Economics 501: Graduate Student Seminar
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Eisho Takatsuji (Northwestern University): "Selecting Proportional Juries"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Eisho Takatsuji (Northwestern University): "Selecting Proportional Juries"
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Conference on Gender and Household Economics
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Yifan Mao (Northwestern University): "Title TBA"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker: Alison Doxey (UChicago) Title: The Long-Run Effects of Access to Social Insurance: Evidence from the Introduction of Workers' Compensation (with...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Christian Hellwig (TSE): “Consumption, Wealth and Income Inequality: a Tale of Tails”, with Alexandre Gaillard (Brown), Philipp Wangner (Mannheim) and...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Michael Kremer (UChicago) Title: Narrative, Ritual, and Identity Abstract: Some scholars argue that exposure to historical narrative, ritual, and collective experiences...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sara Heller (UMich): Using Network Data to Measure Social Returns and Improve Targeting of Crime-Reduction Interventions with Ashley Craig, Kenneth...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Xu Cheng (UPenn): Optimal Estimation of Two-Way Effects under Limited Mobility Abstract: We propose an empirical Bayes estimator for two-way effects...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Patrick Testa (Tulane): Elections and Political Investment Abstract: Elections select officeholders and policies, but they also signal to political actors where...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Martin Beraja (Haas, Berkeley): The Value of Organizational Learning Technologies Abstract: Organizations learn over time. They build organizational capital and form...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Jorge Lemus (UIUC): Who Gets a Patent? The role of examiners and applicants
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Tamri Matiashvili (Stanford): Talent, Trust, and Health: The Effects of the First Female Physicians Abstract: How did the entry of women...
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Bob Gordon (Northwestern University): "The Economics of the Two World Wars: A Battle of Whys and Ifs"
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
David Atkin (MIT): The Incidence of Distortions Abstract: Economic distortions—such as market power, taxes, credit constraints, etc.—are fundamental in understanding income differences...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
George Nikolakoudis (UChicago ): Pricing and Production Without The Invisible Hand Abstract: Modern theories of the business cycle do not allow...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Leemore Dafny (Harvard Business): TBA
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Francesca Bastianello (Booth): Mental Models and Financial Forecasts Abstract: We uncover the mental models financial professionals use to explain their quantitative...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Victoria Baranov (Melbourne): Masculinity around the world
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
DGS Federico Bugni and Associate Chair Ian Savage will cover important deadlines, degree requirements, and good-progress milestones. They will also...
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
DGS Federico Bugni and Associate Chair Ian Savage will cover important deadlines, degree requirements, and good-progress milestones. They will also...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Elisa Facchetti (Tor Vergata): TBA
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker: Francisco Pino (University of Chile)/Alex Weinberg (UChicago)