Following the success of the first two BEA seminars back in May/June, we would like to transform these trials into a regular seminar series.
We are pleased to invite you to the first BEA’s Online Research Seminar of this new academic year, and are delighted to welcome Marit Hinnosaar (University of Nottingham and Collegio Carlo Alberto). Marit has published articles in journals such as the European Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization and the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming). After studying at the University of Tartu, she pursued her studies in the USA where she earned a PhD from Northwestern University. Since 2016, Marit is also a CEPR Research Affiliate.
Seminars are scheduled to take place once a month with the purpose of developing personal contacts and promoting joint scholarly research and intellectual exchange between economists of the Baltic region.
Speaker: Marit Hinnosaar (University of Nottingham and Collegio Carlo Alberto, CEPR)
Title: Persistence in alcohol consumption: Evidence from migrants
Co-author: Elaine M. Liu (University of Houston)
Date: Thursday, October 1
Time: 16:00 Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn
Facilitator: Karsten Staehr (Bank of Estonia, Tallinn University of Technology)
Abstract: How malleable is alcohol consumption? Specifically, how much is alcohol consumption driven by the current environment versus individual characteristics? To answer this question, we analyze changes in alcohol purchases when consumers move from one state to another in the United States. Right after moving, movers’ alcohol purchases converge sharply toward the average level in their destination state, implying that the current environment explains about two-thirds of the differences in alcohol purchases. The adjustment takes place both on the extensive and intensive margin.
More about the speaker: http://marit.hinnosaar.net/
Zoom Dial-In Details:
Topic: BEA seminar
Time: Oct 1, 2020 04:00 PM Riga/Tallinn/Vilnius
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