Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2025
Friday, 2:00-3:20 pm
Seminars will be held in Sproul 2206.
Zoom meeting ID’s will be emailed two days before the seminar.
Questions? Contact Ajin Lee & Michael Bates & Joe Cummins & Steven Helfand
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4/4/25 | Isaac Opper (RAND) | A Global Regression Discontinuity Design: Theory and Empirical Application to Grade Retention Policies |
| 4/11/25 | Katherine Meckel (UCSD) | The Trade-offs of Privatizing Benefit Distribution: Evidence from Mississippi WIC |
| 4/18/25 | SoCCAM (No seminar) | |
| 4/25/25 | Juan Pablo Rud (Royal Holloway, University of London) | Climate Change and Political Participation: Evidence from India |
| 5/02/25 | Farhan Majid (UPenn) | Parental Response to Fetal Shocks and Macroeconomic Volatility |
| 5/9/25 | David Chan (UC Berkeley) | Are Guidelines Worth Following? Treatment Decisions Under Scientific Uncertainty |
| 5/16/25 | Carlos Dobkin (UC Santa Cruz) | Real-world Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine in Young Children |
| 5/23/25 | Guojun He (HKU) | The Demand, Supply, and Market Responses of Corporate ESG Actions: Evidence from a Nationwide Experiment in China |
| 5/30/25 | Aprajit Mahajan (UC Berkeley) | Appropriate Technology Use and Autonomy: Evidence From Mexico |
| 6/6/25 | Mitchel Hoffman (UC Santa Barbara) |