Newsletter
Newsletter janvier 2023
p. 2 - Visiting researchers
p. 4 - Research Highlights
• Property crime and private protection allocation within cities: Theory and evidence, by Bruno Decreuse & Tanguy van Ypersele
• Murder nature : Weather and violent crime in rural Brazil, by Phoebe W. Ishak
• Why is the Interest Rate an Inverted Leading Indicator of Macroeconomic Activity in the United States? by Patrick Pintus
• Trade barriers in government procurement, by Lorenzo Rotunno
p. 12 - Amse school
Training - Research link, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
p. 14 - Portrait
Joan Canton, Member of Thierry Breton’s Cabinet at the European Commission
Newsletter juin 2022
p. 2 - Visiting researchers
p. 4 - Research perspective
Air pollution and health, by Olivier Chanel
p. 8 - Research Highlights
• Machine learning for credit scoring: improving logistic regression with non-linear decision-tree effects,
by Sullivan Hué
• Urbanisation and the onset of modern economic growth, by Cecilia García-Peñalosa
• Preferences and strategic behavior in public goods games, by Mathieu Lefebvre
• Child development in parent-child interactions, by Avner Seror
p. 16 - Amse school
AMSE team at the Econometric Game in Amsterdam, April 2022, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
Newsletter décembre 2021
p. 2 - Visiting researchers
p. 4 - Research perspective
Advances in growth and macroeconomic dynamics, in memory of Carine Nourry, by Raouf Boucekkine & Thomas Seegmuller & Alain Venditti
p. 8 - Research Highlights
• Air pollution in an urban world: a global view on density, cities and emissions, by Elisa Dienesch
• Does demand noise matter? Identification and implications, by Céline Poilly
• Externality and common-pool resources: the case of artesian aquifers, by Hubert Stahn & Agnes Tomini
• Land is back, it should be taxed, it can be taxed, by Alain Trannoy
p. 16 - Amse school
The M2 EBDS track of the Master’s in Economics open to apprenticeships since September 2021 by Elisabeth Barthélemy
p. 18 - Interview
Alberto Prati, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Wellbeing Research Centre of Oxford University & Associate Researcher at the London School of Economics
Newsletter juin 2021
p. 2 - Research perspective
Covid economics – first birthday, by Bruno Ventelou
p. 6 - Research Highlights
• Differences in work conditions between natives and immigrants: preferences vs. outside employment opportunities, by Eva Moreno Galbis
• Labor market shocks and youths’ time allocation in egypt: where does women’s empowerment come in? by MarionDovis & Patricia Augier
• Reducing inequalities among unequals, by Mathieu Faure & Nicolas Gravel
• Identifying price reviews by firms: an econometric approach, by Patrick Sevestre
p. 14 - Amse school
• Incoming mobility, AMSE is happy to host international students, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
• Informal talks and PhD advice, by Anushka Chawla & Carolina Ulloa Suarez & Kenza Elass
p. 18 - Interview
Aurélia Tison, Director of Innovation, Occupation, and Organization of the Regional Association for the Integration of People with Disabilities (ARI)
Newsletter décembre 2020
p. 2 - Research on COVID-19
Ongoing research on Covid-19 at AMSE, by AMSE members
p. 6 - Research Highlights
• Weather shocks, by Ewen Gallic
• The curse of knowledge: access to customer information can reduce monopoly profits, by Didier Laussel
• God insures those who pay? Formal insurance and religious offerings in Ghana, by Eva Raiber
• Weight gains from trade in foods: evidence from Mexico, by Lorenzo Rotunno
p. 14 - Amse school
• Our double degree with the University of Konstanz, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
• Annual Career Day, a one-day online event focused on internships and jobs, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
p. 18 - Interview
Laurent Simula, Chairman of the Economics Section of Ecole Normale supérieure de Lyon
Newsletter mai 2020
p. 1 - Edito
p. 2 - Research perspective
Economics of epidemics : old topic, new questions, by Raouf Boucekkine
p. 6 - Research Highlights
• “Test, test, test”, but according to the dynamics of the pandemic, by Stéphane Luchini, Patrick Pintus and Miriam Teschl
• Assessing health systems’ capacity: preliminary evidence from MENA countries, by Mohammad Abu-Zaineh and Sameera Awanda
• Vaccination in times of pandemic, by Olivier Chanel and Stéphane Luchini
p. 12 - Public policy highlight
Lockdown exit strategies, by Bruno Ventelou
p. 14 - Amse school
• The school is mobilised to face Covid-19 crisis, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
• Graduation projects with oral defence from home, by Elisabeth Barthélemy
p. 18 - Portrait
Nicolas Dromel, Head of Department, Large Research Infrastructures
Newsletter décembre 2019
p. 1 - Events
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors
• Michel De Vroey (U. catholique de Louvain)
• Gaute Torsvik (U. of Oslo)
• Kimiko Sugimoto (Konan University)
p. 3 - Portrait
Marie-Christine Apedo-Amah, A Young Economist at the World Bank
p. 4-7 - Research Highlights
• Financial constraints and productivity growth
• Neighbours’ Income, Public Goods and Wellbeing
• Truth-telling under Oath
• Corporate Cash and Employment
p. 8 - Research Perspectives
Nobel Prize in Economics 2019
Newsletter avril 2019
p. 1 - Events
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors
• Ramses Abul Naga (U. Aberdeen)
• Justin Leroux (HEC Montréal)
• Ted Loch-Temzelides (Rice U.)
