (ISNE) 2010, Trinity College Dublin.

Friday, 24. September 2010

The Long Room Hub

Registration

Welcome address

The Long Room Hub IIIS Seminar Room Room 5025 Room 5039 Room 5052

Agriculture/Energy Economics International Trade I Fiscal Policy Behavioural Economics Growth, Aid & Development

Coffee break

Irish Economy Microeconomic Theory International Finance I Health Economics Human Capital, Demographics & Growth

Lunch: Science Gallery (tbc)

Thomas Davis Lecture Hall (2043)

Keynote speech

Econometrics Industrial Organisation International Finance II Political Economy Economics of Education

Coffee break

Cultural Economics International Trade II Monetary Policy Labour I Gender Economics

End of day one

Social event

Saturday, 25. September 2010

IIIS Seminar Room Room 5025 Room 5039 Room 5052

Labour II – Market Institutions Economic Policy Trade Finance Macroeconomics I

Coffee break

Labour III – Incentives Financial Economics Applied Microeconomics Macroeconomics II – Wage Rigidities

End of day two

Programme

08:45

09:15

09:30

Stephen O'Neill, NUI Galway

09:30

09:30

Sara Maria Riscado, European University Institute

09:30

David Comerford, University College Dublin

Friday, 24th September 2010

Registration The Long Room Hub

Welcome Address: The Long Room Hub

Christian Danne, Benjamin Elsner, and Eoin McGuirk (TCD and IIIS)

Agricultural and Environmental Economics The Long Room Hub

Chair:

The Effect of Wind on Electricity Prices

Amy O'Mahoney, Trinity College Dublin

An Examination of the Adoption of Grassland Management Practices and Environmental Related Technologies

Edel Kelly, Teagasc

Accommodating Neighbourhood Effects in the Analysis of Environmental Stated Choice Analysis

Vikki Gibson, Queen's University Belfast

Exploring the Determinants of Land Rental Rates in the Republic of Ireland

Stephen O'Neill, NUI Galway

International Trade I Arts Building - IIIS Seminar Room

Chair: Fergal McCann, Paris School of Economics

Does it Matter who to Sell to? Environmental Implications of Export Destinations

Svetlana Batrakova, University College Dublin

Trade Union Structure with Environmental Concern and Firms' Technological Choice

Elias Asproudis, Loughborough University

Trade in Services and Degree of Liberalization of Regional Trade Agreements: Do Negotiations on Services have to be Specific?

Amelie Guillin, Paris School of Economics

Trusting your Partner in International Services Trade

Fergal McCann, Paris School of Economics

Fiscal Policy Arts Building - Room 5025

Chair:

A Simple Model of a Monetary Union

Stefanie Flotho, University of Freiburg

Can the Fiscal Theory of Price Level Explain Inflation Differentials in EMU?

Thomai Filippeli, University of Macedonia

The Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks in Good Times and Bad

Szabolcs Deak, Università Bocconi

Macro-Fiscal Volatility and the Composition of Public Spending

Sara Maria Riscado, European University Institute

Behavioural Economics Arts Building - Room 5039

Chair:

TBA

TBA

Opinion Revision and Gains from Averaging

Johannes Mueller-Trede, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Migration, Risk and Entrepreneurial Potential

Janis Umblijs, Trinity College Dublin

How Workers Set Their Reservation Wage: The Effort Heuristic

David Comerford, University College Dublin

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11:10

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11:30

11:30

11:30

Growth, Aid & Development Arts Building - Room 5052

Chair: Markus Eberhardt, Oxford University

Convergence across Kazakh Regions

Miriam Frey, Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg

The Determinants of Living Standards in Africa

Mark McGovern, University College Dublin

The Effects of Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa

Rob Gillanders, University College Dublin

Aggregation versus Heterogeneity in Cross-Country Growth Empirics

Markus Eberhardt, Oxford University

Coffee break

Irish Economy The Long Room Hub

Chair: Stefano Verde, Trinity College Dublin

Dementia Care in Ireland: A Survey of Burden and Demand

Dominic Trepel, University of Limerick

The Contribution of Demographic Change towards Income Inequality in Ireland 1987-2005

