Research Seminar Schedule: Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004

Spring 2007

Wednesday seminars are in Griffin 6 at 4:00PM unless otherwise noted. 
* indicates Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar. Locations to be announced.
# indicates a Center for Development Economics Talk. Locations as listed.

 

Weds., February 28 -- Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales & Williams College

# Thurs., March 1 -- Claire Dickerson, Rutgers Law School, "Legal Systems and Economic Development"

* Mon., March 5 -- John Leahy, New York University, "Measuring Self Control Problems"

Tues., March 6 -- Martin Wagner, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna

# Mon., March 12 -- Waafas Ofosu-Amaah, World Bank, "Gender and Economic Development"

Weds., March 14 -- Giuiliana Battisti, Aston University and Williams College

Mon., April 2 -- Carol Osler, Brandeis University

* Tues., April 10 -- Charles Calomiris, Columbia University

Weds., April 11 -- Jon Bakija, Williams College

Fri., April 13 -- Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University, "Economics of Offshoring"

Mon., April 16 -- Ed Kane, Boston College, "Disinformation and Corporate Accounting"

Weds., April 18 -- David Love, Williams College, "Should the Old Play It Safe?  Portfolio Choice with Uncertain Medical Expenses"

Weds., April 25 -- Tara Watson, Williams College

* Tues., May 1 -- Mihir Desai, Harvard University, "Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets"

Weds., May 2 -- Tanseli Savaser, Williams College

# Thurs., May 3 -- Andrew Powell, International Development Bank, "Foreign Aid Effectiveness"

Mon., May 7 -- Dean Karlan, Yale University, "Microfinance"

 

Fall 2006

Wednesday seminars are in Griffin 6 at 4:00PM unless otherwise noted. 
* indicates Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar. Locations to be announced.
# indicates a Center for Development Economics Talk. Locations as listed.

 

* Thurs., Sept. 21 -- David Wilcox, Federal Reserve Board of Governors: "Reforming the Defined-Benefit Pension System"

# Fri., Sept. 22 -- Ted Truman, Institute for International Economics:

# Tues., Sept. 26 -- Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University:

Weds., Sept. 27 -- Bill Gentry, Williams College: "Lifetime Annuities for US: Evaluating the Efficacy of Policy Interventions in Life Annuity Markets"

Weds., Oct. 4 -- Bob Gazzale, Williams College:

Mon., Oct. 16 -- Michael Kremer, Harvard University: Henry George Lecture

Tues., Oct. 17 -- Michael Kremer, Harvard University: Henry George Lecture

Weds., Oct. 18 -- Open

Weds., Oct. 25 -- Doug Golllin, Williams College:

* Thurs., Oct. 26 -- James Levinsohn, University of Michigan:

Weds., Nov. 1 -- Jared Carbone, Williams College: "Prices vs. Quantities in International Pollution Regulation"

Mon., Nov. 6 -- Phil Oreopoulos, University of Toronto:"College incentives and services for student achievement: Evidence from a randomized trial".

Thurs., Nov. 9 -- John Bailey Jones, SUNY-Albany:

Weds. Nov. 15 -- Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College:

* Tues. Nov. 28 -- Ned Gramlich, Urban Institute

Weds. Nov. 29 -- Peter Pedroni, Williams College

 

 

Spring 2006

All seminars are in Griffin 6 at 4:00PM unless otherwise noted.  * indicates Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar.

Fri, Feb 10 – Frederic Mishkin, Columbia University Business School: "The Next Great Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial System to Get Rich."
Wed, Feb 15 – Amartya Sen, Harvard: "Is Multiculturalism a Mistake?" 7:00PM, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.
Fri, Feb 17 -- Andrew Weiss, Boston University and Weiss Asset Management, 1:00PM, OCC Library, Lower Stetson
* Thur, Mar 2 -- Esther Duflo, MIT, "Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School"
Tue Mar 7 -- Lewis Davis, Smith College, "Explaining the Evidence on Inequality and Growth: Informality and Redistribution"
Wed, Mar 15 -- Jim Mahon, Williams College, "The Influence of Public Revenue on Governance: Analysis of Recent Data"
Fri, April 7 -- Mike Hanson, Wesleyan University, "Targeting Rules with Intrinsic Persistence and Endogenous Policy Inertia"
* Mon, April 10 -- Dan Silverman, University of Michigan and Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, ""Other-regarding Behavior: Theories and Evidence"
Wed, Apr 12 -- Michael Rolleigh, Williams College, "Economic Motives and Migration: The Canada-U.S. Experience"
Wed, Apr 19 -- Alan de Brauw, Williams College, "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China"
Thu, Apr 20 -- Yan Chen, University of Michigan, "Measuring Identity"
Mon, Apr 24 -- Bob Frank, Cornell University, "Luxury and Economic Life," 7:30PM, Griffin 3 (sponsored by the Political Economy program).
* Tue, Apr 25 -- Bob Pollak, Washington University,  "Efficiency in Family Bargaining: Living Arrangements and Caregiving Decisions of Adult Children and Disabled Elderly Parents"
Wed, Apr 26 -- Steve Meardon, Williams College, "Geography, Trade, and Regional Disparities: The Case of the Missing Middle in Mexico"
Wed, May 3 -- Ashok Rai, Williams College, "Adverse Selection in Credit Markets: Evidence from Bidding Roscas"

