The Doctoral Day is XREPP's yearly meeting.
Speakers
Start
November 27, 2015 - 11:00
End
November 27, 2015 - 17:00
Address
Sala de recepcions, Facultat d’Economia i Empresa - Universitat de Barcelona Av. Diagonal 690, Barcelona View mapXREPP is the Network of reference in Economics and Public Policies that assembles the main researchers from Catalonia’s universities in the economic design and evaluation of Public Policies.
XREPP’s Doctoral Day event welcomes all our PhD students, young and senior researchers, interested Master students, and invitees. This scientific gathering offers all our PhD students as well as other PhD students in the XREPP faculties a platform to present their doctoral work and receive comments from a discussant.
Programme for the Day
| Time | Presenter | Paper | Discussant |
| Session 1 – Public Economics | |||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Paola Azar Dufrechou (UAB) | Efficiency Gains and Fiscal Effort: Evidence for Public Education Spending (1970-2010) | Hoon Choi |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Hoon Choi (UB) | When One Door Closes: The Impact of the Hagwon Curfew on the Consumption of Private Tutoring in the Republic of Korea | Gianko Michailidis |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Gianko Michailidis (UB) | Education and Pensions Spending in the Years of Population Aging | Paola Rocchi |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Paola Rocchi (UB) | Carbon-motivated Border Tax Adjustment: A Proposal for the EU | Paola Azar Dufrechou |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Session 2 – Applied Econometrics | |||
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Eva Coll-Martinez (URV) | Agglomeration of Creative Services Industries: A Micropolitan Analysis for Barcelona | Athina Raftopoulou |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Athina Raftopoulou (UB) | Determinants of Individual Obesity Risk in Spain: A Multi-Level Model of Combined Spatial Analysis | Karen Miranda |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Karen Miranda (URV) | Estimating Individual Effects and their Spatial Spillovers in Linear Panel Data Models | Eva Coll-Martinez |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session 3 – Trade and FDI | |||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Till Hollstein (UB) | Comparative Advantage and Free Trade when Learning by Doing Externalities are Present | Alicia Gomez-Tello |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Alicia Gomez-Tello (UAB) | FDI and Immigration Inflows: An Empirical Analysis for the Spanish Case | Till Hollstein |
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