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

\n\t\tSemester 2, 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
\nDate<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nTopic<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nSpeaker<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 08
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		An Investment Insurance yields the Desired Wealth Distribution<\/td>\nKlaus W\u00e4lde
\n<\/strong>Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\u00e4t Mainz<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 08
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Searching for the Reference Point<\/a>
\nVenue:\u00a0AS2\/05-09<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Han Bleichrodt
\n<\/strong>Erasmus University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 12,\u00a0Tue
\n<\/em>2.30 – 4pm<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Scoring auctions with non-quasilinear scoring rules<\/a><\/td>\nKrishnendu Ghosh Dastidar
\n<\/strong>Jawaharlal Nehru University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 14
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		The Literary Inquisition:The Persecution of Intellectuals and Human Capital Accumulation in China<\/td>\nMark Koyama
\n<\/strong>George Mason University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 16
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Doves for the Rich, Hawks for the Poor? Distributional Consequences of Monetary Policy<\/a><\/td>\nKeith Kuester
\n<\/strong>University of Bonn<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 23
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Building the Leviathan \u2013 Voluntary centralisation of punishment power sustains cooperation<\/td>\nZsombor Meder
\n<\/strong>Singapore University of Technology and Design<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 01
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Liquidity Traps, Capital Flows<\/td>\nSushant Acharya
\n<\/strong>Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 01
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Buyer-Optimal Demand and Monopoly Pricing<\/a>
\nVenue:\u00a0AS2\/05-10<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Balazs Szentes
\n<\/strong>London School of Economics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 03
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Free entry and social inefficiency in vertical relationships: The Case of the MRI Market<\/a><\/td>\nKen Onishi
\n<\/strong>Singapore Management University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 03
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Uniform Asymptotic Risk of Averaging GMM Estimator Robust to Misspeci\u0085cation
\nVenue:\u00a0Silcock Journal Room<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Xu Cheng
\n<\/strong>University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 08
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Complex Disclosure<\/td>\nDaniel Martrin
\n<\/strong>Nothwestern University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 08
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Rational Inattention in Hiring Decisions<\/a>
\nVenue:\u00a0Silcock Journal Room<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Shu Lin Wee
\n<\/strong>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 10
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions<\/td>\nBernd Fitzenberger
\n<\/strong>Humboldt-University Berlin and ZEW Manheim<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 11
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Preference manipulation leads to the uniform rule<\/td>\nWilliam Thomson
\n<\/strong>University of Rochester<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 14
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		Understanding the Sources of Macroeconomic Uncertainty
\nVenue:\u00a0Silcock Journal Room<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Barbara Rossi
\n<\/strong>ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 15
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Search-based Endogenous Asset Liquidity and the Macroeconomy<\/a><\/td>\nWei Cui
\n<\/strong>University College London<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 17
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Together We Will: Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan<\/a><\/td>\nGhazala Mansuri
\n<\/strong>World Bank<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 17
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Shopping and Pricing on Online Marketplaces<\/a>
\nVenue:\u00a0Silcock Journal Room<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim
\n<\/strong>University of Iowa<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 18
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Financial contagion in networks: An experiment<\/td>\nEdoardo Gallo
\n<\/strong>University of Cambridge<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 22
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Growth and Trade with Frictions:\u00a0A Structural Estimation Framework<\/a><\/td>\nYoto V. Yotov
\n<\/strong>Drexel University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 22
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		A Theory of Marriage with Mutually Consented Divorces
\nVenue:\u00a0AS2\/05-10<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Ning Sun
\n<\/strong>Shanghai University of Finance and Economics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 23
\nWED<\/em><\/td>\n		The Economics of Investor Protection: ISDS versus National Treatment<\/a><\/td>\nFrank St\u00e4hler
\n<\/strong>University of T\u00fcbingen<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 24
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Forecasting Conditional Probabilities of Binary Outcomes under Misspecification<\/a><\/td>\nGraham Elliott
\n<\/strong>University of California, San Diego<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 29
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Search with Private Information: Sorting, Price Formation and Convergence to Perfect Competition<\/a><\/td>\nYujing Xu
\n<\/strong>University of Hong Kong<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 01
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Estimating Context Independent Treatment Effects in Education Experiments<\/td>\nSteven Lehrer
\n<\/strong>NYU Shanghai<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 05
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Inequality, Costly Redistribution and Welfare in an Open Economy<\/td>\nPol Antras
\n<\/strong>Harvard University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 05,\u00a0Tue
\n2 – 3.30pm<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Fertility choice, intergenerational transmission, and the distribution of capital<\/td>\nBassel Tarbush
\n<\/strong>University of Oxford<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 07
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		The Role of Time Preferences and Exponential-Growth\u00a0Bias in Retirement\u00a0Savings<\/td>\nMatthew R. Levy
