ECONtribute Seminar

The ECONtribute seminar takes place Wednesdays from 12:00 PM – 13:00 PM via ZOOM. Please contact us for an invitation to join (pakebusch@wiso.uni-koeln.de).

Reputable scholars present research that is of interest to the research areas in the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute and C-SEB. It is organized by ECONtribute (pakebusch@wiso.uni-koeln.de). Please send suggestions for speakers to Prof. Dr. Anna Bindler (bindler@wiso.uni-koeln.de) and Prof. Dr. Felix Bierbrauer (bierbrauer@wiso.uni-koeln.de).

ECONtribute Seminar - Winterterm 2020/2021
DateSpeakerTitleFurther Information
November 4, 2020Lukas Kiessling (MPI for Research on Collective Goods)“Parental Paternalism” (joint work with Shyamal Chowdhury, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, and Matthias Sutter)
November 11, 2020Ingo Isphording (Institute of Labor Economics)The Value of a Peer
November 18, 2020Olga Kuzmina (New Economic School Moscow)Gender diversity and firm performance: evidence from quota-implied discontinuities”, Joint with Valentina Melentyeva from Uni Mannheim and ZEW
November 25, 2020Albrecht Ritschl (London School of Economics)Hitler’s Mefo Bills, 1933-1939 – A Case for MMT?
December 2, 2020Matthew Harding (University of California-Irvine)Managers vs Algorithms: Can Algorithms replicate Human Intuition?This seminar takes place at 4 pm CET.
December 9, 2020Andreas Irmen (University of Luxembourg)Automation, Growth, and Factor Shares in the Era of Population Aging
December 16, 2020Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Turin) “Migrants at Sea: Unintended Consequences of Search and Rescue Operations“, joint with Claudio Deiana (U of Cagliari) and Vikram Maheshri (University of Houston)
January 13, 2021Dorothea Kübler (WZB and Technische Universität Berlin)How to avoid black markets for appointments with online booking systems
January 20, 2021Christina Gathmann (Universität Heidelberg)College Openings and Local Economic Development
January 27, 2021Christine Binzel (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU))Vernacularization and Linguistic Democratization
February 3, 2021Georg Weizsäcker (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)This seminar takes place at 4 pm CET.
February 10, 2021Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University (SOFI) and Nottingham University)Sexual Harassment and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market
March 17, 2021Stefania Albanesi (University of Pittsburgh)This seminar takes place at 4 pm CET.
ECONtribute Seminar - Summerterm 2020
DateSpeakerTitleFurther Information
May 13, 2020Felix Bierbrauer (ECONtribute)Politically feasible reforms of non-linear tax systemsWebinar online available at

June 3, 2020Cloé Garnache (University of Oslo)Does the Salience of Risk Affect Large,
Risky Asset Prices?
June 17, 2020Jennifer Doleac (Texas A&M University)Algorithmic Risk Assessment in the Hands of HumansThis seminar takes place at 4 pm CET.
July 1, 2020Martin Schmalz (University of Oxford)Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives