Past Seminar Series
Semester 1, 2015/2016
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Date
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Topic
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Speaker
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| Aug 11 Tue |
Frictions, Trends, and the Great Recession | Pablo Guerron Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Aug 11 Tue |
Natural Selection, Game Theory and Genetic Diversity
Venue: SJR |
Georgios Piliouras Singapore University of Technology and Design |
| Aug 11 Tue, 10.30 - 12 nn |
Recursive Lexicographical Search: Finding all Markov Perfect Equilibria of Finite State Directional Dynamic Games
Venue: AS2 05-09 |
John Rust Georgetown University |
| Aug 13 Thu |
The Role of Bounded Rationality and Imperfect Information in Subgame Perfect Implementation - An Empirical Investigation | Tom Wilkening University of Melbourne |
| Aug 13 Thu |
Quantile Treatment Effects in Difference in Differences Models with Panel Data
Venue: SJR |
Li Tong Vanderbilt University |
| Aug 14 FRI |
A Tale of Transition: An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality in Urban China, 1986-2009
Venue: SJR |
Hui He International Monetary Fund |
| Aug 17 MON |
Welfare analysis of health insurance
1. Selection In Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures 2. The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment |
Amy Finkelstein Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Aug 25 Tue |
Spatial Inequality Within and Between Cities | Tang Yang Nanyang Technological University |
| Aug 25 Tue |
Non-Binding Agreements and Forward Induction Reasoning
Venue: SJR |
Emiliano Catonini National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| Aug 27 Thu |
Geography and Innovation: Evidence from Nobel Laureates | John Ham |
| Sep 01 Tue |
Welfare and Optimal Trading Frequency in Dynamic Double Auctions
Venue: SJR |
Songzi Du Simon Fraser University |
| Sep 01 Tue |
Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy | Omer Moav University of Warwick |
| Sep 03 Thu |
Expecting the Unexpected: Emissions Uncertainty and Environmental Market Design | James Bushnell University of California, Davis |
| Sep 04 FRI, 10:30 - 12 nn |
Three-stage Semi-Parametric Inference: Control Variables and Differentiability
Venue:Â AS1 02-05 |
Hahn Jinyong University of California, Los Angeles |
| Sep 07 MON |
The Equilibrium Real Funds Rate: Past, Present And Future | Kenneth D. West University of Wisconsin |
| Sep 08 Tue |
Estimating Border Effects:Â The Impact of Geographic Aggregation
Venue: SJR |
Dennis Novy University of Warwick |
| Sep 08 Tue |
Approximate Bias In Time Series Regressions | Kenneth D. West University of Wisconsin |
| Sep 10 Thu |
An Improved Bootstrap Test of Density Ratio Ordering
|
Brendan K. Beare University of California, San Diego |
| Sep 15 Tue |
International Financial Integration and Crisis Contagion | Changhua Yu University International Business and Economics |
| Sep 17 Thu |
Testing for Jump Intensity and Path Dependence | Valentina Corradi University of Surrey |
| Sep 22 Tue |
Third-Party Sale of Information | Robert Evans University of Cambridge |
| Sep 29 Tue |
Shocking language: Understanding the macroeconomic effects of central bank communication | Michael McMahon University of Warwick |
| Sep 29 Tue |
Costly Self-Control and Limited Willpower
Venue: SJR |
Liang Meng-Yu Academia Sinica |
| Sep 30 WED |
Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being? | Zhang Xiabo Peking University & IFPRI |
| Oct 06 Tue |
Stagnation Traps | Luca Fornaro CREI & Universtat Pompeu Fabra |
| Oct 06 Tue |
Scarcity of Ideas and Optimal Awards in Innovation Contests
Venue: SJR |
Jun Xiao University of Melbourne |
| Oct 08 Thu |
Cohabitation versus marriage: Marriage matching with peer effects | Aloysius Siow University of Toronto |
| Oct 13 Tue |
If the Fed sneezes, who catches a cold? | Luca Dedola European Central Bank |
| Oct 13 Tue |
Common-Value All-Pay Auctions with Asymmetric Information and Bid Caps
