Conferences - Seminars
23MAY
12:00-13:30
ODY 4 03
Seminar by Prof. Daniele Moschella, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
"Reallocation and productivity during the Great Recession: evidence from French manufacturing firms" Résumé According to the `cleansing hypothesis', recessions are periods in which productivity-enhancing reallocation intensifies, shifting resources away from less efficient to more efficient firms at a greater pace. Does the Great Recession of 2008-2010 fit this view? We address this question, studying the ...
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25MAY
10:30-12:00
Unil, Extranef building, room 126
Tobin’s Q and Optimal Dividends, Investment, and Liquidity in a Financially-Constrained Firm
We analyze the payout decision of a financially-constrained firm that cannot raise external funds. Exogenous cash flows are generated by a two-state Markov regime-switching process and are positive in one regime and negative in the other regime. The firm is motivated to pay out dividends to impatient shareholders but is also motivated to accumulate cash ...
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By Andrew B. ABEL (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
25MAY
10:30-12:00
ODY 4 03
Seminar by Prof. Kirk Doran, University of Notre Dame
"Immigration and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts" Abstract Since (Hicks, 1932), economists have noted that inventions often economize on labor, so scarce labor should encourage more invention. But (Acemoglu, 2010) notes that in canonical macroeconomic models, plentiful labor encourages invention. The stakes of this debate are high in the policy context of mass immigration. ...
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31MAY
12:00-13:30
ODY 4 03
Seminar by Prof. Lourdes Sosa, London School of Economics
"Adoption in the shadow of science: The case of leukemia and sarcoma treatment"
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01JUN
By Monika PIAZZESI (Stanford University)
07JUN
12:00-13:00
Unil, Extranef building, room 118
The Holy Grail of Crypto Currencies: Ready to replace fiat money?
The rise of crypto currencies, notably bitcoin, fuels new and old debates about money. This paper discusses attempts of so-called stablecoins to complement or replace fiat money. In so doing, we first review today’s endogenous and debt-backed money. Second, we analyze how stablecoins try to overcome the inherent speculative and deflationary design of fixed supply ...
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By Richard Senner (PhD candidate ETHZ)
08JUN
By Kenneth Ahern (USC Marshall School of Business)
11JUN
By Oleg ITSKHOKI (Princeton University)
13JUN
15:00-16:30
ODY 4 03
Seminar by Prof. Xuan Vinh Doan, The University of Warwick
"Robust retrofitting planning under endogenous uncertainty" Abstract Retrofitting planning aims to strengthen strategic links in an infrastructure network, which is subject to failures due to disasters. The main focuses are network connectivity and post-disaster travel costs. In this talk, we propose a robust optimization framework to handle distributional ambiguity of decision-dependent random link failures in ...
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15JUN
12:00-13:30
ODY 4 03
Seminar by Avi Gannamaneni, MIT
"Using Massive Online Choice Experiments to Measure Changes in Well-being" Abstract GDP and derived metrics (e.g., productivity) have been central to understanding economic progress and well-being. In principle, the change in consumer surplus (compensating expenditure) provides a superior, and more direct, measure of the change in well-being, especially for digital goods, but in practice, it ...
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Thesis defenses
25MAY
17:00
ODY 1 0021
Routines and Practices in Cross-boundary Creative Projects
Thesis director : Prof. C. Tucci Management of technology doctoral program. Thesis 8540
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By Giada BALDESSARELLI
Sporting events
01MAY
30JUN
30JUN
Bike to Work
On May 1st, the challenge Bike to Work 2018 begins for a new edition until June 30th. In 2017, 646 students and members of staff formed 191 teams and covered 189,000 km, the equivalent of traveling almost five times round the Earth. It is our turn to take up the challenge and break this record! ...
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Internal trainings
24MAY
09:00-17:00
Université de Lausanne
REGARD Workshop: #marecherche : Rayonner grâce aux réseaux sociaux
Description et objectifs Dans la jungle des réseaux sociaux à disposition, comment s’y retrouver ? Quels sont-ils, à quoi servent-ils, à qui parlent-ils ? Au-delà de l’aspect chronophage, les réseaux sociaux sont un véritable soutien à vos projets de recherche, pour autant qu’ils soient utilisés à bon escient. L’atelier entreprend de répondre aux questions suivantes ...
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By Florence Hügi, formatrice d’adultes et coach, spécialiste du leadership ...
01JUN
14:15-15:15
CM1 4
Information sur les droits d'utilisation des logiciels
Suite à la mise en place de l'ordonnance pour l’utilisation des logiciels soumis à contrat de licence, uns séance d'information à propos des droits d'utilisation des logiciels de l'EPFL sera présentée par la VPSI. Cette ordonnance est applicable à toutes les personnes à l'EPFL : collaborateurs, étudiants, externes. Les pages avec les informations sur ces ...
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18JUN
08:30-12:00
BI A0 397
Formation Gestion des absences
Ce cours s’adresse aux personnes occupant un rôle d’administratice/teur ou de gestionnaire d’équipe pour la gestion des absences au sein d’une unité de l’EPFL. Il est recommandé de le suivre au début de votre activité à l’EPFL. Il a pour but de vous familiariser avec le logiciel de la gestion des absences, en présentant notamment ...
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By Service de gestion des absences
Call for proposal
04JUN
[BRIDGE I RESEARCH FUNDING]
Aim: BRIDGE is a joint programme conducted by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI). It offers new funding opportunities at the intersection of basic research and science-based innovation, thereby supplementing the funding activities of the two organisations. Bridge Proof of Concept projects support young researchers (see eligibility ...
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05JUN
[ SFOE / ERA-NET Bioenergy - BESTF3 - Full proposal deadline]
With the joint call “Biomass as an important pillar within energy systems and the circular economy”, the ERA-NET Bioenergy network and ERA-NET Cofund mechanism BESTF3 aim to jointly fund innovative, transnational research, development and innovation (R&D&I) projects in the field of bioenergy. Proposals must be submitted by international consortia with research partners in at least ...
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