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Spring 2012
Date
Presenter
From
Topic
1/18
Neel Rao
Harvard University
1/20
Matthew Backus
 University of Michigan

Why is Productivity Correlated with Competition
1/23
Dooyeon Cho
 Michigan State University

Trade Intensity, Carry Trades and Exchange Rate Volatility
1/25
Eisuke Okada
University of Chicago

Labor Force Participation and Fertility Decisions of Modern Women
1/27
Caleb Stroup
Vanderbilt University

International Experience and Cross-Border Mergers
1/30
Byoung Hoon Seok
University of Rochester

Growth and Global Imbalances: The Role of Learning-by-Exporting
2/1
Jiyoon Oh
University of Rochester

The Cyclicality of Firm Size Distribution and Its Effect on Aggregate Fluctuations
Fall 2011
Date
Presenter
From
Topic
10/7
Thomas Lubik
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
10/14
Zhen Liu
University at Buffalo

Consumer Unawareness and Competitive Strategies
10/21
Rachana Bhatt
 Georgia State University

Reducing Underage Alcohol & Tobacco Use: Evidence from the Introduction of Vertical Identification Cards
11/11
Miquel Faig
University of Toronto

Lessons from the recent recession: the case of Spain
11/18
Vikesh Amin
SUNY at Binghamton

Do More-Schooled Women have Fewer Children and Delay Childbearing? Evidence from a Sample of U.S. Twins
Spring 2011
Date
Presenter
From
Topic
1/28
Bernard Salanie

Columbia University
2/4
Yoonsoo Lee
School of Economics Sogang University and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
2/25

Gueorgui Kambourov

University of Toronto,

NBER, and RCEA
3/4
David Shapiro
Penn State
3/11
Solomon W. Polachek
Binghamton
3/25
T. Paul Schultz
Yale
4/8
Petra Todd
University of Pennsylvania
Aligning Learning Incentives of Students and Teachers: Results from a Social Experiment in Mexican High Schools
4/22
Martin Uribe
Columbia University
5/2
Roland Benabou
Princeton
Fall 2010
Date Presenter From Topic
10/15
Wentong Zheng
University at Buffalo Law School
Estimating the Effect of State Lotteries on Crime: An Instrumental Variable Approach
10/22
Dr. James Holmes

University at Buffalo

Endogenous Wage Rigidity with Heterogeneous Agents: The Complex
Role of Money

Endogenous Wage Rigidity with Heterogeneous Agents

Dr. James Holmes Seminar Abstract

11/5
Bongseok Choi
University at Buffalo

"Financial Innovation,

Firm Size and Growth"

12/9

Jim Campbell

University at Buffalo

Political Science Dept

"The Economic Records of the Presidents: Party Differences and Inherited Economic Conditions."

12/10 Gilad Sorek University at Buffalo "Finite Lifetimes, Optimal Patents and Growth."
Spring 2010
Date Presenter From Topic
2/19

Yongsung Chang
University of Rochester

“Comparative Advantage

and Unemployment”
2/26

John Maheu
University of Toronto

Components of bull

and bear markets:

bull corrections and bear rallies.
3/5

Mark Aguiar

University of Rochester

"Growth in the Shadow

of Expropriation"
3/19

Martin Uribe

Columbia University
3/26

Ricardo Reis
Columbia University
4/2

William Thomson
University of Rochester

"Lorenz rankings of rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims"

Abstract can be found here

Paper can be found here

4/9

Peter Howitt
Brown University
4/16

Ettore Damiano
University of Toronto
4/23

Charles Engel
University of Wisconsin

“Currency Misalignments and Optimal Monetary Policy: A Reexamination”

Abstract can be found here

Paper can be found here

Presentation can be found here
4/30

Mark Bils

University of Rochester

"Has Consumption Inequality Mirrored Income Inequality." 

