Sminaire de travaux

This workshop is aimed at helping students in writing their master thesis. Since
this thesis is due in June 8th, students should engage very rapidly in the topic
identification and drafting of their master dissertation question. In both
semesters, students are required to attend to all seminars. They will obtain a
grade for both attendance and participation (presentations) in both semesters.
Grades will be take into account also attendance and participation in the research
Development and Globalisation" seminars (organized every two Thursdays at
11am). ma
The seminar is meant to back the drafting of the Master dissertation. It will be
decomposed in three rounds.
During the first round (October/November), students will first follow two
introductory seminars on methodology and choice of dissertation topic by MarieAnne Valfort, one session on organization, one session of presentation by past
students and two training sessions at the library. By the end of that round,
students should have identified a dissertation topic and an advisor.
- Thursday 13 October : 16-19H: methodology 1
- Thursday 27 October: 16-19H: methodology 2
- Thursday 10 November : 16-17h30: presentation of the organization, objectives
and expectations for the other sessions : separation into two groups, sessions
schedule, "to do" list for the following session etc.
And one session with previous students.
Also two training sessions (to be determined) at the library by France Martin on
(1) the electronic resources in economics available at the library and the
bibliographic management (Zotero software) and (2) statistical databases
available at the library

In the next two rounds, students will be split in two groups according to their
topic. The dividing line will be either along the micro/macro split (or eventually
along the development/globalization line).

During the second round (November-December), students need to choose a

research question and propose a published reference article that relates to their
topic of research. At least one week before your presentation, the student must
send a short proposal of his research question (with reference to data and
theoretical background) and a copy of the paper so that it appears on the master
website.

-Thursday 8 November : 16-17h30 (two groups): half of each group presents the
research question, the justification of its interest, some related literature in the
field (proposition of the reference article), the dataset he wishes to use, the
identification strategy etc.
-Thursday 15 December : 16-17h30 (two groups): the other half of each group
presents the research question, the justification of its interest, some related
literature in the field (proposition of the reference article), the dataset he wishes
to use, the identification strategy etc.

During the third round (January-April), students will be required to make two
separate presentations on (1) their reference paper (which is the main source of
inspiration for the methodology followed in the master thesis) and (2) their first
results.
Proposed days for the presentation of the reference paper (half the students of
each group)
-Thursday 2 February : 16-17h30 and Thursday 16 February (two groups): half of
each group presents the reference paper
Proposed days for the presentation of the first results (half the students of each
group)
-Thursday 22 March : 16-17h30 and Thursday 5 April (two groups): half of each
group presents the progress on their master thesis.
Electronic support for all presentations is mandatory.

Early June (before June 8th): Dissertations to be defended in front of the advisor
and at least one other assessor.

As part of the Master thesis preparation, students are required to attend the
research seminar that is organized by the research Development and
Globalisation". This "DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALISATION" seminar takes place
every two weeks on Thursdays from 11 to 12.30. The program is available online
as well as the paper presented
http://sites.google.com/site/mavalfortwebpage/home/-d-g-seminars/-d-g-seminar.
Attendance to this seminar will be monitored and absence of more than of the
seminars will result in point deduction from the seminaire de travaux grade.
Also, students are welcome to attend the DOCTORAL SEMINAR
(http://sites.google.com/site/mavalfortwebpage/home/-d-g-seminars/doctoralseminar)

"DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALISATION" seminar 2011-2012 PROGRAM

Wednesday 5 October 2011: Joint seminar Development &
Globalisation/Fourgeaud
Ministry of Finances (Bercy)
General topic: Discrimination
Speakers: Luc Behagel (Paris School of Economics) and Yannick L'Horty
(University of Marne la Valle)
Thursday 20 October 2011
MSE-Paris 1, Room S2 (11H00-12H30)
Christelle DUMAS, University of CERGY-PONTOISE,
Thursday 3 November 2011
MSE-Paris 1, Room S2 (11H00-12H30)
Oliver COOMES, McGill University,
Thursday 17 November 2011
MSE-Paris 1, Room S2 (11H00-12H30)
Elise HUILLERY, Sciences Po,
Thursday 1 December 2011
MSE-Paris 1, Room S2 (11H00-12H30)
Lakshmi IYER, Harvard Business School,
Thursday 15 December 2011
MSE-Paris 1, Room S2 (11H00-12H30)
Matthieu CHEMIN, McGill University,
Wednesday 11 January 2012: Joint seminar Development &
Globalisation/Fourgeaud
Ministry of Finances (Bercy)
General topic: Aid efficiency
Speakers: Gani Aldashev (University of Namur) and Patrick Guillaumont (FERDI)
Thursday 2 February 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Mans SODERBOM, University of Gothenburg,
Thursday 16 February 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Dominic ROHNER, University of Zurich,
Thursday 1 March 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Jean-Louis ARCAND, The Graduate Institute,
Thursday 15 March 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Antonio ESTACHE, Universit Libre de Bruxelles,
Thursday 29 March 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)

