Economics

Clarence Tow Lectures - Fall 2009

DATE SPEAKER

Monday, August 31, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB

Jonathan Weinstein
Kellogg School of Management, MEDS
Topic: The Impact of Incomplete Information, based on "A Structure
Theorem for Rationalizability in Infinite-Horizon Games"

Monday, September 28, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB

Jonathan Heathcote
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Topic: "The Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the United States"
Friday, October 2, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Antonio Galvao
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Topic: "Quantile Regression for Dynamic Panel Data with Fixed Effects"

Monday, October 5, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB

Lutz Hendricks
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Topic: "Student Abilities During the Expansion of U.S. Education, 1950-2000 "
Friday, October 9, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB

Brett Green
Northwestern University
Topic: "Waiting for News in the Market for Lemons"

Monday, October 12, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Jeremy Fox
University of Chicago
Topic: "Estimating Matching Games with Transfers "
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM
TBA 		Simeon Alder
University of Notre Dame
Topic: "In the Wrong Hands: Complementarities, Resource Allocation, and Aggregate TFP"
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB
Kim-Sau Chung
University of Minnesota
Topic: "Object-Based Unawareness: Theory and Applications"

Thursday, October 15, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM
C107 PBB

Burhanettin Kuruscu
University of Texas, Austin
Topic: "Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis"
Monday, October 19, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Arthur Robson
Simon Frasier University
Topic: "The Evolution of Decision and Experienced Utilities"
Monday, October 26, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Mitsukuni Nishida
Johns Hopkins University
Topic: "Estimating a Model of Strategic Network Choice: The Convenience-Store Industry in Okinawa"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
TBA
TBA 		Marina Azzimonti
University of Texas, Austin
Topic: "Barriers to Investment in Polarized Societies"
Friday, October 30, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB
Maksym Obrizan
University of Iowa
Topic: "Sample Selection and the Probability of Stroke Among the Oldest Americans"
Monday, November 2, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB
Dhritiman Bhattacharya
University of Iowa
Topic: "Aggregate Barriers, Establishment Size and Economic Development "
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Brent Hickman
University of Iowa
Topic: "Affirmative Action in College Admissions: Theory and Estimation "
Theory paper and Empirical paper
Monday, November 9, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Natalia Ramondo
University of Texas, Austin
Topic: "The "Proximity-Concentration" Tradeoff in a Risky Environment"
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Piyusha Mutreja
University of Iowa
Topic: "International Trade and Cross-Country Capital Composition"
Friday, November 13, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Yigit Saglam
University of Iowa
Topic: "Dynamic Water Resource Management: Optimal Pricing of Water "
Monday, November 16, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB		 Martin Gervais
University of Southhampton
Topic: "Optimal Fiscal Policy over the Business Cycle Revisited "
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Dino Gerardi
Yale University
Topic: "The Role of Commitment in Bilateral Trade "
Monday, December 7, 2009
3:30-5:00 PM
S181 PBB 		Ananth Seshadri
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Topic: "Neoclassical Miracles "