Workshops

Explore academic workshops from the School of Economics.

2024/25 workshops

Firm Dynamics, Market Structures and Productivity in the Macroeconomy

21 October 2024, 11.00 AM - 8.00 PM
Venue: 35 Berkeley Square - Room 4.10 (Helen Woodhouse Building), Bristol, BS8 1JA

Speakers: Sergio Feijoo, Bristol)Anthony Savagar (University of Kent), Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF, BSE), Miguel Ferreira (Queen Mary, University of London), Sophie Piton (Bank of England), Lidia Smitkova (University of Oxford), Jakob Schneebacher (CMA), Greg Thwaites (Resolution Foundation and Nottingham), Tim Willems (Bank of England). 

Programme:

11:00-12:45

Session 1: Market Power and Macroeconomic Performance (Chair: Anthony Savagar, Kent)

Keynote (1hr)

Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF, BSE)
 

Miguel Ferreira (Queen Mary) -- Financial Constraints and Firm Size: Micro-Evidence and Aggregate Implications

12:45-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Session 2: Superstar Firms (Chair: Sergio Feijoo, Bristol)
 

Sophie Piton (BoE) -- The Rise of US Non-tradeable Prices: Facts and Implications
 

Lidia Smitkova (Oxford) -- Profits, Superstar Firms and Capital Flows

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-17:30

Session 3: Market Power and Monetary Policy (Chair: Jakob Schneebacher, CMA)
 

Greg Thwaites (Resolution Foundation and Nottingham) -- Firming Up Price Inflation
 

Tim Willems (BoE) -- Battle of the markups: conflict inflation and the aspirational channel of monetary policy transmission

18:00-20:00

Dinner (by invitation) -- Harbour House, The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB

Macroeconomics Network in the Southwest

25th October, 10.00 AM - 6.15 PM
Venue: 35 Berkeley Square - Room 4.10 (Helen Woodhouse Building), Bristol, BS8 1JA

Macroeconomics Network in the Southwest
Fifth Workshop
October 25, 2024
Room 4.10, Helen Woodhouse Building
University of Bristol
35 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1JA

 

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee & Registration
10:30 - 12:00 Contributed Session #1
Title Central Bank Digital Currency and the Instruments of Monetary Policy
Presenter: Laura Povoledo (UWE)
Title Re-skilling and the advent of AI
Presenter: Andreas Schaefer (Bath)
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Contributed Session #2
Title Exporters and Currency Risk Premia
Presenter: Paulo Santos Monteiro (York)
Title Optimal monetary policy over permanent shocks
Presenter: Wojtek Paczos (Cardiff)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Contributed Session #3
Title Incentives, Managerial Practices, and Taxes
Presenter: Pawel Doligalski (Bristol)
Title Optimal climate policy in a global economy
Presenter: Tasos Karantounias (Surrey) 
17:00 – 17:15 Coffee Break
17:15 – 18:15 Keynote Lecture
Title Growth and Redistribution with Heterogeneous
Attitudes toward Risk
Presenter: Tim Kehoe (University of Minnesota)
18:45 Workshop dinner

Organizers
Nikos Kokonas, University of Bath
Arpad Abraham, University of Bristol

2024 Bristol Economics of Innovation Workshop

31st October 2024, 9.00 AM - 5.30 PM
Venue: Reception Room, Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BX

Organizer: Patrick Gaule, patrick.gaule@bristol.ac.uk

Date: Thursday, October 31, 2024 

Venue: Reception Room, Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BX

9:00 - 9:30

 Arrivals. Tea, coffee, Welcome remarks
9:30 - 10:15

Davide Coluccia (University of Bristol) “Racial Discrimination and Lost Innovation“ (with Gaia Dossi and Sebastian Oettinger) 
10:15 - 11:00 Max Posch (University of Exeter) “How Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames, Social Interactions and Patents in U.S. History” (with Jonathan Schulz and Joseph Henrich) 
11:00 - 11: 30 Mid-morning break. Tea and coffee
11:30 - 12:15 Olof Ejermo (University of Lund) “Publication and career penalties of children in Swedish academia” (with Peter Holmström) 
12:15 - 13:00 Atte Pudas (Aalto University) “Why Are There So Few Female Inventors” 
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (at the workshop venue)
14:00 - 14:45 Patrick Gaule (University of Bristol) “Finding Young Einsteins: Olympiads and STEM Talent Discovery” (with Ruchir Agarwal & Yuyan Jiang) 
14:45 - 15:30 Marta Morando (LSE) “Polarized Innovation” (with Gaia Dossi)
15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Break. Tea and Coffee 
16:00 - 16:45 Georgios Tsiachtsiras (University of Bristol) “A Light Bulb Goes On: Religiosity and the Adoption of Electrical Technologies in 19th century France” (with Sergio Petralia and Ernest Miguelez)
16:45 - 17:30 Charles Ayoubi (ESSEC Business School) “Generative AI & Innovating in Teams: Field Experimental Evidence“ (with Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Raffaella Sadun, and Karim Lakhani).
17:30 Adjourn
18:30 Workshop Dinner, Lido Restaurant, Oakfield Pl, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BJ

