Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2010
Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206
Questions? Contact Marcelle Chauvet.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3/29/2010 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| 4/5/2010 | Jana Grittersova, UCR Political Science | Taming Financiers: the Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime Determination in Transition Economies |
| 4/12/2010 | Marcelle Chauvet, UCR Economics | The Seeds of the 2007-2009 Crisis: The Housing Market and the Business Cycle |
| 4/19/2010 | David deBortoli, UC San Diego | The Macroeconomic Consequences of Unstable Monetary Policy Objectives |
| 4/26/2010 | Chandler Lutz, PhD Candidate, UCR Economics | Agent Sentiment and Stock Market Predictability |
| 4/29/2010* | Mark Watson, Princeton University
*NOTE: (Thursday, from 3:30-5pm in INTS 1113) Joint with Econometrics |
Estimating Turning Points using Large Data Sets |
| 5/3/2010 | Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin, Madison | Credit Markets and Credit Cycles |
| 5/10/2010 | Nathan Balke, Southern Methodist University & Dallas Fed | Sectoral Effects of Aggregate Shocks |
| 5/17/2010 | Tom Palfrey, Caltech | Political Institutions and the Dynamics of Public Investment |
| 5/26/2010* | Francisco Buera, UC Los Angeles
*NOTE: (Wednesday) |
Productivity Growth and Capital Flows: The Dynamics of Reforms |
| 5/31/2010 | No Seminar – Memorial Day Holiday | No Seminar |
| 6/7/2010 | Masanao Aoki, UCLA | Non-self Averaging Phenomena in Macroeconomics and Other Fields |