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Academic Seminars

Future seminars (Tentative Shedule):

All changes to the time of future seminars will appear on the home page news

Past seminars:

17/07/2008 at 14:00: Maksim Yemelyanau (Ph.D. Candidate, CERGE-EI). "Inequality in Belarus from 1995 to 2005".

17/07/2008 at 16:00: Elena Besedina (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Bocconi)."Exporting and Productivity under Endogenous Trade Policy: Theory and Evidence from Ukraine."

06/06/2008: Pavlo Prokopovych, KSE and KEI. "A Note on the Existence of Pure Strategy Approximate Equilibria in Discontinuous Games".

23/05/2008: Stefano Capodagli, SDA Bocconi (Milan) School of Management. "Ukraine: opportunity for private equity investors".

16/05/2008: Pavlo Trisch, "Pricing and Timing of Bank-Owned Equity Divestments in Germany".

14/05/2008: Dmytro Hryshko, University of Alberta. "The Data Reject Heterogeneous Labor Income Profiles".

06/05/2008: Shlomo Weber, "'Bilingualism and Communicative Benefits".

18/04/2008: Serguei Maliar, University of Alicante. "EU Eastern Enlargement and Foreign Investment: Implications from a Neoclassical Growth Model".

11/04/2008: Igor Bykadorov , Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk. "Dynamic optimal pricing and advertising in vertical distributional channel ".

04/04/2008: Lilia Maliar, University of Alicante. "Rich, poor and growth-miracle nations: multiple equilibria revisited".

07/03/2008: Peter Norman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Toward an Efficiency Rationale for the Public Provision of Private Goods".

05/03/2008: Rhonda Phillips, Arizona State University. "Tourism-Based Development".

25/02/2008:Marianna Kudlyak, University of Rochester. "The Cyclicality of the User Cost of Labor with Search and Matching".

22/02/2008: Chang-Ho Yoon, Korea University. "Technological convergence and regulatory conflicts".

15/02/2008: Fredrik Wilhelmsson , Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). "Estimating the gravity model without gravity using panel data".

01/02/2008: Alexander Muravyev, DIW Berlin. "Entrepreneurs' gender and financial constraints: evidence from international data ".

30/01/2008: Edilberto Segura, Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer. "Improving Ukraine’s Investment Climate".

18/01/2008: Arne Melchior, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. "International trade and domestic regions".

26/12/2007: Tymofiy Mylovanov, University of Bonn. "Indifferent Public, Passionate Advocates, and Strategic Media".

20/11/2007: Volodymyr Vakhitov, KSE-KEI. "Marshall Scale Economies in Ukraine: Proximity or Restructuring?".

07/11/2007: Eyal Winter, Hebrew University of Jeruslaem. "Multi-Agent Initiatives with Type-dependent Externalities".

05/11/2007: Libor Dusek, "Crime, Deterrence, and Democracy".

23/10/2007: Benedikt Herrmann, University of Nottingham. TBA.

19/10/2007: Erik Herron, University of Kansas. "`It does not matter who votes, but who counts the votes': Assessing fraud in Ukraine's 2002 parliamentary elections"

16/10/2007: Hartmut Lehmann, University of Bologna. "Informal Employment and Labor Market Segmentation in Transition Economies: Evidence from Ukraine"

10/10/2007: Pavlo Prokopovych, Kyiv School of Economics and Kyiv Economics Institute. "Transfer continuities in discontinuous games"

05/10/2007: Robert Swidinsky, University of Guelph. "The Economic Returns to a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest of Canada"

26/09/2007:Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley. The presentation title is "Flat tax and tax evasion: Lessons from the Russian tax reform".

04/06/2007:Ivan Yuryk, Kyiv School of Economics. The presentation title is "Analysis of Behavior of Ukrainian Parliament members".

01/06/2007: Jean Hindriks, CORE, Catholic U Louvain. "Competing in Taxes and Investment under Fiscal Equalization". (joint with Susana Peralta and Shlomo Weber)

30/05/2007: Andriy Zapechelnyuk, Center for Rationality The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "Contracts for Experts with Opposing Interests".

28/05/2007: Alexander M. Danzer and Natalia Weisshaar. "Changes in Determinants of Poverty and Inequality during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine".

19/05/2007: Alexei Savvateev, Assistant Professor at NES, Moscow, Ph.D, CEMI, post doc, CORE, Catholic University of Louvain will present his paper on "What does a small business fear most? A study of shake-out process driven by dominant firms."

16/05/2007: Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Senior Analyst of the Research Department, Bank of Canada. The topic of seminar is "Markups and Inventories in General Equilibrium (S,s) Model."

14/05/2007: Scott Loveridge, Associate Chairperson, Director of Graduate Studies, and Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. "Time Preferences for Social and Private Goods in the US."

23/04/2007: Denis Popkoand and Alexander Tkachuk, Economics Department of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. On the patterns of trade convergence in europeantransition countries.