RES Easter School

Monday, 7th April - Wednesday 9th April 2025
Venue: 2D1, 2D2 and Priory Road Complex Cafe Foyer, Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU

 

Monday 07/04

  

09:00

09:15 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 15:15

15:15 - 15:30

15:30 - 17:15

17:30 - 19:00

Welcome

Lecture 1: John Hassler (IIES, Stockholm) - The Natural Science of Climate Change

Coffee/Tea break

Lecture 2: Mathias Reynaert (Toulouse) - Externalities and Missing Markets

Buffet lunch and Poster session 1

Presentation session 1

Coffee/Tea break

Presentation session 2

Social Drinks and snacks

Tuesday 08/04

 

09:15 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:30

15:00 - 15:15

15:15 - 17:00

17:15 - 19:00

Lecture 3: John Hassler (IIES, Stockholm) - Integrated Assessment Modeling

Coffee/Tea break

Lecture 4: Mathias Reynaert (Toulouse) - Environmental Policy and Market Equilibrium

Buffet lunch and Poster session 2

Policy session: Bank of England and Department of Business and Trade

Coffee/Tea break

Presentation session 3

Social drinks and pizza

 
Wednesday 09/04  

09:45 - 10:45

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture 5: John Hassler (IIES, Stockholm) - Climate Policy in the Real World

Lecture 6: Mathias Reynaert (Toulouse) - Environmental Policy (Non)- Compliance

Programme is subject to change

Bristol Empirical IO Workshop

28th April - 29th April, 2025
Venue: Room 3.32, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ

Bristol Empirical IO Workshop

28-29 April 2025

Organizers: Alessandro Iaria, Julien Monardo, Lars Nesheim, Senay Sokullu, Kevin Tran

28th of April: Wills Memorial Building, room 3.32

  • Lunch and breaks in room 3.30
  • Seminars in room 3.32
  • Each presentation 40min

12:00-12:50 Lunch

12:50-13:00 Welcome

13:00-14:20 Session 1

  • Philip Schmidt-Dengler (Vienna): Binding Emission Constraints in the European Car Market
  • Helena Perrone (TBS): Demand Steering Through the Smokescreen of Stockouts: Evidence from Cigarette Vending Machines

14:20-14:50 Coffee/Tea break

14:50-16:10 Session 2

  • Anders Munk-Nielsen (Copenhagen): Differentiated Product Demand Estimation with Secondary Market
  • Laura Grigolon (Mannheim): Does Peter Piper Pick a Package of Pepper Inattentively? The Consumer Response to Product Size Changes

16:10-16:40 Coffee/Tea break

16:40-18:00 Session 3

  • Otto Toivanen (Aalto): Free Entry and Social Inefficiency in Regulated Pharmacy Markets
  • Ariel Pakes (Harvard): Unobserved Heterogeneity, State Dependence, and Health Plan Choices

19:00 Dinner at Browns Brasserie & Bar, 38 Queens Road, Clifton, BS8 1RE

29th of April: Wills Memorial Building, room 3.32

  • Lunch and breaks in room 3.30
  • Seminars in room 3.32
  • Each presentation 40min

9:20-9:50 Coffee/Tea break

9:50-11:10 Session 4

  • Kevin Tran (Bristol): Transparency of Add-On Fees on Peer-to-Peer Platforms: Evidence from Airbnb
  • Vivek Bhattacharya (Northwestern): A Large-Scale Analysis of Merger Simulations

11:10-11:40 Coffee/Tea break

11:40-13:00 Session 5

  • Cristina Gualdani (QMUL): Robust Identification in Repeated Games: An Empirical Approach to Algorithmic Competition
  • Aureo de Paula (UCL): Production Function Estimation using Subjective Expectations Data

13:00 Lunch

 

Bristol Applied Economics Meetings: (BAEM, Development)

6th May - 7th May, 2025
Venue: LT2, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB

Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BAEM, Gender, Diversity and Human Capital)

8th - 9th May, 2025
Venue: LT2 Arts Complex, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB

REStud Tour 2025

15-16 May, 2025
Venue: Will's Memorial Building 3.31 and 3.32

Bristol Macroeconomics Workshop

22-23 May, 2025
Venue: LT2 Arts Complex, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB

European Social Science Genetics Conference

22nd - 23rd May, 2025
Venue: Fry Building, G.10 LT and G.09, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG

Dropdown programme details included here.