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October 2008

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   Microeconomics Dissertation Workshop, 12:30-3pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road
  • Patricia Medrano, title TBA, Discussant: Mikhail Pyatigorsky

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    Econometrics Seminar, 4-5:30pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road

  • Yohei Yamamoto "Bootstrap Inference for Impulse Response Functions of Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressions"

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    Economics Department Newsletter 2008

    The annual departmental newsletter highlighting the achievements of the department has been published. >>

    		  
  • MA Interviewing Workshop, CAS B12 3:30-5pm, email aseamans@bu.edu to RSVP or for more information

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    NEUDC (November 8 and November 9, 2008)

    The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference is a major forum in development economics. The 2008 Conference will be hosted by Boston University’s Institute for Economic Development and held at Boston University, George Sherman Union Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts on 8-9 November 2008.>>

    		  

     

    		  
     

    Distinguished Research Visitors Program: Gordon Hanson (October 13 through October 17, 2008)

    Professor Hanson is the Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics at UCSD, where he holds faculty positions in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Department of Economics. Professor Hanson is co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a senior research fellow at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development.>>

    		 

     

    		  
     

    Robert Rosenthal Memorial Lecture with Ariel Rubinstein (April 18, 2008)

    Ariel Rubinstein presented this year’s lecture on April 18th: “On the Pragmatics of Persuasion: A Game Theoretic Approach”. Professor Rubinstein’s fascinating lecture focused on his work with BU’s Professor Jacob Glazer on applying game theory to the study of language and the nature of strategic persuasion. Please follow the link for a flash video of his lecture. >>

    		  

     

    		  
     

    Conversations with Economists: Stu Taylor(September 23, 2008)

    Stu Taylor currently hosts three business shows: Equity Strategies on the Business Talk Radio Network and Equity Strategies on the Radio America Network, and Stu Taylor on Business, aired on Business 1060, WBIX-AM/Boston. He will join the Conversations with Economists series with a talk titled "The Financial Market Meltdown- A Gut Check from the Real World".>>