Sylvia Blom
Cornell UniversitySylvia Blom is a PhD candidate in applied economics at Cornell University. Her research focuses on issues in development, health, behavior, and nutrition especially in relation to climate change and urbanization. She previously worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Leda Maria Bonazzi
University of EssexI am a research assistant at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. I have obtained my PhD from the DEFAP PhD Program of University of Milano- Bicocca (2019). My research interests lie primarily in the field of Microeconomic Theory with a focus on Industrial Organization and Contract Theory.
Nicola Borri
LUISS UniversityI am a macro-finance economist in the Department of Economics and Finance at LUISS University, Rome. I joined the faculty at LUISS in 2009, after completing my PhD in economics at Boston University. I also hold a BA and a MA in economics from Bocconi University, Milan. My research interests are at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance. Some of my recent papers appeared on the Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Economic Letters, Critical Finance Review, Finance Research Letters. My paper Sovereign Risk Premia (joint with Adrien Verdelhan, MIT) received the ABI Country Forum Best Paper Award at the International Risk Management Conference 2010, and the 2010 WRDS Best Paper Award at the European Financial Management Association Conference.
Olga Briukhova
University of Zurich, Swiss Finance InstituteOlga Briukhova is a Swiss Finance Institute PhD Candidate in Finance at the University of Zurich. Olga works on topics of financial regulation, systemic risk, financial stability, complex networks, derivatives markets, and macroprudential policy tools. She holds a Master degree in Economics from the University of Bonn (Germany) and a Bachelor degree in Economics from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia).
Martin Benedikt Busch
University of CopenhagenI try to improve our understanding of how the structure of social and economic networks affects human behavior. I study how perceptions of one’s social environment shapes one’s decisions, why the structure of our environment matters, and how it evolves over time. Due to the endogenous nature of social networks, I use economic theory to disentangle competing effects that are usually not separable using observational network data. Whenever possible, I use the laboratory to test network effects in isolation.
Undral Byambadalai
Boston UniversityI am a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Boston University. My primary research interests are in econometric theory and applied econometrics. I am also interested in applied microeconomics. Prior to my graduate studies, I received a Bachelor of Commerce and Management from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
Daniele Caliari
QMULI am a PhD Student at QMUL. My research interests are Behavioural and Experimental economics with reference to Decision Theory and Stochastic Choice.
Alessandro Castagnetti
Warwick UniversityI am a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Warwick. In fall 2018 I visited the Center for Experimental Social Science (CESS) at New York University. My research interests are Behavioral and Experimental Economics. In particular, I work on two broad areas. First, I am interested in overconfidence and the role played by motivated beliefs. Second, I study the role of emotions in decision-making and strategic interactions.
Anand Chopra
University of British ColumbiaI am a PhD Candidate at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. My research interests are Household finance and International macroeconomics. I am especially interested in understanding household's consumption smoothing mechanisms (includes family labour supply and access to financial institutions) against income shocks, and effects of developed country's monetary policy spillovers on emerging markets.
Davide Cipullo
Uppsala UniversityI am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University, and I will be on the academic job market in Fall 2020. I conduct research in empirical and theoretical political economics. I visited the Department of Economics at Harvard University during the academic year 2018-2019, invited by Prof. Oliver Hart. Before the Ph.D., I received a double degree M.Sc. in Economics at the universities of Siena and Uppsala.