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Next May 16 at 2:20 p.m., the presentation "Information in Asset Markets" by Eva Perez will take place in seminar room B3-123-C

Date: Thursday 16, May2024 - 14:20h

End date: Thursday 16, May2024 - 15:20h

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Presentation Flavio Porta, at 3.00 pm in the Hall of Degrees - Faculty of Economics and Business. Flavio is an assistant professor at the University of Bergamo and works on various topics such as industrial organization and the economics of transport and tourism. You can find more information by visiting his personal web page.

The title of his talk is: "Aerial Connectivity and CO2 Emissions of the US and China Post-COVID: Insights from a Structural Model"

Abstract: The recovery of air transport connectivity after the COVID-19 pandemic has been very heterogeneous. For example, in August 2023, the number of direct flights between the US and China was only 6% of pre-pandemic levels, significantly lower than the recovery rates of other international routes. This reduction has led to higher prices and greater reliance on connecting flights, resulting in longer journey times and higher CO2 emissions. To analyze the impact of these changes, we developed a structural model (BLP) to assess the welfare and CO2 emissions implications of these supply constraints. Our results suggest that restoring direct flights between the US and China to pre-pandemic levels could increase passenger traffic by 571% (corresponding to a 12% increase over the pre-pandemic average), reduce prices by 59%, increase consumer surplus, improve the profits of American and Chinese airlines and reduce CO2 emissions per passenger by 18%. Despite these benefits, total CO2 emissions have decreased due to fewer flights. We propose a second counterfactual scenario in which the same CO2 reduction is achieved not by reducing flights, but by offsetting emissions at the higher CORSIA rate of $32 per ton. This approach could maintain pre-pandemic flight levels and increase both consumer surplus and airline profits by more than $30 million each, thereby achieving environmental goals without reducing service.

Date: Thursday 16, May2024 - 15:00h

End date: Thursday 16, May2024 - 16:00h

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The presentation of Samuel Bazzi (UCSD) at the IAE Seminar Room will take place on May 17 at 2:45 p.m.

Samuel is professor of economics at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and at the Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He is also co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics.

His recent work explores the process of national construction in diverse societies, migration and cultural change, and the political economy of religion. It has a particular interest in how individuals and states adapt to the challenges of diversity, with complementary work in the United States and Indonesia.

Date: Friday 17, May2024 - 14:45h

End date: Friday 17, May2024 - 15:45h

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The presentation of Alex Teytelboym (Unversity of Oxford) will take place on May 21 at 2.20 p.m. in the IAE Seminary Room.

For more information consult its website.

Date: Tuesday 21, May2024 - 14:20h

End date: Tuesday 21, May2024 - 15:20h

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Next May 23 at 1:30 p.m., the presentation of Florin Bilbiie will take place in the Sala de Graus.

Florin O. Bilbiie is Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and researcher at the CEPR. He has previously been a professor at the University of Lausanne, the Paris School of Economics and the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and scientific director of the Banque de France Chair, after holding positions at the University of Oxford (Nuffield College) and HEC Paris. He held visiting positions at several central banks (NY Fed, Chicago Fed, BCE, Bank of England, Riksbank, etc.), National Bureau of Economic Research, New York University (both in New York and Abu Dhabi) and CREi Barcelona.

Florin's research focuses on business cycles and the role, effects, and optimal design of monetary and fiscal policies, in environments with firm entry/product creation, heterogeneous agents (limited participation), and/or complementarities; liquidity traps, future orientation; tax multipliers; and models with money and incomplete markets.

Date: Thursday 23, May2024 - 13:30h

End date: Thursday 23, May2024 - 14:30h

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We are pleased to inform you of the next session of the Permanent Seminar of the Current History Research Group (GReHA-CEDID). It will be titled Gender relations in Asia: history and power and will feature the interventions of Hülya Adak (Freie Universität Berlin/Orient Institut Istanbul), Alice Marie-Sophie van den Bogaert (UAB) and Manuel Pavón Belizón (UAB).

Coordinated and moderated by Fatma Sinem Eryilmaz Ünsal (UAB), the session will take place on Tuesday, May 28, at 10:00 a.m., in the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UAB.

It can also be followed by streaming through this link: https://bit.ly/4bj2q4T

We hope it will be of interest to you.

Date: Tuesday 28, May2024 - 10:00h

End date: Tuesday 28, May2024 - 12:00h