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SUMMARY:Neha Hui
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URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/neha-hui/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Christos Mavrodimitrakis
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/christos-mavrodimitrakis/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Joo Young Jeon
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/joo-young-jeon/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220118T102235Z
UID:2712-1646056800-1646060400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Stephen Kastoryano
DESCRIPTION:Expectation and Treatment Effects of a Kidney Transplant
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/stephen-kastoryano/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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UID:2781-1645452000-1645455600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Steven Bosworth
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/steven-bosworth/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220207T140000
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CREATED:20220109T200457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220118T101809Z
UID:2710-1644242400-1644246000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Stefania Lovo
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/stefania-lovo/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220203T140000
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CREATED:20220109T200240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220118T101632Z
UID:2706-1643896800-1643900400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Sam Rawlings
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/sam-rawlings/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220124T140000
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CREATED:20220109T200412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220118T101735Z
UID:2708-1643032800-1643036400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Florent Dubois
DESCRIPTION:The Sources of Segregation
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/florent-dubois/
LOCATION:HBS 102 (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211206T140000
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UID:2531-1638799200-1638802800@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Carl Singleton (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:TBC
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/carl-singleton/
LOCATION:Edith Morley 406 or MS Teams (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211129T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211128T130912Z
UID:2529-1638194400-1638198000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Sarah Jewell (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:Can Awareness Reduce (or Even Reverse) Home Bias? Evidence from International Cricket (with Subhasish Chowdhury and Carl Singleton)
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/sarah-jewell/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211122T140000
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UID:2527-1637589600-1637593200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Andy Chung (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:An Economic Analysis of Tiger Parenting
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/andy-chung/
LOCATION:Edith Morley 406 or MS Teams (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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UID:2525-1636984800-1636988400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:James Reade (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:The Long Shadow of an Infection: COVID-19 and Performance at Work
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/james-reade/
LOCATION:Edith Morley 406 or MS Teams (hybrid)
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211025T140000
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CREATED:20211128T110737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211128T154500Z
UID:2523-1635170400-1635174000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Alexander Mihailov (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:Sudden Stops\, Productivity and the Optimal Level of International Reserves for Small Open Economies
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/alexander-mihailov/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211011T140000
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CREATED:20211128T110535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211128T155900Z
UID:2520-1633960800-1633964400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Angel Calderon Madrid\, El Colégio de México (visiting\, Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:Impact on Formal Job Participation of Changes in Workers’ Old-Age Retirement Conditions in an Economy with a Large Informal Sector: the Mexican Experience
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/angel-calderon-madrid-visiting/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211004T140000
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CREATED:20211128T110426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211128T155345Z
UID:2518-1633356000-1633359600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Shixuan Wang (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:Testing Stability in Event Observations with Applications to IPO Performance
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/shixuan-wang/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210927T140000
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CREATED:20211128T110146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211128T154928Z
UID:2516-1632751200-1632754800@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Tho Pham (Internal Seminars)
DESCRIPTION:Gender Bias in Job Ads: Explicit and Implicit Preferences
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/tho-pham/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephen%20Kastoryano":MAILTO:s.p.kastoryano@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210208T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210208T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20210123T035631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T132356Z
