Conference Overview#
The “Frontier Research on Structural Econometrics: Theory and Applications” conference will be held in Toulouse on May 15-16, 2025, to celebrate the work of Thierry Magnac. The event brings together leading researchers in econometrics to present cutting-edge work in the field.
Conference Details#
Venue: Auditorium Jean-Jacques Laffont, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Address: 1, Esplanade de l’Université, 31080 Toulouse Cedex 06
Organizers#
- Christian BONTEMPS (TSE)
- Pierre DUBOIS (TSE)
- Nour MEDDAHI (TSE)
Conference Program#
Thursday, May 15, 2025#
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome Words
09:10 - 10:30 SESSION T-I
Richard Blundell (UCL) (with R. Gu, S. Leth-Petersen, H. Low, and C. Meghir)
“Durables and Lemons: Private Information and the Market for Cars”
Discussant: Mathias Reynaert (TSE)Anaïs FABRE (IFS)
“The Geography of Higher Education and Spatial Inequalities”
Discussant: Paul Diegert (TSE)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee & Tea Break
11:00 - 13:00 SESSION T-II
Jean-Marc Robin (Sciences Po) (with J. He)
“Ridge Estimation of High Dimensional Two-Way Fixed Effect Regression”
Discussant: Koen Jochmans (TSE)Valérie Lechene (UCL) (with R. Blundell, H. Karjalainen, and K. Pendakur)
“Gender Inequality in Expenditure: Great Britain 1978 to 2019”
Discussant: Matteo Bobba (TSE)Christian Bontemps (TSE) (with R. Kumar and M. Lesellier)
“Smoothed Inference for Moment Inequality Models”
Discussant: Vishal Kamat (Queen Mary University of London)
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 15:35 SESSION T-III
Bernard Salanié (Columbia University) (with S. Maliar)
“Testing for Asymmetric Information in Insurance with Deep Learning”
Discussant: Xintong Han (Université Laval)Christophe Bruneel (KU Leuven)
“Don’t (Fully) Exclude Me, It’s Not Necessary! Identification with Semi-IVs”
Discussant: Pascal Lavergne (TSE)
15:35 - 16:05 Coffee & Tea Break
16:05 - 17:25 SESSION T-IV
Robert A. Miller (Carnegie Mellon University) (with R. Lessem)
“Matching Job Applicants to Vacancies: An Empirical Model”
Discussant: Alfred Galichon (NYU and Science Po)Laurent Gobillon (PSE) (with P.-P. Combes, G. Duranton, C. Gorin, and F. Robert-Nicoud)
“Urbanisation and Urban Divergence, France 1760-2020”
Discussant: Stéphane Gregoir (TSE)
19:00 Dinner
Friday, May 16, 2025#
09:00 - 10:20 SESSION F-I
Jean-Pierre Florens (TSE) (with R. Camboni, A. Enache, P. Gagnepain, D. Martimort, and P. Valbonesi)
“Decentralization, Central Control, and Local Capture in Pharmaceutical Procurement”
Discussant: Emmanuel Guerre (Queen Mary University of London)Michael Visser (CREST) (with L. Linnemer)
“Does Supplementary Income for the Elderly Extend their Lifetime? Evidence from Viager Sellers”
Discussant: Natalia Khorunzhina (Copenhagen Business School)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee & Tea Break
10:50 - 12:50 SESSION F-II
Christian Gouriéroux (TSE, University of Toronto, and CREST) (with A. Monfort)
“Affine Feedforward Stochastic (AFS) Neural Network”
Discussant: Enrique Sentana (CEMFI)Sébastien Roux (INSEE) (with L. Gobillon and T. Magnac)
“Lifecycle Wages and Human Capital Investments: Selection and Missing Data”
Discussant: François Poinas (TSE)Pierre Dubois (TSE) (with A. Pakes)
“Pharmaceutical Advertising in Dynamic Equilibrium”
Discussant: Bernard Salanié (Columbia University)
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch
14:00 - 15:20 SESSION F-III
Francesca Molinari (Cornell University) (with Y. Liu)
“Inference for an Algorithmic Fairness-Accuracy Frontier”
Discussant: Eric Gautier (TSE)David Pacini (University of Bristol) (with C. Bontemps and T. Magnac)
“Linear Models with Interval-Censored Variables”
Discussant: Christophe Gaillac (University of Geneva)
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee & Tea Break
15:50 - 17:10 SESSION F-IV
Costas Meghir (Yale University) (with P.-A. Chiappori and Y. Okuyama)
“Intra-Household Welfare Inequality and Household Public Goods”
Discussant: Tim Ederer (Carnegie Mellon University)Tuuli Vanhapelto (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow)
“Aggregation Bias in Spatial Discrete Choice Models”
Discussant: Arnaud Maurel (Duke University)
17:10 Adjourn
Conference Secretariat#
Christelle FAUCHIE & Valérie PLACIER
Email: tsefinet@tse-fr.eu