Applied Microeconomics Workshop
General Information
All seminars are on Fridays at 3:30-5:00PM, - 219 David Kinley Hall (unless otherwise noted)
Upcoming Events
| Date | LOCATION | Name | Affiliation | Lecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2013 | ||||
Fri., October 11, 2013 3:30-5:00 |
TBA | Nathaniel Baum-Snow | Brown | TBA |
Past Events
| Date | Location | Name | Affiliation | Lecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tues., April 16, 2013 3:30-5:00 Note different day |
TBA | James Sallee | University of Chicago | TBA |
Wed., Jan. 16, 2013 3:30-5:00 Joint with Labor (Note different day) |
317 DKH | Bhash Mazudmer | Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago | TBA |
Fri., Nov. 30, 2012 3:30-5:00 |
TBA | Michael Eriksen | Univeristy of Georgia | TBA |
Tues., Nov. 6, 2012 3:30-5:00 (Note different day) |
TBA | Greg Martin | Stanford GSB | "The Informational Content of Campaign Advertising" |
Tues., Sept. 18, 2012 3:30-5:00 Joint with Labor (Note different day) |
215B DKH | David Albouy | University of Michigan | Metropolitan Land Values and Housing Productivity |
Mon., Sept. 10, 2012 3:30-5:00 (Note different day) |
317 DKH | Neil Gandal | Tel Aviv University | Ain't it "Suite"? Bundling in the PC Office Software Market |
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
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219 DKH | Micah Pollack | U. of Illinois | Dynamic Elections with Endogenous Issues |
Fri., Nov 11, 2011 1:45-3:15 joint with Development (note time) |
215B DKH | Costas Arkolakis | Yale | "Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters" |
Fri., March 9, 2012 3:30-5:00 |
215 DKH | Jan Brueckner | UC Irvine | "Beaches, Sunshine, and Public-Sector Pay: Theory and Evidence on Amenities and Rent Extraction by Government Workers" |
Fri., May 4, 2012 3:30-5:00pm |
215 DKH | Seung-Hyun Hong | U Illinois | TBA |
Fri, April 15, 2011 (Note different day) |
226 Wohlers | Sergey Popov | U. of Illinois | "University Competition, Grading Standards and Grade Inflation" |
| Fri, March 11, 2011 | 226 Wohlers | Katja Seim | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton | TBA |
| Fri, Oct. 8, 2010 | 138 Wohlers | Flavio Toxvaer | University of Cambridge | "Recurrent Infection and Externalities in Treatment" |
| Fri. April 23, 2010 - joint with Departmental Seminar - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | 2041 BIF (NOTE ROOM CHANGE) | Josh Lerner | Harvard University | "Private Equity and Industry Performance" |
| Fri., April 16, 2010 joint with Econometrics | 219 DKH | Aureo de Paula | University of Pennsylvania | "Inference of Signs of Interaction Effects in Simultaneous Games with Incomplete Information" |
| Wed., March 17, 2010 (Note date) joint with Microeconomics | 219 DKH | Claire S. H. Lim | Stanford University | "Measuring Media Influence on U.S. State Courts" |
| Fri., Dec. 11, 2009 | 219 DKH | Mathijs R. Wildenbeest | Indiana University | "Consumer Search and Prices in the Automobile Market" |
| Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 (Departmental Seminar) | 317 DKH | Victor Aguirregabiria | University of Toronto | "Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Games when Players' Beliefs are not in Equilibrium" |
| Fri., Nov. 13, 2009 | 317 DKH | Seung-Hyun Hong | UIUC | "Lock-in and Unoberved Preferences in Server Operating Systems: A Case of Linux vs Windows" |
| Fri., April 24 - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | David Balan | Federal Trade Commission | "Simulating Hospital Merger Simulations" | |
| Fri., Apirl 10, 2009 - Joint with Econometrics | 123 David Kinley Hall | Han Hong | Stanford University | "Estimating Dynamic Games of Complete Information with an Application to the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry" |
| Fri., November 21, 2008 Joint with Labor | Soohyung Lee | University of Maryland | "Preferences and Choice Constraints in Marital Sorting: Evidence From Korea" | |
| Fri., October 17, 2008 | 219 David Kinley Hall | Art Shneyerov | Concordia University | "What Model for Entry in First-Price Auctions? A Nonparametric Approach" |
| Fri., September 12, 2008 - Joint with Econometrics | 219 David Kinley Hall | Kyoo il Kim | University of Minnesota | "A Simple Nonparametric Estimation for the Distribution of Random Coefficients in Discrete Choice Models" |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:00 | 219 David Kinley Hall | Minjung Park | University of Minnesota | "M&A Incentives and Outcomes: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry" |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:00 | 219 David Kinley Hall | Ignacio Esponda | NYU Stern | "Behavioral Equilibrium in Economies with Adverse Selection" |
| April 11, 2008 (postponed) | 119 David Kinley Hall | Art Shneyerov | Concordia University | "What Model for Entry in First-Price Auctions? A Nonparametric Approach" |
| March 14, 2008 | 119 David Kinley Hall | Avi Goldfarb | University of Toronto, Rotman | "Are All Managers Created Equal?" |
| November 2, 2007 | 119 David Kinley Hall | T.N. Srinivasan | Yale | "The Gains from Trade Liberalization" |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 from 3:30 to 5:00 | 219 David Kinley Hall | Joe Harrington | Johns Hopkins | "Avoiding Market Dominance: Product Compatibility in a Market with Network Effect" |
| Friday, October 12, 2007 from 12:00 to 1:30 | Wagner Center ILIR | Angus Deaton | Princeton | "Child Mortality, Income, and Adult Height" |
| Thursday, October 11, 2007 from 4:30 to 6:00 | 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall | Angus Deaton | Princeton | "Health and Wellbeing around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll" |
| October 5, 2007 | 123 David Kinley Hall | Amil Petrin | University of Minnesota | "Job Security Does Affect Economic Efficiency: Theory, A New Statistics, and Evidence from Chile" |