ACE seminars are held fortnightly on Tuesdays at 16.00-17.00 (the first seminar on 14.9) |
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Location: University of Turku, Publicum (address: Assistentinkatu 7), Lecture room: Pub 4 Chairman: Mikael Bask (ÅA) Timetable: 12:15-13:00 Markku Lehmus (UTU): “Labour or consumption taxes? An application with a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents” 13:00-13:45 Kristian Koerselman (ÅA): ”International evidence for anticipatory effects of curriculum tracking” 13:45-14:15 Coffee break 14:15-15:00 Samuli Leppälä (UTU): “Knowledge as a public good: Is there a problem of social benefit?” 15:00-15:45 Tomi Kortela (UTU): “Is the relative risk aversion low or precautionary savings high?” 16:00-17:00 Martin Ellison (Oxford): “A Defence of the FOMC” (co-author Thomas J. Sargent) | |
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Location: Turku School of Economics (address: Rehtorinpellonkatu 3), Lecture room 07 (LS07) Chairman: Juha Virrankoski Timetable: 12:15-12:50 Samuli Selin: Empirical analysis of take-out rate optimality on the Finnish lotto 12:50-13:30 Kristian Koerselman: Admissible statistics of educational achievement scores 13:30-14.00 Coffee break 14:00-14:20 Mauri Kotamäki: The effects of fiscal policy (research proposal) 14:20-14:50 Juha Tervala: Beggar-thyself and beggar-thy-neighbour? The welfare effects of monetary policy (co-author Philipp Engler) 14:50-15:00 Break 15:00-16:00 Juha Junttila: Stock market information and the real exchange rate - real interest rate parity (co-author Marko Korhonen) | |
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Location: Turku School of Economic (address: Rehtorinpellonkatu 3), lecture room 08 (LS08) Chairman: Hannu Vartiainen (TSE) Timetable: 12.15-12.55 Jan Saarela (ÅA): Family mortality 12.55-13.35 Tomi Kortela (TU): Do credit shocks matter for aggregate consumption? Coffee break 14.05-15.05 Antti Ripatti (Bank of Finland): Noncausal Inflation Persistence (with Martin Ellison, Markku Lanne and Pentti Saikkonen) 15:05-15.45 Hannu Salonen | |
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Location: Turun upseerikerho (Vänrikinkatu 4!) Chairman: Matti Viren Timetable: 12:30-13:00 Samuli Selin (research plan): European gaming industries operations and profitability in globally competitive environment 13:00-13:45 Olli Lappalainen: Experimental comparison of direct, indirect and generalized reciprocity 14:15-14:55 Juha Tervala: Tax reforms, "free lunches", and "cheap lunches" in open economies 15:00-16:15 Philipp Engler (Freie Universität Berlin): Global rebalancing in a three-country model | |
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 May 19, 2009, Åbo Akademi UniversityAngela Djupsjöbacka* and Jonas Lagerström, ÅAU: The Importance of Names: New Evidence on Discrimination Tomi Kortela*, UTU: On the cost of social insurance Emmi Martikainen*, UTU: Does File-Sharing Reduce DVD Sales? Johan Willner*, Sonja Grönblom, ÅAU: The impact of budget cuts and incentive wages on academic work *presenting authors | |
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| 17.2.2009 Turku School of Economics (chairman professor Mika Widgrén) Hassan Bougrine (Turku School of Economics; Laurentian University): Financing development. Removing the external constraint. Samuli Leppälä (Turku School of Economics): Arrow's paradox and competitive markets for information. Emmi Martikainen (University of Turku, IASM): Does file-sharing reduce DVD sales? | |
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| 16.12.2008 University of Turku (chairman professor Matti Virén) Juha Virrankoski (PCRC): A note on unemployment duration in some popular matching models Markku Lehmus (University of Turku): Labour taxation and employment. Tomi Kortela (University of Turku): The magnitude of precautionary wealth in Finland: a measure from aggregate data Elias Oikarinen (Turku School of Economics): The value of urban land and time-varying elasticities of housing prices with respect to fundamentals – do they matter? | |
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| 21.10.2008 Åbo Akademi University (chairman professor Johan Willner) Jarkko Harju (VATT): Voluntary pension savings: the effects of the Finnish tax reform on savers’ behaviour Ville Korpela (University of Turku): Nash-implementation when the planner can freely use redundant alternatives Pellervo Hämäläinen (University of Turku): Productivity of public capital in Finnish regions: What do the new panel econometric techniques tell us? Jussi Valtonen (Turku School of Economics): Cointegration between Fama-French Factors Michael Funk (Université de Fribourg): Political Market Design | |
