Miriam Kohl (Johannes Gutenberg-University) Will give a presentation on Unilateral Tax Policy in the Open Economy Abstract: This paper examines the effects of a unilateral reform of the redistribution policy in an economy open to international trade. We set up a general equilibrium trade model with heterogeneous agents allowing for country asymmetries.

Chiara Zanardello IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain will give a presentation on Market forces in Italian Academia today (and yesterday) Abstract: This paper investigates the operation of the academic market in Italy, mapping current scholars’ location choices. I build a new dataset of current professors, associating each scholar with a composite indicator of their quality.

Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick University) will give a presentation on Antidepressant use and academic achievement: Evidence from Danish administrative data Abstract : We investigate impacts of antidepressant use in childhood on academic achievement at age 16 using linked register data on individuals in Denmark.

CANCELLED Johannes Haushofer (Stockholm University) will give a presentation on TBA COVID-19 Measures Considering the new rules on teleworking, we will get back to a hybrid format for our IRES seminar.

  Andréa Renk (UNamur) will give a presentation on Sterilizations and immunization in India: the Emergency experience (1975-77) Abstract: This paper investigates whether the intense sterilization campaign in 1976-77 in India led to a decrease in demand for health services, with the idea that this coercive campaign could have generated distrust.

Joanne Haddad (ULB) will give a presentation on Settlers and Norms Abstract: The distinctive traits of early settlers at initial stages of institutional development may be crucial for cultural formation. In 1973, the cultural geographer Wilbur Zelinsky postulated this in his doctrine of “first effective settlement”.

Peter Egger ETH Zurich will give a presentation on Empirical productivity distributions and international trade     COVID-19 Measures Considering the new rules on teleworking, we will get back to a hybrid format for our IRES seminar.

The Economics School of Louvain and ADEL is happy to invite you on Thursday March 24 2020 to a presentation by RBB Economics. RBB is a consultancy firm where economists assist clients on competition law matters by providing high quality economic analysis.