Diego Lubian Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Polo “G. Zanotto” Viale dell’Università 37129 Verona tel. +39 045 8028419 tel. +39 045 8028522 (segreteria) fax + 39 045 8028529 email: diego.lubian#univr.it (sostituire # con @)
8.30-9.00: Registration – Welcome address 9.00-9.30: Leopold Simar - Institute of Statistics, Louvain-la-Neuve: Robust Alternatives to Estimate Benchmark Frontiers with an Application to the Mutual Funds industry.
9.30-10.15: Ana Lozano Vivas - Universidad de Málaga: Do performance and environmental conditions behave as barriers for cross-country banking activity in Europe?”, Discussion led by Gilberto Turati, Università di Torino
10.15-11.00: Michael Koetter - University of Groningen & Deutsche Bundesbank: Efficient, Profitable and Safe Banking: An Oxymoron? A Panel VAR Approach Discussion led by Camilla Mastromarco, Università di Lecce
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-12.15: Philip Molyneux – Bangor Business School, University of Wales: Value Creation in Banking. Discussion led by Francesco Aiello, Università della Calabria
12.15-13.00: Iftekhar Hasan - Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute: TBA Discussion led by Paulo Drummond, IMF
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00-14.45: Jaap Bos – Utrecht School of Economics & Heiko Schmiedel – European Central Bank: Is there a Single Frontier in a Single European Banking Market?. Discussion led by Stefania Rossi, Università di Cagliari
14.45-15.30: Michel Dietsch – Universitè de Strasbourg: The effects of the Environment on Profit Efficiency of Bank Branching. Discussion led by Cinzia Daraio, Università di Pisa
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
16.00-16.45: Emili Grifell-Tatjè – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Profit and Productivity: Differences across Organizational Forms. Discussion led by Angelo Zago, Università di Verona
16.45-18.00: Panel Discussion on: “Productivity and Efficiency of European Banks”,
Paulo Drummond – International Monetary Fund (to be confirmed) Giorgio Gobbi – Servizio Studi Banca d’Italia Philip Molyneux – Bangor Business School, University of Wales Heiko Schmiedel – European Central Bank
Lecturers
Neal Gandal, TelAviv University and CEPR
Massimo Motta, European University Institute, Florence, University of Bologna, CESifo and CEPR
Giancarlo Spagnolo, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', SITE - Stockholm School of Economics, and CEPR
Topics covered in the School
1) Introduction to the new empirical IO a) Discrete Choice models of product differentiation b) Empirical applications (including Merger Analysis) using the new empirical IO in network industries 2) An introduction to Network Economics a) Network externalities and switching costs 3) Antitrust for networks a) Predation b) Interoperability in asymmetric networks c) Exclusive dealing d) Price discrimination and rebates e) Tying 4) Antitrust and Innovation (with network bias) a) free entry vs incumbency value b) merger control c) IPRs and Standards d) Mistakes and optimal antitrust enforcement in innovative/network industries with special reference to the application of Art. 82 5) Antitrust in financial networks (Banking industry, Credit cards)
The Summer School is intended for academic, governmental agencies and corporate participants. Given the objective of achieving an advanced level a Master in Economics is considered a prerequisite .
Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own research ideas in a relaxed and open atmosphere.
Enrolment will be limited to 35 fellows, all of whom will be in residence. We encourage Ph.D. students to submit complete papers or detailed research proposals raising the conceptual and methodological problems they face and that they would like to discuss.
Registration fees will be 600 € and include accommodation and meals (half-board) during the school. Ph.D students are entitled to a 70% discount ( fees 180 €). Academics are entitled to a 50% discount ( fees 300 €).
All participants are asked to stay for the entire duration of the summer school (participants will have to cover travel to the conference).
The application form should be submitted together with a short CV. A research proposal or completed papers (only in pdf format) can also be submitted.
All material should be sent, no later than May 22, 2007 to
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