Past Seminars

Spring 2010

5 February
3:00pm-4:30pm
Emmanuel De Veirman, Central Bank of New Zealand

 

23 February
3:00pm-4:30pm
John Siegfried, Vanderbilt University

 

26 February (**Note: Friday 12pm seminar)
12:00pm-1:30pm
Tara Sinclair, George Washington University

 

March 19
3:00pm-4:30pm
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia

 

April 23
3:00pm-4:30pm
Donna Gilleskie, UNC Chapel Hill

 

April 26
3:00pm-4:30pm
Bruce Caldwell, Duke University

Fall 2009

18 September
3:00pm-4:30pm
Maria Canon, University of Rochester
The Role of Schools in the Production of Achievement

 

16 October

3:00pm-4:30pm
James Harrigan, University of Virginia
Zeros, Quality and Space: Trade Theory and Trade Evidence

27 October (**Note: Tuesday 12:30pm Seminar)
12:30pm-1:30pm
Melanie Khamis, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor
Risk Attitudes, Time Preferences and the Incidence of Informality among Workers: Evidence from a Transition Country 

 

30 October (**Note: Seminar joint with Africana Studies)
3:00pm-4:30pm
Admasu Shiferaw, University of Goettingen
Which Firms Invest Less Under Uncertainty? Evidence from Ethiopian Manufacturing 

 

6 November
3:00pm-4:30pm
Alfredo Romero, Virginia Tech
An Omnibus Misspecification Test

 

19 November (**Note: Date Subject to Change)
12:30pm-1:45pm
Arnab Bhattacharjee, University of St. Andrews
Taking Personalities out of Monetary Policy Decision Making? Interactions, Heterogeneity and Committee Decision-making in the Bank of England's MPC 

 

4 December
3:00pm-4:30pm
Francesco Bianchi, Duke University
TBD 

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Spring 2009

19 March
3:00pm-4:30pm
Carl Moody, College of William and Mary
Firearms and Homicide 

 

27 March
3:00pm-4:30pm
Elizabeth Ananat, Duke University, Public Policy
The Wrong Side(s) of the Tracks: The Causal Effects of Racial Segregation on Urban Poverty and Inequality 

 

3 April
3:00pm-4:30pm
Pierre Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Housing Externalities

 

17 April 
3:00pm-4:30pm
David Ulph, University of St. Andrews
Avoidance Policies - A New Conceptual Framework

 

1 May
3:00pm-4:30pm
Nathan Miller, Department of Justice
Automobile Prices, Gasoline Prices, and Consumer Demand for Fuel Economy

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Fall 2008

17 October
3:00pm-4:30pm
Jan Sokolowsky, University of Michigan
On the Objective of Coroporate Boards: Theory and Evidence 

 

24 October
3:00pm-4:30pm
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University
Expanding "Choice" in School Choice

 

**International Relations Seminar**

30 October -- Reves Room
3:30pm-4:30pm
Judith Dean, U.S. International Trade Commission
Trade, Growth, Production Fragmentation and China's Environment

 

31 October
3:00pm-4:30pm
Justin May, College of William and Mary
International Water Contracts and Household Outcomes: Evidence from Albania 

 

7 November
3:00pm-4:30pm
Brian McManus, University of North Carolina
The Demand for Products Linked to Public Goods: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment 

 

13 November (Note: Thursday 3:30pm Seminar)
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Paul Staneski, Head of Derivatives Solutions and Training, Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC
The Most Amazing Idea in Finance!

 

18 November (Note: Tuesday 3:30 Seminar)
3:30pm-5:00pm
Alfredo Romero, College of William and Mary
Probabilistic Logit Models

 

5 December
3:00pm-4:30pm
Dan Mackay, College of William and Mary
Estimating the Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on Aircraft Demand

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Spring 2008
21 March
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Sanjay Jain, University of Virginia
Workers Without Borders? Culture, Migration, and the Political Limits to Globalization.

 
4 April
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Sita Slavov, Occidental College
Public versus Private Provision of Public Goods

 

11 April
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Mark Duggan, University of Maryland
The Effect of Medicare Part D on Pharmaceutical Prices and Utilization

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 Fall 2007

26 October
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Neville Francis, UNC-Chapel Hill
A Century of Work and Leisure

 

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Spring 2007

January - February: Recruiting Seminars

23 March
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
William Thomson, University of Rochester
TBA

13 April
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Brett Wendling, Federal Trade Commission
TBA

27 April
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Lemma Senbet, University of Maryland
TBA
Joint with Business School

4 May
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Mark Duggan, University of Maryland
CANCELED -- RESCHEDULED FOR FALL 2007

 

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Fall 2006

20 October
12:00 -1:15 p.m.
Kara Reynolds, American University
"From Agreement to Application: A Cross-Country Application of Injury Determinants under the WTO Antidumping Agreement"

 

 
10 November
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Hugo Sonnenschein, University of Chicago
"Factor Endowments, Relative Commodity Prices and Anything Goes"

 

17 November
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Reves Center
David Ervin, Portland State University
"What Motivates Business Environmental Management: Sticks or Carrots?"

 

 
1 December
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Philip Decicca, McMaster University
"Labor Market Fluctuations and Health: Is there a Connection and for Whom?"

 

 
8 December 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Shannon Mitchell, Virginia Commonwealth University
"The Effects of Disability Grants on AIDS-related Incentives: Evidence from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa"