Unipi / Sssup

Seminars organized by MSE students on “The Quantitative Side of Economics. The Role of Theory in Era of Empiricism”

I – 31 March 2017  h 16.30 – 19
Aula 3 SSSUP

Methodology in economics and validation

Prof. A. Moneta (SSSUP) : “Model validation in empirical Macroeconomics”
Prof. F. Guala  (UniMi) : “Economic Models and Experiments”
Prof. G. Fagiolo (LEM) : “Macroeconomic Policy in DSGE and Agent-Based Models Redux: New Developments and Challenges Ahead

II – 7 April 2017  h 16.30-19
Aula 3 SSSUP

Credit and macroeconomic dynamics
Prof. R. Napoletano (Sciences Po)
Prof. A. Roventini (SSSUP)

III – 10 April 2017  h 14.30-17.00
Aula …  SSSUP

Theory of production and innovation
Prof. G.Dosi (SSSUP) : “On the nature of technologies: knowledge,procedures, artifacts and production inputs”
Prof. M. Grazzi  (Unibo) : “Production theory: accounting for firm heterogeneity and technical change”

IV – 21 April h 16-19
Aula 6 SSSUP

Forecasting and expectations in macroeconomic models
Prof. Marco Lippo (EIF)
Prof. Tania Treibich (Maastricht Uni)

V – 28 April h 16-19
Aula 8 SSSUP

Secular stagnation
Prof. G. Zezza (UniCas)
Prof.ssa N. Garbellini (UniPv)

VI – 5 May 2017  h 16-19
Aula 6 SSSUP

Stylized facts and evidence on representative firm approach
Prof. G. Bottazzi (SSSUP) : ” Stylized facts that are not facts and facts that should be stylized”
Prof. F. Tamagni (SSSUP) : “Firm heterogeneity and the empirical relevance of theories of competitive market selection”