UID:2193-1612789200-1612792800@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Steven Bosworth (Internal Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Parental time investments and instantaneous well-being in the United States (with Almudena Sevilla and Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal) \nAbstract: We use the Well-being Modules of the American Time Use Survey to document that\, despite spending about 30 minutes more in child care per day\, higher educated mothers report lower levels of instantaneous well-being than less-educated mothers during child-related activities. Our results hold after controlling for a wide set of cofounders\, including life satisfaction. We present an identity economics model of “intensive mothering” to explain these findings: mothers with high education relative to a reference group select into an identity which places high value on human capital outcomes. This identity confers high social prestige but requires costly investments to maintain a separating equilibrium. Consistent with the model\, we find that the education gradient in maternal instantaneous well-being is unique to child care activities. There is no education gradient during non-child-related activities\, among fathers or among non-mothers. \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/steven-bosworth-internal-seminar-2/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210201T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210201T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20210123T035553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T132857Z
UID:2192-1612184400-1612188000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:James Reade (Internal Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Disparate Sporting Topics: Expert Forecasts and No Shows \nAbstract: This talk combines two separate pieces of research that are not obviously linked other than that they look at sport. The first considers a novel dataset of German expert forecasts of football match scorelines. Forecasts from 25 experts (21 male\, 4 female\, including famous former footballers and at least one rapper) are collected for over 400 matches over a year and a half\, and analysed in terms of their success\, but also tentatively the information that each uses. The second topic is the phenomenon of no shows – fans that buy tickets for an event but then do not attend. This is distinct behaviour from that of fans that actually attend. We don’t observe individual level data\, but we do have data from Reading FC since 2004 on the number of no shows at each matches\, alongside various other characteristics (total tickets sold\, total in attendance\, home and away spectators). \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/james-reade-internal-seminar-2/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201012T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201012T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20201006T152929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T092547Z
UID:2022-1602507600-1602511200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Virtual Seminar - Shixuan Wang
DESCRIPTION:Title: On the intraday return curves of bitcoin: predictability and trading opportunities \nAbstract: Motivated by the potential inferences from intraday price data in the controversial Bitcoin market\, we apply functional data analyses to study cumulative intraday return (CIDR) curves.  Our first analysis indicates that bitcoin intraday return curves are stationary\, non-normal\, uncorrelated\, but exhibit conditional heteroscedastic. Then\, we show the possibility of predictivity in the intraday cumulative return of bitcoins and assess forecasting performance. Finally\, we utilize the functional forecasting methods to explore the intraday trading opportunities of bitcoins and the results find evidence of profitable trading opportunities based on intraday trading strategies\, which confronts the efficient market hypothesis. \nWatch the recording \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/virtual-seminar-shixuan-wang/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200716T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200716T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200630T103826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T145405Z
UID:1688-1594904400-1594908000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Wei-Fong Pan (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: The labour market effect of fiscal policy uncertainty \nAbstract: This study examines the effect of fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) on job searches and labour demand in the United States. We first develop search-based job search indices and find that increased FPU leads to higher job search levels. However\, rising FPU reduces labour demand as we observe that the number of online job postings by firms declines significantly in response to increasing FPU. The effect of FPU varies across different groups of individuals and regions\, while also being subject to monetary policy stance. Labour market institutions are key to explain such differences. Lastly\, FPU reduces matching efficiency in labour markets. These results are robust to alternative specifications and after isolating the effect of uncertainty from risk. \nWatch the recording \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/wei-fong-pan-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars,PhD Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200625T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200625T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200617T102025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200626T143038Z
UID:1595-1593090000-1593093600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Abdulaleem Isiaka (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: What is the redistributive impact of reallocating government spending? Evidence from a sample of middle-income countries \nAbstract: This paper employs the fixed effects estimator in examining the redistributive impact of financing welfare programmes through cuts in other government spending components within a panel of 51 middle income countries over the period 2005–2015. Additionally\, this study investigates how the percentile income shares of different income groups within the sample are affected by the spending reallocations towards welfare programmes. This study finds that the twin objective of reducing inequality and benefiting all income groups can be achieved if the right social welfare programme is financed by cuts in expenditure on infrastructure\, agriculture and other sectors of the economy. However\, no evidence is found to confirm that inequality reduces with reallocations from defence spending towards social welfare programmes. Upon splitting the sample by income levels\, this paper finds that reallocations towards education spending are more crucial in upper middle income countries while spending reallocations towards social protection and health spending have greater relevance in lower middle income countries. Based on its findings\, this paper recommends that policy makers in middle income countries give greater consideration to the redistributive prospects of spending reallocations towards social welfare programmes. \nDownload the paper \nWatch the video
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/abdulaleem-isiaka-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars,PhD Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200506T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200506T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200420T153620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T083818Z