Paper can be found here
5/3

Stephen Turnovsky

University of Washington

Growth of Human Capital and Inequality: A Canonical Model"

Presentation
Fall 2009
       
       
   

No Seminars Held During Fall 2009 Semester

 
       
Spring 2009
Date Presenter From Topic
1/16 Yoshinori Kurokawa University at Buffalo Variety Trade and Skill Premium in a Calibrated General Equilibrium Model: The Case of Mexico
1/21 Shi Qi University of Minnesota The Impact of Advertising Regulation on Industry. The Cigarette Advertising Ban of 1971
1/22 Susan Feng Boston University Volatility of Early-Stage Firms with Jump Risk: Theory and Evidence
1/23 Young-Ro Yoon Indiana University-Bloomington Strategic Disclosure of Valuable Information within Competitive Environments
1/26 Mitsukuni Nishida University of Chicago Estimating a Model of Strategic Network Choice: the Convenience-Store Industry in Okinawa
1/28 Eiichiro Kazumori University of Tokyo A Strategic Theory of Markets
2/6 David Benjamin University at Buffalo Recovery Before Redemption?  A Theory of Delays in Sovereign Debt Renegotiations
Fall 2008
Date Presenter From Topic
11/21 Gilad Sorek University at Buffalo Strategic Complementarities between Medical R&D and Savings as a Limit on Patent Protection
11/7 Guanyu Ma University at Buffalo How Fertility Control Affects the Future Improvement of Society
10/31 Richard Deitz New York Federal Reserve Bank The Regional Production, Stock, and Flow of Human Capital
10/29 James Feigenbaum University of Pittsburgh Optimal Irrational Behavior
9/19
 Zhen Liu

University at Buffalo

Fair Disclosure and Investor assymetric awareness in Stock Markets
Spring 2008
Date Presenter From Topic
1/23
 Bin Li

University of Chicago

(Recruitment)

Evaluating Structural Vector Autoregression Models in Monetary Economics
1/25
 Hye Mi You

University of Rochester

(Recruitment)

 The Contribution of Rising School Quality to U.S. Economic Growth
1/28
 Yoshinori Kurokawa University of Minnesota/U.B. (Recruitment) Variety-Skill Complementarity Hypothesis: A Simple Resolution of Trade-Wage Inequality Anomaly
1/30 Goncalo Monteiro

University of Washington/U.B.

(Recruitment)

 The Composition of Productive Government Expenditure: Consequences for Economic Growth and Welfare
2/1
 Jiaren Pang

Washington University

St. Louis/U.B

(Recruitment)

 Search, Training, and Labor Force Participation Over the Business Cycle
2/4
 Noel Johnson

Washington University

St. Louis/U.B

(Recruitment)

 War! What Is It Good For?
2/6
 Ching-Jen Sun

Ohio State University

(Recruitment)

Dynamic Price Discrimination and Quality Provision Based on Purchase History
2/8
 Jeffrey Weinstein

Yale Univesity

(Recruitment)

The Relationship Between School Characteristics and Neighborhood Characteristics:

Evidence from School Redistricting

2/11
 Na Yin

Stonybrook University

(Recruitment)

 Partial Benefits in the Social Security Disability Insurance Program: A Policy Alternative to Foster Work among the Disabled
3/21 Salvador Navarro University of Wisconsin Notes on the Econometric Analysis of Crime: the Deterrence effect of the Death Penalty
3/28 Adrien Verdelhan Boston University Common Risk Factors in the Currency Markets
4/11 Mark Aguiar University of Rochester Investment Cycles and Sovereign Debt Overhang
4/18 Bruce Weinberg Ohio State University Scientific Leadership
4/25 Fabian Lange Yale University Education and Allocative Efficiency. Evidence from Breast Cancer Screening
5/2 Rody Manuelli University of Wisconsin Explaining International Fertility Differences
Fall 2007
Date Presenter From Topic
9/21
 Joe Doyle MIT Sloan School of Management and NBER

Returns to Local-Area Health Care Spending: Using Health Shocks to Patients Far From Home

download paper
10/12
 Carsten Kowalczyk

The Fletcher School

Tufts University

Free Trade:

What Are the Terms-of-Trade Effects?

download paper
10/26
 David Cuberes Clemson University

Medium Term Growth Reversals

(see this webpage for more info)
11/2 Jim Holmes University at Buffalo The Minimum Wage, Teenage Employment and the Business Cycle
11/9
 Zhu, Wang Kansas Federal Reserve Bank

Market Structure and Credit Card Pricing:

What Drives the Interchange?

download paper
11/30
 Atsushi Oyama University at Buffalo The Rewards for Entrepreneurial Ability to Adopt and Implement Advanced Technologies
12/14
 Goncalo Monteiro