Jason Loughrey, NUI Galway

Demographics and Irish Housing Demand: A Cross-County Econometric Model

Dinali Wijeratne, NUI Galway

Income and price Elasticities of Irish Household Demand

Stefano Verde, Trinity College Dublin

Microeconomic Theory Arts Building - IIIS Seminar Room

Chair: Maria Cubel, Universitat de Barcelona

Combinatorial Auctions, Computational Mechanism Design and Applications

Alan Holland, University College Cork

Assortative Matching in Partnerships and Over-Education

Alessandro Tampieri, University of Leicester

Signaling and Spending Cycle in a Political Agency Framework

Simon Schnyder, University of Fribourg

Domination and Conflict

Maria Cubel, Universitat de Barcelona

International Finance I Arts Building - Room 5025

Chair: Goncalo Pina, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

The Impact of Population Ageing on International Capital Flows

Alexandre Narciso, Copenhagen Business School

Determinants of Equity Home Bias: An Empirical Analysis

Iryna Stewen, University of Zurich

Incomplete Markets, Optimal Portfolios, and the Consumption Correlation Puzzle

Adam Gulan, Rutgers University

A Monetary Theory of International Reserves

Goncalo Pina, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Health Economics Arts Building - Room 5039

Chair: Moritz Meyer, European University Institute

Determinants of Vegetarianism

Eimear Leahy, ESRI

Count Data Models and the Problem of Excess Zero in Irish Snack Food Consumption

Pamela Murphy, Trinity College Dublin

11:30

13:10

14:30

15:40

15:40

Adele Whelan, NUI Maynooth

15:40

Social Networks and Mental Health: Evidence From SHARE

Sarah Gibney, University College Dublin

The Impact of the Health Status on Consumption Behaviour

Moritz Meyer, European University Institute

Human Capital, Demographics & Growth Arts Building - Room 5052

Chair: Alan Fernihough, University College Dublin

On Efficiency of Educational Systems

Przemyslaw Szufel, Warsaw School of Economics

The Effects of Different Stages of Education on Income across Countries

Mehtap Akguc, Toulouse School of Economics

An Analysis of the Interdependence of Demographic Factors, Labour Effort and Economic Growth in Ireland

Justin Doran, University College Cork

Malthusian Dynamics in a Diverged Europe: Northern Italy 1650-1881.

Alan Fernihough, University College Dublin

Lunch Break: The Science Gallery (tbc)

Keynote speech Arts Building - Thomas Davis Lecture Hall (2043)

The Irish Crisis

Philip Lane, Trinity College Dublin

Econometrics The Long Room Hub

Chair: Benjamin Elsner, Trintiy College Dublin

Errors-in-variables, Censored Data, and Heterogeneity in Panel GMM Estimates

Conor O'Toole, Trinity College Dublin

Non-Parametric Estimation of Models of Downward Wage Rigidity

Paris Nearchou, University of Cyprus

The Blinder-Oaxaca Unexplained Component as a Treatment Effects Estimator

Tymon Sloczynski, Warsaw School of Economics

The Distributional Impact of Emigration: The Case of EU Enlargement

Benjamin Elsner, Trintiy College Dublin

Industrial Organisation Arts Building - IIIS Seminar Room

Chair:

R&D Cooperation Strategies: A Multilevel Approach

Sara Amoroso, Tilburg University

Trust, Equilibrium Multiplicity and Fits-the-Crime Punishment Strategy in Extortions

Simone Meraglia, Toulouse School of Economics

Strategic Targeted Advertising and Local Network Externalities

Paulo Abecasis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Entry Deterrence and Coordinating Advertising in Markets with Consumption Externalities

Adele Whelan, NUI Maynooth

International Finance II Arts Building - Room 5025

Chair: Lena Golubovskaja, NUI Maynooth

Has the Euro Affected the Choice of Invoicing Currency?

Sebastian Werner, Tilburg University

Global Crises: What is Wrong with Standard Measures of International Linkages?

Leila Ali, University of Poitiers

Did Foreign Banks Stabilize the Banking Systems of Emerging Markets during the Global Financial Crisis?

