Reading Group HS2020
On a weekly basis, the economic theory division meets in a reading group to discuss ongoing research projects. This semester, these meetings take place every Thursday from 16:00-17:30. Additional sessions may take place occasionally (see schedule below). Due to the situation regarding the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) the meetings will be held online this semester (via Zoom).
If you are interested please contact Romina Ruprecht.
Detailed schedule:
Date | Time | Speaker | ||
17.09.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | tbd | ||
24.09.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Romina Ruprecht - On the Negatives of Negative Interest Rates and the Positives of Exemption Threshold (joint with Aleksander Berentsen and Hugo van Buggenum) | ||
01.10.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Jeremias Lenzi (University of Basel) - Governance in Blockchain-based Systems | ||
08.10.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Pietro Grandi (Université Paris II and Boston College) - The Upside Down: Banks, Deposits and Negative Rates | ||
15.10.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Romina Ruprecht (University of Basel) - The effects of negative interest rates on bank lending and lending rates | ||
22.10.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Hugo van Buggenum (Tilburg University) - Private Assets and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies | ||
29.10.2020 | 17:00-18:30 | Guillaume Rocheteau (UCI) - Foundations of Market Power in Monetary Economies (joint with Michael Choi) | ||
05.11.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | No reading group | ||
12.11.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Mohammed Ait Lahcen (Qatar University and University of Basel) - Nonlinear Unemployment Effects of the Inflation Tax | ||
19.11.2020 | 16:00-17:30 |
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| 26.11.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Jeremias Lenzi (University of Basel) - Governance in Blockchain-based Systems | ||
| 03.12.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Mariana Rojas-Breu (Université Paris Dauphine) - Corporate Liquidity, Banking and Monetary Policy | ||
| 10.12.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Ricky Lamberty (University of Basel) - tbd | ||
| 17.12.2020 | 16:00-17:30 | Remo Nyffenegger (University of Basel) - CBDC and Savings | ||
Schedules of previous semesters can be found here: