Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2011

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

Questions? Contact Richard Suen.

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
1/7/2011 No Seminar (ASSA Meetings) No Seminar
1/14/2011 TBA TBA
1/21/2011* Jerry Hausman, MIT – Boston

*NOTE: (This is an Econometrics Seminar) 

 Understanding Choice Intensity: A Poisson Mixture Model with Logit-based Random Utility Selective Mixing
1/28/2o11 TBA TBA
2/3/2011* Jie Zheng, Washington University, St. Louis

*NOTE: This is an Econ Theory seminar and will be held from 2:10-3:30 in Sproul 2206

Strong Bubbles and Common Expected Bubbles in a Finite Horizon Model
2/4/2011 Urmee Khan, University of Texas at Austin The Virtues of Hesitation
2/8/2011* Justin Tumlinson, UC Berkeley

*NOTE: This is an Econ Theory seminar on Tuesday, and will be held in Sproul 2206 from 5:10-6:30pm

Adverse Selection in Team Formation Under Discrimination
2/11/2011 Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University Increasing Fundraising Success by Decreasing Donor Choice
2/18/2011 Martin Boileau, University of Colorado at Boulder Corporate Cash Savings: Precaution versus Liquidity
2/25/2011 Qinglai Meng, Oregon State University Sunspots and The Nature of Price Rigidity
3/4/2011 Kevin Lansing, Federal Reserve Bank at San Francisco Asset Pricing With Concentrated Ownership of Capital
3/11/2011 Elie Appelbaum, York University, Canada No Seminar – Cancelled