Ursula Vogel, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

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15:40

Martin Ryan, University College Dublin

17:30

17:50

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17:50

Content Analysis of the IMF Article IV Staff Reports for EMU

Lena Golubovskaja, NUI Maynooth

Political Economy Arts Building - Room 5039

Chair: Michael Dorsch, American University of Paris

From Plurality to the Alternative Vote: Stategic Voting

Niall Hughes, European University Institute

Imperfect Information and the Meltzer-Richard Hypothesis

Christian Bredemeier, TU Dortmund

Interregional Transfers, Cultural Diversity and the Decentralization of Redistribution

Sabine Flamand, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

The National Political Economy of International Environmental Agreements

Michael Dorsch, American University of Paris

Education Arts Building - Room 5052

Chair:

Where Does the PISA Test Score Gap Come From? - A Country Comparison

Alina Botezat, University of Iaşi

Determinants of Irish Student Performance Scores: Quantile Regression Evidence from 2006 PISA Survey

Mosito Ntema, NUI Maynooth

Future Career Intentions of PhD Students In Ireland: Evidence from the Irish Universities Study

Mary Doyle, University College Dublin

Does Lecture Attendance Matter for Grades? Evidence from Longitudinal Tracking of Irish Students

Martin Ryan, University College Dublin

Coffee break

Cultural Economics The Long Room Hub

Chair: Robert Butler, University College Cork

Location Matters: The Biased Peak Ages Approach

Karol Jan Borowiecki, Trinity College Dublin

Does File-Sharing Reduce DVD Sales?

Emmi Martikainen, University of Turku

Religiosity and Personal Well-Being: People Can Be Happy With or Without Religion

Matthias Opfinger, University of Hannover

Additional Time Biases: The Case of the English Premier League

Robert Butler, University College Cork

International Trade II Arts Building - IIIS Seminar Room

Chair: Jan Koenig, Free University Berlin

TBATBA

Export Spillovers in Central & Eastern Europe

Tine Jeppesen, University College Dublin

Trade under Oligopolistic Competition in the Presence of a Competitive Fringe

Mathieu Parenti, Paris School of Economics

Does International Outsourcing Really Lower Worker's Income?

Jan Koenig, Free University Berlin

Monetary Policy Arts Building - Room 5025

Chair: Andreas Tudyka, WHU Koblenz

TBA

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17:50

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10:00

Sander Tuit, Tilburg University

10:00

TBA

Housing Inflation in United Kingdom Price Indices

Marie Hyland, ESRI

Money Illusion and Rational Expectations: some new evidence from well-known survey data

Novella Maugeri, Univeristy of Siena

Has the Monetary Transmission Process in the EU changed? A TVP-FAVAR Approach

Andreas Tudyka, WHU Koblenz

Labour I Arts Building - Room 5039

Chair: Cathy Redmond, University College Dublin

Skilled or just Overconfident? Field Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Overconfidence on Promotion Probability

Eva-Maria Aulich, University of Zurich

Local Labour Market Diversity and Business Innovation: Evidence from Irish Manufacturing Businesses

Helen McGuirk, University of Limerick

Towards a Set of Composite Indicators on Flexicurity: A Comprehensive Approach

Anna Rita Manca, European Commission

Persistent Gaps in Earnings Expectations

Cathy Redmond, University College Dublin

Gender Economics Arts Building - Room 5052

Chair: Julia Anna Matz, Trinity College Dublin

Gender Training Gap in Germany? Influence of Marital Status and Children

Claudia Burgard, Ruhr Graduate School of Economics

Female Self-Employment in Kenya. Modelling the Role of Social Norms and Institutions

Giovanna De Giusti, University of Reading

Is It Better to Participate? The Role of Women's Social Capital on Household Food Security in Indonesia

Evita Hanie Pangaribowo, University of Bonn

Rank, Returns and Resources in Polygyny

Julia Anna Matz, Trinity College Dublin

End of day one

Social event:The Duke, 9 Duke Street, Dublin 2

Saturday, 25th September 2010

Labour II – Market Institutions Arts Building - IIIS Seminar Room

Chair:

Does Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity Dampen Wage Increases? An Analysis of German Micro Data 1975-2007

Heiko Stueber, University of Hohenheim

Labour Supply, Welfare and Taxation in Europe: Accounting for Fairness, Responsibility and Differences in Preferences

Dirk Neumann, University of Cologne

Separating Introduction- from Selection-Effects: The Differences in Employment Patterns of Co-Determined Firms

Rafael Gralla, TU Dortmund

Potential Benefit Duration in Multi-Spell Unemployment

Sander Tuit, Tilburg University

Economic Policy Arts Building - Room 5025

Chair: Catarina Marvao, Trinity College Dublin

What Determines a Good Business Environment?

