9th RGS Doctoral Conferenc in 23.-25. February 2016 Ruhr University Bochum

Wednesday (24. February)

Level 04, Saal 1 Level 04, Raum 82 Level 01, Tagungsraum 1

Sessions 1-3 Session 1: Energy Economics Session 2: Financial Markets Session 3: Macroeconomics and Growth Wednesday Chair: Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter N. Posch Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Roos 09:00-10:30

1 Hendrik Schmitz Heterogeneity in Residential Space Heating 1 Oliver Rehbein What do a million firms say about banks as shock 1 Irfan Qureshi Monetarism, indeterminacy and the Great RWTH Aachen Expenditures in Institute for Economic absorbers? Evidence from the flooding of the University of Warwick Inflation Research (IWH) river Elbe 2 Stephan Sommer Consumer Inattention and Energy Efficiency: 2 Miklos Farkas Credit Rating Catering 2 Izabela Sobiech Output growth and volatility. The role of RWI The Causal Effects of Label Elements Central European TU Darmstadt financial integration in developing and University, Budapest industrial countries 3 Marco Horvath US Fracking Boom: Implications for Global Oil 3 Jelena Zivanovic A Structural Empirical Analysis of the External 3 Tommy Krieger Democracy and Growth: Evidence of a new RGS Econ & RWI Prices Humboldt University Finance Premium University of Konstanz measurement

Sessions 4-6 Session 4: Environmental Economics Session 5: Financial Crisis Session 6: International Economics Wednesday Chair: Prof. Dr. Colin Vance Chair: Prof. Peter N. Posch Chair: Dr. Joscha Beckmann 11:00-12:30

1 Fernanda Martinez Flores Heterogeneous Rebound Effects: Comparing 1 Benedetta Bianchi Sovereign Risk Premia and the International 1 Malin Gardberg Determinants of International RWI Essen Estimates from Discrete-Continuous Models Trinity College Dublin Balance Sheet: Lessons from the European Crisis Erasmus University Consumption Risk Sharing in Emerging Rotterdam Markets and Developing Countries

2 Michael Simora Risk Perception of Climate Change: Empirical 2 Johanna Krenz Banks’ balance sheets and the international 2 Christian Rühl Size and welfare costs of price differences RGS Econ & RWI Evidence for Germany Humboldt University Berlin transmission of shocks Goethe University Frankfurt across European countries

3 Christian Krekel Does the Presence of Wind Turbines Have 3 Marcin Pietrzak Evaluation of unconventional monetary policy in 3 Nina Schönfelder The impact of euro area membership on German Institute for Negative Externalities for People in Their Warsaw School of a small open economy FernUniversität Hagen structural reforms in product market and Economic Research Surroundings? Economics business regulation

Sessions 7-9 Session 7: Business Cycles Session 8: Applied Econometrics Session 9: Labor Supply Wednesday Chair: Prof. Dr. Ludger Linnemann Chair: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hanck Chair: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schnabel 17:45-19:15

1 Pavol Majher Firm entry and exit, investment irreversibility, 1 Kostantin Kiesel When Debt spells Sin: Does Religiosity guard 1 Lea Eilers In Good Company: Neighborhood Effects in Graduate School of and business cycle dynamics Halle Institute for Economic against Over-Indebtedness? RWI Essen Female Employment Economics Research (IWH) 2 Christopher Thiem Oil price uncertainty and the business cycle: 2 Costanza Naguib Wage mobility: a functional copula approach 2 Jan Gravert Estimates of Labor-Supply Elasticities with University of Duisburg- Accounting for the influence of global supply University of Lugano University of Wuppertal Joint Borrowing Constraints of Couples Essen and demand factors within a VAR GARCH-in- mean framework

3 Marlon Fritz Are Business Cycles Asymmetric? Testing 200 3 Mohammad Monirul Hasan The impacts of piped water on water quality, 3 Christina Vonnahme Less maintenance after marital breakdown University of Paderborn Years of Business Cycle Dynamics University of Bonn sanitation, hygiene and health in rural RWI Essen – the adaptation to the 2008 maintenance households of north-western Bangladesh - a law reform in Germany quasi-experimental analysis 9th RGS Doctoral Conferenc in Economics 23.-25. February 2016 Ruhr University Bochum