16/04/2007: Stepan Jurajda, the Deputy Director for Research of CERGE-EI and a tenured Associate Professor of Economics at CERGE-EI. The topic is "Which Firms Benefit More from Financial Development?"

11/04/2007: Academic Talk with Dr. Abdul Noury, Professor of Economics, Institut d'Etudes Europ'eennes (IEE) at Universit'e Libre de Bruxelles. Dr. Abdul Noury presentation titeled "Enlargement and Coalition Formation in the European Parliament".

02/04/2007: Tymofiy Mylovanov, Post-Doc Researcher, University of Bonn, present his on-going research on diverging opinions

28/03/2007: Johannes Munster, who works on the economic theory of contests and conflicts, on rentseeking, and on labour market tournaments in Free University of Berlin. presentation titled Sabotage.

26/03/2007: Dr. Serguej Maliar, University of Alicante, presentation titled Constantinides' aggregation in the macroeconomy.

23/03/2007: Academic Talk with Dr. Jurgen von Hagen, Professor of Economics, Institut fur internationale Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Bonn. Sovereign Risk Premiums in the European Bond Market

19/03/2007: Daniel Krahemer, Department of Economics, Free University Berlin. Delegation and Incentives

12/03/2007: Paul Cheshire Geography, Environment Department London School of Economics. The price of access to nicer neighbourhoods: capitalisation and residential segregation

05/03/2007: Andrei Shevchenko, Assistant Professor Department of Economics Michigan State University. The Export Decision in the Presence of Underemployment

12/02/2007: Irina Murtazashvili, Michigan State University, 'A Control Function Approach to Estimation of Correlated Random Coefficient Panel Data Models (Job Market Paper)

05/02/2007: Tetyana Dubovyk, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Her research interests include macroeconomics and public policy.

29/01/2007: Oleksandr Shepotylo, EERC, 'What determines quality of governance: spatial approach'.

18/12/2006: Oleksandr Talavera,DIW, 'Self Employment and Windfall Gains'.

11/12/2006: Oleg Badunenko, European University Viadrina, 'Structural change in German chemical manufacturing industry during the 1990’s.An analysis at the micro-level'.

11/12/2006: Serhii Ilchuk, Pardee RAND Graduate School,'Women Retirement in Response to Spousal Health'.

11/12/2006: Victoria Kravtsova (Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology),'Innovative Capability in MNC Subsidiaries: Evidence from Four European Transition Economies'.

27/11/2006: Olena Gnezdilova, Kyiv Economic Institute, 'Corruption Level Influence on Severity of Tobacco Control Policy: Panel Data Analysis'.

27/11/2006: Oleksandr Shepotylo, EERC/KEI, 'Quality of governance: Spatial analysis of the impact of relative geographic location'.

20/11/2006: Alexei Deviatov, NES and CEFIR, Moscow, 'Estimating a Cagan-type demand function for gold: 1561-1913'.

13/11/2006: Valentin Zelenyuk (EERC and KEI), 'Ukraine: Current positions and opportunities'.

06/11/2006: Jan Kmenta (University of Michigan), 'Econometrics: A Failed Science?'.

06/11/2006: Ganna Vakhitova and Maria Vyshnia (EERC and KEI), 'Free economic zones at glance'.

18/10/2006: Arne Melchior, 'Sunk export costs and entry barriers in foreign markets'.

16/10/2006: Mark Schaffer, 'Gun Prevalence, Homicide Rates and Causality: A GMM Approach to Endogeneity Bias'.

25/09/2006: Andriy Bodnaruk, 'Shareholder Diversification and the Decision to Go Public'.

18/09/2006: Bent Sorenson, 'Childhood Determinants of Risk Aversion: The Long Shadow of Compulsory Education'.

15/06/2006: Hanna Vakhitova (U Kentucky), 'What Do We Know About Firm-Paid General Training: The Case of Microsoft Certification'.

10-12/05/2006: Oded Stark (Universities of Bonn, Klagenfurt, and Vienna; Warsaw University), 'Distinguished Lectures on Migration and Incentives'.

23/05/2006: Robin Sickles (Rice University), 'Turning from Crime: A Dynamic Perspective'.

17/05/2006: Pavlo Prokopovych (EERC-EROC and KEI), 'Correlation and Efficiency in Repeated Games'.

15/05/2006: Iryna Murtazashvili (Michigan State University), 'Fixed Effects Instrumental Variables Estimation in Correlated Random Coefficient Panel Data Models'.

19/04/2006: Andriy Zapechelnyuk (Hebrew University), 'Regret-based adaptive strategies with discounting'.

10/04/2006: Dmytro Holod (Stony Brook), 'Asymetric info and liquidity constraints'.

07/04/2006: Irina Orlova (EERC-EROC), 'The Effect of Treaties on FDI Flows'.

29/03/2006: Shlomo Weber (CORE), 'Economic Challenges of Multilingual Societies'.

27/03/2006: Oleksandr Shepotylo, 'Regional Governance Infrastructure: the Positive Externality on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment'.