Michael Breen, University College Dublin

What Drives Railway State Aids? Evidence from West European Countries, 1981-2008

Katharina Schreeb, University of Bremen

10:00

10:00

11:40

12:00

12:00

Fiscal Decentralization and Intergovernmental Grants: The European Regional policy and Spanish Autonomous Regions.

Juan Gonzalez Alegre, Universidad Pablo de Olavide

The EU Leniency Programme and the Factors Affecting Fine Reductions

Catarina Marvao, Trinity College Dublin

Trade Finance Arts Building - Room 5039

Chair: Robert Zymek, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

New Insights on Trade Finance

Marta Arespa, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Export Credit Insurance and International Trade: Evidence from China

Jie Zheng, Tilburg University

Financial Development and Survival of Africa Agri-Food Exports

Madina Kukenova, University of Lausanne

International Capital Flows and the Growth of World Commodity Trade

Robert Zymek, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Macroeconomics I Arts Building - Room 5052

Chair: Oliver de Groot, Cambridge University

Assessing the Fed's Performance through the effect of a Technology Shock on Hours Worked: New Evidence

Carlo Coen Castellino, University of Turin

Do Current Account Forecasters Herd and Does It Pay-off? - Evidence from the Euro Area and the G7 Countries

Lilli Zimmermann, WHU Koblenz

Aggregated Dynamics in DSGE with Heterogeneous Expectations.

Grzegorz Koloch, Warsaw School of Economics

Coordination Failure and the Financial Accelerator

Oliver de Groot, Cambridge University

Coffee break

Labour III – Incentives Arts Building - IIIS Seminar Room

Chair: Petra Nieken, University of Bonn

Part-Time Unemployment and Optimal Unemployment Insurance

Susanne Ek, University of Uppsala

Incentive Effects in Asymmetric Tournaments - Empirical Evidence from the German Hockey League

Michael Stegh, University of Cologne

Beauty and the Beast in the Labor Market: Returns to Physical Appearance in Luxembourg

Karina Doorley, University College Dublin

Information Policy in Tournaments with Sabotage

Petra Nieken, University of Bonn

Financial Economics Arts Building - Room 5025

Chair: Kitty Moloney, NUI Galway

Influences on the Exchange Rate Derivatives Market and its Instruments

Tina Nemarnik, University of Ljubljana

Ownership Concentration with State Shareholding: Evidence from China

Yi Huang, London Business School

Informed and Uninformed Traders at Work: Evidence from the French Market

Fabrizio Ferriani, University of Bologna

Modeling Credit Default Swap Market Value at Risk using GARCH models with Gaussian, Student t and EVT distributions

Kitty Moloney, NUI Galway

12:00

Robert Ryan, Trinity College Dublin

12:00

13:40

Applied Microeconomics Arts Building - Room 5039

Chair:

Garden-Variety Tastes or the Power of Belonging - Critical Explorations in the Economics of Identity

Zsoka Koczan, Cambridge University

How do House Price Booms Affect Consumption? Recent evidence from the UK

Arun Advani, Cambridge University

Capitalizing on Social Assets: The Role of Social Capital in Determining Banking Relationships

Giulia Canzian, University of Trento

Bank Competition, Borrower Moral Hazard and the Competition-Stability View

Robert Ryan, Trinity College Dublin

Macroeconomics II – Wage Rigidities Arts Building - Room 5052

Chair: Vicenzo Cuciniello, Banca d'Italia

Wage Setting in the UK: Productivity vs Labour Market Institutions

Dario Simon Judzik, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

The High Sensitivity of Employment to Agency Costs: The Relevance of Wage Rigidity

Atanas Hristov, Humboldt University Berlin

Cyclicality of Wages and Union Power

Annaig Morin, Università Bocconi

Macroeconomic Interdependence under Collective Wage Bargaining

Vicenzo Cuciniello, Banca d'Italia

End of day two

Elias

Eva-Maria

Christian

Michael

Claudia

Butler Robert

Carlo

David

Maria

Oliver

Dorsch Michael

Mary

Markus

Benjamin

Susanne

Sabine

Stefanie

Miriam Osteuropa Institut Regensburg

Rafael

Adam

Holland

Marie

Edel

List of Participants

Surname First name Affiliation

Abecasis Paulo Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Advani Arun Cambridge University

