Seminars

Spring 2013

Last updated:April 23, 2013

NOTE: All seminars this semester will be held in CPCOM 416 and presented from 3:30-5:00pm. 

 

Note on links to papers: Some links point to the authors' web pages. The papers presented in the workshop may be updated versions of the papers on the web.

 

 Day Speaker Title
Jan. 11
F Paul Klein - RESCHEDULED
Simon Fraser University
 
Jan. 14
M    
Jan. 18
F Irina Telyukova
University of California, San Diego
 Home Equity in Retirement (with M. Nakajima)
Jan. 21
M MLK Holiday
 
Jan. 25
F  
Jan. 28
M    
Feb. 1
F Kevin Roth *
Cornell University
The Unintended Consequences of Uncoordinated Regulation: Evidence from the Transportation Sector
Feb. 4
M Steve Cicala *
Harvard University
When Does Regulation Distort Costs? Lessons from Fuel Procurement in US Electricity Generation
Feb. 8
F    
Feb. 11
M Lint Barrage *
Yale University
Optimal Dynamic Carbon Taxes in a Climate-Economy Model with Distortionary Fiscal Policy
Feb. 15
F Francisco Costa *
London School of Economics and Political Science
Can Rationing Affect Long Run Behavior? Evidence from Brazil
Feb. 18
M Jessamyn Schaller
University of Arizona
Economic Conditions and Child Abuse (with J. Lindo and B. Hansen)
Feb. 22
F Leena Rudanko
Boston University
Unions in a Frictional Labor Market (with P. Krusell)
Feb. 25
M Federico Echenique
California Institute of Technology
How to Control Controlled School Choice (with B. Yenmez)
March 1
F Claudia Olivetti
Boston University
In the Name of the Son (and the Daughter): Intergenerational Mobility in  the United States, 1850-1930 (with M. D. Paserman)




March 4
M Randy Walsh
University of Pittsburgh
A Poll Tax by any Other Name: The Political Economy of Disenfranchisement in the Post-Reconstruction South (with D. Jones and W. Troesken)
March 8
F Spring Break
 
March 11
M Spring Break
 
March 15
F Spring Break
 
March 18
M Mark Machina
University of California, San Diego
Ambiguity Aversion with Three or More Outcomes
March 22
F Diego Restuccia - CANCELLED
University of Toronto
 
March 25
M Matt Shum
California Institute of Technology
From the Lab to the Field: the Design and Performance of an Information Aggregation Mechanism Inside Intel (with B. Gillen and C. Plott)
March 29
F Paul Klein
Simon Fraser University
Consumption risk sharing under private information when earnings are persistent (with M. Kapicka and T. Broer)
April 1
M Mallesh Pai
University of Pennsylvania
Symmetric Auctions (with R. Deb)
April 5
F Guillaume Vandenbroucke
University of Southern California
Fertility and Wars: The Case of World War I in France
April 8
M Brian McManus
University of North Carolina
Market Structure, Reputation, and the Value of Quality Certification (with D. Elfenbein and R. Fisman)
April 12
F Erik Hurst
University of Chicago Booth School
Manufacturing Decline, Housing Booms, and Non-Employment (with K. K. Charles and M. J. Notowidigdo)
April 15
M Juan Pablo Rincon Zapatero - CANCELLED
Carlos III University, Madrid

April 19
F Georg Duernecker
University of Mannheim
Technology Adoption, Turbulence and the Dynamics of Unemployment
April 22
M Jon James
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Learning and Occupational Sorting
April 26
F Mark Bils
CANCELLED
University of Rochester
 
April 29
M
Ron Siegel
Northwestern University
Large Contests (with W. Olszewski)
             *Environmental Recruiting Candidate
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