Econ 305/ 315/ 341/ 343/ 345 Applied Microeconomics (Public/ Labor/ Development/ Environmental)
Winter 2008 - 2009
| Date | Speaker | Title | Time/Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Paul Niehaus, UCSD |
Corruption Dynamics: the Golden Goose Effect
Download Niehaus9_22.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Alessandra Voena, Stanford University | Yours, Mine and Ours: Do Divorce Laws affect the intertemporal Behavior of Married Couples? | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Doug Miller, UC Davis |
Why are Recessions Good for your Health?
Download Miller9_29.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | No Seminar | 12:00 am TBA |
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| January 1 | Shaun McRae, Stanford University | Infrastructure Quality and the Subsidy Trap | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Jeanne Lafortune, University of Maryland |
Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India -test
Download LafortuneNov18b.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Roger Gordon, UCSD |
Income Redistribution in a Federal System of Governments
Download Gordon10_13.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Mike Lovenheim, Stanford University | Practice Job Talk | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Alejandrina Salcedo, Stanford University | Maximizing Academic Success Rates in University through Different Selection Mechanisms | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Alex Gelber, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Taxes and Time Allocation: Evidence from Single Women
Download Gelber12_1.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Giovanni Peri, UC Davis |
Task Specialization, Immigration, and Wages
Download PeriSept23.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Frederico Finan, UC Berkeley | Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Justin McCrary, UC Berkeley | Police, Prisons, and Government Budgets | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Welcome back | 12:00 am TBA |
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| January 1 | Ted Miguel, UC Berkeley |
Government Transfers and Political Support
Download miguelDec2.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Nancy Qian, Yale University |
Watchdog or Lapdog? Media and the U.S. Government
Download QIANYANA_20091113.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Jesse Cunha, Stanford University | Testing Paternalism: Cash vs. In-kind Transfers and lessons from a Field Experiment in rural Mexico | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Jonathan Meer, Stanford University | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Peer Effects in Charitable Solicitation | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University |
Partisan Grading
Download Zussman10_6.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | 12:00 am |
Spring 2008 - 2009
| Date | Speaker | Title | Time/Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Enrico Moretti, UC Berkeley |
Real Wage Inequality
Download MorettiFeb10_2.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Stanford University |
Conscription and Crime
Download SchargrodskyFeb_17.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Maria Casanova, UCLA |
Happy Together: A Structural Model of Couples' Joint Retirement Choices
Download casanova3_10.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University |
The Hated Property Tax Salience, Tax Rates, and Tax Revolts
Download Hoxby3_2.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Erica Field, Harvard University (visiting Stanford) | Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Zambia | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Steve Davis, Chicago University | The Establishment-Level Behavior of Vacancies and Hiring | 12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Karthik Muralidharan, UCSD |
Contract Teachers
Download Muralidharan3_3.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | Ray Fisman, Columbia University |
Reputation, altruism, and the benefits of seller charity in an online marketplace
Download Fisman3_9.pdf |
12:00 am Econ Bldg 351 |
| January 1 | 12:00 am |
Summer 2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
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