from 6 May 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York

Comparative Economics Webinar

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Comparative Economics Webinar (CEW)

The Comparative Economics Webinar (CEW) series features recent research from outstanding scholars in the field of comparative economics. CEW is a weekly series of academic presentations that takes place on Wednesdays, starting May 6 2020 at 4.30 PM London (11.30 AM New York).

Each session consists of a 30min presentation followed by a 30min Q&A. Participants are invited to ask questions during the presentation using the Q&A facility in Zoom which will be collated by the moderators.

In order to attend the live session, please register below. We encourage you to sign-up early as spaces are unfortunately limited. After the registration, you will receive an email with the link and password to the webinar.

Conditional on presenter’s approval, webinars will be recorded and posted on YouTube and on this website (see below).

Overview

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06 May 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"3G Internet and Confidence in Government"

with Nikita Melnikov (Princeton), Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics)
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13 May 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"Structural Reforms and Elections: Evidence from a World-Wide New Dataset"

with Alberto Alesina (Harvard), Jonathan Ostry (IMF), Chris Papageorgiou (IMF), Dennis Quinn (Georgetown)
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20 May 2020 at 4.00PM London / 11.00AM New York Zoom

"Africa’s Latent Assets: or, how to be optimistic about African development"

with Soeren Henn (Chicago)
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27 May 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"What Future for the EU?"

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03 June 2020 at noon London / 7.00AM New York Zoom

"German Division and Reunification and the "Effects" of Communism"

Lukas Mergele (Munich), Ludger Woessmann (Munich)
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10 June 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"Measuring Textual Sophistication in Specific Domains Using Machine Learning"

with Kevin Munger (Penn State), Arthur Spirling (NYU)
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15 June 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"Inequality, Debt and Financial Fragility in America"

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17 June 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"Unravelling Deep Integration: Local Labour Market Effects of the Brexit Vote"

with Layla O'Kane (Burning Glass Technologies), Benjamin Kett (Oxford), Katherine Stapleton (Oxford)
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24 June 2020 at 4.30PM London / 11.30AM New York Zoom

"The Political Scar of Epidemics"

with Cevat G. Aksoy (EBRD and King's College), Orkun Saka (Sussex and LSE)

Videos

We will upload all videos to YouTube after each webinar, so you can watch the presentation and Q&A in case you do not make it to the live session.

Organisers

If you are experiencing any technical issues or have any other question about the webinar series, please do not hesitate to contact us!

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Nauro Campos

University College London
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Michael Ganslmeier

University of Oxford

Sponsors

We are very grateful for the financial support provided by the ESRC and Grand Union DTP.

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