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Meetings for the month of January 2021

2020 (entire year)

	07/01/2021		14th DIGITAL ECONOMICS CONFERENCE, Online Seminar
			Hosted By: Toulouse School of Economics Organizers: Jacques Crémer, Alexandre de Cornière, Daniel Ershov, Paul Seabright, John Vickers and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
			Background and objective: The objective of the conference, organised by the TSE Digital Center at the Toulouse School of Economics, with the help of the CEPR, is to discuss recent contributions to the understanding of the digital economy and its consequences for modern societies. Keeping the spirit of previous years, the conference will feature contributions in economics, theoretical, econometric, experimental and policy oriented, as well as contributions from other social sciences and computer and data science. Please note that this will be a virtual conference and will take place completely online. Keynote speakers: John Vickers (University of Oxford), Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics) Organising committee: Alexandre de Cornière, Jacques Crémer, Daniel Ershov and Paul Seabright. Submission: To pre-register and submit your abstract, click here. Papers should be received by 25 October 2020 (abstracts will be considered, but papers are more likely to be accepted). For any further information, please send an email to: [email protected]

	11/01/2021		Gender Economics Seminar Series - 8, Online Seminar
			With: Stockholm University,Uppsala University
			We are delighted to announce a new CEPR Seminar Series in Gender Economics. The first seminar will take place on 21 September with a presentation by Fabrizio Zilibotti (Yale University). The full programme can be found below. We will meet via a bi-weekly webinar on Mondays at 10AM ET / 3PM BST / 4PM CEST. Each seminar will be 1 hour long and will consist of a presentation and a Q&A session. Please register below to receive the Zoom link. ORGANIZERS Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University and CEPR) Olle Folke (Uppsala University) PROGRAMME 21 September 2020: Fabrizio Zilibotti, Yale University It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects 05 October 2020: Sonia Bhalotra, Essex University Layoffs, Benefits and Domestic Violence 19 October 2020: Joe Altonji, Yale University Marriage Dynamics, Earnings Dynamics, and Lifetime Family Income 02 November 2020: TBA 16 November 2020: Raquel Fernandez, New York University 30 November 2020: Iris Bohnet, Harvard University Supply- and Demand-Side Effects in Performance Appraisals: Gender and Race 14 December 2020: Oriana Bandiera, LSE 11 January 2021: Barbara Petrongolo, Queen Mary University REGISTER Zoom link

	12/01/2021		CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics (CAFFE) 5, Online Seminar

			We are delighted to announce that the CEPR Network on Financial Economics is launching a virtual seminar series at the start of the academic year. The CEPR Advanced Forum for Financial Economics (CAFFE) will be organized by Laurent Calvet, Kim Peijnenburg, and Raman Uppal from EDHEC Business School. Its objective is to make cutting-edge finance research available to researchers based in Europe and around the world. There will be one seminar each month covering all topics in Financial Economics. The seminar is open to all participants but special emphasis will be placed on European-based researchers working on novel issues such as the financial implications of Covid-19. We view this seminar series as a joint venture of all researchers in Financial Economics and we very much look forward to your wholehearted and enthusiastic support. Each seminar will run for 75 minutes, with 40 minutes allocated to the speaker, 20 minutes to a discussant, and 15 minutes for questions from the audience. The seminar starts just after lunch at 2PM CET (1PM London time), so have your caffè during CAFFE! On Tuesday the 12 January our speaker is Nicola Gennaioli (Bocconi University and CEPR). For more information and to register see here.

	13/01/2021		STEG Annual Conference 2021, Online Seminar
			Organizers: Costas Arkolakis, Francisco J Buera, Paula Bustos, Julieta Caunedo, Taryn Dinkelman, Kevin Donovan, Douglas Gollin, Robert Inklaar, Joseph Kaboski, Monica Martinez-Bravo, Liwa Rachel Ngai, Ezra Oberfield, Akos Valentinyi, Léonard Wantchékon, Léonard Wantchékon and Stephen Yeo
			The research programme on Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG), led by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), will hold its first annual conference on 13-15 January 2021. This conference will fall near the close of STEG's first (inception) year. The conference papers will help define the current research frontiers in the area of structural transformation and economic growth. STEG seeks to advance these frontiers over the next four years, through a programme of competitive research funding and academic community building. We expect the first funding calls to be issued in Spring 2021. The conference will be hosted online via Zoom. We now invite submissions for this conference from interested researchers on any topic relevant to STEG’s major themes: Data and measurement related to structural transformation Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy Labour, home production, and structural transformation Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps Trade and spatial frictions Political economy and public investment This list of themes is not intended to be exhaustive; other topics of potential interest include infrastructure, informality, and the implications of different macro policy frameworks for structural change and growth. We particularly welcome papers that address these themes in conjunction with our two cross-cutting themes, which are gender and climate change. STEG’s objective is to build a body of research and evidence that will inform policy in low-income countries; we consequently seek papers that have clear relevance to this goal. In addition to full-length presentations, the conference will include one or more (virtual) sessions of short presentations, as a way to highlight the diversity of research in the field and to offer more opportunities for early-career researchers and scholars representing a wide range of institutions and geographies. The deadline for submission has been extended to Sunday 6 December 2020. We will accept only completed papers. To submit a paper, please go to: https://portal.cepr.org/steg-annual-conference-2021. If you have any difficulties registering for this conference, please contact Mandy Chan, Senior Events Officer at [email protected].

