Economics Seminar Schedule at Williams

Research Seminar Schedule:

Fall 2009

All seminars are in Griffin 6 unless otherwise noted.


Thursday, September 17, 4:00PM, Kathryn Gradddy, Brandeis University, Anchoring Effects: Evidence from Art Auctions (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar).


Monday, September 21, 7:30 p.m., James Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin, The Great Crisis and the Dismal Science (Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall).


Wednesday, September 23, 4:00PM, Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College, Stability of Children’s Insurance Coverage and Implications for Access to Care: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.


Wednesday, September 30, 4:00PM, Ken Kuttner, Williams College.


Friday, October 9, 4:00PM, Abhijit Banerjee, MIT (this talk takes place at the CDE; Date is tentative).


Thursday, October 15, 4:00PM, Adam Honig, Amherst College.


Tuesday, October 20, 4:00PM, Lisa Kahn, Yale University (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar)


Wednesday October 28, 4:00PM, Sara LaLumia, Williams College.


Monday, November 16, 4:00PM, Cheryl Doss, Yale University.


Wednesday, November 18, 4:00PM, Ashok Rai, Williams College.


Wednesday, December 2, 4:00PM, Quamrul Ashraf, Williams College.


Thursday, December 3, 4:00PM, Raj Chetty, Harvard University (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar)


Spring 2009

Monday, March 9, 4:00, Griffin 6 Andrew Foster, Brown University, Direct and Indirect Effects of Voluntary Certification: Evidence from the Mexican Clean Industry Program (Class of 1960's Scholars Seminar)

Wednesday, March 18, 4:00, Griffin 6, Jon Bakija, Williams College, Jobs of Top Income-Earners, Income Growth for Top Earners by Job, and the Causes of Changing Income Inequality: Evidence from U.S. Tax Return Data


Tuesday, April 7, 8:00 pm, Griffin 6, Robert Wright, NYU, The Financial Founding Fathers and Financial Crises


Wednesday, April 8, 4:00, Griffin 6, Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College Correcting for Seam Bias when Estimating Discrete Variable Models, with an Application to Analyzing the Employment Dynamics of Disadvantaged Women in the SIPP

Thursday, April 9, 4:00 pm, Griffin 6, Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School, Default and Punishment: Incentives and Lending Behavior in Indian Banks


Mon Apr 13, 4PM Griffin 6, Shelly Lundberg, University of Washington, Psychological Traits and Family Outcomes (Class of 1960's Scholars Seminar)

Wednesday, April 15, 4:00, Griffin 6, Douglas Gollin, Williams College The Greatest of All Improvements: Roads, Agriculture, and Economic Development in Africa

Tue Apr 28, 4PM, Griffin 6 Rachel McCulloch, Brandeis, China, Japan and the United States: Implications of Export-Led Growth for Evolution of the International Trading System

Thu Apr 30, 4PM, Griffin 6 Sheila Olmstead, Yale, The Value of Scarce Water: Measuring the Inefficiency of Municipal Regulations


Wednesday, May 6, 4:00 Griffin 6, Lucie Schmidt, Williams College

Fall 2008

Wed Sept 17, 4PM, Griffin 6: Jon Bakija, Williams College. How Does Charitable Giving Respond to Incentives and Income? Dynamic Panel Estimates Accounting for Predictable Changes in Taxation.

Tue Sept 23, 4PM, Griffin 6: Ana Lusardi, Dartmouth. Debt Literacy, Financial Experience, and Overindebtedness. (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar)

Wed Oct 8, 4PM, Griffin 7: David Love, Williams College. Should Risky Firms Offer Risk-Free DB Pensions?

Thu Oct 16, 4PM, Griffin 6: Anne Beeson Royalty, IUPUI. Rising Health Care Costs: The Effect on Employment Outcomes. (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar)

Mon Oct 27, 4PM: David Jaeger, CUNY. The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada. (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar)

Wed Oct 29, 4PM, Griffin 6: Sara LaLumia, Williams College. The Persistence of Tax Refunds: Evidence from Panel Data

Thu Oct 30, 4PM, Griffin 6: Charles Calomiris, Columbia Business School. The Subprime Turmoil: What's Old, What's New, and What's Next

Wed Nov 5, 4PM, Griffin 6: Stephen Sheppard, Williams College. Do Planning Policies Limit the Expansion of Cities?

Thu Nov 6, 4PM: Jeffrey Carpenter, Middlebury College. Risk Attitudes and Well-Being in Latin America (Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar)

Tue Nov 11, 4PM, Griffin 6: Aldo Musacchio, Harvard Business School. Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930.

Thu Nov 13, 4PM, CDE: Morris Goldstein, Peterson Institute. The Subprime Crisis.

Tue Nov 18, 4PM, Griffin 7: Daniel Rosenblum, Yale. Fertility and Child Mortality: Unintended Consequences of Family Formation in India

Wed Nov 19, 4PM, Griffin 6: Bob Gazzale, Williams College. Behavioral Biases in Annuity Choice: An Experiment

Mon Dec 1, 4PM, Griffin 6: Can Erbil, Brandeis. Relaxing the Financial Constraint: The Impact of Banking Sector Reform on Firm Performance - Emerging Market Evidence from Turkey.

Wed Dec 3, 4PM, Griffin 6: Ralph Bradburd and David Zimmerman, Williams College. The High School Origin of Applicants to Elite Colleges: Effects on Admission and Academic Performance


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