13/03/2006: Paul Gregory (EERC IAB), 'Repression as Non-Material Incentive under Stalin'.

24/02/2006: Alexei Savvateev (CORE, UCL), 'Jurisdictions on the plane'.

17/02/2006: Alexei Savvateev (CORE, UCL), 'Coalition game theory: an overview'.

14/02/2006: Maxym Dedov, 'Premia in a Quadratic Model of Bonds and Stocks'.

08/02/2006: Dmytro Hryshko (University of Houston), 'Informational Assumptions on Income Processes and Consumption in the Buffer Stock Model of Savings'.

07/02/2006: Karine Torosyan (Oregon State University), 'Estimating the Knowledge-Capital Model of the Multinationals Using Additive Non-parametric Regression'.

02/02/2006: Yadviga Semikolenova (University of Pittsburgh), 'Privatization with Government Control: Evidence from the Russian Oil Sector'.

23/12/2005: Nataliya Kuribko (Duke University), 'Managing a Partnership Efficiently'.

19/12/2005: Denys Nizalov (Michigan State University), 'Regional Policies and Economic Growth: One Size Does Not Fit All'.

07/12/2005: Olha Krupa (Indiana University), 'Municipal Debt Financing'.

19/10/2005: Dr. Branko Milanovic (The World Bank) 'Globalization and Inequality with Worlds Apart'

14/10/2005: Dr. John Earle (Central European University) 'Study Opportunities at Central European University'

12/10/2005: Dr. Anders Aslund (Director Russian & Eurasian Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) 'Economic Policy after the Orange Revolution'

07/10/2005: Hartmut Lehmann (Bologna, Heriot-Watt and EERC-EROC) 'The Incidence and Cost of Job Loss in the Ukrainian Labor Market '

05/10/2005: Dr. Oleh Hawrylyshyn (International Monetary Fund) 'Capitalism For All Or Capitalism For The Few?'

21/09/2005: Dr. Tymofiy Mylovanov (University of Bonn) 'The Informed Principal Problem with Independent Private Values and Quasilinear Preferences'

07/09/2005: Aleh Tsyvinski (Harvard University) 'Dynamic Optimal Taxation'

08/04/2005: Hanna Murina (FinPoint) 'Efficiency and Concentration in the Ukrainian Brewing Industry'

25/03/2005: Alexander Romanov (EERC) 'Statistical Inference on Aggregates of Malmquist Productivity Indexes'

18/03/2005: Aliaksandr Abrashkevich (EERC) 'Efficiency in Belarusian Banking'

11/03/2005: Pavlo Demchuk (EERC) 'Economic Performance of Ukrainian Regions: How Far are They Apart?"

21/02/2005: Michael Vardanyan (Oregon State University) 'The Measurement of Productive Efficiency in the Presence of Spillovers: Theory and Evidence."

16/02/2005: Olena Nizalova (Michigan State University) 'The Wage Elasticity of Informal Care Supply - Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study'

11/02/2005: Olesia Verchenko (EERC) 'Are Financial Markets Populated by Irrational Forecasters? Implied Loss Functions from S&P500 Option Data'

10/02/2005: Yuriy Kitsul (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 'Semi-nonparametric Model of the Pricing Kernel and Term Structure of Interest Rates'

17/01/2005: Julian Exeter (Senior Expert of EBRD) 'EBRD Transition Report'

14/01/2005: Oleg Nivyevskiy (Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting ) 'Introduction to Programming in Matlab'

17/11/2004: Valentin Zelenyuk (Catholic University of Louvain & EERC) 'Corporate Governance and Efficiency: The Case of Ukraine'

13/10/2004: Vladimir Dubrovskiy (Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE)),"Towards the Measurement of the Allocative Efficiency in Transition"

06/10/2004: Mike Hoy (University of Guelph), "Inequality Measurement - Theory and Applications"

04/10/2004: Tymofiy Mylovanov (University of Bonn), "Failure to Delegate"

13/09/2004: Carlo Marinelli (Bonn University), "General Equilibrium in Pure Exchange Economies"

26/05/2004: Eytan Sheshinski (Hebrew University), "Limiting Risk in Funded Pensions”

21/04/2004: Polina Vlasenko (University of Maryland, College Park), "Privatization and New Entry in Post-Communist Transition: the Impact on Restructuring”

12/03/2004: Hanna Vakhitova (University of Kentucky), "Microsoft Certification of IT Professionals: Effect on Earnings"

20/02/2004: Vivek H. Dehejia (Carleton University), "The Choice of Monetary Exchange Rate Regimes: Concepts and Arguments"

04/02/2004: Timofey Milovanov (University of Wisconsin, Madison), “Optimal Authority: Veto Power”

30/01/2004: John Earle (CEU), “Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Data in Four Transition Economies" (with J.D. Brown and A. Telegdy)

12/01/2004: Vlad Mykhnenko (Cambridge University), “The Political Economy of Post-Communism: A Comparison of Upper Silesia (Poland) and the Donbas (Ukraine)”