SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR YOUNG ECONOMIST'S SEMINAR

• Dr Randall K. Filer, Professor, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, CERGE-EI, Chairman of the Committee
• Dr Evan Kraft, Professor, American University
• Dr Paul Wachtel, Professor, New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Member of the Committee

PAPERS

Session I

• Vahagn Jerbashian: Automation and Job Polarization: On the Decline of Middling Occupations in Europe
  Presentation
• Zurab Abramishvili: An Impact Evaluation of Mass Replacement of School Principals in Georgia
  Presentation
  Comment by Oleh Havrylyshyn

Session II

• Hans Degryse, Olivier De Jonghe, Sanja Jakovljević, Klaas Mulier and Glenn Schepens: The Impact of Bank Shocks on Firm-Level Outcomes and Bank Risk-Taking
  Presentation
  Comment by Yuemei Ji
  Comment by Evan Kraft
• Alin Marius Andrieş, Simona Nistor and Nicu Sprincean: Market Reactions to the Assessment of Other Systemically Important Institutions
  Presentation
  Comment by Evan Kraft

Session III

• Petar Stankov: The Political Economy of Populism: An Empirical Investigation
  Presentation
  Comment by Oleh Havrylyshyn
• Ricardo Vicente: Sovereign Default and Coalition Formation
  Presentation