UC Riverside Department of Economics

Economic Theory Spring 2008

Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

Apr 4	Robert Dekle University of Southern California	A Quantitative Analysis of China's Structural Transformation
Apr 11	William Branch UC Irvine	Expectational Stability in Regime-Switching Rational Expectations Models
Apr 14 MONDAY	Miguel Angel Ballester Oyarzun Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona	Optimal Rationalization of Choice and The Measurement of Rationality
Apr 18	Giacomo Rondina UC San Diego	Trend Uncertainty and Monetary Policy Evaluations
Apr 25	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
May 2	Dr. Taeyoung Doh Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank	Yield Curve in an Estimated Nonlinear Macro Model - Joint with Econometrics
May 9	Roger Farmer UC Los Angeles	Minimal State Variable Solutions to Markov Switching Rational Expectations Models
May 16	Vincenzo Quadrini University of Southern California	Understanding the International Great Moderation
May 23	Leaat Yariv Cal Tech	TBA
May 29 THURSDAY	Walter Bossert University of Montreal DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	Rational and Consistent Choice
May 30	Mark Wright UC Los Angeles	Where did Capital Flow? Fifty Years of International Rate of Return Differentials and Capital Flows
June 2 MONDAY	Walter Bossert University of Montreal DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	Multi-Profile Intergenerational Social Choice
June 6	Lee Ohanian UC Los Angeles	What - or Who - Started the Great Depression?