The 25th conference of the Coalition Theory Network, May 21-22, 2020 (postponed to May 2021 due to COVID-19)
The Coalition Theory Network (CTN) is an association of nine high-level scientific institutions whose aim is the advancement and diffusion of research in the area of network theory and coalition formation. Its next anual conference is organized by Flip Klijn (IAE-CSIC and Barcelona GSE), Jordi Massó (UAB and Barcelona GSE), Pau Milán (UAB and Barcelona GSE), Antonio Miralles (UAB and Barcelona GSE), and Amedeo Piolatto (UAB and Barcelona GSE).

"Information Frictions and Market Power: A Laboratory Study"
Jordi Brandts, Anna Bayona and Xavier Vives, Games and Economic Behavior, 122, 2020, 354-369.

"Narrow Banking with Modern Depository Institutions: Is There a Reason to Panic?"
Hugo Rodríguez, forthcoming in International Journal of Central Banking.

"Coalitional Bargaining with Consistent Counterfactuals"
Roberto Burguet and Ramon Caminal, Journal of Economic Theory, 187, 2020, article 105013.

"Bidding for the Better Jobs: An Experiment on Gender Differences in Competitiveness without a Real-Effort Task"
Andrej Angelovski, Jordi Brandts and Werner Güth, Barcelona GSE Working Paper No. 1185 - June 2020

"Equal and Unequal Profit Sharing in Highly Interdependent Work Groups: A Laboratory Experiment"
Andrej Angelovski, Jordi Brandts and Carles Solà, Barcelona GSE Working Paper No. 1169 - April 2020

"Terror and Tourism: The Economic Consequences of Media Coverage"
Timothy Besley, Thiemo Fetzer and Hannes Mueller, Barcelona GSE Working Paper No. 1141 - January 2020

2020-07-22: Ferrer-i-Carbonell on well-being and mental health in times of the COVID19 pandemia
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (IAE-CSIC, Barcelona GSE, IZA) participated in a roundtable organized by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) on the COVID19 pandemia. She argued that issues of mental health, subjective well-being, and trust between authorities and citizens require that decision-making teams incorporate experts from a variety of fields.

2020-07-19: Ferrer-i-Carbonell on communication and recent measures in the COVID19 crisis
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (IAE-CSIC, Barcelona GSE, IZA) participated in a radio program (RAC1) on recent restrictions and measures in the COVID19 crisis. She commented on communication between authorities and citizens, mental health, and meeting the needs of youth.

2020-06-08: Farré on measures to tackle the gender gap exacerbated by the COVID19 crisis
Lídia Farré, affiliated researcher at the IAE-CSIC, participated in the Economic Reactivation Working group (of the Commission for Social and Economic Reconstruction) at the Congreso de los Diputados. During her intervention (2h34m and 3h27m) she proposed measures to tackle the gender gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.