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\n

Fall 2 0 0 6<\/strong>
\nWednesdays 300 – 430pm<\/strong>
\n401 Doryforos Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Panayiota Lyssiotou \u2013 Yiannis Billias – Andros Kourtellos<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, 13 September 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moshe Hazan<\/strong> (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
\nLongevity and Lifetime Labor Input: Data and Implications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 27 September 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slobodan Djajic<\/strong> (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva)
\nForeign Aid, International Migration and Welfare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 4 October 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Ben-Gad<\/strong> (University of Haifa)
\nCapital-Skill Complementarity and the Immigration Surplus<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 11 October 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rossitsa Kotseva (Athens University of Economics and Business)
\nPricing, Investments and Mergers with Intertemporal Capacity Constraints<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 18 October 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theodoros <\/strong>Zachariadis<\/strong> (University of Cyprus)
\nAre Standards Effective in Improving Automobile Fuel Economy? An<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Dynamics of Capital Tax Competition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 25 October 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter J. Schmidt<\/strong> (Michigan State University)
\nLikelihood based estimation in a panel setting: robustness, redundancy and validity of copulas<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday, 27 October 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christine E. Amsler<\/strong> (Michigan State University)
\nInterpreting and testing the scaling property in a model where inefficiency depends on firm characteristics<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 1 November 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veanou<\/strong>s<\/strong> Arakelian<\/strong> (University of Cyprus)
\nForecasting using Asymmetric Loss Functions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 8 November 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christos Constantatos (University of Macedonia)
\nEndogenous Financial Structure and Product Differentiation under Uncertainty over the Width of the Taste Distribution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 15 November 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Gould<\/strong> (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
\nTecnological Peer Effects Between Workers: Evidence from Professional Baseball<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 22 November 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miltos Makris<\/strong> (University of Exeter)
\nThe Dynamics of Capital Tax Competition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, 30 November 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Pissarides<\/strong> ( London School of Economics ) – CANCELLED
\nTBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 6 December 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikos Theodoropoulos (University of Cyprus)
\nEthnic Minority Immigrants and their Children in Britain<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

Spring 2 0 0 6<\/strong>
\nWednesdays 300 – 430pm<\/strong>
\n401 Doryforos Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Panayiota Lysiotou \u2013 Yiannis Billias – Andros Kourtellos<\/p>\n

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Monday, 23 January 2006 (1200pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andri Chassamboulli<\/strong> (Central European University)
\nJob Competition Over the Business Cycl<\/strong>e<\/strong>: Implications for Labor Productivity and Unemployment Rates by Skill<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 1 February 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theodore Simos<\/strong> ( University of Ioannina )
\nClosed form formulae for the Gaussian estimation of a stochastic differential equation driven by fractional noise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 8 February 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikolaos Georgantzis<\/strong> (The Universitat Jaume)
\nUltimatum Bargaining & Preference Elicitation Under Real Task Experimental Labor Market Conditions: Evidence from 3 Countries<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 15 February 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guenter W. Beck<\/strong> (Goethe University Frankfurt)
\nThe border matters less than you think! A consistent framework to examine intra- versus international relative price dispersion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monday, 20 February 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omar Licandro<\/strong> (European University Institute)
\nAn evolutionary theory of money as a medium of exchange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 1 March 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omer Moav<\/strong> ( Hebrew University )
\nLand Inequality and the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 8 March 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gregory Kordas<\/strong> ( University of Pennsylvania )
\nRegularized Estimation of Models with Parameter Dependent Support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 15 March 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Deltas<\/strong> (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
\nReconsidering the Cost Efficiency of Financial Institutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 22 March 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Constantine Alexandrakis<\/strong> ( University of Massachussetts at Dartmouth )
\nSecession and Exit: An Analysis of Two Competing Hypotheses<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 29 March 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimitrios Thomakos<\/strong> ( University of Peloponnese )
\nEvaluating volatility forecasts: GARCH vs. the NoVaS Transformation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monday, 3 April 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leif Danziger<\/strong> (Ben-Gurion University)
\nThe Minimum Wage in Competitive Labour Markets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 5 April 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Udo Kreickemeier<\/strong> (University of Nottingham)
\nFirm Heterogeneity and the Labor Market Effects of Trade Liberalization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday, 7 April 2006 (3pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aris Spanos<\/strong> (Virginia Tech)
\nThe Curve-Fitting Problem, Akaike-type Model Selection, and the Error Statistical Approach<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 12 April 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theodore Palivos<\/strong> ( University of Macedonia )
\nOptimal Growth with Illegal Immigrants<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 10 May 2006 (2nd floor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pantelis Kalaitzidakis<\/strong> (University of Crete)
\nOn the Growth Maximizing Allocation of Public Investment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday, 12 May 2006 (3pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Korniotis<\/strong> (University of Notre Dame)
\nDoes Investment Skill Decline due to Cognitive Aging or Improve with Experience?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday, 17 May 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spiro Stefanou<\/strong> (Penn State University)
\nThe Dynamics of Efficiency and Productivity Growth in U. S. Electric Utilities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday, 26 May 2006 (3pm – 2nd floor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Demetrios Varvarigos<\/strong> (The University of Manchester)
\nTBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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