Fall 2005

Wed, Sept 14 -- Ashok Rai, Williams College: "Borrower Runs"
* Tue, Sept 20 -- Lori Kletzer, University of California at Santa Cruz: "Tradable Services: Understanding the Scope and Impact of Services Offshoring"
Mon, Sept 26 -- Raja Kali, University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business: "Financial Contagion on the International Trade Network"
Wed Oct 12 -- Jared Carbone, Williams College: "Adjusting to Natural Disasters"
* Thu, Oct 13 -- Ray Fisman, Columbia University Business School: "Searching for a Mate: Evidence from a Speed Dating Experiment"
Monday, Oct 24 [GRIFFIN 7] -- Amartya Lahiri, University of British Columbia:"A Tale of Two States: Maharashtra and West Bengal"
Wed, Oct 26 -- Mandar Oak, Williams College
* Thu, Oct 27 -- Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, "Contractionary Currency Crashes in Developing Countries"
Wed, Nov 2 -- Steve Meardon, Williams College: "Postbellum Protection and Commissioner Wells's Conversion to Free Trade"
Tue, Nov 8 -- Jessica Reyes, Amherst College: "Implicit Taxes from College Financial Aid Rules and the Allocation of Savings"
Mon, Nov 14 -- Jesse Rothstein, Princeton University, "The Mid-1990s EITC Expansion: Aggregate Labor Supply Effects and Economic Incidence"
Wed, Nov 16 -- Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College: "Stemming the Tide? The Effect of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility On Health Insurance Coverage"
Wed, Nov 30 -- Tara Watson, Williams College, "Metropolitan Growth and Neighborhood Segregation by Income"
Thu, Dec 1 -- Heather Royer, University of Michigan, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholars Program: "The Effect of Maternal Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth"
Wed, Dec 7 -- Betty Daniel, Williams College and University at Albany

Spring 2005

March 15 -- Werner Troesken, Univ. of Pittsburgh: "Poisoning the Well: Three Centuries of Sickness and Denial."
April 7 -- Tirthankar Roy, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India: "Rethinking the Economic History of Colonial India"  
April 8 -- Mellon Faculty Workshop on Intersections between Gender and Race in Economics.
•    Irene Powell, Grinnell: Health Economics
•    Joyce Jacobsen, Wesleyan: Urban Economics
•    Steve Rivkin, Amherst: Education Economics
•    Tanya Rosenblat, Wesleyan: Experimental Economics
•    Lucie Schmidt, Williams: Economics of the Family
•    Eleanor Brown and Cecilia Conrad, Pomona: Tax Policy and Social Insurance
* April 18 -- Alex Pfaff, Columbia University: “Fuel Choice and Indoor Air Quality: A Household-Level Perspective on Economic Growth and the Environment”
April 19 -- Erik Hurst, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business: "Consumption vs. Expenditure"
April 25 -- Chris Mayer, Columbia Business School, “Why Do Households without Children Support Local Public Schools? Linking House Price Capitalization to School Spending”
* April 28 -- Nathaniel Keohane, Yale University, “Market Effects of Environmental Regulation”

Fall 2004

* Sept. 23 -- Lena Edlund, Columbia University, “Indian Dowry Inflation: Theory and Evidence”
Sept 29 -- Lucie Schmidt, Williams College: “Effects of Infertility Insurance Mandates on Fertility”
October 6 -- Matt Kotchen, Williams College: "Explaining the Appearance and Success of Voter Referenda for Open-Space Conservation"
Oct. 13 -- Jon Bakija, Williams College: “Charitable Bequests and Taxes on Inheritances and Estates: Aggregate Evidence from across States and Time”
October 27 -- Steve Sheppard and Ralph Bradburd, Williams College: "The Efficiency and Distributional Impact of Section 8 Housing Vouchers"
* November 1 -- Robert Axtell, The Brookings Institution, “The Complexity of Exchange”
November 3 -- Alan DeBrauw, Williams College: “The Aging of the Farm Labor Force in China”
* November 8th -- Steve Durlauf, University of Wisconsin: “Groups, Social Influences & Inequality"
November 17 -- Ashok Rai, Williams College: “Why Microlenders Emphasize Sustainability” (Brown Bag Lunch)
November 17 -- Dukes Love and Matt Kotchen, Williams College: “Grades, Course Evaluations, and Academic Incentives”
December 2 -- Carolyn Moehling, Yale University: “The American Welfare System and Family Structure: An Historical Perspective”