MAER-Net Colloquium
Greenwich University, School of Business
October 11-12, 2019

Visit Colloquium website to register (no fee) and for further information at:https://www.gre.ac.uk/events/current-events/faculty-of-business/2019-MAER-Net-Colloquiumd11-10-2019-a1642846
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Greenwich University
Friday, Oct 11, 2019

{Keynote speeches: 35 minutes; Papers: 20 min; Discussions: 5 min}08:15 08:45 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30

Hamilton House: 101
Welcome Address –Plenary Session I: (Chair: Denise Hawkes)

10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 12:30

Keynote: Thinking outside the box: its challenges and achievements whensynthesising economics research
Sandy Oliver UCL, Institute of Education, London, UK
Individual discount rates: Experimental evidence
Tomas Havranek Charles University & Czech National Bank
Cognitive training does not work at all
Giovanni Sala Osaka University, Japan
BreakParallel Session Ia: Labour Economics (Chair: Robert Gal)

10:45 - 12:30

Is profit sharing productive?
Patrice Laroche Université de Lorraine, France
Minimum wages and poverty
Georgios Giotis University of Ioanniana, Greece
Gender wage gap in China
Xinxin Ma University of Toyama, JapanThe elasticity of substitution between capital and labour
Patrick Zwerschke Technical University, Dresden, Germany
Parallel Session Ib: Finance (Chair: Evzen Kocenda)

12:30 - 13:30

Forward rate unbiasedness puzzle
Diana Zigraiova Charles University, Czech RepublicCommodity futures hedge rates
Devmali Perera Canterbury University, New ZealandRelationship banking and firm performance
Louis Raes Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Idiosyncratic volatility and expected returns
Sebastian Seidens Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
Lunch -For more information visit Colloquium websites: https://www.gre.ac.uk/events/currentevents/faculty-of-business/2019-MAER-Net-Colloquium-d11-10-2019-a1642846 &https://www.maer-net.org/2019-greenwich
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Friday, October 11 - Continued
13:30 - 15:10

Colloquium: Replication ‘Crisis’ or Credibility Revolution(Chair: Chris Doucouliagos)
Why we need more multi-lab or multi-condition studies rather than highpowered studies
Marcel van Assen Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Correcting for publication bias in a meta-analysis with p-uniform*

15:30 - 17:10

Robbie C.M. van Aert Tilburg University, The Netherlands
When and why to replicate: As easy as 1, 2, 3?
Sarahanne Field University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Making meta-analysis credible again: Median retrospective power
Tom Stanley Deakin University, Australia
BreakParallel Session IIa: Law, Taxes, & Intellectual Property Protection(Chair: Satoshi Mizobata)
Explaining differences in judicial efficiency
Francesco Aielloa University of Calabria, Italy
Are the results of tax incentives so unambiguous?
Florence Blandinieres ZEW, Germany
Does intellectual property rights protection spur innovation and diffusion?
Hoang M. Luong Greenwich University, UKIs intellectual property rights protection good for growth and productivity?
Mehmet Ugur Greenwich University, UK
Parallel Session IIb: Methods (Chair: Marcel van Assen)

19:00 - 21:00

Statistical properties of multiple FAT-PET-MRA
Pedro Bom University of Deusto, Spain
The meta-plot: A descriptive tool for meta-analysis
Hilde Augusteijn Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Sample overlap in marketing
Heiko Rachinger Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Assessing quality and susceptibility to bias
Anande Semwenda UCL, Institute of Education, London, UK
Dinner –15:10 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:10For more information visit Colloquium websites: https://www.gre.ac.uk/events/currentevents/faculty-of-business/2019-MAER-Net-Colloquium-d11-10-2019-a1642846 &https://www.maer-net.org/2019-greenwich
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Saturday, October 12
8:30-9:00
9:00 – 10:30

10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 12:45

MAER-Net Open Forum
Plenary Session III: (Chair: Tomas Havranek)
Keynote: Identification of and correction for publication bias
Isaiah Andrews Harvard University, US
Human rights and aid allocations
Martin Paldam University of Aarhus, Denmark
Financial development and income inequality
Nora Freudenberg Zeppelin University, Germany
BreakParallel Session IIIa: FDI, the Euro and Losses (Chair: Mehmet Ugur)

Synchronisation and the Euro
Jarko Fidrmuc Zeppelin University, Germany
Does investor protection increase FDI?
Ichiro Iwasaki Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Motives to invest in Africa
Amar Anwar Cape Breton University, Canada
Does the EMU promote FDI?
Biljana Avramovska University of Staffordshire, UK
Meta-analysis of loss aversion
Taisuke Imai LMU Munich, Germany
10:45 - 12:45
Parallel Session IIIb: Government, Politics and the Environment(Chair: Joanna Tyrowicz)On the impact of environmental events
Gunther Capelle Blancard Université de Paris 1 Sorbonne, France
Does inter-municipal cooperation really reduce delivery costs?
Marianna Sebő Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Social impacts on the adoption of organic foodQuang Nguyen University of Strasbourg, France
Which get-out-the-vote initiatives genuinely work?
Tom Rutter London School of Economics, UK
Does the ‘Left’ spend more?
Georgios Magkonis Portsmouth Business School, UK
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch For more information visit Colloquium websites: https://www.gre.ac.uk/events/currentevents/faculty-of-business/2019-MAER-Net-Colloquium-d11-10-2019-a1642846 &https://www.maer-net.org/2019-greenwich
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Saturday, October 12 - Continued
13:45 - 15:45
Plenary Session IV: Symposium on Meta-Research (Chair: Tom Stanley)
Publication bias and editorial statements on negative findings
Abel Brodeur University of Ottawa, Canada
Publication bias and academic age
Katarina Zigova University of Konstanz, Germany
The (non-)significance of reporting errors in economics
Stephan B. Bruns University of Goettingen, Germany
Glory without power: A new ranking of journals
Chris Doucouliagos, Deakin University, Australia
Methods matter: p-hacking and causal inference in economics
Nikolai Cook University of Ottawa, Canada
15:45 - 16:00
16:00 - ?

BreakPlenary Session V: (Chair: Pedro Bom)

Crime and punishment of listed companiesEvžen Kočenda Charles University, Czech RepublicSocial capital and healthRobert Reed University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Cross-cultural apology studies
Puyu Ning Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Life after the viva: Assessing economic impact of the doctoral degrees
Aleksandra Griazina UCL Institute of Education, London, UKFor more information visit Colloquium websites: https://www.gre.ac.uk/events/currentevents/faculty-of-business/2019-MAER-Net-Colloquium-d11-10-2019-a1642846 &https://www.maer-net.org/2019-greenwich
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