Williams College Economics Department Seminar Schedule, Fall 2005

All seminars are in Griffin 6 at 4:00PM unless otherwise noted.

 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 -- Amartya Lahiri, University of British Columbia: “A Tale of Two States: Maharashtra and West Bengal" [GRIFFIN 7]

 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

 Wed, Nov 30 – Tara Watson, Williams College

 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

 * indicates Class of 1960 Scholars seminar