University at Buffalo &

University of York

To Be Announced
12/21 Dr. Youngwan Goo Korea National Defense University A Study on the Military Alliance of South Korea-United States with the Existence of Threat from North Korea:
A Public Good Demand Approach
Spring 2007
Date Presenter From Topic
1/19 Dr. James M. Holmes University at Buffalo Monetary Policy, Unemployment and Endogenous Rigid Wages: The Consequences of Unfulfilled Rational Expectations
1/17 Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez University at Buffalo Human Capital, Learning Externalities, and Growth
1/25 Ms. Amy Hongfei Sun University of Toronto Banking, Inside Money, and Outside Money
1/26 Mr. Jae W. Sim Boston University Uncertainty, Irreversible Investment, and Geneeral Equilibrium
1/29 Dr. Luis Alcala University at Buffalo Why Does Skilled Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries?
1/30 Mr. Jiaren Pang Washington University Search, Training, and Labor Force Participation over the Business Cycle
3/23 Dr. Joseph J. Doyle MIT Sloan School of Management Child Welfare and Crime: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care
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3/30 Dr. Boyan Jovanovic New York University Bubbles in Prices of Exhaustible Resources
Download Paper
4/6 Dr. Rodrigo Soares University of Maryland Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare
Download Paper
4/13 Dr. Chad Sparber Colgate University Comparative Advantages and Gains from Immigration
Download Paper
4/27 Dr. Thomas Astebro University of Toronto Does it pay to be a Jack of all Trades?
Download Paper
4/27 Dr. David Galenson University of Chicago The Life Cycles of Modern Artists
5/4 Dr. Adrianna Lleras-Muney Princeton University Life expectancy and human capital investments: Evidence from maternal mortality declines in Sri Lanka
Download Paper
Fall 2006
Date Presenter From Topic
10/20 Dr. Fernando Leiva-Betran University of Iowa Pricing Patents through Citations
11/17 Dr. Christopher A. Rohlfs Syracuse University Does Military Service Make You a More Violent Person? Evidence from the Vietnam Draft Lottery download paper
12/01 Dr. Georg Goetz University of Vienna Diffusion of new technology - The case of multiple generations download paper
12/08 Dr. Ronni Pavan University of Rochester To be announced
Spring 2006
Date Presenter From Topic
1/23 Ms. Kelly Ragan Chicago (Recruitment) Taxes, Transfers, and Time Use: Fiscal Policy in a Household Production Model
1/25 Ms. Xin (Sherry) Li Michigan (Recruitment) Ethnic Dirversity, Social Identities, and Tax Compliance: Evidence from the European and World Values Surveys
1/27 Ms. Qingyan Shang Ohio State University (Recruitment) Estimating Endogenous Neighborhood Effects from Variations in Prices and Price- Responsiveness
1/30 Ms. Amrita Bhattacharyya Boston College (Recruitment) Competition and Advertising in Specialized Markets: A study of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
2/1 Mr. Youngjin Hwang MIT (Recruitment) Regime-Switching Fluctuations, Aggregate and Individual Consumption
2/3 Dr. Edwin L. Lai Stanford (Recruitment) International Protection of Intellectual Property: An Empirical Investigation
2/6 Mr. Ganesh Seshan University of Virginia (Recruitment) The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Household Welfare in a Developing Country with Imperfect Labor Markets
2/10 Mr. Alejandro M. Rodriguez Chicago (Recruitment) Learning Externalities, Human Capital and Growth
2/13 Mr. Santiago Bazdresch Yale (Recruitment) Financial Lumpiness and Investment
2/15 Mr. Siddharth Sharma Yale (Recruitment) Factor Immobility and Regional Inequality: Evidence from a Credit Shock in India
2/17 Dr. Luis Alcala Rochester (Recruitment) Fertility, Migration, and Intergenerational Mobility
2/22 Dr. Kaz Miyagiwa Emory University (Recruitment) Dumping as a signal of Innovation
4/21 Prof. Daniel S. Hamermesh University of Texas at Austin "How the Economics Profession works" 11:30 - 12:30 "Cues for Coordination: Light, Longitude, and Letterman" 3:30 - 5:00"
4/28 Dr. Yang-Ming Chang Kansas State University "Strategic Transfers and Sibling Rivalry: A Contest Model with Endogenous Labor Supply, Family Services, and Leisure."
Fall 2005
Date Presenter From Topic
9/23 Dr. Vikas Chibre Gokhale Institute of Economics Trends and Cycles in the Indian Economy
