Review of Economic Studies Tour 2024

The Department of Economics and Finance (DEF) is delighted to have been chosen to host the REStud Tour (formerly the Review of Economic Studies May Meetings) 2024.

After Warwick and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, the presenting REStud Tourists will be visiting Tor Vergata University of Rome. This two-day conference welcomes promising North American doctoral students to present their research to audiences from leading academic institutions.

Program

May, 20 2024 - Day 1

Day 1: Monday, 20 May 2024 Tor Vergata School of Economics

9:15-9:30
Welcome and Introduction to the RESTud Tour (prof. Nathan Levialdi Ghiron - Rector and prof.
Massimo Federici - Vice Provost for Research)

Aula TL - Session 1

9:30-10:30 am
Nina Buchmann, Stanford University
Paternalistic Discrimination (with Colin Sullivan and Carl Meyer)

10:45-11:45 am
Anna Russo, MIT
Additionality and Asymmetric Information in Environmental Markets: Evidence from Conservation Auctions (with Karl M. Aspelund)

12:00 Lunch (Aula Aeroporto)

End of Session 1 - Social and Cultural Activities

May, 21 2024 - Day 2

Day 2: Tuesday, 21 May 2024 Tor Vergata Villa Mondragone

Sala degli Svizzeri - Session 2

9:40-10:40 am
Hugo Lhullier, Princeton University
Should I Stay or Should I Grow? How Cities Affect Learning, Inequality and Aggregate Productivity

10:40-11:40 am
Benny Kleinman, University of Chicago
Wage Inequality and the Spatial Expansion of Firms

Coffee Break

12:10-1:10 pm
Agostina Brinatti, University of Michigan
Third-Country Effects of U.S. Immigration Policy (with Xing Guo)

End of Session 2

Lunch

Sala degli Svizzeri - Session 3

2:40-3:40 pm
Frank Yang, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Nested Bundling

3:40-4:40 pm
Roberto Corrao, MIT
Mediation Markets: The Case of Soft Information

End of Session 3

5:00 PM Aperitif at Villa Mondragone

6:40 PM Closing Greetings (prof. Vincenzo Atella - HoD) - End of the Conference