• Pavrita Paul (U. Eastern Finland)
p. 3 - Portrait
Sandy Tubeuf, Professor oh Health Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
p. 4-7 - Research Highlights
• Targeting the Key-player: An Incentive-based Approach
• Measuring Mobility
• Constitutional Rules as Determinants of Social Infrastructure
• On the Interplay Between Speculative Bubbles and Productive Investment
p. 8 - Research Perspectives
Networks: From the Periphery to the Core of Economics
Newsletter décembre 2018
p. 1 - Events
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors
Omar Licandro, University of Nottingham
Guests at AMSE during the first semester of 2019
p. 3 - Portrait
Yoann Bourgeois, Credit Agricole Investment Bank, in London
p. 4-7 - Research Highlights
• A model of Fiscal Dominance under the “Reinhart Conjecture”
• Intra-household Behavioral Responses to Cash Transfer Programs. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
• Is the Emergence of New Sovereign Wealth Funds a Fashion Phenomenon?
• The Origins of Human Prosociality: Cultural Group Selection in the Workplace and the Laboratory
p. 8 - Research Perspectives
On the Long-memory Effect of Joseph and Noah and the Use of Big Data
Newsletter avril 2018
p. 1 - Events
p. 2 - Focus on Jess Benhabib, NYU
AMSE Visitor: Carmen Herrero, University of Alicante
p. 3 - Portrait
Fabien Prieur, Economist at Paris West University
p. 4-7 - Research Highlights
• Matching with Phantoms
• Banking and Sovereign Debt Crisis in a Monetary Union Without Central Bank Intervention
• A Cost-benefit Approach for Prioritizing Invasive Species
• Democracy for Polarized Committees: The Tale of Blotto’s Lieutenants
p. 8 - Research Perspectives
Self-fulfilling Prophecies as Drivers of Business Cycles, Alain Venditti
Newsletter décembre 2017
p. 1 - Events and Focus
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors:
• David de la Croix
• Brian McCaig
p. 3 - Portrait
Fadila Caillaud, Economist at the World Bank
p. 4-7 - Research Highlights
• This mine is mine!
• The wild west is wild: The homicide resource curse
• Private eradication of mobile public bads
• The expected and unexpected benefits of dispensing the exact number of pills
p. 8 - Research Perspectives: Four decades of research
The Origins of Happiness on gender gaps, Cecilia Garcia Peñalosa
Newsletter avril 2017
p. 1 - Events and News
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors:
• Geir B. Asheim
• Rajeev Dehejia
p. 3-7 - Research Highlights
• Altruism in Networks
• The Hidden Economic Burden of Traffic Pollution: Evidence from the Aphekom Project
• Microfinance Spillovers: A Model of Competition in Informal Credit Markets with an Application to Indian Villages
• Effects of Immigration in Frictional Labor Markets: Theory and Empirical Evidence from EU Countries
• Environmental Pollution and Biodiversity: Light Pollution and Sea Turtles in the Caribbean
p. 8 - Food for Thought
p. 8-10 - Recent Publications
Newsletter décembre 2016
p. 1 - Events and News
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors:
• Michael Devereux
• Jakob Madsen
p. 3-7 - Research Highlights
• Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development. Perspectives from Europe and Asia
• Macroeconomic Imbalances, Financial Stress and Fiscal Vulnerability in the Euro Area Before the Debt Crises: A Market View
• Cognitive Ability and the Effect of Strategic Uncertainty
• Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don’t? Evidence from Delhi, India
• The Economic Consequences of Mutual Help in Extended Families
p. 8 - Food for Thought
p. 8-10 - Recent Publications
Newsletter juin 2016
p. 1 - Events and News
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors:
• Garance Genicot
• William B. Weeks
p. 3-7 - Research Highlights
• Efficient Networks in Games with Local Complementarities
• On the Timing of Institutional Change in Resource-dependent Economies
• Customer Discrimination and Employment Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from the French Labor Market
• Geographical Structure and Convergence: A Note on Geometry in Spatial Growth Models
• Risk Measure Inference
p. 8 - Food for Thought
p. 8 - Recent Publications
Newsletter mars 2016
p. 1 - Events and News
p. 2 - AMSE Visitors
p. 3-7 Research Highlights
• External Shocks, Internal Shots: The Geography of Civil Conflict
• Reinforcement Learning with Restrictions on the Action Set
• Star Wars: The Empirics Strike Back
• Optimal Student Loans and Graduate Tax under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
• Effect of a Community-led Sanitation Intervention on Child Diarrhoea and Child Growth in Rural Mali: A ClusterRandomised Controlled Trial
p. 8-9 - Recent Publications
p.10 - Food for Thought / Recent Publications
Newsletter décembre 2015
p. 1 - Events and News
p. 2-6 - Research Highlights
• To count or not to count deaths: Reranking effects in health distribution evaluation
• Partial enclosure of the commons
• Goodness of fit: An axiomatic approach
• Indeterminacy and sunspots in two-sector RBC models with generalized no-income effect preferences
• Child Labor, idiosyncratic shocks, and social policy
p. 7-8 - Recent Publications
p. 8 - Food for Thought