Venue: SJR |
Aner Sela Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| Oct 15 Thu |
A Darwinian Explanation of the Malthusian Trap | Lemin Wu Peking University |
| Oct 15 Thu |
Nonparametric Euler Equation Identification and Estimation
Venue: SJR |
Juan Carlos Escanciano Indiana University |
| Oct 20 Tue |
Optimal Sequential Search Among Alternatives | Michael Choi University of Iowa |
| Oct 20 Tue |
Experimenting with Measurement Error: Techniques with Applications to the Caltech Cohort Study
Venue: SJR |
Erik Snowberg California Institute of Technology |
| Oct 21 WED |
The Unequal Effects of Weather and Climate Change: Evidence from Mortality in India Venue: BIZ |
Olivier Dêschenes University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Oct 22 Thu |
Macroeconomic Conditions and the Well-Being of Migrants | Klaus F. Zimmermann Bonn University and IZA |
| Oct 27 Tue |
Offshoring, Low-Skilled Immigration, and Labor Market Polarization | Federico Mandelman Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Oct 27 Tue |
On the benefit of set-asides
Venue: SJR |
Laurent Lamy Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées |
| Oct 29 Thu |
Prior Interaction, Identity, and Cooperation in the Inter-Group Prisoner’s Dilemma | Vai-Lam Mui Monash University |
| Nov 03 Tue |
Revealed Preference and Limited Attention
Venue: SJR |
Daisuke Nakajima Otaru University of Commerce |
| Nov 05 Thu |
Economic Status, Air Quality, And Child Health: Evidence From Inversion Episodes | Per Johansson Uppsala University |
| Nov 05 Thu |
GEL estimation based on group-specific moment conditions using repeated-cross section data
Venue: SJR |
Alastair R. Hall University of Manchester |
| Nov 09 Mon |
Short-Term, Long-Term, and Continuing Contracts | Oliver Hart Harvard University |
| Nov 12 Thu 11 - 12.30 pm |
Identifying Dynamic Games with Switching Costs
Venue:Â AS7 01-17 Seminar Rm B |
Sorawoot (Tang) Srisuma University of Surrey |
| Nov 17 Tue |
The effect of public funding on research output: the New Zealand Marsden Fund | Adam Jaffe Motu Economic and Public Policy Research |
| Nov 17 Tue |
Iterative Deferred Acceptance Mechanisms: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Venue: SJR |
Inácio Guerberoff WZB Berlin Social Science Center |
| Nov 24 Tue |
Optimal City Structure | Costas Arkolakis Yale University |
| Nov 24 Tue |
Team production, endogenous learning about abilities and career concerns
Venue: SJR |
Evangelia Chalioti Yale University |
| Nov 26 Thu |
Saving Lives or Saving Money: Understanding the Dual Nature of Physician Preferences | Alice Chen University of Southern California |
| Dec 01 Tue |
Search direction | Régis Renault Université Paris Dauphine |
| Dec 03 Thu |
Understanding In-House Transactions in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry | Seung-Hyun Hong University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Dec 07 MON |
Trade, Pollution and Mortality in China | Matilde Bombardini University of British Columbia |
| Dec 08 Tue |
The Dictator's Inner Circle | Francesco Trebbi University of British Columbia |
| Dec 08 Tue |
Testable Implications of Models of Intertemporal Choice:Â Exponential Discounting and Its Generalizations
Venue: SJR |
Kota Saito California Institute of Technology |
| Dec 10 Thu |
Long Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China’s Imperial Examination System. | James Kung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Dec 14 MON, 2 - 3.30 pm |
Career Concerns and Policy Intransigence -Â A Dynamic Signaling Model
Venue: SJR |
Caroline Thomas University of Texas at Austin |
| Dec 14 MON |
The curse of long horizons
Venue: SJR |
V Bhaskar University of Texas at Austin |
| Dec 15 Tue |
General Equilibrium Effects of a Reform: The Effect of  the School Leaving Age on the Marriage Markets | V Bhaskar University of Texas at Austin |
| Dec 17 Thu |
Selection and Incentive Effects of Financial and Career Incentives on Labor Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi | Hyuncheol Bryant Kim Cornell University |