Akguc Mehtap Toulouse School of Economics

Ali Leila University of Poitiers

Amoroso Sara Tilburg University

Arespa Marta Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Asproudis Loughborough University

Aulich University of Zurich

Batrakova Svetlana University College Dublin

Borowiecki Karol Jan Trinity College Dublin

Botezat Alina University of Iaşi

Bredemeier TU Dortmund

Breen University College Dublin

Burgard Ruhr Graduate School of Economics

University College Cork

Canzian Giulia University of Trento

Coen Castellino University of Turin

Comerford University College Dublin

Cubel Universitat de Barcelona

Cuciniello Vicenzo Banca d'Italia

Deak Szabolcs Università Bocconi

De Giusti Giovanna University of Reading

de Groot Cambridge University

Doorley Karina University College Dublin

Doran Justin University College Cork

American University of Paris

Doyle University College Dublin

Eberhardt Oxford University

Elsner Trinity College Dublin

Ek University of Uppsala

Fernihough Alan University College Dublin

Ferriani Fabrizio University of Bologna

Filippeli Thomai University of Macedonia

Flamand Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Flotho University of Freiburg

Frey

Gibney Sarah University College Dublin

Gibson Vikki Queen's University Belfast

Gillanders Rob University College Dublin

Golubovskaja Lena NUI Maynooth

Gonzalez Alegre Juan Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Gralla TU Dortmund

Guillin Amelie Paris School of Economics

Gulan Rutgers University

Alan University College Cork

Hristov Atanas Humboldt University Berlin

Huang Yi London Business School

Hughes Niall European University Institute

Hyland Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Jeppesen Tine University College Dublin

Judzik Dario Simon Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Kelly Teagasc

Koczan Zsoka Cambridge University

Jan

Julia Anna

Mark

Helen

Meyer

Johannes

Paris

Tina

Neumann Dirk

Petra

Matthias

Redmond Cathy

Robert

Martin

Simon

Katharina

Michael

Heiko

Andreas

Vogel Ursula

Werner Sebastian

Adele

Zimmermann

Robert

Koenig Free University Berlin

Koloch Grzegorz Warsaw School of Economics

Kukenova Madina University of Lausanne

Leahy Eimear Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Loughrey Jason NUI Galway

Manca Anna Rita European Commission

Martikainen Emmi University of Turku

Marvao Catarina Trinity College Dublin

Matz Trinity College Dublin

Maugeri Novella University of Siena

McCann Fergal Paris School of Economics

McGovern University College Dublin

McGuirk University of Limerick

Meraglia Simone Toulouse School of Economics

Moritz European University Institute

Moloney Kitty NUI Galway

Morin Annaig Università Bocconi

Mueller-Trede Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Murphy Pamela Trinity College Dublin

Narciso Alexandre Copenhagen Business School

Nearchou University of Cyprus

Nemarnik University of Ljubljana

University of Cologne

Nieken University of Bonn

Ntema Mosito NUI Maynooth

O'Mahoney Amy Trinity College Dublin

O'Neill Stephen NUI Galway

Opfinger University of Hannover

O'Toole Conor Trinity College Dublin

Pangaribowo Evita Hanie University of Bonn

Parenti Mathieu Paris School of Economics

Pina Goncalo Universitat Pompeu Fabra

University College Dublin

Riscado Sara Maria European University Institute

Ryan Trinity College Dublin

Ryan University College Dublin

Schnyder University of Fribourg

Schreeb University of Bremen

Sloczynski Tymon Warsaw School of Economics

Stegh University of Cologne

Stewen Iryna University of Zurich

Stueber University of Hohenheim

Szufel Przemyslaw Warsaw School of Economics

Tampieri Alessandro University of Leicester

Trepel Dominic University of Limerick

Tudyka WHU Koblenz

Tuit Sander Tilburg University

Umblijs Janis Trinity College Dublin

Verde Stefano Trinity College Dublin

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Tilburg University

Whelan NUI Maynooth

Wijeratne Dinali NUI Galway

Lilli WHU Koblenz

Zheng Jie Tilburg University

Zymek Universitat Pompeu Fabra