Economics
Economics Research Workshops Schedule -Fall 2010
| Workshops are scheduled from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in RAWLS 2077 unless otherwise indicated |
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| Sept. 23 (Thurs.) |
Title: Property Rights under Absolutism: The Rise and Fall of America's First Bank |
| Dror Goldberg, BarIlan University | |
| Workshop: Macro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Sept. 28 (Tues.) |
Title: Structural Estimation and Solution of International Trade Models with Heterogeneous Firms" |
| Russ Hillberry, Melbourne Univ. | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Sept. 29 | Title: "Contrained Optimization Approach to Estimation of Structural Models" |
| Che-Lin Su, Univ. of Chicago | |
| Workshop: Macro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 4 Mon. |
Title: A Poverty Module of the Mirage (Modeling International Relationships in Applied General Equilibrium) Model" |
| Antoine Bouet, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Dept, of Ag Econ, IFPRI, Washington, D.C. | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 8 (Fri.) |
Title: “The 2007 Subprime Market Crisis Through the Lens of European Central Bank Auctions for Short-Term Funds” |
| Ali Hortacsu, Univ. of Chicago | |
| Workshop: Econometrics (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 12 (Fri.) |
Title: "Why a Global Policy Could Have a Dramatic Impact on the Pattern of the Worldwide Livestock Production" |
| Arnab Nayak, Krannert Ph.D. Student | |
| (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 14 (Thurs.) |
Title: "Markups and Firm-Level Export Status" |
| Jan De Loecker, Princeton Univ. | |
| Workshop: Econometrics (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 15 (Fri.) |
Title: "Aspects of Research and Development Contract Terms in the Bio/Pharmaceutical Sector" |
| Tannista Banerjee, Krannert Ph.D. Student | |
| (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 19 (Tues.) |
Title: "Why a global carbon policy could have a dramatic impact on the pattern of the worldwide livestock production" |
| Misak Avetisyan, Krannert Ph.D. Student | |
| (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 22 (Fri.) |
Title: "Strategy Choice in the Infinitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma" |
| Guillaume Frechette, New York University | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Oct. 28 (Thur.) |
Title: "Parametric Representation of Preferences" |
| Luciano De Castro, Northwestern Univ. | |
| Workshop: Theory (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 2 (Tues.) |
Title: "An Informational Theory of Homophily" |
| Georgy Egorov, Northwestern Univ. | |
| Workshop: Theory (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 5 (Fri.) |
Title: "Patience, Cognitive Skill and Coordination in the Repeated Stag Hunt" |
| Omar Al-Ubaydli, George Mason University | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 9 (Tues.) |
Title: Keeping Up with CEO Jones: Benchmarking and Executive Compensation" |
| Ron Laschever, University of Illinois | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 15 (Mon.) |
Title: Auctions in Markets: Common Outside Options and the Continuation Value Effect" |
| Gabor Virag, University of Rochester | |
| Workshop: Macro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 16 Tues.) |
Title: "News Shocks and Costly Technology Adoption" |
| Yi-Chan Tasi, Univ. of Tokyo | |
| Workshop: Macro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 19 (Thurs.) |
Title: "Political Competition between Differentiated Candidates" |
| Mattias Polborn, University of Illinois | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Nov. 22 (Mon.) |
Title: "Fairness is an Emergent Self-Organized Property of the Free Market for Labor" |
| Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Purdue University | |
| Workshop: Micro (Rawls 2077) | |
| Dec. 2 (Thurs.) |
Title: "TBA" |
| An-Hsiang Liu, Krannert Ph.D. Student | |
| Workshop: (Rawls 2077) | |
| Dec. 17 (Fri.) |
Title: "The Speed of Gasoline Price Response in Markets With and Without Edgeworth Cycles" |
| Michael Noel, Univ. of California-San Diego | |
| Workshop: (Rawls 2077) |