Economics Seminars
March 16th 2pm
Piera Bello
Department of Economics, University of Zurich
"Gender-based price discrimination in the annuity market: Evidence from Chile"
Link to the seminar here
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March 18th 1pm
Francesco Salustri
Institute for Global Health, University College London
“Public health preferences and private provision of healthcare: an experimental approach”
Link to the seminar here
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March 23rd 1pm
Christoph Koenig
University of Bristol
"Impulse Purchases, Gun Ownership and Homicides: Evidence from a Firearm Demand Shock"
Abstract: Do firearm purchase delay laws reduce aggregate homicide levels? Using variation from a 6-month countrywide gun demand shock in 2012/2013, we show that U.S. states with legislation preventing immediate handgun purchases experienced smaller increases in handgun sales. Our findings indicate that this is likely driven by comparatively lower purchases among impulsive consumers. We then demonstrate that states with purchase delays also witnessed comparatively 2% lower homicide rates during the same period. Further evidence shows that lower handgun sales coincided primarily with fewer impulsive assaults and points towards reduced acts of domestic violence.
Paper here
Link to the seminar here
March 24th 1pm
Paolo Zacchia
CERGE-EI, Prague and IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca.
"(Mis)matching to Good Suppliers: Evidence from Transactions Microdata."
Link to the seminar here
