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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Labor Lunch: Event Cancelled

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | August 26 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall | Canceled

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Seminar 235, Finance: No Meeting

Seminar: Financial Economics | August 27 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 251, Labor: No meeting

Seminar: Labor Economics | August 27 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 242, Econometrics - Organizational Meeting

Seminar: Econometrics | August 27 | 4-4:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Monday, August 31, 2009

Seminar 231, Public Finance - Organizational Meeting

Seminar: Public Finance | August 31 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 271, Development - "The Impact of Trade on Firm Size and Productivity Distributions: Evidence from India's Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sectors"

Seminar: Development and Planning | August 31 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - "Rational and Naive Herding"

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | August 31 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ Joint with Seminar 208 - Micro Theory * Please Note: Change in Day and Time "Rational and Naive Herding"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | August 31 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Labor Lunch: No meeting

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | September 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall | Canceled

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Seminar 235, Finance: Job Market Preparation

Seminar: Financial Economics | September 3 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 251, Labor: "On-the-Job Search, Minimum Wages, and Labor Market Outcomes in an Equilibrium Bargaining Framework"

Seminar: Labor Economics | September 3 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 242, Econometrics - "On the Asymptotic Optimality of Empirical Likelihood for Testing Moment Restrictions"

Seminar: Econometrics | September 3 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Friday, September 4, 2009

Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch

Meeting: Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch | September 4 | 1-3 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Monday, September 7, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: No Meeting

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | September 7 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 231, Public Finance - No seminar

Seminar: Public Finance | September 7 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - Academic and Administrative Holiday

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | September 7 | 4-6 p.m. |  Evans Hall

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Development Lunch: "The Economic Effects of Property Registration Reforms: Evidence from Ghana"

Seminar: Development Lunch | September 8 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 237, Macro: "Do search frictions explain unemployment? Not in bad times."

Seminar: Macroeconomics | September 8 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 281, International: "Do search frictions explain unemployment? Not in bad times."

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | September 8 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ - "A Model of Attention and Anticipation"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | September 8 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Labor Lunch: "The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce"

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | September 9 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Seminar 251, Labor: "Occupations and Changes in the Wage Structure"

Seminar: Labor Economics | September 10 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 242, Econometrics - "Identified Regions and Inference in Panel Data Roy Models"

Seminar: Econometrics | September 10 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 235, Finance: HAAS Seminar - "The Cross-Section and Time-Series of Stock and Bond Returns"

Seminar: Financial Economics | September 10 | 4:10-5:45 p.m. | Cheit Hall, Room C210

Monday, September 14, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: Life in the Ph.D. Program

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | September 14 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 231, Public Finance - "Analyzing the Case for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution"

Seminar: Public Finance | September 14 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 271, Development - "Suffrage, Schooling and Sorting in the Post-Bellum US South"

Seminar: Development and Planning | September 14 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - Joint with Yahoo! Research, "Costly Self-Control versus Overwhelming Temptation": PLEASE NOTE: OFF CAMPUS LOCATION: Yahoo! Research, 2397 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA . No paper will be circulated.

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | September 14 | 4-6 p.m. | Yahoo! Research, Suite #204

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Development Lunch: Bases, Bullets, and Ballots: The Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia

Seminar: Development Lunch | September 15 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 281, International: "NO SEMINAR"

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | September 15 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 237, Macro: "NO SEMINAR"

Seminar: Macroeconomics | September 15 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ - "Repeated Moral Hazard Under Loss Aversion"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | September 15 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Labor Lunch: No Meeting

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | September 16 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 291, Departmental: “The Origins of General Purpose Technologies”

Seminar: Departmental Seminar | September 16 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 211: Departmental, "The Origins of General Purpose Technologies": (Joint with Seminar 291)

Seminar: Economic History | September 16 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Seminar 235, Finance: (Job Market Preparation) "Financial Market Integration and Firm Growth: Evidence From U.S. Bank Branch Deregulation"

Seminar: Financial Economics | September 17 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 251, Labor: “The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings in the U.S. Residential Market for Natural Gas”

