THIS WEEK IN ECONOMICS
 
September 28 - October 2, 2009
 
Monday, September 28

Empirical Micro Lunch, 12:30-2pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road
  MinWoong Ji, “Does Ownership Structure Influence Regulatory Behavior? The Impact of Franchising on Labor Standards Compliance”
 
 
Tuesday, September 29
  Microeconomics Seminar, 3:30-5pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road
  Tom Hubbard (Northwestern), "The Economics of "Radiator Springs": Industry Dynamics, Sunk Costs, and Spatial Demand Shifts"
 
Wednesday, September 30
 
Thursday, October 1
  Microeconomics Theory Workshop, 12:30-2pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road
  Andrea Canidio, "The Production of Science"
 
  Macroeconomics Seminar, 3:30-5pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road
  Berardino Palazzo (Boston University), "Firms' Cash Holdings and the Cross-Section of Equity Returns"
 
Friday, October 2
  Econometrics Seminar, 4-5:30pm in Room 315 at 270 Bay State Road
  Barbara Rossi (Duke), TBA