Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2011

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

Questions? Contact  Mindy Marks & Jorge Aguero.

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

DATE NAME TITLE OF PRESENTATION
9/26/2011 No Seminar Faculty attending Academic Integrity Workshop-UCR
10/3/2011 Todd Sorensen, UCR Economics Elasticity of Supply to the Firm and the Business Cycle
10/10/2011 Michael Kevane, Santa Clara University Robustness of Climate As An Instrumental Variable to Estimate Effect of GDP Declines on Political Change In Africa
10/17/2011 Gary Dymski, UCR Economics  The Global Crisis: Financial-Market Fear, Structural Imbalances, and Megabank Power In A World of Neoclassical Mechanism Design
10/24/2011 Julie Zissimopoulos, USC Marriage and Economic Well-Being At Older Ages
10/31/2011 Lucrecia Santibanez, RAND Corporation Effect of a School-Based Management Program In Mexico.  Resources or Participatory Change?
11/7/2011 John Romley, USC Identifying The Health Care Production Function: The Case of Hospitals
11/14/2011 Ted Miguel, UC Berkeley Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence From Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and Program Data
11/21/2011 No Seminar No Seminar
11/28/2011 Manisha Shah, UC Irvine Risk-Taking Behavior In The Wake of Natural Disasters
12/5/2011 Monica Jain, UCR PhD Candidate India’s Struggle Against Malnutrition – Is the ICDS Program The Answer?