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May 08, 2012 :: Professor John B. Taylor awarded the Hayek Prize by the Manhattan Institute in New York.

 On May 31st John Taylor will deliver the Hayek Lecture. The Hayek Lecture is delivered by the recipient of the Hayek Prize, which honors the book published within the past two years that best reflects Hayek’s vision of economic and individual liberty. The Hayek Prize, with its $50,000 award, is among the world’s most generous book prizes. It was conceived and funded by Manhattan Institute trustee Tom Smith to recognize the influence of F.A. Hayek and to encourage other scholars to follow his example. Taylor was chosen by a selection committee of distinguished economists and journalists for his book:   First Principles: Five Keys to Restoring America’s Prosperity.

http://cafehayek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/On-May-311.pdf


Apr 16, 2012 :: Eighteenth Annual Arrow Lectures April 30th and May 1st 2012

Professor Kenneth Rogoff from Harvard University to speak at the Eighteenth Annual Arrow Lecture Series Monday and Tuesday April 30th and May 1, 2012. http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff

 

Monday, April 30, 2012

“The Second Wave of the Second Great Contraction"

Koret-Taube Conference Room -  SIEPR/Gunn Building;

366 Galvez Street.

Lecture: 5:15-6:30 PM

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

“Debt Overhangs”

Conference Room 120 - SIEPR/Gunn Building

366 Galvez Street

Department Seminar:

12 Noon - 1:30 PM


Mar 29, 2012 :: Professors Levin, Milgrom and Segal advising FCC Commission on Incentive Auction Design.

The FCC has announced that Paul Milgrom will lead a team of leading experts in auction theory and implementation.The Congressional mandate passed in late February is for the team to develop new incentive auction regulations to prevent a looming spectrum crunch. In addition to Paul Milgrom, Jon Levin and Ilya Segal will be part of the team.

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0327/DOC-313242A1.pdf


Mar 14, 2012 :: Professor Al Roth to Join Stanford Economics Faculty in September 2012.

The Department is very pleased to welcome Professor Al Roth.  Roth is famous for his research on market design.  He is also well-known for his research on bargaining, game theory and experimental economics. At Stanford, he will be part of a growing number of behavioral and experimental economists who use field and laboratory experiments to study economic behavior in controlled environments. In some of Roth's most influential experimental work, he has compared bargaining and market behavior in different cultural environments, and studied different cognitive models of learning in strategic environments.


Mar 08, 2012 :: Arun Chandrasekhar - Economics new Assistant Professor.

The Department of Economics welcomes Arun Chandrasekhar as a new Assistant Professor.  Arun will receive his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT specializing in Development and Econometrics. 

http://econ-www.mit.edu/grad/arunc

 


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