{"id":675,"date":"2020-06-25T04:43:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T04:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2020-09-22T03:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T03:25:56","slug":"ss13-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/ss13-1\/","title":{"rendered":"ss13-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\r\n\t\tPast Seminar Series\r\n\t<\/h2>\r\n<h3>\r\n\t\tSemester 1, 2013\/2014\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">\r\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\" width=\"48\">\r\n<strong>Date<\/strong>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\" width=\"387\">\r\n<strong>Topic<\/strong>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\" width=\"220\">\r\n<strong>Speaker<\/strong>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a id=\"upcoming\" name=\"upcoming\"><\/a>Aug 1<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Globalization and organization of the firm<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Susan Chun Zhu<br \/>\r\n<em>Michigan State University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 6<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Offshoring, Low-skilled Immigration and Labor Market Polarization<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Andrei Zlate<br \/>\r\n<em>Federal Reserve Board<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 12<br \/>\r\n<em>MON<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Smooth, Ex-Post Implementation with Multi-Dimensional Information<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sergio Parreiras<br \/>\r\n<em>University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"46\">Aug 14<br \/>\r\n<em>WED<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Rational Expectations and the Instability of Monetary Equilibria<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Volker B\u00f6hm<br \/>\r\n<em>Universit\u00e4t Bielefeld<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 15<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Light and shadows: using differences between siblings to estimate the effect of race\/skin color on education and labor market outcomes<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Andrew M. Francis<br \/>\r\n<em>Emory University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 19<br \/>\r\n<em>MON<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Financial Market Globalization and Endogenous Ranking Reversals<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">George Vachadze<br \/>\r\n<em>City University of New York<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 20<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/20Aug13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serial Dictatorship with Infinitely Many Agents<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Akira Yokotani<br \/>\r\n<em>University of Queensland<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 22<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/22Aug13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conditional Quatile Processes based on Series or Many Regressors<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Iv\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez-Val<br \/>\r\n<em>Boston University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"46\">Aug 23<br \/>\r\n<em>FRI\u00a0-3pm\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/23Aug13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Procurement Auctions with General Price-Quality Evaluation<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Makoto Hanazono<br \/>\r\n<em>Nagoya University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 26<br \/>\r\n<em>MON<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sign me up!\u00a0 A model and field experiment on volunteering<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Daniel Houser<br \/>\r\n<em>George Mason University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 27<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/27Aug13.pdf\">A Semiparametric Generalized Ridge Estimator and Link with Model Averaging<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aman Ullah<br \/>\r\n<em>University of California, Riverside<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Aug 29<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/29Aug13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Unobserved Returns from Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sarada<br \/>\r\n<em>Duke University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"49\">Sep 3<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/03Sep13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Gainsfrom Reduction\u00a0of Trade Costs<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Edwin L.-C. Lai<br \/>\r\n<em>Hong Kong University of Science &amp;Technology<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sep 5<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/05Sep13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reciprocity at the Workplace:\u00a0 Do Fair Wages Lead to Higher Effort, Productivity, and Profitability<\/a>.<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Paul Chen<br \/>\r\n<em>Australian National University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"46\">Sep 10<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue &#8211; 2pm<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/10Sep13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bureaucracy in Quest for Feasibility<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Herv\u00e9 Cr\u00e8s<br \/>\r\n<em>Sciences Po Paris<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sep 12<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">US Bond Markets and Credit Spreads during the Great Depression<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Lyndon Moore<br \/>\r\n<em>University of Melbourne<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sep 17<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/17Sep13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Economics of Leadership and Hierarchy<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Junjie Zhou<br \/>\r\n<em>Shanghai University of Finance and Economics<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sep 19<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/19Sep13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Anatomy of French Production Hierarchies<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Lorenzo Caliendo<br \/>\r\n<em>Yale University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Sep 26<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/26Sep13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interaction-based Foundation of Aggregate Investment Fluctuations<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Makoto Nirei<br \/>\r\n<em>Hitotsubashi University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a01<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/01Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Railroad expansion and entrepreneurship: evidence from Meiji Japan<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">John Tang<br \/>\r\n<em>Australian National University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a03<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/03Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bank&#8217;s regulation, asset portfolio choce of banks, and macroeconomic dynamics<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Kosuke Aoki<br \/>\r\n<em>University of Tokyo<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a004<br \/>\r\n<em>FRI &#8211; 3pm<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/04Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subjective Independence and Concave Expected Utility<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Ehud Lehrer<br \/>\r\n<em>Tel-Aviv University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a007<br \/>\r\n<em>MON<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Ex-post Efficient Allocations with Random Participation<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Murali Agastya<br \/>\r\n<em>University of Sydney<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a08<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/08Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do central banks&#8217; forecasts take into account public opinion and views?