| microeconomics seminar schedule | ||||
| fall 2007 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Sept 04 | No Seminar | |||
| Sept 11 | Larry Epstein (Boston University) |
"Subjective States: a More Robust Model" | ||
| Sept 18 | Ned Prescott (Fed of Richmond) |
"Market-Based Regulation and the Informational Content of Prices" | ||
| Sept 25 | Barbara Petrongolo (LSE) |
"What Are the Long-Term Effects of Unemployment Insurance? Evidence from the UK JSA Reform" | ||
| Oct 02 | Jordi Jaumandreu (Carlos III visiting BU) |
"R&D and productivity: Estimating Production Functions when Productivity is Endogenous" |
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| Oct 09 | No Seminar, Monday Schedule |
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| Oct 16 | Alessandro Lizzeri (NYU) |
"Parental Guidance and Supervised Learning" *joint with Marciano Siniscalchi |
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| Oct 23 | Carol Propper (University of Bristol) |
"Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets on Hospital Performance" | ||
| Oct 30 | Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln (Harvard) |
"The Response of Household Saving to the Large Shock of German Reunification" | ||
| Nov 06 | Daniele Paserman (Boston University) |
"The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada" *joint with David Jaeger, Esteban Klor, and Sami Miaari |
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| Nov 13 | Joe Altonji (Yale) |
"The Determinants of the Wages of Immigrants in the Home Country and the US" *joint with Mark R. Rosenzweig |
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| Nov 20 | No Seminar | |||
| Nov 27 | Rafael Repullo (CEMFI) |
"Does Competition Reduce the Risk of Bank Failure?" | ||
| Dec 04 | Gerard Llobet (CEMFI) |
"Financially Constrained Innovation, Patent Protection and Industry Dynamics" *joint with Javier Suárez |
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| Dec 11 | ||||