microeconomics seminar schedule spring 2008         Seminars are on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 in room 315 at 270 Bay State Road. For more information,contact Miriam Hatoum at mhatoum@bu.edu, 617-353-6822.           date   speaker   topic Mar 04   Victor Lavi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)   "Gender Differences in Market Competitiveness: Evidence from a Real Workplace" Mar 18   Gregory Lewis (Harvard University)   "The College Admissions Problem with Uncertainty" *joint with Hector Chade and Lones Smith Mar 25   Jeff Ely (Northwestern University)   "Kludged" Apr 01   Fred Schroyen (Norwegian School of Economics) *Cancelled   "Multi-Dimensional Screening in Insurance - with an Application to Gender Discrimination" *joint with Pau Olivella Apr 08   Andreas Park (University of Toronto)   "Herding and Contrarian Behavior in Financial Markets" Apr 15   Radha Iyengar (Kennedy School)   "Is there an Emboldenment Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq" *joint with Jonathan Monten Apr 22   Esteban Jaimovich (Collegio Carlo Alberto)   "Sectoral Differentiation, Allocation of Talent, and Financial Development" Apr 29   Adam Szeidl (UC Berkeley)   "Informal Contract Enforcement in Social Networks"           fall 2007 schedule and papers spring 2007 schedule and papers fall 2006 schedule and papers spring 2006 schedule and papers fall 2005 schedule and papers   Apr 18 2008