Fall 2014
Date | Speaker | Paper Title/Topic & Link | Time/Place |
9/5 | Alexander Matros University of South Carolina |
All-Pay Auctions vs. Lotteries as Provisional Fixed-Prize Fundraising Mechanisms: Theory and Evidence |
10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
9/26 | Yongmiao Hong Cornell University (joint with Finance) |
TBD | 2-3:30pm, Friday 212 |
10/2 | Nathan Hendren Harvard University (Project MOSAIC visitor) |
Intergenerational Mobility and Equality of Opportunity in the United States (part of the Equality of Opportunity project) | TBD |
10/24 | Aysegul Sahin Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Grown-up Business Cycles | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
10/31 | George Saridakis Kingston University (London, UK) |
Does Firm Growth Reduce Shareholder Wealth? | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
11/7 | Kyle Hood Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Do workers move to jobs or do jobs move to workers? Controlling for serial dependence in measures of worker and firm mobility | 10:30am-12pm, Friday 212 |
11/14 | Daniel Jones University of South Carolina |
Diversity in Government: Evidence from California City Councils | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
11/21 | Kevin Schnepel University of Sydney |
Federal Bans from the Food Stamp Program for Felony Drug Offenders | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
Spring 2015
Date | Speaker | Paper Title/Topic & Link | Time/Place |
1/23 | Jason Lindo Texas A&M University |
Social Context and Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Evidence from Big-time Sporting Events | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
1/30 | Aaron Yelowitz University of Kentucky |
Health Insurance, Fertility, and the Wantedness of Pregnancies: Evidence from Massachusetts | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
2/6 | Tingyu Zhou Concordia University, Canada (joint with Finance) |
Retail Agglomeration and Competition Externalities: Evidence from Openings and Closings of Multiline Department Stores in the US | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
2/13 | Craig Depken University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
The Impact of Ending Long-Term Unemployment Benefits: Evidence from North Carolina. | 2-3:30pm, Friday 383 |
rescheduled | Adriana Lleras-Muney University of California LA |
TBD | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
3/13 | Jeremy Moulton UNC Chapel Hill Scott Wentland Longwood University |
Capitalization of Property Tax Relief in Home Prices: Evidence from Virginia Elections | 10:30am-12pm, Friday 212 |
3/27 | Chad Cotti University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh |
One More Saturday Night: Food Stamp Timing and Monthly Consumption Patterns | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |
5/1 | Tony Kwasnica Penn State |
Aggregate Sentiment and Investment: An Experimental Study | 10-11:30am, Friday 212 |