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

The Department of Economics Seminars Series is usually held from Monday to Thursday, 4 – 5.30 pm.<\/p>\n

All seminars are held at\u00a0the\u00a0Lim Tay Boh Seminar Room (AS2 03-12)<\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise mentioned. Upcoming seminars are subject to change.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tSemester 1, 2019\/2020\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
\nDate<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nTopic<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nSpeaker<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>7 Aug 19<\/td>\nThe Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires on Human Capital: Evidence from China<\/a><\/td>\nJoshua Graff Zivin, University of California, San Diego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 Aug 19<\/td>\nLoss Attitudes in the U.S. Population: Evidence from Dynamically Optimized Sequential Experimentation (DOSE)<\/a><\/td>\nErik Snowberg, California Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 Aug 19<\/td>\nLabor Rationing: A Revealed Preference Approach from Hiring Shocks<\/td>\nYogita Shamdasani, University of Pittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 Aug 19<\/td>\nAudits as Evidence: Experiments, Ensembles, and Enforcement<\/a><\/td>\nPatrick Kline, University of California, Berkeley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 Aug 19<\/td>\nOptimal Auction Design with Common Values: An Informationally-Robust Approach<\/td>\nSongzi Du, University of Calfornia, San Diego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26 Aug 19<\/td>\nMulti-Step Perturbation Solution of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Stochastic Rational Expectations Models<\/td>\nPeter Zadrozny, Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 Aug 19
\n(2.30-4pm)<\/td>\n		Improved Nonparametric Bootstrap Tests of Lorenz Dominance<\/a><\/td>\nBrendan Beare, University of California, San Diego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 Aug 19<\/td>\nMoney Mining and Price Dynamics<\/a><\/td>\nMichael Choi, University of California, Irvine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 Aug 19<\/td>\nDecision making with indecisiveness<\/a><\/td>\nQiu Jianying, Radboud University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 Sep 19<\/td>\nProduct Cycle and Prices: Search Foundation<\/a><\/td>\nYuki Teranishi, Keio University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 Sep 19<\/td>\nDeferred Acceptance and Regret-free Truth-Telling<\/td>\nMarcelo Ariel Fernandez, John Hopkins University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 Sep 19<\/td>\nBehavioral Insights and Parental Decision-Making<\/a><\/td>\nAriel Kalil, University of Chicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 Sep 19<\/td>\nRising Wealth Inequality: Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurship, and the Decline in Interest Rate<\/td>\nAyse Imrohoroglu, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 Sep 19
\n(2.30-4pm)<\/td>\n		Labor Market Dynamics and the Migration Behavior of Married Couples<\/a><\/td>\nPeter Rupert, University of California, Santa Barbara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 Sep 19<\/td>\nWhen Student Incentives Don\ufffdt Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi<\/a><\/td>\nBryant Kim, Cornell University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26 Sep 19<\/td>\nReducing Discrimination in the Field: Evidence from an Awareness Raising Intervention Targeting Gender Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching<\/a><\/td>\nAnne Boring, Erasmus University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Oct 19<\/td>\nCompetition, Paternity Leave and Career Advancement<\/td>\nHyejin Ku, University College London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Oct 19
\n(2.30\ufffd4pm)<\/td>\n		Knowledge Spillover and Individual Careers<\/td>\nChristian Dustmann, University College London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Oct 19<\/td>\nCoordinating with Endogenous Timing: Theory and Experiment<\/td>\nZhen Zhou, Tsinghua University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 Oct 19<\/td>\nMeasuring the Benefits of Ride-Haling Services to Urban Travelers: The Case of the San Francisco Bay Area<\/a><\/td>\nClifford Winston, Brookings Institutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 Oct 19<\/td>\nIdentification robust testing of risk premia in finite samples<\/a><\/td>\nFrank Kleibergen, University of Amsterdan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 Oct 19<\/td>\nProgressivity and Development<\/td>\nRaul Santaeulalia-Llopis, University of Barcelona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 Oct 19