9/30 Michele Boldrin University of Minnesota "IP & Market Size"
10/7 Belton Fleisher Ohio State University " Regional Inequality and Productivity Growth in China: The Role of Foreign Investment, Infrastructure, and Human Capital"
10/14 Raaj Sah "Corruption across countries and regions: some consequences of coral osmosis"
11/4 Tom Philipson University of Chicago "Surplus Appropriation and Technology Assessment Criteria in Health Care"
11/11 Bruce Weinberg Ohio State University "Creative Careers: The Life Cycles of Nobel Laureates in Economics"
Spring 2005
Date Presenter From Topic
1/20 Mr. Luis Alcala University of Rochester (Recruitment) Fertility, Migration, and Intergenerational Mobility
1/25 Ms. Yan Bai University of Minnesota (Recruitment) Financial Integration and international Risk Sharing
1/27 Mr. Angel Gavilan Gonzalez University of Chicago (Recruitment) Explaining Wage Inequality in the U.S. with an Assignment Model
1/28 Mr. Rudolfs Bems Stockholm School of Economics (Recruitment) Aggregate Investment Expenditures on Traded and Nontraded goods
2/1 Ms. Min Fan Stanford (Recruitment) Heterogeneous Beliefs, the Term Structure and Time-Varying Risk Premia
2/2 Ms. Elena Pastorino University of Pennsylvania (Recruitment) Career Dynamics Under Uncertainty: Estimating the Value of Firm Experimentation
2/3 Mr. Julio Jorge Elias University of Chicago (Recruitment) The Effects of Ability and Family Background on Non-Monetary Returns to Education
2/4 Mr. Justin G. Marion University of Chicago (Recruitment) Redistribution through Public Purchases: Competition, Procurement Costs, and Efficiency in a Bid Preference Program.
2/8 Mr. Calvin Yingshun Ho Berkeley (Recruitment) Does Exchange Rate Volatility Matter to Foreign Direct Investment?
2/11 Ms. Yoonyoung Cho University of Wisconsin-Madison (Recruitment) Investment in Children's Human Capital: Implications of PROGRESA
3/4 Mr. Yi Wen Cornell University Understanding the Impact of Oil Shocks
3/11 Mr. Thomas Lubik Johns Hopkins University On-the-job Search and the Cyclical Dynamics of the Labor Market
4/1 Prof. Lance Lochner University of  Western Ontario "Individual Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System"
4/29 Prof. Maxwell Pak Queen's University "Coooperation with Random Matching"
Fall 2004
Date Presenter From Topic
9/17 Mark G. Duggan University of Maryland, NBER "The Rise in SSI participation among children: Assessing the Impact on Poverty and Labor Supply"
10/1 Koleman Strumpf University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis"
10/8 Luisa Fuster University of Toronto "Elimination of Social Security in a Dynastic Framework"
10/22 Bruce Preston Columbia University "Adaptive Learning and the Use of Forecasts in Monetary Policy"
10/29 Michael Grossman CUNY Graduate Center, NBER "Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
11/5 Casey B. Mulligan University of Chicago "Causes and Consequences of Political Competitiveness"
11/18 Ali Dogramaci Rector, Bilkent University (Turkey) "The Changing Turkish Education System"
11/19 Thomas Lubik Johns Hopkins University TBA
Spring 2004
Date Presenter From Topic
1/21 Justin Trogdon (Recruitment Seminar) Duke University Demand for and Regulation of Cardiac Services
1/23 Julia Litvinova (Recruitment Seminar) Duke University Volatility Asymmetry in High Frequency Data
1/26 Ke Wang (Recruitment Seminar) Stanford University Multi-Period Corporate Failure Prediction with Stochastic Covariates
1/28 Xianghong Li (Recruitment Seminar) Ohio State University Is there a Seasoned Equity Offering Puzzle?
1/30 Dhaval M. Dave (Recruitment Seminar) City University of New York The Effects of Cocaine and Heroin Price on Drug Use among Arrestees
2/2 Juanyi Xu (Recruitment Seminar) University of British Columbia Noise Trader and Exchange Rate Disconnect Puzzle
2/4 Claudio Campanale (Recruitment Seminar) University of Rochester Learning and the Return to Private Equity
2/6 Hwagyun Kim (Recruitment Seminar) University at Buffalo Money Demand Shocks and Interest Rate Rules
2/13 Shaowen Wu (Recruitment Seminar) University at Buffalo TBA
2/27 Jonathan Eaton NYU An Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence fomr French Firms
3/26 Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Columbia Business School TBA
