Political Economy & Development Seminars Winter 2005

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

Questions? Contact Anil Deolalikar .

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
1/5/2005 Anil Deolalikar, Stephen Helfand, and Richard Sutch Economics- UCR “How to Write a Referee Report”
1/12/2005 Edward Miguel UC Berkeley “The Long Run Impact of Bombing Vietnam”
1/14/2005* Richard Sutch, Anil Deolalikar, Keith Griffin and Steven Helfand

*NOTE: Friday 12:10 – 1:20 pm 1500 Humanities Building

“Round Table on South Asia Tsunami”
1/19/2005* Prasanta Pattanaik Economics UCR

*NOTE: (joint with Economic Theory Seminar)

On Some Difficulties in Standard of Living Comparisons Based on Functionings”
1/26/2005 Monica Das Economics- UCR Unanticipated Consequences of Environmental Regulation on Pollution, Income distribution, Product composition and Trade
2/9/2005 Martha Bailey Vanderbilt “Impact of the Pill on Female Labor Supply”
2/18/2005* Paul David Oxford & Stanford

*NOTE: Friday Sproul 2206 4:10 – 5:30 pm

“The Tale of Two Traverses: Innovation and Accumulation in the First Two Centuries of U.S. Economic Growth”
3/2/2005 David Ellerman UCR “Jane Jacobs on Diversification and Specialization”
3/9/2005 Anirban Dasgupta UCR “Agrarian Reforms in West Bengal since 1977”