\n<\/strong>London School of Economics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 11
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		A market to read minds<\/a>
\nVenue:\u00a0AS1\/03-04<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Aur\u00e9lien Baillon
\n<\/strong>Erasmus University Rotterdam<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 12
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Turnover Liquidity and the Transmission of Monetary Policy<\/td>\nShengxing Zhang
\n<\/strong>London School of Economics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 14
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Quantile Regression Kink Designs<\/a><\/td>\nYuya Sasaki
\n<\/strong>Johns Hopkins University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 15
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		A Theory of Organizational Dynamics: Internal Politics and Efficiency<\/td>\nXi Weng
\n<\/strong>Peking University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 19,\u00a0Tue
\n2<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a03.30pm<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Rich Pickings? Risk, Return, and Skill in the Portfolios of the Wealthy<\/td>\nLaurent E. Calvet
\n<\/strong>HEC Paris<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 19
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Social Conflict and the Evolution of Unequal Conventions<\/td>\nSung-Ha Hwang
\n<\/strong>Sogang University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 19
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Data-driven GMM test for parameter instability
\nVenue:\u00a0AS2\/05-10<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Stepana Lazarova
\n<\/strong>Queen Mary University of London<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 21
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Misplaced Effort: Impact of a Pay-for-Performance Scheme in the Health Sector<\/a><\/td>\nElise Huillery
\n<\/strong>Sciences Po<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 21
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Quantile regression methods for first-price auction: A signal approach
\nVenue:\u00a0Silcock Journal Room<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Emmanuel Guerre
\n<\/strong>Queen Mary University of London<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 26
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Childcare Availability and the Well-Being of Extended Family<\/td>\nShintaro Yamaguchi
\n<\/strong>McMaster University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 28
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence from China<\/a><\/td>\nLiugang Sheng
\n<\/strong>Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 03
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Monotonic Cheap Talk<\/td>\nShih En Lu
\n<\/strong>Simon Fraser University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 05
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Weak Stochastic Increasingness, Rank Exchangeability, and Partial Identification of The Distribution of Treatment Effects<\/a><\/td>\nLars Lefgren
\n<\/strong>Brigham Young University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 10
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		A Tractable Monetary Model under General Preferences<\/a><\/td>\nRussel Wong
\n<\/strong>Bank of Canada<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 18
\nWED<\/em><\/td>\n		Oracle Estimation of a Change Point in High Dimensional Quantile Regression<\/a><\/td>\nYoungki Shin
\n<\/strong>University of Technology Sydney<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 20
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Sectoral Heterogeneity and the Gains from Trade<\/td>\nKei-Mu Yi
\n<\/strong>University of Houston<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 24
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		The Consequences of the French Revolution in the Short and \u00a0Longue Dur\u00e9e<\/td>\nStelios Michalopoulos
\n<\/strong>Brown University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 31
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Learning the Krepsian State: Exploration through Consumption<\/a><\/td>\nNorio Takeoka
\n<\/strong>Hitotsubashi University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 02
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Student Loan Nudges: Experimental Evidence on Borrowing and Educational Attainment<\/td>\nLesley Turner
\n<\/strong>University of Maryland<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 03
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Competitive Bundling<\/td>\nJidong Zhou
\n<\/strong>Yale University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 09
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility<\/td>\nJorg Spenkuch
\n<\/strong>Northwestern University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 14
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Behavior in All-Pay Auctions with Ties<\/td>\nDaniel Kovenock
\n<\/strong>Chapman University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 24
\nFRI<\/em><\/td>\n		Skill Complementarities and Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from College Enrollment Expansion in China
\nVenue:\u00a0AS2\/05-09<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Meng Lingsheng
\n<\/strong>Tsinghua University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 04
\nMON<\/em><\/td>\n		The Effect of Participation in Protestant Christian Program on Religious Attitudes and Practice and Psychosocial and Economic Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines<\/td>\nDean Karlan
\n<\/strong>Yale University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 05
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Decentralised Random Competitive Dynamic Market Processes<\/td>\nZaifu Yang
\n<\/strong>University of York<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 12,\u00a0Tue
\n1:30 – 3 pm<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Robust Inference in a Factor Model
\nVenue:\u00a0Silcock Journal Room<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Gregory Cox
\n<\/strong>Yale University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 21
\nThu<\/em><\/td>\n		Trade Discrepancies, Trade Frauds and Non-Tariff Measures<\/td>\nHiau Looi Kee
\n<\/strong>World Bank<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 26
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Gresham\u2019s Law of Model Averaging<\/a><\/td>\nIn-Koo Cho
\n<\/strong>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \/ Hitotsubashi University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 26
\nTue<\/em><\/td>\n		Backfiring with Backhaul Problems: Trade and Industrial Policies with Endogenous Transport Costs<\/a>
\nVenue:\u00a0AS2\/05-10<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n		Jota Ishikawa
\n<\/strong>Hitotsubashi University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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