UID:1446-1588770000-1588773600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Marina Della Giusta & Sarah Jewell (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Working for nothing \nAbstract: We document the differences in time allocation to the labour market by different personality types in the UK\, and show how they may account for some of the labour market disadvantage experienced by more neurotic types (and the advantage experienced by more conscientious types) which has been documented in numerous studies. We make use of all nine available waves of the Understanding Society Survey and show that particular personality types are more prone to working longer hours\, and unpaid overtime hours\, and experiencing time pressures. \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/marina-della-giusta-sarah-jewell-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200422T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200422T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200417T131142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T083949Z
UID:1436-1587560400-1587564000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Alex Mihailov (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Quantifying the macroeconomic effects of the COVID-19 lockdown: Comparative simulations of the estimated Galí-Smets-Wouters model \nAbstract: This paper considers 3 scenarios regarding the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown\, staying for 1\, 2 or 3 quarters\, and 2 types of exceptionally rare and devastating disruptions in employment modeled as adverse labour supply shocks\, a temporary one without loss in the labour force due to deaths or a permanent one\, with deaths. The temporary labour supply shock simulations delimit a lower bound\, designed to match about 1/4 of the labour force unable to work\, and an upper bound\, matching about 3/4 of the labour force made economically inactive\, broadly consistent with estimates. The permanent labour supply shock is designed to match\, in 3 scenarios again\, up to 1% loss of the labour force due to mortality\, twice milder than the Spanish fl‡u 2% death rate. Estimated calibrations of the Galí-Smets-Wouters (2012) model for 5 major and most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic economies are simulated: the US\, Germany\, France\, Italy and Spain. The simulations suggest that even in the most optimistic scenario of a brief (lasting for 1 quarter) and mild (with 1/4 of the labour force unable to work) lockdown\, the loss of per-capita consumption (6-7% in annualised terms down from the long-run trend in the impact quarter) and per-capita output (3-4% down) will be quite damaging\, but recoverable relatively quickly\, in 1-2 years. In the most pessimistic simulated scenario of temporary loss the effects will be 10-15 times more devastating\, and the loss of output and consumption will persist beyond 10-15 years. Permanent loss of up to 1.5 percentage points of per-capita consumption and output characterises the simulated permanent labour supply shock. \nDiscussion Paper \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/alex-mihailov-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200420T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200420T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200417T122616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T083918Z
UID:1425-1587387600-1587391200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Steven Bosworth (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Bias and discrimination: What do we know? (joint w/ Marina Della Giusta) \nAbstract: The paper presents the economic literature on gender bias\, illustrating the underpinnings in the psychology of bias and stereotyping; the incorporation of these insights into current theoretical and empirical research in economics\, and the literature on methods to contrast bias presenting evidence (where it exists) of their effectiveness. The second part of the paper presents results of an experiment in revealing unconscious bias. \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/steven-bosworth-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200406T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200406T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200406T131900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T084208Z
UID:1413-1586178000-1586181600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Stefania Lovo (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Renewable energy technology adoption and the diffusion of information and behaviour in social networks: Evidence from rural China \nAbstract: This paper investigates how social networks affect renewable energy technology adoption. We distinguish between two channels through which social networks may play a role: the diffusion of information\, and the diffusion of behaviour. We conduct a survey on biogas technology adoption in rural China to identify individuals’ networks. We find that both the diffusion of information and behaviour drive farmers’ technology adoption. In addition\, we find heterogeneous social network effects. Friends and relatives or individuals that are trusted affect adoption through the diffusion of information\, while less trusted individuals such as government officials affect adoption through the diffusion of behaviour. \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/stefania-lovo-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200330T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200330T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T020948
CREATED:20200406T131047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T084054Z
UID:1409-1585573200-1585576800@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Maxim Belitski (Virtual Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Music is in the air: What startups can learn from a jazz jam session \nAbstract: While numerous models exist that explain innovation in startups\, factors that facilitate the process of development and implementation of knowledge leading to innovation are often unknown. We use the jazz jam session model and apply the configurational perspective on 377 start-ups in the United Kingdom (2002-2016) to extend knowledge on the role that internal and external factors play in a startup innovation. We explain exploratory and exploitation type innovation through factor configurations\, contrasting to internalization of improvisation in prior research. This work may help entrepreneurs and managers to design and deliver innovation process building on the jazz jam session model. \nWatch the recording
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/economics/event/maxim-belitski-virtual-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Internal Seminars
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