Seminar: Labor Economics | September 17 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 242, Econometrics - "Non-parametric Identification in Asymmetric Second-Price Auctions: A New Approach"

Seminar: Econometrics | September 17 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Friday, September 18, 2009

Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch

Meeting: Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch | September 18 | 1-3 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Monday, September 21, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: International Economics

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | September 21 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 211: NO MEETING: Economic History

Seminar: Economic History | September 21 | 2-4 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall | Canceled

Seminar 231, Public Finance: No Seminar

Seminar: Public Finance | September 21 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 271, Development - "Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-up"

Seminar: Development and Planning | September 21 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - Joint with Yahoo! Research, - "Other Regarding Preferences: Outcomes, Intentions or Interdependence": and is co-authored with Mike Peters

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | September 21 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Development Lunch: "Responsible Fathers: The behavioral response to an increase in the likelihood of paying child support in Costa Rica"

Seminar: Development Lunch | September 22 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, 608-07

Seminar 281, International: "Sectoral Price Facts in a Sticky-Price Model"

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | September 22 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 237, Macro: "Sectoral Price Facts in a Sticky-Price Model"

Seminar: Macroeconomics | September 22 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ - "Contracts and Communication"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | September 22 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Labor Lunch: "Do Search Frictions Explain Unemployment? Not in Bad Times."

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | September 23 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Seminar 235, Finance: (Job Market Preparation) - "Unsolicited Credit Ratings, Unrated Issues and Access to Public Debt Markets": Time Change: 12:40-2:40pm. Double-Session this Thursday. First Lorenz Kueng will give a brief (40min) talk about his ongoing work Expectation Formation and Permanent Income Hypothesis and then Javed Ahmed will give a full (1h 20min) job market preparation

Seminar: Financial Economics | September 24 | 12:30-2:45 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 251, Labor: Canceled

Seminar: Labor Economics | September 24 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Friday, September 25, 2009

Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch

Meeting: Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch | September 25 | 1-3 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Monday, September 28, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: Psychology and Economics

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | September 28 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 231, Public Finance - "Charitable giving and tax policy in the presence of tax cheating: Theory and evidence from the US and France"

Seminar: Public Finance | September 28 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 211: "Information and Uncertainty in German-Balkan Trade: A Case Study of the Leipzig Trade Fair 1920-1930: Economic History

Seminar: Economic History | September 28 | 2-4 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Seminar 271, Development - "Information and Persuasion: Achieving Safe Water Behavior in Kenya"

Seminar: Development and Planning | September 28 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - NO SEMINAR

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | September 28 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Development Lunch: "Returns to Secondary Education in Kenya: A Regression Discontinuity Approach"

Seminar: Development Lunch | September 29 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, 608-07

Seminar 237, Macro: "International and Intra-national Real Exchange Rates: Evidence and Theory"

Seminar: Macroeconomics | September 29 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 281, International: "International and Inta-national Real Exchange Rates: Evidence and Theory"

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | September 29 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ - "Distributive Justice and Neural Encoding of Equity and Efficiency"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | September 29 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Labor Lunch: "The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes"

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | September 30 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Seminar 251, Labor: "To What Extent do High Wages Kill Jobs? Estimating the Elasticity of The Job Creation Curve"

Seminar: Labor Economics | October 1 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 242, Econometrics - "A Structural Model of Equilibrium and Uncertainty in Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions"

Seminar: Econometrics | October 1 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 235, Finance: HAAS Seminar - "Labor and Asset Prices"

Seminar: Financial Economics | October 1 | 4:10-5:45 p.m. | C210 Cheit Hall

Monday, October 5, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: Financial Economics

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | October 5 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 271, Development - "Do Child Sponsorship Programs Work? Analyzing Long-term Effects with a Discontinuity Design in Uganda"

Seminar: Development and Planning | October 5 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - Joint with Yahoo! Research, "Continuously Repeated Games with Private Opportunities to Adjust"

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | October 5 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Development Lunch: Topic Forthcoming

Seminar: Development Lunch | October 6 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, 608-07

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ - "A Model of Hierarchical Strategizing in Extensive-Form Games"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | October 6 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 291, Departmental: "When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and when is it not)?"

