Newsletter Nr. 232

VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
MUNICH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
No. 232
23 - 04 - 12
NEWSLETTER
SEMINARE DIESE WOCHE
SEMINARS THIS WEEK
CESifo - Süddeutsche Zeitung
Montag, 23. April
18:00 - 19:30 Uhr
ifo Institut, Ludwig-Erhard-Saal
Poschingerstr. 5
Münchner Seminar
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Günter
(Wissenschaftliche Direktorin des Max-Planck-Instituts
für Plasmaphysik)
“Die Rolle der Kernfusion im Energiemix der Zukunft”
Anmeldung erforderlich bei Olga Zudova bis Freitag, 20.04. ([email protected], Fax-Nr. 089-92241409)
Department of Economics
Dienstag, 24. April
17:00 - 18:00 Uhr
Bibliothek des Seminars für Internationale
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Ludwigstr. 28/II Vgb., Raum 221
Hans-Moeller-Seminar
Steve Tadelis
(University of Berkeley)
“Information Disclosure as a Matching Mechanism:
Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment”
Abstract: see page 3
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COFFEE SHOP
COFFEE SHOP
Mittwoch, 25. April, 13:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Library of the Seminar for Comparative Economics
Akademiestr. 1/III
All members and guests of
the department are welcome
BROTZEIT-SEMINARE
BROWN BAG SEMINARS
CESifo Group Seminar
Montag, 23. April, 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr
Schackstr. 4/II, Room 207
Farid Toubal
(Paris School of Economics)
“Native Language, Spoken Language, Translation and Trade”
Macro Seminar
(Illing)
Montag, 23. April, 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr
Ludwigstr. 28, Rgb., Room 024
T. Scott Findley
(Utah State University)
“Time Inconsistency and Retirement Choice”
Micro Workshop
(Herweg, Kocher, Schmidt)
Montag, 23. April, 12:30 - 13:30 Uhr
Public Finance Library
Ludwigstr. 28/III Vgb., Room 301
Marion Ott
(RWTH Aachen)
“Loss-Averse Bidders in Dynamic Auctions”
Public Finance and Economic Policy Seminar
(Haufler, Holzner, Wollmershäuser)
Montag, 23. April, 14:00 - 15:30 Uhr
Ludwigstr. 28, Rgb., Room 024
IO and Trade Seminar
(Eckel, Schnitzer)
Dienstag, 24. April, 12:15 - 13:45 Uhr
Library of the Seminar for Comparative Economics
Akademiestr. 1/III
ifo Lunchtime Seminar
Mittwoch, 25. April, 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr
Poschingerstr. 5, Ludwig-Erhard-Saal
International Economics Workshop
(Marin)
Mittwoch, 25. April, 13:00 - 15:00 Uhr
Seminar for International Economics, Library
Ludwigstr. 28/II Vgb., Room 221
Assaf Razin
(Tel Aviv University)
“Political Economy Dynamics of Migration and Fiscal Policy”
May ElSayyad
“Bargaining over Tax Information Exchange”
Marc Piopiunik, Jens Ruhose
“Bildungsnachteile von Migranten in Deutschland:
Eine Machbarkeitsstudie”
Lei Hou
“Financial Underdevelopment, Distortional Lending, and Export
Market Survival: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms”
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Hans-Moeller-Seminar
Department of Economics
Dienstag, 24. April, 17:00 - 18:00 Uhr
Steve Tadelis
(University of Berkeley)
“Information Disclosure as a Matching Mechanism: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment”
Market outcomes depend on the quality of information available to its participants. We measure
the effect of information disclosure on market outcomes using a large-scale eld experiment that
randomly discloses information about quality in wholesale automobile auctions. As the theoretical
literature predicts, information disclosure increases expected revenues. However, in contrast with
conventional theories, the biggest gains are for the best- and worst-quality cars. We argue that
information disclosure causes better matching of heterogeneous buyers to different quality cars.
This novel explanation both rationalizes patterns in our data and is confirmed by additional tests.
Our findings have implications for the design of other markets, including online consumer auctions,
procurement auctions, and labor markets.
GASTWISSENSCHAFTLER
VIITORS
Kaisa Kotakorpi
Assaf Razin
Ngo Van Long
David Anthoff
M. Scott Taylor
Farid Toubal
Donald MacLaren
Ronnie Schöb
University of Tampere,
Tel Aviv University
McGill University, USA
University of California, Berkeley
University of Calgary
Paris School of Economics
The University of Melbourne
Freie Universität Berlin
CES
CES
CESifo
CESifo
CESifo
CESifo
CESifo
MPI
02.04. – 29.04.
22.04. – 29.04.
12.09.11 – 31.08.
09.04. – 30.04.
15.04. – 25.04.
20.04. – 26.04.
28.04. – 13.05.
16.04. – 28.04.
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KONGRESSE – FORSCHUNGSAUFENTHALTE – EXTERNE VORTRÄGE
MEETINGS – RESEARCH VISITS – SEMINARS ABROAD
Davide Cantoni presented his paper "Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution"
(with Noam Yuchtman) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on March 30.
Alexander Danzer presented his paper "Can Anti-poverty Policies Reduce Conspicuous Consumption?
Evidence from Wedding Expenditures in Tajikistan" at the Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society,
Cambridge, on 26 – 28 March.
Anna Gumpert presented her paper “The use of tax havens in exemption regimes” (with James Hines and Monika
Schnitzer) at the Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society in Cambridge, UK on March 28.
Christoph Trebesch presented his paper "Sovereign Defaults: The Price of Haircuts“ (joint with Juan Cruces) at
the European Central Bank (Frankfurt, March 29), at the CESIfo Macro meeting (March 24), and at the Central
Bank of Portugal (Lisbon, February 13).
Klaus Schmidt presented his paper „You Owe Me“ at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona on March 27.
VERSCHIEDENES
MISCELLANEOUS
Egon-Sohmen-Memorial-Lecture 2012
Veranstaltung der LMU München und der Egon Sohmen Foundation
“Die Europäische Fiskalunion”
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn (Präsident des ifo Instituts und Ordinarius an der LMU)
Donnerstag, 26. April, 18.00 – 20.00 Uhr, in der Großen Aula, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1.
Um Anmeldung per email an [email protected] wird gebeten.
CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection 2012, CESifo Conference Center,
Poschingerstr. 5, Munich
Freitag/Friday 27 – Samstag/Saturday 28 April
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together CESifo members to present and discuss their ongoing research,
and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them.
Should you be interested in attending, please be so kind and advise us at the latest by Tuesday 24 April at mid-day
(please remember to indicate whether you will participate on one day or both days) under weber(at)cesifo.de
Munich Economics Newsletter
Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät - Munich Graduate School of Economics
Dekan: Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher
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80799 München
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Redaktionsschluss für den Munich Economics Newsletter Nr. 233:
Mittwoch, 25. April 2012, 12:00 Uhr
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