Lorenzo Trimarchi (Université de Namur ) will give a presentation on Environmental Political Cycles Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of adverse business cycle shocks on environmental regulation.

Sandro Ambühl (University of Zurich) will give a presentation on Interventionist Preferences and the Welfare State: The Case of In-Kind Nutrition Assistance Abstract: Poverty assistance is often administered in-kind even though cash transfers might raise recipients’ welfare more effectively.

Diego Malo Rico (IRES/LIDAM, UClouvain) will give a presentation on Static Model of Violent Groups: Give me my Dollars! Abstract: African countries, where most contemporary civil conflicts are concentrated, have a high unexplained variation in the number of violent groups.

Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics) will give a presentation on The incidence of affirmative action: Evidence from quotas in private schools in India Abstract: We study the effects and incidence of one of the world’s largest affirmative action programs in schooling: a 25% quota in all Indian private schools for disadvantaged students.

Sylvia Perrachi (University of Luxembourg) will give a presentation on The Migration Crisis in the Local News: Evidence from the French-Italian Border. Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of local exposure to the migrant crisis on the local news market.

Kim Ruhl (University of Wisconsin - Madison) will give a presentation on Mitigating international supply-chain risk with inventories and fast transport Abstract: We study, theoretically and empirically, how firms use inventories and alternative transport modes in the presence of demand and supply shocks.

Cristina Lafuente Martinez (CORE/LIDAM, UCLouvain) will give a presentation on Hysteresis for the young: search capital and unemployment Abstract: This paper argues that search ability should be considered a distinct type of human capital. Workers are endowed with a search ability that determines their effectiveness of search, or their intrinsic job arrival rate.

Giulio Zanella (Università di Bologna) will give a presentation on College education, intelligence, and disadvantage: policy lessons from the UK in 1960-2004 Abstract : University access has greatly expanded during the past decades and further growth figures prominently in political agendas.

Lamis Kattan (Georgetown University in Qatar) will give a presentation on Gender-Based Labor Legislation and Employment: Historical Evidence from the United States Abstract: Gender-based labor laws are designed to improve women's conditions and potentially increase their participation on the labor market, but their effects can be undermined if employers substitute away from female labor.

Clement Malgouyres (CREST) will give a presentation on From Public Labs to Private Firms: Magnitude and Channels of R&D Spillovers Abstract: Introducing a new measure of scientific proximity between private firms and public research groups and exploiting a multi-billion euro financing program of academic clusters in France, we provide causal evidence of spillovers from academic research to