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\n\t\tPast Seminar Series\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tSemester 1, 2015\/2016\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nDate<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nTopic<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nSpeaker<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 11
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Frictions, Trends, and the Great Recession<\/td>\nPablo Guerron
\nFederal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 11
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Natural Selection, Game Theory and Genetic Diversity<\/a>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nGeorgios Piliouras
\nSingapore University of Technology and Design<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 11
\nTue,\u00a010.30 – 12 nn<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Recursive Lexicographical Search: Finding all Markov Perfect Equilibria of Finite State Directional Dynamic Games<\/a>\nVenue: AS2 05-09<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nJohn Rust
\nGeorgetown University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 13
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		The Role of Bounded Rationality and Imperfect Information in Subgame Perfect Implementation – An Empirical Investigation<\/a><\/td>\nTom Wilkening
\nUniversity of Melbourne<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 13
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Quantile Treatment Effects in Difference in Differences Models with Panel Data<\/a>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLi Tong
\nVanderbilt University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 14
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		A Tale of Transition: An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality in Urban China, 1986-2009\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nHui He
\nInternational Monetary Fund<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 17
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		Welfare analysis of health insurance\n

1. Selection In Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n2. The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment<\/a><\/td>\n

Amy Finkelstein
\nMassachusetts Institute of Technology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 25
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Spatial Inequality Within and Between Cities<\/td>\nTang Yang
\nNanyang Technological University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 25
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Non-Binding Agreements and Forward Induction Reasoning\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nEmiliano Catonini
\nNational Research University Higher School of Economics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 27
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Geography and Innovation: Evidence from Nobel Laureates<\/td>\nJohn Ham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 01
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Welfare and Optimal Trading Frequency in Dynamic Double Auctions\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nSongzi Du
\nSimon Fraser University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 01
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy<\/a><\/td>\nOmer Moav
\nUniversity of Warwick<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 03
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Expecting the Unexpected: Emissions Uncertainty and Environmental Market Design<\/td>\nJames Bushnell
\nUniversity of California, Davis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 04
\nFRI,\u00a010:30 – 12 nn<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Three-stage Semi-Parametric Inference: Control Variables and Differentiability\nVenue:\u00a0AS1 02-05<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nHahn Jinyong
\nUniversity of California, Los Angeles<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 07
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		The Equilibrium Real Funds Rate: Past, Present And Future<\/a><\/td>\nKenneth D. West
\nUniversity of Wisconsin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 08
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Estimating Border Effects:\u00a0The Impact of Geographic Aggregation\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nDennis Novy
\nUniversity of Warwick<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 08
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Approximate Bias In Time Series Regressions<\/td>\nKenneth D. West
\nUniversity of Wisconsin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 10
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		An Improved Bootstrap Test of Density Ratio Ordering<\/a>\n <\/td>\nBrendan K. Beare
\nUniversity of California, San Diego<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 15
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		International Financial Integration and Crisis Contagion<\/a><\/td>\nChanghua Yu
\nUniversity International Business and Economics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 17
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Testing for Jump Intensity and Path Dependence<\/td>\nValentina Corradi
\nUniversity of Surrey<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 22
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Third-Party Sale of Information<\/td>\nRobert Evans
\nUniversity of Cambridge<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 29
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Shocking language: Understanding the macroeconomic effects of central bank communication<\/td>\nMichael McMahon
\nUniversity of Warwick<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 29
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Costly Self-Control and Limited Willpower<\/a>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLiang Meng-Yu
\nAcademia Sinica<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 30
\nWED<\/em><\/td>\n		Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?<\/td>\nZhang Xiabo
\nPeking University & IFPRI<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 06
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Stagnation Traps<\/td>\nLuca Fornaro
\nCREI & Universtat Pompeu Fabra<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 06
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Scarcity of Ideas and Optimal Awards in Innovation Contests\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nJun Xiao
\nUniversity of Melbourne<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 08
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Cohabitation versus marriage: Marriage matching with peer effects<\/a><\/td>\nAloysius Siow
\nUniversity of Toronto<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 13
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		If the Fed sneezes, who catches a cold?<\/td>\nLuca Dedola
\nEuropean Central Bank<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 13
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Common-Value All-Pay Auctions with Asymmetric Information and Bid Caps\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nAner Sela
