Economics 231: Lunch Seminar: "Partial Identification with Optimization Frictions: An Application to Taxation and Labor Supply"

Seminar: Public Finance | February 9 | 12-2 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Featured Speaker: Raj Chetty, Professor, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley

Sponsors: Professor James Hines, Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance

NOTE: Room Change from 639 to 608-7 Evans Hall.

RSVP required

RSVP info: RSVP by February 5 by emailing Jessie Sandoval at jessie@econ.berkeley.edu.

Seminar 295, Survey Research: Econometrics

Seminar: Survey of Research in Economics | February 9 | 12-2 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Featured Speakers: Bryan Graham; Michael Jansson; Denis Nekipelov; Jim Powell; Kenneth Train

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 211, Econ History: "Searching for Irving Fisher"

Seminar: Economic History | February 9 | 2-4 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Featured Speaker: Kris Mitchener, Santa Clara University

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 271, Development: Topic Forthcoming

Seminar: Development and Planning | February 9 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 208, Micro Theory: "Diversity and Popularity in Social Networks"

Seminar: Microeconomic Theory | February 9 | 4-6 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Featured Speaker: Brian Rogers, Northwestern University

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Co-authored with Yann Bramoulle

From Boom to Bust: Insights into the Current Economic Downturn: How did we get here? The credit crisis and recession

Lecture | February 10 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Barrows Hall, Lipman Room (on 8th floor)

Speaker: Martha Olney, Department of Economics

Sponsor: Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning, OLLI @Berkeley

What do we need to know and understand about economic history, macroeconomics, and proposed policies to guide our own behavior as citizens, investors, and consumers during this economic downturn.

Reservation required

Reservation info: $5 gen admisson; free to current/retired UCB faculty/staff, UCB students. Make reservations online, or by calling 510.642.9934, or by emailing berkeley_olli@berkeley.edu.

Alvaro Ramos: "Nicaraguan Immigration into Costa Rica: The Role of Vacancies"

Seminar: Development Lunch | February 10 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 281, International Trade & Finance: "The Olympics Effect"

Seminar: International Trade & Finance | February 10 | 2-4 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall

Speakers: Andrew Rose, UC BERKELEY; Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 218, Psych & Econ: "Successfully Ignoring Retracted Information in the Marketplace: Evidence from a Consumer Reports' Oops"

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

Featured Speaker: Professor Uri Simonsohn, U.C. San Diego

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 221, Industrail Organizartion: "Competition with Social Externalities" [Preliminar version]

Seminar: Industrial Organization | February 10 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, 608-7 Evans

Performer: Christian Riis, Norwegian School of Management

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 235, Finance: "Prospect Theory, the Disposition Effect and Asset Prices"

Seminar: Financial Economics | February 10 | 4:10-5:45 p.m. | C230 Cheit Hall

Featured Speaker: Liyan Yang, Cornell University (Haas Finance Recruiting Seminar)

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 235, Finance: "Market Liquidity, Active Investment, and Markets for Information"

Seminar: Financial Economics | February 11 | 4:10-5:45 p.m. | Haas School of Business, Room S489 (in Administration Building)

Featured Speaker: Samuel Lee, New York University and Stockholm School of Economics (Haas Finance Recruiting Seminar)

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Seminar 251, Labor: "A Divergent View on Black-White Earnings Convergence"

Seminar: Labor Economics | February 12 | 2-4 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Featured Speaker: Dan Black, University of Chicago

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

with Natalia Kolesnikova (FRB of St. Louis), Seth Sanders (Duke), Lowell Taylor (Carnegie Mellon), Mark Wessel (Carnegie Mellon)

Seminar 242, Econometrics: "Semiparametric Efficient Estimation of Dynamic Games of Incomplete Information": Papers available in 611 Evans Hall and not posted on this site.

Seminar: Econometrics | February 12 | 4-6 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Featured Speaker: Denis Nekipelov, University of California, Berkeley

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Labor Lunch: "Changing Skill Demand and Changes in the Wage Structure"

Seminar: Labor Lunch Seminar | February 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 608-7 Evans Hall

Featured Speakers: Alex Lefter, University of Minnesota; Ben Sand, University of British Columbia

Sponsor: Economics, Department of

Please note: paper is preliminary and not posted for wide circulation.