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Department of Economics Organizes Workshop on "The Social Dimension of Organizations"

Submitted by Apora on Dec 1, 2011

This workshop is organised by Mirco Tonin, Visiting Research Fellow at CEU Economics Department, and Michael Vlassopoulos, from the University of Southampton.

Adam Szeidl wins European Research Council grant on "Networks"

Submitted by Apora on Nov 8, 2011
Adam will use this grant to empirically examine the effect of social networks on economic outcomes. He will combine experiments and firm level data to investigate questions including how social connections help make microfinance work in developing countries; how knowledge diffusion between firm managers about export markets affects foreign trade; and what is the effect of political connections on firm productivity, among others.

Welcome New Faculty

Submitted by Apora on Jul 25, 2011
Starting August 1, Adam Szeidl joins the Department as Professor of Economics.

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Corporate Networks and Peer Effects in Firm Policies
January 30, 2012
External presenter(s): Manasa Patnam (University of Cambridge)
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Complex Networks and applications to Economic and Financial Systems
January 31, 2012
External presenter(s): Guido Caldarelli
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Nador u. 9, Monument Building
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Identification of clusters of investors from their real trading activity in a financial market
February 1, 2012
External presenter(s): Rosario Nunzio Mantegna (Palermo University)
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