Essex Economics Workshop 2008

18th-19th March 2008

The Essex Economics Workshop, 2008, took place at the University on 18th and 19th March 2008.

A list of participants (in addition to speakers) appears below.

Schedule of Sessions Venue: 2N2.4.16 (large seminar room in ISER)
Tuesday 18th March
13.00	Arrival, Coffee and Introductions
13.30	Marzena Rostek (Universities of Wisconsin and Oxford): Frequent Trading and Price Impact in Thin Markets Discussant: Christian Ghiglino (Essex)
14.45	Coffee break
15.15	Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) Marriage matching, risk sharing and spousal labour supplies Discussant: Melvyn Coles (Essex)
16.30	Coffee break
17.00	Steven Callander (Kellog School, Northwestern University): Searching for Good Policies: Repeated Elections, Learning and Policy Dynamics Discussant: Abhinay Muthoo (Essex)
18.15	Drinks (Wivenhoe House)
20.00	Dinner (The Lemon Tree, Colchester)
	Wednesday 19th March
09.45	Kenneth Chay (Brown University): Air Quality, Infant Mortality and the Clean Air Act of 1970 Discussant: Sonia Bhalotra (Bristol)
11.00	Coffee break
11.15	Amanda Gosling (University of Kent): So Begins Another Weary Day: Why Do Employment Contracts Specify Both Working Hours and Wage Rates? Discussant: Peter Gautier (Tinbergen Institute)
12.45	Buffet lunch (Wivenhoe House)
14.15	Andrea Galeotti (University of Essex): Personal Influence:Social Context and Political Competition Discussant: Saqib Jafarey (City)
15.30	Coffee break
16.00	Lena Edlund (Columbia University): Chernobyl's subclinical legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden Discussant: Wilbert van der Klaauw (New York Fed)
17.15	End

Workshop participants

Rossella Argenziano (Essex)	Dusanee Kesavayuth (Essex)
Michele Belot (Essex)	George Kolios (Essex)
Sonia Bhalotra (Bristol)	Nicole Kuschy (Essex)
Roberto Bonilla (Newcastle)	Dean Lillard (Cornell)
Mark Bryan (Essex, ISER)	Serkos Manoukian (Essex, ISER)
Steven Callander (Northwestern)	Vincenzo Mariani (Essex)
Lina Cardona Sosa (Essex)	Israel Mora Cuevas (Essex)
Carlos Carrillo-Tudela (Leicester)	Abhinay Muthoo (Essex)
Ken Chay (Brown Univ.)	Stefan Niemann (Essex)
Mia Chay (Brown Univ.)	Patrick Nolen (Essex)
Xiaohua Chen (Essex)	Sanna Nurmikko (Essex)
Melvyn Coles (Essex)	Lavinia Parisi (Essex, ISER)
Gabriella Conti (Essex)	Chiara Pronzato (Essex, ISER)
Alberto Colino (Essex)	Brigitta Rabe (Essex, ISER)
Alejandro Cunat (Essex)	Helmut Rainer (St Andrews
Giacomo Damiolo (Essex, ISER)	Gerhard Riener (Essex)
Lena Edlund (Columbia)	Marzena Rostek (Wisconsin and Oxford)
Joao Ejarque (Essex)	Joao Santos Silva (Essex)
Homa Esfahanian (Essex)	Geetha Selvaretnam (St Andrews)
Sonja Fagernas (Essex)	Aloysius Siow (Toronto)
Marina Fernandez-Salgado (Essex)	Francesco Squintani (Essex)
Paul Fisher (Essex)	Domenico Tabasso (Essex)
Marco Francesconi (workshop organiser)	Anoshirvan Taghipour (Essex)
Laura Fumagalli (Essex, ISER)	Mike Thornton (Essex)
Andrea Galeotti (Essex)	Veronica Toffolutti (Essex, ISER)
Pieter Gautier (Tinbergen University)	Judith Val-Castello (Essex, ISER)
Christian Ghiglino (Essex)	Wilbert van der Klaauw (New York Fed)
Amanda Gosling (Kent)	Gianluigi Vernasca (Essex)
Saqib Jafarey (City)	Michail Velitziotis (Essex
Jonathan James (Essex)	Liz Washbrook (Bristol)
Stephen Jenkins (Essex, ISER)	Marek Weretka (Oxford)
Gordon Kemp (Essex)

The conference organiser was Marco Francesconi.