	14/01/2021		The Economic History of Central, East and South-East Europe, 1800 to the Present, Online Seminar
			Organizers: Matthias Morys
			The collapse of communism in Central, East and South-East Europe (CESEE) led to great hopes for the region and for Europe. Three decades on, the picture is mixed: in many CESEE countries, the transformation process is incomplete, and the economic catch-up has taken longer than anticipated. The current situation has highlighted the need for a better understanding of the long-term political and economic implications of the Central, East and South-East European historical experience. This thematically organised text covers a clear and comprehensive guide to the economic history of CESEE from 1800 to the present day. Bringing together authors from both East and West, the book also draws on the cutting-edge research of a new generation of scholars from the CESEE region. Presenting a thoroughly modern overview of the history of the region, the text will be invaluable to scholars and students of economic history, transition economies and CESEE area studies. The editor (Matthias Morys) and one contributing author (Tamás Vonyó) will highlight some important findings of this large research project, followed by comments from Tracy Dennison and Olga Popova. The event is chaired by Stephen Broadberry, CEPR Programme Director for Economic History and himself a contributing author to the book. The seminar will consist of 45 minutes of presentation and discussion, followed by 30 minutes of open discussion. During the first 45 minutes, the audience may submit questions using the Q&A facility and the chair will relay them to the speakers. The last 30 minutes of the event will be reserved for an open discussion. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrd-ihpz0jG9WmAzwovLsgw6gXFuV90bTo. Speakers: *Matthias Morys, University of York presenting on Long-term Patterns of Economic Growth, Retardation and Path-Dependency in Central, East and South-East Europe* Matthias Morys is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of York (UK). He earned a Ph.D. (2006) from the London School of Economics and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford prior to coming to York. His research interests include monetary and financial history of the 19th and 20th centuries, globalisation in historical perspective, and the economic history of Central, East and South-East Europe. Tamás Vonyó, Bocconi University and CEPR presenting on Growth Under State Socialism: Why Did Eastern Europe Fall Behind? Tamás Vonyó is Associate Professor of Economic History at the Department of Social and Political Sciences and resident member of the Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy at Bocconi University. He is a CEPR Research Fellow. Previously, he held positions at the London School of Economics and University of Groningen, where he was affiliated with the Groningen Growth and Development Centre. His research interests include the economic history of modern Germany and Eastern Europe, the economic history of the world wars, and socialist development. In 2018, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant to investigate the economic consequences of World War I in Central Europe. Discussants: Tracy Dennison, California Institute of Technology Tracy Dennison is Professor of Social Science History at the California Institute of Technology. She is interested in understanding how societies worked in the past: how did societal rules and norms affect the decisions people made about their lives? Tracy is a leading expert on demographic history, institutions and economic growth, typically with a focus on pre-revolutionary Russia and Eastern Europe. She is the author of “The Institutional framework of Russian Serfdom” (Cambridge University Press 2011). Olga Popova, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS, Regensburg) Olga Popova is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS, Regensburg), Research Associate at CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University. She is a co-editor of Comparative Southeast European Studies and served as a consultant for the World Bank. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from CERGE-EI (2012). Main research interests are health and environmental economics, quality of life, individual and regional inequalities, and economic development with a specific focus on emerging and transition economies. Her research has been published in Economic Inquiry, Small Business Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, and European Journal of Political Economy. Chair and Moderator: *Stephen Broadberry*, University of Oxford and CEPR Stephen Broadberry is a Professorial fellow and a Professor of Economic History, Oxford University. He is also a Research Theme Leader at CAGE, University of Warwick and Director of the Economic History Programme at CEPR. He has also taught at the London School of Economics and the Universities of Warwick and Cardiff and held visiting positions at University of British Columbia, University of California, Berkeley, Humboldt University, Berlin, UPF Barcelona and Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo.

	15/01/2021		CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series - 13, Online Seminar
			Organizers: Cristian Badarinza and Vimal Balasubramaniam
			The CEPR Network on Household Finance is launching a new online seminar series on Household Finance. The series is currently run by Cristian Badarinza (National University of Singapore) and Vimal Balasubramaniam (Queen Mary University of London). We meet once a fortnight on Friday (CET 15:00) on Zoom. This is structured like a regular seminar, with light-touch moderation and opportunities to ask questions during the presentation. The Zoom link to each seminar will be made available on email, one hour before the session. Friday 15 January - Enrichetta Ravina (Kellogg School of Management; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Cheng Luo (Farallon Capital Management) and Luis M. Viceira (Harvard Business School - Finance Unit; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) presenting on "Retail Investors? Contrarian Behavior Around News and the Momentum Effect." To receive information on how to join each seminar, please sign up to our CEPR Household Finance mailing list by clicking https://portal.cepr.org/cepr-household-finance-seminar-series. The Zoom link to each seminar will be made available on email, one hour before the session. Follow us on twitter (@cepr_org) and visit our webpage https://cepr.org/cepr-household-finance-seminar-series.

	29/01/2021		CEPR Household Finance Seminar Series - 14, Online Seminar
			Organizers: Cristian Badarinza and Vimal Balasubramaniam
			The CEPR Network on Household Finance is launching a new online seminar series on Household Finance. The series is currently run by Cristian Badarinza (National University of Singapore) and Vimal Balasubramaniam (Queen Mary University of London). We meet once a fortnight on Friday (CET 15:00) on Zoom. This is structured like a regular seminar, with light-touch moderation and opportunities to ask questions during the presentation. The Zoom link to each seminar will be made available on email, one hour before the session. Friday 29 January - Mark Jansen (University of Utah), Hieu Nguyen (University of Utah) and Amin Shams (Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business) presenting on "Human vs. Machine: Underwriting Decisions in Finance." To receive information on how to join each seminar, please sign up to our CEPR Household Finance mailing list by clicking https://portal.cepr.org/cepr-household-finance-seminar-series. The Zoom link to each seminar will be made available on email, one hour before the session. Follow us on twitter (@cepr_org) and visit our webpage https://cepr.org/cepr-household-finance-seminar-series.

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