College of William and Mary Department of Economics
2002-2003 Seminar Schedule

 

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will meet in Morton 102 at the dates and times indicated. Refreshments will be served following the seminar.
  
Date Speaker

Friday, 9/20
3:00-4:15
Amihai Glazer, University of California, Irvine
   "Elections with Contribution-Maximizing Candidates"
Friday 9/27
12:00-1:00
Troy Davig, College of William and Mary
   "Regime-Switching Fiscal Policy in General Equilibrium"
Friday, 10/4
3:00-4:15
William Branch, College of William and Mary
   "Intrinsic Heterogeneity in Expectation Formation"
Friday, 10/18
3:00-4:15
Chip Filer, Old Dominion University
  "The Consumption Effects Associated with Filing for Personal Bankruptcy"
Friday 10/25
3:00-4:15
Matthew Dey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  "An Equilibrium Model of Health Insurance Provision and Wage Determination"
Friday, 11/8
3:00-4:15
Harriet Duleep, Urban Institute
    "Immigrant Earnings Growth Revisited"
Friday, 11/15
3:00-4:15
Massimo Guidolin, University of Virginia
    "Strategic Asset Allocation under Multivariate Regime Switching"
Friday, 2/21
3:00-4:15
Steven Stern, University of Virginia
  "Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in a Model of Match Quality"
  (with Michael J. Brien, Arthur Andersen LLP, and Lee A. Lillard, University of Michigan)
Thursday 3/20
3:30-4:45
Shoshana Grossbard-Schechtman, San Diego State University and Columbia University
  "Marriage Market Imbalances and Labor Supply of Women:
  A Model with Competitive Markets for Wife Services and Application to U. S. Regions
"
  (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University)
Thursday, 3/27
7:00-8:15
Rogers 100
George Borjas, Harvard University and NBER
  "Immigration Policy and the Economic Impact of Immigration
Friday, 4/4
3:00-4:15
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  "Low Wage Workers, the Minimum Wage and Job Turnover"
  (with Rosemary Hyson, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Friday 4/11
3:00-4:15
Jon Bakija, Williams College and Brookings Institution
  "Evidence on the Impact of Progressive State Taxes on the Locations and Estates of the Rich"
  (with Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan)
Friday, 4/25
3:00-4:15
Chris Foote, Harvard University, Council of Economic Advisors, and NBER
  "Young Persons and State-Level Unemployment: The Role of the Housing Market"