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Programme
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(25 minutes author/s, 15 minutes x 2 discussants, 25 minutes panel discussion)
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Friday 24th April
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 - 15:20
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Subprime Crisis and Board (In-)Competence: Private vs Public Banks in Germany
Harald Hau (Insead)
Marcel Thum (TU Dresden)
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Discussants:
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Silvana Tenreyro (London School of Economics)
David Thesmar (HEC School of Management)
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15:20 - 15:35
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Coffee Break
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15:35 - 16:55
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The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries
Federico Cingano (Bank of Italy)
Marco Leonardi (University of Milan)
Julian Messina (University of Girona)
Giovanni Pica (University of Salerno)
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Discussants:
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Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Etienne Wasmer (Sciences Po)
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16:55 - 17:10
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Coffee Break
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17:10 - 18:30
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Budgeting versus implementing fiscal policy in the EU
Roel Beetsma (University of Amsterdam)
Massimo Giuliodori (University of Amsterdam)
Peter Wierts (De Nederlandsche Bank)
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Discussants:
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Robin Boadway (Queen's University, Ontario)
Fabrizio Perri (University of Minnesota)
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20:00
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Dinner
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Saturday 25th October
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09:00 - 10:20
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Reforms and Re-Elections in OECD Countries
Marco Buti (European Commission)
Alessandro Turrini (European Commission)
Paul Van den Noord (European Commission)
Pietro Biroli (Chicago University)
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Mathias Thoenig (University of Geneva)
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (New Economic School and CEFIR)
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10:20 - 10:35
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Coffee Break
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10:35 - 11:55
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Oil and the Euro Area Economy
Gert Peersman (Universiteit Gent)
Ine Van Robays (Universiteit Gent)
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John Hassler (Institute for International Economic Studies)
Mark P Taylor (University of Warwick)
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11:55 - 12:10
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Coffee Break
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12:10 - 13:30
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What Happens During Recessions, Crunches and Busts?
Stijn Claessens (IMF)
M. Ayhan Kose (IMF)
Marco E. Terrones (IMF)
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Vítor Gaspar (European Commission)
Gianmarco Ottaviano (University of Bocconi)
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13:30 - 14:30
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Lunch
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14:30 - 15:50
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Drugs Policy - What Should We Do About Cannabis?
Stephen Pudney (University of Essex)
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Jerome Adda (University College London)
Jan Boone (Tilburg University)
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15:50 - 16:05
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Coffee Break
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16:05 - 17:25
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The Governance and Performance of Research Universities : Evidence from Europe and the US
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
Mathias Dewatripont (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Caroline Hoxby (Stanford University)
Andreu Mas-Colell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
André Sapir (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
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Bas Jacobs (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
TBC
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19:30
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Dinner
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