Economics 231: Public Finance Seminar
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January 22 Organizational meeting
January 29 David Wise, Harvard (visiting Hoover),
"Choice, Chance and Wealth Dispersion at Retirement" (with
Steven Venti)
February 5* John Quigley, UC Berkeley,
"Hedging
Housing Risk" (with Peter Englund and Min Hwang) To download a copy
of this paper in PDF format, click
here.
February 12
No Regular Seminar
February 22* David Neumark, Michigan
State (visiting PPIC),
"Do Minimum Wages Help the Poor?" (joint
with Labor Seminar, 639 Evans, 2-4)
February 26 Emmanuel Saez, Harvard,
"Optimal Income
Transfer Programs: Intensive Versus Extensive Labor Supply Responses"
To download a copy of this paper in PDF format, click
here.
March 6* Chris Udry, Yale,
"Learning About
a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana" (joint with Departmental
Seminar, 608-7 Evans, 4-6)
March 14* Ernst Fehr, Zurich,
"Do Incentive
Contracts Crowd Out Voluntary Cooperation?" (joint with Departmental
Seminar, 608-7 Evans, 4-6)
March 21* Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley,
"The Trouble With Electricity Markets (and some solutions)" (joint with
Departmental Seminar, 608-7 Evans, 4-6)
March 26
Spring break
April 2 David Cutler, Harvard (visiting CASBS),
"Why Are Americans in Better Health (And So What)?"
(joint with
Departmental Seminar)
April 11* George Akerlof, UC
Berkeley,
"The Economics of Education: A New Perspective" (joint
with Departmental Seminar, 608-7 Evans, 4-6)
April 16 Steve Raphael, UC Berkeley,
"The Effect
of an Increase in Worker's Compensation Benefits on the Duration of
Benefit Receipt"
April 25* David Wise, Harvard (visiting
Hoover),
TBA (joint with Departmental
Seminar, 608-7 Evans, 4-6)
April 30 Kent Smetters, Wharton (visiting Stanford),
"The Equivalence of Social Security's Trust Fund Portfolio Allocation
and Capital Income Tax Policy"
May 7 Dennis Epple, Carnegie-Mellon,
TBA
Informal Public Finance Lunch
Seminar
639 Evans Hall, 12-2 pm
February 12 Ben Campbell & Annette Alstadsater
March 5 Jason Seligman & Larry Kim
March 12 Mike Brunetti & Kitt Carpenter
March 19 Roger Studley
April 9 Eva Seto & Phil Oreopoulos
April 23 Andrea Tokman & Doug Schwalm
