Panel Discussion on Foreign Land Ownership Regulation
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On Friday, February 13, 2015 a debate on a new law on agricultural land ownership was held at Expo Georgia. The debate was organized by USAID’s G4G project and ISET. The debate’s panel comprised government officials, experts, foreign investors and businesses, and the event was moderated by Eric Livny, Director of the International School of Economics. The panel convened to explore issues surrounding foreign ownership of agricultural land in Georgia.
In 2013, the Georgian government imposed a temporary moratorium on the acquisition of agricultural land by foreigners.
Friday the 13th: The Empirics of Bad Luck
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On Friday, February 13th, ISET hosted Dr. Jan Fidrmuc from Brunel University, who presented a paper he co-authored with Juan De Dios Tena titled “Friday the 13th: The Empirics of Bad Luck”.
The speaker began his presentation by providing examples of superstitious beliefs in different countries and pointed out superstitions related to the number 13 and Friday the 13th—The authors of the paper wanted to check empirically how can be bad luck associated to superstitious beliefs. To do so, the authors compared people born on the 13th day of a month or on Black Fridays. Due to superstitious beliefs, people are often extra careful and empirically it is not possible to check the effect of an event that is believed to be unlucky.
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