January 18, 2011
Mitigation and the Geoengineering Threat
Juan Moreno-Cruz, University of Calgary
11:00am-12:15pm
Old CE 204
January 19, 2011
A Poverty Segregation Curve
Shatakshee Dhongde, Rochester Institute of Technology
3:00-4:15
Old CE 204
January 21, 2011
Duration Models with Dynamic Unobserved Heterogeneity: Identification and Estimation
Irene Botosaru, Yale University
3:00-4:15
Old CE 204
January 25, 2011
Intergenerational Externalities and Sustainable Growth
Itziar Lazkano, University of Calgary
3:00-4:15
Old CE 204
January 27, 2011
Tests for Distributional Partial Effects
Shu Shen, UT Austin
11:00-12:15
Old CE 204
February 3, 2011
Climate Change and Civil War
Toni Sipic, University of Oregon
11:00am-12:15pm
Old CE 204
February 4, 2011
Moment Condition Tests for Heavy-Tailed Time Series
Jonathan Hill, University of North Carolina
TBA
Old CE 204
February 18, 2011
Central Banking during Current Credit Turmoil
Marvin Goodfriend, Professor of Economics and Chairman, Gailliot Center for Public Policy, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Monetary Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2:30-3:45
Old CE 204
February 21, 2011
Abate or Abscond: Polluters' Response to Environmental Regulation
Scott Holladay, New York University
3:00-4:15 PM
Old CE, Room 204
February 22, 2011
The Price Elasticity of Supply of Renewable Electricity Generation: Evidence from State Renewable Portfolio
Erik Johnson, University of Michigan
3:00-4:15 PM
Old CE, Room 204
February 28, 2011
Natural Barrier to Entry in the Credit Rating Industry
Doh-Shin Jeon, Toulouse School of Economics
2:30-3:45
Old CE 204
March 4, 2011
Self-control and Liquidity: How to Design a Commitment Contract
David Laibson, Harvard College Professor and Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics, Harvard University
2:30-4:00
GT Library, Ferst Room 7th Floor
March 14, 2011
Better Living Through Economics
John Siegfried, Vanderbilt University
4:00-5:00
GT Library, Ferst Room
April 6, 2011
Can Healthcare Information Technology Save Babies?
Amalia Miller, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, and Economist, RAND Corporation
2:30-4:00pm
GT Library, Neely Room 1st Floor
April 18, 2011
Equilibrium Wage-Tenure Contract with Unobserved Human Capital
Andrew Sim, University of Tokyo
2:30-3:45
Old CE 204
April 22, 2011
Export Growth and Credit Constraints
Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:30-3:45
Old CE 204
April 27, 2011
Vertizontal Differentiation in Monopolistic Competition
Hylke Vandenbussche, Université Catholique de Louvain
2:30-3:45
Old CE 204
April 29, 2011
Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy
James Tybout, Pennsylvania State University
2:30-3:45
Old CE 204