<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Ricardo Nunes<br \/>\r\n<em>Federal Reserve Board<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"46\">Oct 11<br \/>\r\n<em>FRI\u00a0&#8211; 3pm<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/11Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Every Breath You Take | Every Dollar You&#8217;ll Make:<br \/>\r\nThe Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Reed Walker<br \/>\r\n<em>University of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct 17<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/17Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The impact of worker bargaining power on the organization of global firms<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Juan Carluccio<br \/>\r\n<em>Banque de France<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"52\">Oct\u00a022<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/22Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strategy-proofness and Efficiency with\u00a0Nonquasi-linear Preferences: A Characterization of Minimum Price Walrasian Rule<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Shigehiro Serizawa<br \/>\r\n<em>Osaka University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a024<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/24Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patience and Time Consistency in Collective Decisions<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Enrico Diecidue<br \/>\r\n<em>INSEAD<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a028<br \/>\r\n<em>MON<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/28Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chronicle of Unanticipated and Anticipated Increases in Military Spending<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Evi Pappa<br \/>\r\n<em>European University Institute<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct\u00a029<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/29Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choosing the variables to estimate singular DSGE models<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Fabio Canova<br \/>\r\n<em>European University Institute<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"67\">Oct 31<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu -2pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/31Oct13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lasso for High-Dimensional Regression with a Possible Change-Point<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Myung Hwan Seo<br \/>\r\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Oct 31<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/31-October13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Growth, Business Cycles and Revolutions<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Toan Phan<br \/>\r\n<em>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov 5<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/05Nov13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optimal Taxation in a Life-Cycle Economy with Endogenous Human Capital Formation<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Marek Kapi\u010dka<br \/>\r\n<em>University of California, Santa Barbara<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov 12<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/12Nov13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finance and the Preservation of Wealth<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nicola Gennaioli<br \/>\r\n<em>Universit\u00e0 Bocconi<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov14<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/14Nov2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Long-Term Effects of Christian Activities in China<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Se Yan<br \/>\r\n<em>Peking University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov 21<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/21Nov13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strong forward induction<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Bingyong Zheng<br \/>\r\n<em>Shanghai University of Finance and Economics<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov 22<br \/>\r\n<em>FRI<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/22Nov13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Optimal Currency Area In A Liquidity Trap<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">David Cook<br \/>\r\n<em>Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"52\">Nov 25\u00a0<em>MON\u00a0 -12.30<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/25Nov13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knowledge is (Less) Power: Experimental Evidence from Residential Energy Use<\/a>\r\n<em>Joint BSP &amp; Economics Seminar<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">David Rapson<br \/>\r\n<em>University of California, Davis<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov 26<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Optimality of quota contract and agent gaming in dynamic moral hazard<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Pak Hung Au<br \/>\r\n<em>Nanyang Technological University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Nov 28<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/28Nov13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three representations of preferences\u00a0with decreasing absolute uncertainty aversion<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Jingyi Xue<br \/>\r\n<em>Singapore Management University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"46\">Dec 2<br \/>\r\n<em>MON<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/02Dec13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Multi-level Factor Mode; : Asymptotic theory and an application<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dukpa Kim<br \/>\r\n<em>Korea University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dec 3<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue &#8211; 10am<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/03Dec2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diversity and Employment Prospects: Do Neighbors Matter?<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Camille H\u00e9met<br \/>\r\n<em>Sciences-Po and Aix-Marseille School of Economics<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dec 3<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/03Dec13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eliciting Private Information with Noise:\u00a0 The Case of Randomized Response<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Wooyoung Lim<br \/>\r\n<em>Hong Kong University of Science &amp;Technology<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dec 5<br \/>\r\n<em>Thu<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/05Dec13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using mixtures in econometric models: A brief review and some new results<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Yuichi Kitamura<br \/>\r\n<em>Yale University<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dec 6<br \/>\r\n<em>FRI<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/06Dec13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contraception and the Fertility Transition<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Shankha Chakraborty<br \/>\r\n<em>University of Oregon<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dec 10<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue &#8211; 2pm<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Debt Deleveraging and The Exchange Rate<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Pierpaolo Benigno<br \/>\r\n<em>LUISS Guido Carli<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">Dec 10<br \/>\r\n<em>Tue<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><a href=\"\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/10Dec13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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