Applied Microeconomics
Applied Microeconomics
The Applied Microeconomics research group unites researchers working on a broad array of topics within such areas as labour economics, economics of education, health economics, family economics, urban economics, environmental economics, and the economics of science and innovation. The group operates in close collaboration with the CAGE Research Centre.
The group participates in the CAGE seminar on Applied Economics, which runs weekly on Tuesdays at 2:15pm. Students and faculty members of the group present their ongoing work in two brown bag seminars, held weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1pm. Students, in collaboration with faculty members, also organise a bi-weekly reading group in applied econometrics on Thursdays at 1pm. The group organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Research Away Day and several thematic workshops.
Our activities
Work in Progress seminars
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2pm
Students and faculty members of the group present their work in progress in two brown bag seminars. See below for a detailed scheduled of speakers.
Applied Econometrics reading group
Thursdays (bi-weekly) 1-2pm
Organised by students in collaboration with faculty members. See the Events calendar below for further details
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Applied Microeconomics Group are:
Research Students
Events
CRETA Seminar - Luciano Pomatto (Caltech)
Abstract: Smooth ambiguity preferences (Klibanoff, Marinacci, and Mukerji, 2005) describe a decision maker who evaluates each act according to a twofold expectation defined by a utility function, an ambiguity index , and a belief over a set of probabilities. We revisit the logic behind this well known representation. We interpret the set of probabilities as a subjective statistical model, and posit that according to the decision maker it is point identified. Our main result is an axiomatic foundation for this representation within the standard Anscombe-Aumann framework. The result is based on a joint weakening of the Savage and the Anscombe-Aumann axioms. Finally, we extend the analysis to statistical models that are partially identified, in order to capture ambiguity about unknowables.