4/9 Serguey Braguinsky University at Buffalo Perfectly Competitive Innovation, Voluntary Information Sharing and its Breakdown in a Growing Industry
4/16 Matthew Turner University of Toronto Landscape Preferences and Patterns of Residential Development
7/9 Phillippe Saucier University of Orleans (Paris) Liquidity, Solvency, and Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of the Japenese Banks' Distress
Fall 2003
Date Presenter From Topic
10/10 Robert Tamura Clemson University/Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Income and Education of the States of the United States: 1840-2000
10/17 Juan Mendoza University at Buffalo Geography, Health, and Development: Evidence from Columbia
10/31 Comin Diego New York University Are Soccer Contracts Incomplete?
11/7 Yongmiao Hong Cornell Testing Extremet Risk Spillover Between Finanical Markets: Econometric Method and Application to Chinese Stock Markets
11/14 Boyan Jovanovic Chicago and New York University The Q-Theory of IPO's
11/21 Zhiqiang Liu University at Buffalo Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers, and Productivity of Domestic Firms: Theory and Evidence
12/5 James M. Holmes University at Buffalo The Cyclical Relationship between Employment and Real Wages in U.S. Manufacturing
Spring 2003
Date Presenter From Topic
1/10 Parama Chaudhury (recruitment seminar) New York University Multi-Tasking and the Returns to Experience
1/13 Angela No (recruitment seminar) University of Toronto Agglomeration Effects in the Diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
1/14 Alexander K. Karaivanov University of Chicago Financial Contracts and Occupational Choice
1/15 Yan Shen (recruitment seminar) University of Southern California Aggregate vs. Disaggregate Data Analysis- A paradox in the estimation of Money Demand Function of Japan Under the Low Interest Rate Policy
1/16 Mingliang Li (recruitment seminar) University of California -Irvine Duration Analysis with Piecewise Constant Baseline Hazards, Time-Varying Covariates and Random Effects: An Application to the Timing of High School Dropout Decisions
1/17 Paris Cleanthous Yale University Patient Welfare Implications of Innovation in the U.S. Antidepressant Market
2/14 Ingela Alger Boston College A Thoery of Fraud in Experts Markets
4/11 Isabel Brocas Columbia A Theory of Influence
4/18 Shubha Gosh University of Buffalo To Be Announced
4/25 Christopher Carroll Johns Hopkins The Epidemiology of Macroeconoimc Expectations
5/2 Yi Wen Cornell Understanding the Inventory Cycle
Fall 2002
Date Presenter From Topic
10/4 Lawrence Southwick Jr. University at Buffalo Effects on the Brady Act on Crime?
10/11 James M. Holmes University at Bufalo The Minimum Wage and the Business Cycle in a Competitive Equilibrium Model.
10/18 Serguey Braguinsky University at Buffalo Entrepreneurial Ability and Market Section in an Infant Industry: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton spinning Industry.
10/25 Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto Identification of Online State Dependence Using Denial of Service Attacks as an Instrument
11/8 Serguey Braguinsky University at Buffalo Investment with Imperfect Property Rights
11/15 Hwagyun Kim (recruitment seminar) University at Buffalo Common and Idiosyncratic Fluctuations of Interest Rates from various Issuers: A Dynamic Factor Approach
11/22 Ronald Wintrobe Univeristy of Western Ontario Can Suicide Bombers be Rational?
11/25 Luca Bossi (recruitment seminar) Cornell Intergeneration Risk Shifting Through Social Security and Bailout Politics
12/2 Jeffrey DeSimone (recruitment seminar) East Carolina University Determinants of Drug Injection Behavior: Economic Factors, HIV Infection Risk and Needles Exchange Program
Spring 2002
Date Presenter From Topic
1/23 Aysegul Sahin University of Rochester The Rotten Kid at College: The Incentive
1/25 Katustoshi Wakai Yale University A Model of Consumption Smoothing with an Application to Asset Pricing
1/28 Pedro S. Amaral University of Minnesota Consequences of Turbulence and Heterogeneity in Learning Ability for Wage Inequality
1/30 Raoul Minetti London School of Economics Banking Regulation, Capital Crunches, and Real Estate Crises
2/1 Shilender Swaminathan University of Southern California Effect of Health on Wages of Men: Evidence from Indonesia
