Research Workshop “Empirical Economics”
Audience
Master and doctoral students as well as all faculty interested in empirical research.
Course description
This is Munich's field workshop im Empirical Economics. We invite colleagues from local, German and European institutions to present their research. The workshop is jointly organized by
- Prof. Davide Cantoni, Ph.D., LMU, Department of Economics
- Prof. Alexander Danzer, Ph.D., LMU, Department of Economics
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Winter, LMU, Department of Economics
- Prof. Dr. Amelie Wuppermann, LMU, Department of Economics
- Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
Schedule
Tuesday, 14.00 – 15.30, Professor-Huber-Platz 2, Vestibülbau, Room V 002
| Datum | Referent |
|---|---|
| 16.10.2012 | Daniel Eisenberg (Michigan) Peer effects on health and health-related behaviors: Evidence from university roommates |
| 23.10.2012 | Kathleen Nosal (Mannheim) Estimating switching costs for Medicare Advantage plans |
| 30.10.2012 | Jürgen Maurer (Lausanne) Healthy, wealthy, wise and happy? An exploratory analysis of the interplay between age and subjective well-being in low- and middle-income countries |
| 06.11.2012 | Iris Kesternich (LMU Munich) Us and them: Distributional preferences in small and large groups |
| 13.11.2012 | Isabel Günther (ETH Zurich) Risk aversion in private and public Goods: "Lab" experiments in rural Benin |
| 20.11.2012 | Bettina Siflinger (LMU Munich) The effects of bereavement on mental health: An analysis of anticipation patterns surrounding the death of the spouse |
| 27.11.2012 | Michael Grimm (Passau) Does forced solidarity hamper investment in small and micro enterprises? |
| 04.12.2012 | Johannes Binswanger (Tilburg University) Does everyone use probabilities? Intuitive and rational decisions about stockholding |
| 11.12.2012 | Tabea Bucher-Koenen & Fabrizio Mazzonna (MPI/MEA, Munich) Economic crises and health |
| 18.12.2012 | Barbara Hofmann (IAB Nürnberg) The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions |
| 08.01.2013 | no seminar |
| 15.01.2013 | Stefan Bauernschuster (ifo Institute, Munich) Does expanding public child care encourage fertility? County-level evidence from Germany |
| 08.01.2013 | no seminar |
| 29.01.2013 | Raphael Studer (University of Zurich) Does the stork deliver happiness? Parenthood and life satisfaction |
| 05.02.2013 | no seminar |
Seminar rules
- Talks should last about 60 minutes, including discussion. No problem if you take a bit more or less (but not more than 90 minutes total).
- Please send the title for your presentation at least one week before the seminar to winter@lmu.de.
- There is a beamer in the seminar room. Generally, we won't bring a computer, but we will if you ask.
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