Concordia University McGill University Université de Montréal

15e COLLOQUE CIREQ DES ÉTUDIANTS DE DOCTORAT 15th CIREQ PH.D. STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE

24 mai / May 2019

McGill University 855, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal salles / rooms : TBA

Sous la direction de / Organized by :

Tiffanie Perrault (Université de Montréal) Ryan Perrin (Concordia University) Alice Zhu (McGill University) 8:30 – 8:40 Inscription et petit‐déjeuner continental / Registration and continental breakfast (salle / room TBA)

8:40 – 8:55 Mot de bienvenue / Welcome address (salle / room TBA) Prof. Benoit PERRON (Directeur du CIREQ Director)

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A — Labor Economics (salle / room TBA)

9:00 – 9:20 Fatim Diabagaté - Université de Montréal Survival Till Layoff, Insights from Employer Learning

9:25 – 9:45 Yaya Diallo - McGill University Peer Effects and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment

9:50 – 10:10 Ryan Perrin – Concordia University The Effects of Birthplace Diversity in Professional Hockey

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 1B — Macroeconomics, Risk & Innovation (salle / room TBA)

9:00 – 9:20 Baxter Robinson – University of Toronto Risky Entrepreneurship and Wealth

9:25 – 9:45 Marlène Koffi – Université de Montréal Patents, Innovation and Growth in Canadian Pharmaceuticals

9:50 – 10:10 Karolis Liaudinskas – Universitat Pompeu Fabra A Loss of a Lending Relationship: Shock or Relief?

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 1C — Mechanism Design (salle / room TBA)

9:00 – 9:20 Dilek Sayedahmed – Concordia University Targeted Priority Reserves

9:25 – 9:45 Rouzbeh Ghouchani – Concordia University Optimal Seller’s Revenue with Risk Averse and Risk Neutral Bidders

9:50 – 10:10 Ghasvareh Pooya – Concordia University Fairness Comparisons of Strategyproof and Efficient Matching Rules

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 2A — Macroeconomics & Price Adjustments (salle / room TBA)

10:20 – 10:40 Nadhanael Gemaliel Vimala – University of British Columbia Are Food Prices Really Flexible? Evidence from India

10:45 – 11:05 Ghislain Afavi – Université de Montréal Monetary Policy, Sticky Wages and Household Heterogeneity: TANK vs HANK

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 2B — Experimental Economics (salle / room TBA)

10:20 – 10:40 Yushen Li - Concordia University Favors Exchange: Theory and Evidence

10:45 – 11:05 Liang Wang – Concordia University An Online Economic Experiment of the Public Goods Game with Polarized Preference

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 2C — Education Economics (salle / room TBA)

10:20 – 10:40 Linda Wang – University of Toronto Students’ Choice of Major: An Information Experiment

10:45 – 11:05 Andrei Munteanu – McGill University The Effect of High School Duration on Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Ontario

11:05 – 11:20 Pause / Break (salle / room TBA)

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 3A — Health Economics (salle / room TBA)

11:25 – 11:45 Yang Li – McGill University The Impact of Generic Price Regulation on Drug Expenditure and Patients’ Choice: Evidence from Pan-Canadian Competitive Value Price Initiative

11:50 – 12:10 Ismaël Choinière-Crèvecoeur – Université du Québec à Montréal Impact of Income Risk on Health and Well-Being

12:15 – 12:35 Tiffanie Perrault – Université de Montréal Defeating Crime? An Economic Analysis of Cannabis Legalization Policies

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 3B — Financial Economics & Econometrics (salle / room TBA)

11:25 – 11:45 Ibrahim D. Raheem – University of Kent Factor Model of Exchange Rate Predictability Redux

11:50 – 12:10 Magnim Farouh – Université de Montréal Sizing Shadow Banking Through Financial Companies Reports (10-Ks and 10-Qs)

12:15 – 12:35 Ehsan Fazel – Concordia University Asset Pricing Implications of Grouped Patterns of Heterogeneity

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 3C — Labor Economics (salle / room TBA)

11:25 – 11:45 Aruni Mitra - University of British Columbia The Labour Productivity Puzzle and Structural Change

11:50 – 12:10 Inhyuk Choi - Pennsylvania State University A Temporary Job Trap: Labor Market Dualism and Human Capital Accumulation

12:15 – 12:35 Jean-Paul Tsasa– Université du Québec à Montréal Medium-term Cycles and Labor Market Search

12:35 – 14:00 LUNCH & SÉANCE PLÉNIÈRE / PLENARY SESSION

Keynote Speaker TBA

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 4A — Fiscal Policy & Development (salle / room TBA)

14:05 – 14:25 Santiago Diaz – University of Kent Resource Windfalls and Fiscal Capacity Building. Evidence from Local Governments in Argentina.

14:30 – 14:50 Kodzovi Abalo – Pennsylvania State University Distributional Impact of External Shocks with Heterogeneous Agents and Generalized Non-Homothetic CES Preferences

14:55 – 15:15 Alex Nguebou – Université de Montréal Tax Policy Evaluation in a Developing Economy

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 4B — Macroeconomics & Economic Stability (salle / room TBA)

14:05 – 14:25 Anand Chopra – University of British Columbia Insurance Cyclicality

14:30 – 14:50 Ribal Abi Raad – Concordia University Rare Disasters and the Impact on Human Capital

14:55 – 15:15 Paul Ko - Pennsylvania State University Dissecting Trade and Business Cycle Co-Movement

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 4C — Urban Economics (salle / room TBA)

14:05 – 14:25 Meng Li - Queen’s University Within City Income Inequality, Households Location and Housing Price Changes

14:30 – 14:50 Qi Xu – McGill University Occupational Task Difference and City Size Wage Gap

14:55 – 15:15 Alice Zhu– McGill University Housing Costs, Wages, and Income Convergence

15:15 – 15:30 Pause / Break (salle / room TBA)

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 5A — Matching Theory (salle / room TBA)

15:35 – 15:55 Nickesha Ayoade – Concordia University Degrees of Stability in Matching

16:00 – 16:20 Abdoul Karim Sidibé - Université de Montréal Many-to-one Matching with Sized Agents and Size-monotonic Priorities

16:25 - 16:45 Asefeh Salarinezhad – Concordia University Matching with Minimum Quotas SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 5B — Macroeconomics & Public Policy (salle / room TBA)

15:35 – 15:55 Cristina Manea – Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE Collateral Constrained Firms and Monetary Policy

16:00 – 16:20 Hussein Bidawi – Toulouse School of Economics Measuring Monetary Policy Efficiency

16:25 - 16:45 Friedrich Lucke – Toulouse School of Economics Repeated Bailouts and Austerity

SÉANCES PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SESSIONS 5C — Macroeconomics & Family Economics (salle / room TBA)

15:35 – 15:55 Marie Mélanie Fontaine – Université du Québec à Montréal The effect of Separation and Divorce on Women’s Income Trajectories: Empirical Evidence from Canadian Administrative Data Files

16:00 - 16:20 Souleymane Zerbo – Université de Montréal Family Portfolio Allocation with Private Insurance