Thursday 12 April 2012

MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Peter NUNNENKAMP, Kiel Institute for the World Economy,
Thursday 24 May 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Christine VALENTE, University of Sheffield,
Thursday 7 June 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)
Thursday 21 June 2012
MSE-Paris 1, Room S18 (11H00-12H30)

List of proposed Master thesis titles (by advisor) for year 2011-2012 (to
be completed)
Poverty traps (J-C Berthlemy)
Link formation and agricultural learning between farmers (M. Comola)
The role of Emerging and developing countries in the International monetary
system. Reserve currencies, new roles for international financial institutions. (F.
Coricelli)
Global imbalances : theory and empirics of current account imbalances (F.
Coricelli)
Empirical analysis of individual behavior in informal markets in Poland (F. Gardes)
Comparative study of consumer behavior based on Polish and Russian household
panel data (F. Gardes)
Study of consumer behavior and household production using household survey
data from Guatemala (F. Gardes)
Regional integration in Latin America (G. Hillcoat)
Internationalization and competitiveness of Latin American countries (G. Hillcoat)
Export diversification and economic growth in Chinese cities (S. Poncet)
What explains the duration of export linkages: the impact of destination market
accessibility (S. Poncet)
Civil war contagion (M-A. Valfort)
List of past Master thesis titles
Selection in 2011
Determinants of service sector growth in central and eastern Europe (Director:
Hillcoat)
Banking crises and the pattern of specialization (Director: Hillcoat)
Impact of energy on long term growth in transition countries (Director: Maurel)
Effects of natural disasters on human capital in a sample of Asian countries
(Director: Coricelli)
Impact of risk on agricultural households in developing countries (Director :
Cudeville)
International land acquisitions: what are the determinants (Director : Valfort)
The demographic impact of malaria fertility response to malaria - induced child
mortality (Director: Laffargue)
Poverty in rural regions and the market potential (Director: Berthlemy)
The impact of trade on employment in Colombian manufacturing sector: 20002007 (Director: Hillcoat)
A social capital approach to educational outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa
(Director: Valfort)
Testing capital and trade openness complementarity in presence of financial
frictions (Director: Coricelli)
Impact of Foreign Direct Investments in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Arab United
Emirates (Director: Hillcoat)
Excess and the bank lending channel in Ireland: changes in bank behaviour and
the role of the regulator (Director: Artus)
The relationship between aid, financial openness, and economic growth (Director:
Maurel)
The effectiveness of foreign aid: official development assistance or NGO
expenditure ? (Director: Chauvet)

Region of origin or religion? Understanding why migrants from the great middle
east are discriminated against in western european countries (Director:
Laffargue)
Under China banking system: the strategy management of commercial banks
(Director: Chatelain)
Estimating import price elasticity while controlling for quality (Director: Zagam)
information and communications technology spending and inflation at the
sectoral level (Director: Zagam)

Economie de la Mondialisation
Advisors: please also have a look at the list of past topics and of proposed topics
for 2011-12.

- Advisors in Development Economics and Transition Economics

topics

Lisa Chauvet (guenard@univ-paris1.fr)

o International financing: foreign aid, remittances
o

Civil war, political institutions

Marguerita Comola (mavalfort@gmail.com)

o

Network economics: communication, spillovers among peers

Micro-econometrics

Charlotte Gunard (guenard@univ-paris1.fr)

o

Poverty and inequality measurement: growth and poverty links

in LDCs, econometric analysis of inequality

biographical survey analysis

Elisabeth Cudeville (elisabeth.cudeville@univ-paris1.fr)

o

Economics of Gender: discrimination

Social Norms and Stereotypes

Mohamed Ali Marouani (marouani@univ-paris1.fr)

o

Public policy evaluation: labor market, computational general

equilibrium modelling

International trade and development: trade barriers to services

Marie-Anne Valfort (mavalfort@gmail.com)

o

Economics of discrimination: the integration of Muslim

immigrants into Western societies.

Political economy/Development economics: social capital and

the support for redistribution/nation-building policies.

- Advisors in International Economics and Globalisation;

Patrick Artus (patrick.artus@natixis.com)

o Finance, monetary economics: choice of exchange rate,
international monetary system.
o

Banking sector.

Jean-Claude Berthlemy (Jean-Claude.Berthelemy@univ-paris1.fr)

o

Globalization and International financing: aid allocation,

migration.

Development economics: health, education policies.

Fabrizio Coricelli (fabrizio.coricelli@gmail.com)

o

International macro-economics: financial crisis, economic

booms.

Financial economics and development: financial liberalization,

institutions.

Guillermo Hillcoat (Guillermo.Hillcoat@univ-paris1.fr)

o

Regional integration

Latin American economics

Jean-Pierre Laffargue (jean-pierre.laffargue@wanadoo.fr)

o

Labour economics: demographic issues

Open macroeconomics: taxation, modelling, simulations

Mathilde Maurel (mathilde.maurel@univ-paris1.fr

o

European regionalism

Economic, financial and labor integration

Transition economics

Sandra Poncet (sandra.poncet@univ-paris1.fr)

o

International economics: trade performance, diversification.

Development economics: financial constraints, inequality,

economic growth, China.