Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2015
Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206
Questions? Contact DongWon Lee or Victor Ortego Marti
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1/7/2015 | Miroslav Gabrovski, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics | The Patent System – A Tool For Increasing Competition |
| 1/13/2015* | Russell Cooper, Pennsylvania State University
*NOTE: (Please note, this is a Tuesday, and is the graduate student presentation. The seminar will be from 10:30am-12noon in Sproul 2206) |
Dynamic Programming: Theory And Application |
| 1/14/2015 | Russell Cooper, Pennsylvania State University | Discounting: Investment Sensitivity And Aggregate Implications |
| 1/21/2015* | Qian Lu, University of Texas at Austin
*NOTE: (Please note that this is Applied Economics seminar) |
The End Of Polarization? Technological Change And Employment In The U.S. Labor Market |
| 1/28/2015* | Jillan Carr, Texas A&M University
*NOTE: (Please note that this is an Applied Economics seminar) |
The Effect Of Housing Vouchers On Crime: Evidence From A Lottery |
| 2/4/2015 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| 2/11/2015 | Andy Atkeson, UCLA | Aggregate Implications of Innovation Policy |
| 2/18/2015 | Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez, UC Irvine | What Drives Offshoring Decisions? Selection and Escape-Competition Mechanisms |
| 2/25/2015 | Danilo Leiva-Leon, Bank of Canada | Model Averaging in Markov-Switching Models: Predicting National Recessions with Regional Data? |
| 3/4/2015 | Grace Gu, UC Santa Cruz | A Tale of Two Countries: Sovereign Default, Exchange Rate, and Trade |
| 3/11/2015 | Christopher Meissner, UC Davis | Technology and Geography in the Second Industrial Revolution: New Evidence from the Margins of Trade |
| 3/18/2015 | No Seminar | Winter finals week, no seminar |