\nBen-Gurion University of the Negev<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 15
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		A Darwinian Explanation of the Malthusian Trap<\/a><\/td>\nLemin Wu
\nPeking University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 15
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Nonparametric Euler Equation Identification and Estimation\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nJuan Carlos Escanciano
\nIndiana University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 20
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Optimal Sequential Search Among Alternatives<\/strong><\/td>\nMichael Choi
\nUniversity of Iowa<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 20
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Experimenting with Measurement Error: Techniques with Applications to the Caltech Cohort Stud<\/a>y<\/a><\/strong>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nErik Snowberg
\nCalifornia Institute of Technology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 21
\nWED<\/em><\/td>\n		The Unequal Effects of Weather and Climate Change:
\nEvidence from Mortality in India<\/a>\nVenue: BIZ<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n		Olivier D\u00easchenes
\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 22
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Macroeconomic Conditions and the Well-Being of Migrants<\/td>\nKlaus F. Zimmermann
\nBonn University and IZA<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 27
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Offshoring, Low-Skilled Immigration, and Labor Market Polarization<\/td>\nFederico Mandelman
\nFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 27
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		On the benefit of set-asides\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLaurent Lamy
\nEcole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss\u00e9es<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 29
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Prior Interaction, Identity, and Cooperation in the Inter-Group Prisoner\u2019s Dilemma<\/td>\nVai-Lam Mui
\nMonash University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 03
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Revealed Preference and Limited Attention\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nDaisuke Nakajima
\nOtaru University of Commerce<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 05
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Economic Status, Air Quality, And Child Health: Evidence From Inversion Episodes<\/a><\/td>\nPer Johansson
\nUppsala University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 05
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		GEL estimation based on group-specific moment conditions using\u00a0 repeated-cross section data\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nAlastair R. Hall
\nUniversity of Manchester<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 09
\nMon<\/em><\/td>\n		Short-Term, Long-Term, and Continuing Contracts<\/a><\/td>\nOliver Hart
\nHarvard University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 12
\nThu\u00a011 – 12.30 pm<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Identifying Dynamic Games with Switching Costs<\/a>\nVenue:\u00a0AS7 01-17 Seminar Rm B<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nSorawoot (Tang) Srisuma
\nUniversity of Surrey<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 17
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		The effect of public funding on research output: the New Zealand Marsden Fund<\/a><\/td>\nAdam Jaffe
\nMotu Economic and Public Policy Research<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 17
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Iterative Deferred Acceptance Mechanisms: Theory and Experimental Evidence\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nIn\u00e1cio Guerberoff
\nWZB Berlin Social Science Center<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 24
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Optimal City Structure<\/a><\/td>\nCostas Arkolakis
\nYale University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 24
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Team production, endogenous learning about abilities and career concerns<\/a>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nEvangelia Chalioti
\nYale University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 26
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Saving Lives or Saving Money: Understanding the Dual Nature of Physician Preferences<\/a><\/td>\nAlice Chen
\nUniversity of Southern California<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 01
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Search direction<\/a><\/td>\nR\u00e9gis Renault
\nUniversit\u00e9 Paris Dauphine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 03
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Understanding In-House Transactions in the Real Estate Brokerage Industr<\/a>y<\/a><\/td>\nSeung-Hyun Hong
\nUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 07
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		Trade, Pollution and Mortality in China<\/td>\nMatilde Bombardini
\nUniversity of British Columbia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 08
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		The Dictator’s Inner Circle<\/a><\/td>\nFrancesco Trebbi
\nUniversity of British Columbia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 08
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Testable Implications of Models of Intertemporal Choice:\u00a0 Exponential Discounting and Its Generalizations<\/a>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nKota Saito
\nCalifornia Institute of Technology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 10
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Long Live\u00a0Keju<\/em>! The Persistent Effects of China\u2019s Imperial Examination System.<\/td>\nJames Kung
\nHong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 14
\nMON,\u00a02 – 3.30 pm<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Career Concerns and Policy Intransigence –\u00a0 A Dynamic Signaling Model\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCaroline Thomas
\nUniversity of Texas at Austin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 14
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		The curse of long horizons<\/a><\/strong>\nVenue: SJR<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nV Bhaskar
\nUniversity of Texas at Austin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 15
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		General Equilibrium Effects of a Reform: The Effect of \u00a0the School Leaving Age on the Marriage Markets<\/td>\nV Bhaskar
\nUniversity of Texas at Austin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 17
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Selection and Incentive Effects of Financial and Career Incentives on Labor Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi<\/td>\nHyuncheol Bryant Kim
\nCornell University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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