2/8 Helios Herrera New York University Participation Externalities and Asset Price Volatility
2/22 Jong - Wha Lee Korea University IMF Programs: Who is Chosen and What are the Effects?
3/15 Michelle Alexpoulos University of Toronto To Be announced
4/19 Lena Edlund Columbia University To Be Announced
Fall 2001
Date Presenter From Topic
9/6 Donald Dutkowsky Syracuse University Inflation Targeting with the Federal Funds Rate
10/12 Xiaodong Xu University of Toronto To Be Announced
10/19 Aloysius Siow University of Toronto To Be Announced
10/26 Mark Bils University of Rochester To Be announced
11/2 Catherine Cuff McMaster University To Be Announced
11/9 Neil Harding Wales Marxism, Ideology, and Sites of Power
12/7 Yong Yin University at Buffalo To Be Announced
Spring 2001
Date Presenter From Topic
1/25 Hyunbae Chun New York University Can Information Technology Explain Deceleration and Acceleration in Productivity Growth?
1/26 Jed Devaro Stanford University The effect of Employer Recruitment Strategies on Job Placements and Match Quality
1/30 Glen Waddell Purdue University Executive Compensation and Project Selection
2/1 Susheng Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Bargaining, Revenue Sharing, and Control Rights Allocation
2/5 Jose Plehn-Dujowich University of Chicago Innovation, Firm Size, and Occupational Choice
2/7 Chetan Subramanian University at Buffalo Exchange Rate Based Stabilization with Borrowing Constraints
2/12 Zhiqiang Liu University at Buffalo The Economic Impact and Determinants of Investments in Human and Political Capital in Urban China
3/2 Hiroyuki Ozaki Tohoku University To Be Announced
3/16 John Burbridge McMaster TDSP's
3/19 Tiemen Woutersen University of Western Ontario To Be Announced
3/23 Casey Mulligan University of Chicago To BE Announced
4/6 Elizabeth Caucutt University of Rochester To Be Announced
4/13 Diego Restuccia University of Toronto To be Announced
4/27 John Duggan University of Rochester To be announced
Fall 2000
Date Presenter From Topic
9/29 Maya Shah University of Baroda, India The Economics of Discrimination
10/13 Zhiqiang Liu HK University of Science and Technology Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Spillover: Evidence from China
10/20 Jin Young Kim University at Buffalo The Market for Scientists and the Recent Surge in Patenting
10/27 Song Han University of Rochester On Tast-Based Discrimination in Credit Markets
11/3 Joanne Robert University of Toronto To be Announced
11/10 Amit Batabyal Rochester Institute of Technology A Dynamic Analysis of Protection and Environmental Policy in a Small Trading Developing Country
11/17 Chris Robinson University of Western Ontario To be announced
12/1 Matthew Turner University of Toronto To be announced
12/8 Jung-Ok Cho Univeristy of Rochester To be announced
Spring 2000
Date Presenter From Topic
2/18 Jeff Smith University of Western Ontario Is the Threat of Training More Effective than Training Itself?
3/3 Xiadong Xu university of Toronto To be announced
3/31 Michael Peters University of Toronto To be announced
4/7 Michael Veall McMaster University To be announced
4/14 Todd Steinbrickner University of Western Ontario The underlying relationship between family income and college performance: Evidence from a liberal arts college with a full tuition subsidy
4/21 Shabtai Donnenfeld York University Regional Blocs and Foreign Direct Investment
4/28 Dwayne Benjamin University of Toronto Property Rights, Labour Markets, and Efficiency in a Transition Economy: The Case of Rural China
5/5 Akira Matsumoto Ehime University, JAPAN Japanese Bubble-Its Domestic Aspects and International aspects
Fall 1999
Date Presenter From Topic
10/8 Eric Nauenberg University at Buffalo Simulation of a Hospital Industry Hirschman-Herfindahl Index with Incomplete Market Share Information
10/22 Todd Steinbrickner University of Western Ontario To be announced
10/29 David Mustard University of Georgia To be announced
11/4 Aloysius Siow University of Toronto Why Dowries?
11/12 Linda Wong SUNY-Binghamton Skill acquisition in an Equilibrium Search Model
11/19 Jagadeesh Gokhale Cleveland Fed Transmission of Wealth Inequality via bequests
12/3 Gordon Dahl University of Rochester Teenage Marriage:Falling or Failing in love?
12/10 Shannon Seitz University of Western Ontario Employment, Marriage, and the Sex Radio