Archives for UCLOUVAIN
November 10, 2016
Seminar: Shankha Chakraborty
Age-Specific Effects of Mortality Shocks and Economic Development
Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon)
(Joint paper with Fidel Perez-Sebastian)
This paper examines the effect of age-specific mortality on the pattern of investment and economic development. In the presence of...
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November 10, 2016
Seminar
UCLouvain Economics Seminar - Chakraborty
Shankha Chakraborty
(University of Oregon)
Age-Specific Effects of Mortality Shocks and Economic Development
Abstract: This paper examines the effect of age-specific mortality on the pattern of investment and economic development. In the presence of mortality risk, altruistic parents...
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November 09, 2016
Seminar: Robert Somogyi
Capacity Constraints, Zero-rating and Net Neutrality
Robert Somogyi, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
The presentation will be based on two of his works:
1) Monopoly Pricing with Dual Capacity Constraints
This paper studies the price-setting behavior of a monopoly facing...
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November 09, 2016
Colloque
Evaluer les performances sociales : opportunité ou...
Colloque organisé dans le cadre de la Chaire Les Petits Riens "L'économie Sociale au service de la lutte contre la pauvreté", pour faire le point sur l'avancement de la recherche réalisée par Anaïs Périlleux (CIRTES, IRES, UCL).
Aujourd’hui, développer des outils permettant de mesurer et...
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November 08, 2016
Conférence
Decent wages, decent work: how can we improve job...
Pr. Bruno Van der Linden will take part in a debate jointly organised by the Royal Academy for sciences, humanities and arts of Belgium and the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. The debate will take place on 8th November 2016 at 6 pm. More info and registration.
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