An EST - IAP - IMMAQ event
A Journey through Microeconomics.
A Tribute to Jacques Thisse
Louvain-la-Neuve, May 11-12, 2010
Program 
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Tuesday May 11, 2010
Chair: James Friedman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10:00 Welcome by Claude d'Aspremont, President of CORE and IMMAQ
10:30-11:30 Lecture 1: Pierre Picard, Université du Luxembourg and CORE-UCL
Self-organized cities
Discussant: Etienne Wasmer, Sciences-Po, Paris
11:30-12:30 Lecture 2: Kristian Behrens, Université du Québec à Montréal
Trade, wages, and productivity
Discussant: Joe Tharakan, Université de Liège and CORE-UCL
Lunch
13:30-14:30 Lecture 3: Giordano Mion, London School of Economics
Trade crisis? What trade crisis?
Discussant: Antonio Teixeira, European Commission
14:30-15:30 Lecture 4: Gianmarco Ottaviano, Università di Bologna
Market size, competition, and the product mix of exporters
Discussant: Susana Peralta, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Keynote lecture by Elhanan Helpman, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University
Income distribution, product quality, and international trade and investment
Chapter 1 from Specialization and Interdependence in the Global Economy
Coffee break
17:30 Conferment of the Doctor Honoris Causa to Elhanan Helpman
by Bruno Delvaux, rector at Université catholique de Louvain
18:30 Dinner in honour of Jacques Thisse
Wednesday May 12, 2010
Chair: Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira, Université de Strasbourg
9:00-10:00 Lecture 5: Yves Zenou, Stockholm University
Juvenile delinquency and conformism
Discussant: Antoine Billot, Université Paris 2
10:00-11:00 Lecture 6: Masahisa Fujita, RIETI and Konan University
The dynamics of knowledge diversity and economic growth
Discussant: Florian Mayneris, CORE-UCL
Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Lecture 7: Gilles Duranton, University of Toronto
Productive cities: sorting, selection and agglomeration
Discussant: Diego Puga, IMDEA, Madrid
Lunch
Chair: Pierre Hansen, HEC Montréal and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
13:30-14:30 Lecture 8: Simon Anderson, University of Virginia
Aggregative games with entry
Discussant: Malgorzata Knauff, Warsaw School of Economics
Coffee break
15:00-16:00 Lecture 9: Jean Gabszewicz, CORE-UCL
Nesting vertical and horizontal product differentiation
Discussant: Jon Hamilton, University of Florida
16:00-17:00 Lecture 10: Konrad Stahl, University of Mannheim
Ownership and control in differentiated product markets
Discussant: Joana Resende, Cef up and Universidade do Porto
Farewell drink at Foyer du Lac
Scientific committee
Paul Belleflamme (CORE-UCL)
Claude d'Aspremont (CORE-UCL)
Dominique Peeters (CORE-UCL)
Erik Schokkaert (CES-KUL and CORE-UCL)
Hylke Vandenbussche (CORE & IRES-UCL)
Vincent Vannetelbosch (CORE-UCL)
Sponsors
Communauté Française de Belgique
EST Programme, European Commission
Fondation CORE
Politique Scientifique Fédérale
Université catholique de Louvain, IMMAQ
Registration
REGISTRATION FREE BUT MANDATORY WITH BEFORE APRIL 20, 2010
Accommodation (by yourself and at your own cost)
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Hotel Mercure
Boulevard de Lauzelle 61
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel: (+32)10/450751
@: h2200@accor.com
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Hotel Leonardo (more difficult public transportation to LLN)
Rue de la Wastinne 45
B-1301 Wavre
Tel: (+32)10/411363
@: info.wavre@leonardo-hotels.com
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At Home Hotel (more difficult public transportation to LLN)
Place Bosch 33
B-1300 Wavre
Tel: (+32)10/228383
@: contact@at-homehotel.be
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Hotels in Brussels (30km/45' by train)
Location of Meeting
Aula Magna
Terrasse de l'Aula 4
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
How to arrive:
- if you are coming by car, free parking is available (follow the road signs from Exit 8a on E411)
- if you are coming by train or flight, check website (road signs from train station)
Contact & information
Sylvie Mauroy
CORE
34 voie du Roman Pays
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Email :
Phone : (+32)10/474315