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| 20.05.2008 Turku School of Economics (chairman professor Mika Widgrén) Jonas Lagerström (Åbo Akademi University): Selection of the fittest: Coinsurance payments and worker selection Tomi Kortela (University of Turku): Growth and precautionary saving in the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans economy Päivi Kankaanranta (University of Turku): Household Portfolios in Finland 1987-2004: Preliminary Results Johan Willner (Åbo Akademi University): Public and Private Provision in the Presence of Potential Intrinsic Motivation Hannu Vartiainen (Turku School of Economics): Auction design without commitment Martti Vihanto (Turku School of Economics): Sopimus, sopimusten sääntely ja sopimustehokkuus | |
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| 16.10.2007 Turku School of Economics (chairman professor Mika Widgrén) Ville Korpela (University of Turku): On making egalitarian income tax reforms using direct search methods. Samuli Leppälä (Turku School of Economics): The division of labor needs not imply regional specialization. Tuomas Pekkarinen (Åbo Akademi University): School tracking and development of cognitive skills. | |
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| 29.5.2007 University of Turku (chairman professor Matti Virén) Tomi Kortela (University of Turku): Understanding aggregate saving of households. Presentation of licentiate thesis. Elias Oikarinen (Turku School of Economics): Dynamic linkages between prices of vacant land and housing – empirical evidence from Helsinki. Michael Funk (University of Fribourg, Switzerland & Turku School of Economics): Strangers in Politics. The market for good politicians in medieval Italy and its lessons for modern democracy. | |
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| 13.3.2007 Åbo Akademi University (chairman professor Markus Jäntti) Hannu Nurmi (University of Turku): Borda count: don't touch a reasonably good system (you only make it worse). Michael Funk (University of Fribourg, Switzerland & Turku School of Economics): Tournaments in politics: elections and the theory of rank-order tournaments. Aleksandra Maslowska (University of Turku): Do institutions matter? Theoretical analysis of central bank institutional design. Heikki Kauppi (University of Turku): Predicting the Fed's target rate decisions. | |
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| 19.12.2006 Turku School of Economics (chairman professor Mika Widgrén) Mika Widgrén (Turku School of Economics): Budget allocation in an expanding EU. Angela Djupsjöbacka (Åbo Akademi University): Changing names – empirical evidence on discrimination. Pellervo Hämäläinen (University of Turku): Julkisten investointien tuottavuus Suomessa vuosina 1948-2003. Martti Vihanto (Turku School of Economics): Tuotannon järjestämistavat verkostoissa. Tomi Kortela (University of Turku): Säästäminen ja kasvu elinkaarimallissa. | |
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| 24.10.2006 University of Turku (chairman professor Matti Virén) Johan Willner ja Sonja Grönblom (Åbo Akademi University): Principals, Agents and Liberalisation through Vertical Separation. An analysis of Cost Efficiency and Welfare. Tomi Kortela (University of Turku): Does income growth determine household saving rate? Elias Oikarinen ja Paavo Okko (Turku School of Economics): Miten suhdannevaihtelut välittyvät alueelliseen työllisyyteen? | |
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| 30.5.2006 Åbo Akademi University (chairman professor Markus Jäntti) John Micklewright (University of Southampton): Job search monitoring and unemployment duration in Hungary: evidence from a randomised control trial. Martti Vihanto (Turku School of Economics): Kansantaloustieteen opetuksessa suuria uudistamistarpeita. Jan Otto Andersson (Åbo Akademi University): Homo economicus och Homo reciprocans. Marjo Pyy-Martikainen (Åbo Akademi University): Survey nonresponse, attrition and unemployment duration. Hannu Kahra (Turku School of Economics): Variable selection for empirical pricing kernels. Marko Korhonen (University of Turku): Exchange-rate pass-through: dependence on inflation. Jonas Lagerström (Uppsala University): Caseworker effects and program evaluation. | |
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