\n(2-3:30pm)<\/td>\n		Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations<\/a><\/td>\nAshley Langer, University of Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 Oct 19<\/td>\nCredible Forward Guidance<\/a><\/td>\nTakeki Sunakawa, Kobe University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 Oct 19<\/td>\nNegativity on the News: Supply and Demand<\/td>\nGuangyin Pei, Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 Oct 19<\/td>\nHow patients with mental disorders respond to complex health insurance cost-sharing design<\/td>\nYuting Zhang, University of Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22 Oct 19<\/td>\nBanks funding, leverage, and investment<\/a><\/td>\nVincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 Oct 19
\n(SJR)<\/td>\n		Detecting Identification Failure in Moment Condition Models<\/a><\/td>\nJean-Jacques Forneron, Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 Oct 19<\/td>\nNon-competing Data Intermediaries<\/a><\/td>\nShota Ichihashi, Bank of Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24 Oct 19<\/td>\nAssortative mating and inequality<\/td>\nJonas Vlachos, Stockholm University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31 Oct 19<\/td>\nThe power of moral suasion: The case of electricity conservation in post-Fukushima Japan<\/td>\nDaiji Kawaguichi, University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 Nov 19<\/td>\nWelfare Multiplier of Public Investment<\/a><\/td>\nJuha Tervala, University of Helsinki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 Nov 19<\/td>\nDoes Insurance for Treatment Crowd Out Prevention? Evidence from Diabetics’ Insulin Usage<\/a><\/td>\nDaniel Kaliski, University of Oxford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 Nov 19<\/td>\nSearch Complementarities, Aggregate Fluctuations, and Fiscal Policy<\/a><\/td>\nFrancesco Zanetti, University of Oxford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 Nov 19<\/td>\nTimely Persuasion<\/a><\/td>\nDeepal Basak, Indian School of Business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 Nov 19<\/td>\nElites and Ideology: How Imperial China was Lost<\/td>\nJames Kung, University of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18 Nov 19<\/td>\nDo Any economists have superior forecasting skills<\/a><\/td>\nAllan Timmermann, University of California, San Diego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 Nov 19
\n(2:30-4:00pm)<\/td>\n		Counterfactual Sensitivity and Robustness<\/a><\/td>\nTimothy Christensen, New York University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 Nov 19<\/td>\nRules, Mutation and Selection: Evolving Efficiency and Egalitarianism<\/td>\nHamid Sabourian, University of Cambridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 Nov 19<\/td>\nReform, Rails, and Rice: Thailand\u2019s Political Railroads and Economic Development in the 20th Century<\/a><\/td>\nJessica Vechbanyongratana, Chulalongkorn University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25 Nov 19<\/td>\nSkill and Value Creation in the Mutual Fund Industry<\/a><\/td>\nOlivier Scaillet, Universite de Geneve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26 Nov 19<\/td>\nFinancing Multinationals<\/a><\/td>\nJingting Fan, Pennsylvania State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27 Nov 19<\/td>\nThe Multiple Priors of the Open-Minded Decision Maker<\/a><\/td>\nMaxwell Stinchcombe, UT Austin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 Nov 19<\/td>\nMigrants and Firms: Evidence from China<\/a><\/td>\nZhang Yifan, Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 Dec 19<\/td>\nInternational Linkages and the Changing Nature of International Business Cycles<\/td>\nWataru Miyamoto, University of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 Dec 19<\/td>\nFAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY FOR PROBABILISTIC ALLOCATIONS WITH ENDOWMENTS<\/a><\/td>\nFederico Echenique, California Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05 Dec 19<\/td>\nThe Demographic Consequences of Sex-Selection Technology<\/td>\nJuan Pantano, University of Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 Dec 19
\n(2:30-4:00pm)<\/td>\n		Social Media and Polarization<\/td>\nYves Zenou, Monash University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 Dec 19<\/td>\nGradual Bargaining in Decentralized Asset Markets<\/a><\/td>\nGuillaume Rocheteau, University of California, Irvine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11 Dec 19<\/td>\nAttending Kindergarten Improves Cognitive But Not Socio-emotional Development in India<\/td>\nSeema Jayachandran, Northwestern University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 Dec 19
\n(10.30-12nn)<\/td>\n		The Effects of Weather on Recreational Fishing Demand and Adaptation: Implications for a Changing Climate<\/a><\/td>\nRoger von Haefen, North Carolina State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 Dec 19<\/td>\nHow well does the gravity equation describe commuting flows?<\/td>\nJonathan Dingel, University of Chicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 Dec 19<\/td>\nDefault Risk and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Economy with Production Heterogeneity<\/td>\nAubhik Khan, Ohio State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19 Dec 19<\/td>\nTeacher Effectiveness in Africa: Longitudinal and Causal Estimates<\/a><\/td>\nJeffrey Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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