Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will take place in Morton Hall 102 on Fridays. <

Date and Time Speaker 30 September 1:00-2:30 p.m. Patricia Anderson, Dartmouth College and NBER    "Reading, Writing and Raisinets: Are School Finances Contributing to Children's Obesity" 14 October 1:00-2:30 p.m. Thomas Dee, Swarthmore College and NBER    "Teachers and the Gender Gap in Student Achievement" 21 October 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Law School Paul Mahoney, University of Virginia     "Mandatory versus Contractual Disclosure in Securities Markets: Evidence from the 1930s" January - February Recruiting Seminars 17 March 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER    "Welfare Work Requirements and Paternalistic Government Preferences" 23 March 12:00-1:30 John R. Lott, American Enterprise Institute    "Is Newspaper Coverage of Economic Events Politically Biased?: 1985-2004" 14 April 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Andrew Schotter, New York University    "Paying for Confidence: An Experimental Study of Preferences over Beliefs"