The Workshop runs from 12.45 to 18.15 on Thursday 28 September and 9.00 to 13.00 on Friday 29 September.

It’s an open workshop. If you are in Vienna and interested, you can sign up here.

CEU, Quellenstrasse 51, D-001 (ground floor)

Thursday (12.45-18.15)

Chair: Mats Köster (CEU)

Papers to be presented and discussed (30 minute presentation, 7 minute discussion and 7 minute Q&A)*

Lunch [12.15-12.45] for all presenters/discussants

  1. [12.45-13.00] Gábor Békés Opening of the workshop

  2. [13.00-13.45] Paolo Falco (Uni Copenhagen): It’s a Sure Win! Experimental Evidence on Overconfidence in Betting Behavior

  3. [13.45-14.30] Jan C. van Ours (Uni Rotterdam): The impact of high temperatures on performance in work-related activities (with Matteo Picchio)
    • Discussant: Hendrik Mahklow (Kiel Institute and Wifo)
  4. [15.00-15.45] Mattia Filomena (Masaryk Uni Brno): This Must Be the Place: Local Amenities and Superstars’Wages (with Francesco Principe)
    • Discussant: Beate Thies (Uni Wien)
  5. [15.45-16.30] Bence Szabó (Uni Corvinus Budapest): Passing with the Stars: Learning from coworkers in collaborative jobs (with Gábor Békés)
    • Discussant: Zsófia Bárány (CEU)

Papers with short presentations (15 minute presentation, 5 minute Q&A)

  1. [17.20-17.40] Enzo Brox (Uni St Gallen): Effort provision in contests with heterogeneous agents (with Daniel Goller)

  2. [17.40-18.00] Anna Jacobs (Bielefeld and Kiel Institute): Gravity of Attention and Affection: Evidence from Tweets during the World Cup (with Julian Hinz)

Dinner [19.00-22.00] for all presenters/discussants

Friday (09.00-13.00)

Chair: Paolo Falco (Uni Copenhagen)

Papers to be presented and discussed (30 minute presentation, 7 minute discussion and 7 minute Q&A)

Breakfast [8.30-9.00] for all participants

  1. [9.00-09.45] Balázs Kovács (Yale SOM): The Effect of Political Polarization on Performance (with Tim Sels)
    • Discussant: Dóra G. Petróczy (NJE/MNB Budapest)
  2. [9.45-10.30] Samuel Hoey (Uni Liverpool): One’s Pain is Another’s Gain - Early Career Exposure and Later Labor Market Outcomes
    • Discussant: Balazs Lengyel (Corvinus Budapest, KRTK)
  3. [11.00-11.45] Julian Hinz (Bielefeld and Kiel Institute): Spatial frictions in the market for talent (with Keith Head)
    • Discussant: Alejandro Cunat (Vienna)

Papers with short presentations (15 minute presentation, 5 minute Q&A)

  1. [12.00-12.20 ] Guillermo Woo Mora (Paris School of Economics): Skin Tone Penalties: Bottom-up Discrimination in Football (with Donia Kamela)

  2. [12.20-12.40] Denis Ivanov (Uni Corvinus Budapest): Wealth Inequality and Mega Events

  3. [12.40-13.00] Gábor Békés (CEU): Adaptive Behaviors to Shocks in Organizations: Evidence from Football (with Endre Borza, Balázs Lengyel and Balázs Kovács)

Lunch [13.00-14.00] for all presenters/discussants