Fall 2023 Schedule

Seminars take place the second and fourth Monday of every month at 5pm Central European Time / 11 am Eastern Time on Zoom. 

September 25, 2023

How to Fund Unemployment Insurance with Informality and False Claims

Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University

October 9, 2023

Investment-Readiness: Plans for a Field Experiment

Razan Amine, PhD Student in Economics at Cambridge University

October 23rd, 2023

Can Banks Increase Household Resilience to Natural Disasters?

Ashish Sedai, Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Texas at Arlington


The Impact of Bank Agents on Financial Inclusion in Mexico

Laura Arriaga, PhD Candidate in Economics at Boston University

November 13, 2023

Household debt and labor market outcomes

Jesus Gorrin, Assistant Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School


Shining Light on the Shadow: The Effect of Technology and Consumers on

Firm Transparency

Botir Kobilov, PhD Student at Harvard Business School

November 27, 2023

Flight to climatic safety: local natural disasters and global portfolio flows

Fabrizio Ferriani, Senior Economist at the Bank of Italy


Does an exclusive relationship with government banks matter during climate shocks?

Harish Kamal PhD Candidate in Finance at Indian Institute of Management

December 11, 2023

Household Debt Laffer Curve

Emil Verner, Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT School of Management