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Follow-up discussion | Is this Time Different? AI & Robots
Virtual Project
Is this Time Different? Artificial Intelligence & Robots06 October, 12pm ETSidarth Suri, Jed Kolko, Fei-fei Li, Rob Johnson Discussant in follow-up session: Thomas Herndon, Shu Li Session detailsAre there aspects of modern technology, made possible by unprecedented computing power and connectivity, that make them distinctively different from previous eras? If so, what are the implications? …
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Matching and subclassification
Virtual Project
Session 3: Matching and subclassificationReading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 6 "Matching and subclassification")Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html
A ‘misguided’ judgment? The German Const. Court Ruling against the ECB
Virtual Project
While the Recovery Fund seem to have given new impetus to the creation of EU-level policies to fight the pandemic, the German Constitutional Court ruling on the ECB actions during the Eurozone crisis has casted doubts on the capacity of the central bank to support the single currency.On May 5 the judges in Karlsruhe ruled …
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Industrial Strategy for the 21st century
Inter American Development Bank Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesThis workshop will include lectures by and discussion with senior level experts in the field. Overview In past decades, industrial strategy has received only marginal attention from academics and policy-makers in most advanced nations. But recently, interest has revived! The imminent climate crisis is forcing nation states to determine how they may respond, and collaborate, …
YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Alejandro Ayuso
Virtual Project
Alejandro Ayuso, PhD Candidate at the University Carlos III University will present his work: *Winners of Japanese colonization in Manchuria 1907-1945 * Abstract:This paper studies the Sate and business cooperation during the Japanese colonization in Manchuria 1907-1945. We use business information of the main Japanese companies operating in Manchuria and we debate on the mechanisms …
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Follow-up discussion | Bad Timing – Offshoring Meets Automation
Virtual Project
Bad Timing - Offshoring Meets Automation13 October, 12pm ETDamon Silvers, Brad DeLong Discussant in follow-up session: Danilo Spinola, Mary Kaltenberg Session detailsThe combination of technological disruption and economic globalization have resulted in stagnating wages, middle class job losses, and declining labor power in many developed countries. How did this happen? Find more details here. Please …
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KEDG – 2nd Meeting
Virtual Project
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 …
Understanding Economic Theory and Development in a Sraffian Framework
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India Hyderabad, Telangana, India*YSI-lead two days workshop in collaboration with Azim Premji University, Bengaluru and University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad* Title: Understanding Economic Theory and Development in a Sraffian Framework Theme: Engaging with Piero Sraffa’s Contributions to Economic Theory and Development: On the Occasion of the 60th anniversary of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities ### Neoclassical economics …
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LPFMI and Economic Innovation – Introduction to Stablecoins– Theory, Structures, Use Cases
Virtual Project
WEBINAR INFORMATIONPart of the research agenda for the Young Scholars Initiative’s (YSI) Liquidity Project Financial Market Infrastructure (LPFMI) includes innovations in settlement, clearing and financial infrastructure. Stablecoins (cryptocurrency designed to be stable in value) are an excellent example of the nascent innovation that has come about in financial technology that is relevant to modern liquidity …
Instrumental variables
Virtual Project
Session 4: Instrumental variablesReading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 8 "Instrumental variables")Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html
LPFMI and Economic Innovation – Cross Border Payments and Blockchain
Virtual Project
WEBINAR INFORMATIONCross Border Payments form a crucial part of the role of the Payment Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) in maintaining stability of exchange rates across the globe. The recent CPMI report from BIS calls out the necessity to improve cross-border payments to make them faster, cheaper, more transparent and inclusive and aims to resolve longstanding …
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