Thursday (25. February)

Level 04, Raum 82 Level 01, Tagungsraum 1 Level 01, Tagungsraum 2

Sessions 10-12 Session 10: Labor Markets Session 11: Household Behavior Session 12: Thursday Chair: Helge Braun, PhD Chair: Prof. Dr. Nadine Riedel Chair: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Brosig-Koch 9:00-10:30

1 Marius Bickmann Factor Mobility and Non-Harmonized Public 1 Dorothee Ihle Saving Behavior and Housing Wealth: Evidence 1 Maria Marchenko Endogenous Shocks in Social Networks: RGS Econ & TU Dortmund Pension Systems in Europe University of Münster from German Micro Data Effects of Students' Exam Retakes on their Friends' Future Performance

2 Hoon Choi Do anti-discrimination laws alleviate labor 2 Martin Ungerer Accounting for the Spouse when Measuring 2 Thomas Ferreira Does Education Enhance Productivity in University of Barcelona market duality? Quasi-experimental evidence Centre for European Inequality of Opportunity Stellenbosch University Smallholder Agriculture? Causal Evidence from Korea Economic Research from Malawi 3 Rahel Felder Labour Market Transitions, Shocks and 3 Olga Goldfayn Personality traits and financial decisions of the 3 Agnes Vosen Women in Academia RWI Essen Institutions during the Great Recession: A Goethe University Frankfurt households Bonn Graduate School of Cross-Country Analysis Economics

Sessions 13-15 Session 13: Labor Economics Session 14: Game Theory Session 15: Applied Industrial Economics Thursday Chair: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sanne Hiller Chair: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lars Metzger Chair: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Richter 11:00-12:30

1 Philipp Süß Regional market income inequality and its 1 Arne Pieters Repeated Burden Sharing and Costly 1 Andreas Gerster The Power of Mandatory Disclosure: Goethe University impact on crime in Germany: A spatial panel University of Negotiations RGS Econ & RWI Evidence from the German Housing Market Frankfurt data approach with local spillovers

2 Zoé Rongé The effect of increasing elderly dependency 2 Philipp Külpmann Rational Delay of Effort in Projects with 2 Matthias Beestermöller Striking Evidence! Demand Persistence for KU Leuven on labor market participation and caregiving Bielefeld University Uncertain Requirements Ludwig Maximilian Interurban Buses from German Railway decisions University Strikes 3 Jan Nimczik How Concentrated are Local Labour Markets? 3 Carl Maier Local public goods as perfect substitutes - 3 Carsten Crede A structural break cartel screen for dating University of Mannheim Evidence from Job Mobility Networks University of Konstanz centralization vs. Decentralization - New insights University of East Anglia and detecting collusion on the role of spillovers, heterogeneity and strategic delegation Sessions 16-18 Session 16: Migration and Integration Session 17: Health Economics Session 18: Macroeconomic Policy Thursday Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer Chair: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Avdic Chair: Prof. Dr. Ludger Linnemann 13:30-15:00

1 Laura Sinn Do immigrants react differently towards 1 Corinna Hentschker The impact of technology diffusion in healthcare 1 Gabriele Ciminelli Central Bank Signaling Matters: Evidence RGS Econ & RWI family policies than natives? RWI Essen markets – Evidence from heart attack treatment University of Amsterdam from the Sensitivity of Financial Variables to Macroeconomic News

2 Lisa Höckel Individualism vs. Collectivism - How inherited 2 Ivan Frankovic Medical Care within an OLG economy with 2 Weijie Luo Inequality and the Size of Government RWI Essen cultural values affect the income of second- Vienna Institute of realistic demography University of York generation immigrants in the US Demography

3 Eric Schuß Between Life Cycle Model, Labor Market 3 Peter van der Meer Dealing with Job Insecurity 3 Felix Strobel The government spending multiplier, University of Duisburg- Integration and Discrimination: An Utrecht University Humboldt University Berlin uncertainty and sovereign risk Essen Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of Return Migration