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January 2021
Michael Simmons (RHUL) “Pre-layoff search” – PhD Seminar
See Michael's personal website here Abstract Are workers able to foresee job loss? If so, how many and how far in advance? In this paper, I document the extent to…
Find out more »Muayad Ismail “Distributional and Welfare Effects of IMF Programs in Sudan” – PhD Seminar
Abstract This research aims at evaluating the distributional and welfare effects of IMF programs implemented in Sudan during the period 1960-2018. This research is expected to contribute to the current…
Find out more »S-TRAINING-ROSES @ 3PM Laurent Malisoux (ROSES)
Title: Shoe cushioning, body mass and running biomechanics as risk factors for running injury: A randomised trial with 800+ recreational runners About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars,…
Find out more »Alex Vickery (RHUL) “Reaching for the SKY: Parental Investments in Academic Skills and Competition for University Places” – PhD Seminar
See Alex's personal website here Abstract I study the development of child academic skills through adolescence in anticipation of entry to university. I look at how heterogeneity in initial household…
Find out more »Yongda Liu (ICMA) “Internal Information Quality and Financial Policy Peer Effects” – PhD Seminar
Abstract This paper investigates how firms' internal information quality influences the peer effects in its financial policy. By employing earning announcement speed and insider trading profitability difference as measurements, we…
Find out more »Marius Otting (ROSES)
Title: Exploratory analysis of in-game betting dynamics About ROSES: An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade, Carl Singleton and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Economics…
Find out more »February 2021
Ran Tao (ICMA) “News-Based Links and Cross-firm Return Predictability” – PhD Seminar
Abstract Applying a “co-coverage” concept to the Dow Jones Newswire articles, we propose to identify each firm’s news-based links (NBLs) and thereby construct a newsworthiness economic grouping scheme. The advantage…
Find out more »Nathan Ashby (ROSES)
Title: Big Swimmer in a Small Pond or Small Swimmer in a Big Pond? Evidence of Peer Effects from High School Competition Realignments About ROSES: An online series of sport…
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