Ana Paula Londe Silva (English)
Ana Paula Londe Silve (PhD student in economics at Cedeplar - UFMG) will present her paper "Political economy and antislavery in mid 18th-century Britain: Malachy Postlethwayt's remarks on slave trade."
Ana Paula Londe Silve (PhD student in economics at Cedeplar - UFMG) will present her paper "Political economy and antislavery in mid 18th-century Britain: Malachy Postlethwayt's remarks on slave trade."
Despite long-lasting debates, no steps have been taken towards the adoption of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme (EUBS).Traditional political economy literature explains such impasse by looking at the rationale of the political conflict and arguing that a one-dimensional divide between creditor and debtor Member States characterizes the conflict over the implementation of a EUBS. Conversely, …
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The Keynesian Economics Working Group is glad to announce the II YSI Alumni Workshop at the IV Summer School on Keynesian Theory and the XIII Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual Meeting. Our Workshop will take place on November 23rd, 2020, and will be followed by the School (November 24th-25th, 2020) and the Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual …
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Vitantonio Mariella, PhD student at Sapienza University, will present his work: Tenancy contracts and social capital at the origins of the North-South divide in Italy Abstract:This paper investigates the historical determinants of social capital in Italy, widely seen at the root of the North-South divide. By focusing on the rural economic structure of Italy during …
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23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach 13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach 4/Nov - Vinicius Curti CÃcero: Three essays on FDI and uneven development 25/Nov - Guilherme Spinato Morlin: Inflation and conflicting claims in the open economy …
This meeting will serve to select the papers that will be presented at the plenary and decide the sessions' design.
The Network of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Economics in Latin America and the Caribbean (RIE by its acronym in Spanish) aims to promote the study, dissemination and training of innovation and entrepreneurship issues in Latin America. Check out the website here RIE, IDB, Universidad del Rosario and YSI invite you to send research papers on Economics …
Session 5: Regression discontinuity designs Reading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 6 - Regression discontinuity) Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html
INET Future of work series: Meaningful Integration Or Jobless Future? 02 December, 12pm ETDaron Acemoglu and William Janeway This session will discuss the likeliness of these two poles: meaningful integration and jobless future. Could we expect a future in which jobs are not only guarantee for everyone but also fairly compensated or the displacement effect …
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The Finance, Law and Economics Working Group is glad to invite you to a webinar with Dr. Daniele D'Alvia on Specified/Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Dr. D'Alvia is one of the few world leading experts on SPACs and he will critically analyse this last Wall Street Trend, which has been gaining incredible interest in the …
Deconstructing SPACs in Corporate and Finance Law Read More »
George Soros' latest op-ed in the Project Syndicate reasserts his view how perpetual bonds could help the European Union overcome its deadlock on fiscal spending. Our panelists will discuss the proposal and reflect which openings exist to shape Europe’s fiscal future. An Effective Response to Europe’s Fiscal Paralysis (Excerpt) By: George Soros | Project Syndicate …
Vincent Delabastita, PhD student at KU Leuven, will present his work: The Feudal Origins of Manorial Prosperity in 11th-century England Abstract:Does the prosperity of medieval manors depend on their position in the feudal system? How large are these effects? And what are the economic mechanisms behind it? To answer these questions, we estimate an econometric …
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