Seminar: Departmental Seminar | October 6 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 281, International Trade and Finance: "When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and when is it not)?"

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | October 6 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 237, Macroeconomics: "When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and when is it not)?"

Seminar: Macroeconomics | October 6 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 231, Public Finance: "When is Market Incompleteness Irrelevant for the Price of Aggregate Risk (and when is it not)?"

Seminar: Public Finance | October 6 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Labor Lunch: "The Impact of a Large Parental Leave Benefit Reform on the Timing of Birth around the Day of Implementation"

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | October 7 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Seminar 251, Labor: "Sexism and Women's Labor Market Outcomes"

Seminar: Labor Economics | October 8 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 242, Econometrics - "A General Hypothesis Test for Stationary Markov Processes"

Seminar: Econometrics | October 8 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 235, Finance: HAAS Seminar - "Growth Opportunities and Technology Shocks": with Leonid Kogan, Massachusetts Institute of Techology

Seminar: Financial Economics | October 8 | 4:10-5:45 p.m. | C210 Cheit Hall

Friday, October 9, 2009

Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch

Meeting: Psychology and Economics Non-Lunch | October 9 | 1-3 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Monday, October 12, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: Demography

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | October 12 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 231, Public Finance - “Career Concerns of CEOs and Incentives to Distort Earnings”

Seminar: Public Finance | October 12 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 235, Finance: (Job Market Preparation): (Joint with Public Economics)

Seminar: Financial Economics | October 12 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - Joint with Yahoo! Research, "Subjective Probabilities on a State Space"

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | October 12 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Development Lunch: Topic Forthcoming

Seminar: Development Lunch | October 13 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, 608-07

Seminar 281, International Trade and Finance - NO SEMINAR

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | October 13 | 2-4 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 237, Macroeconomics - NO SEMINAR

Seminar: Macroeconomics | October 13 | 2-4 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ: NO SEMINAR

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | October 13 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Labor Lunch: "Nonparametric Identification in Models of Sorting with Social Preferences"

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | October 14 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 291, Departmental: "What does an economist do at Google? Personal sampling of projects"

Seminar: Departmental Seminar | October 14 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Seminar 251, Labor: "Outsourcing Household Production: Demand for Foreign Domestic Helpers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong"

Seminar: Labor Economics | October 15 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Friday, October 16, 2009

Seminar 271, Development - "Diversity in Organizations: Theory and Evidence from Indian Industrialization"

Seminar: Development and Planning | October 16 | 12-2:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Monday, October 19, 2009

Seminar 295, Survey of Research: No Meeting

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | October 19 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 231, Public Finance - "The Effects of the Initiative, Recall, and Term Limits on Municipal Fiscal Decisions in the United States"

Seminar: Public Finance | October 19 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 271, Development - "The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease: Applications and Targeting in Tanzania's Social Action Fund"

Seminar: Development and Planning | October 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 208, Microeconomics Theory - Joint with Yahoo! Research, "Dynamic Deception",: Joint with Axel Anderson (Georgetown University)

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | October 19 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Development Lunch: Topic Forthcoming

Seminar: Development Lunch | October 20 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, 608-07

Seminar 237, Macro: "The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity and Firm Size Distribution: Evidence from India's Formal and Informal Sectors"

Seminar: Macroeconomics | October 20 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 281, International: "The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity and Firm Size Distribution: Evidence from India's Formal and Informal Sectors"

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | October 20 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 218, Psych and Econ - "Inattention in the Used Car Market"

Seminar: Psychology and Economics | October 20 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Labor Lunch: "Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South"

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | October 21 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Seminar 291, Departmental: "Beyond Testing: Empirical Models of Insurance Markets"

Seminar: Departmental Seminar | October 21 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Seminar 211: "Beyond Testing: Empirical Models of Insurance Markets": Departmental, with Seminar 291

Seminar: Economic History | October 21 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

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