ECONOMICS 208

Micro Theory Seminar
Spring 2007
Professor David Ahn
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639 Evans Hall
Monday 4-6 p.m.
Professor Chris Shannon
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* Note Change in Day, Location and Time

Announcement: The seminar will begin on February 12th


February 12 Marciano Siniscalchi, Northwestern University
"Parental Guidance and Supervised Learning"
February 19 *** President's Day (Academic and Administrative) Holiday ***
February 26 Simon Board, University of Toronto
"Relational Contracts and the Value of Loyalty"
March 6 Vince Crawford, UC San Diego
2-3:30 pm, 608-7 Evans Hall
"Studying Cognition via Information Search In Two-Person Guessing Game Experiments" - Slides viewable now -
(Joint with Psychology and Economics)
March 14 Alberto Alesina, Harvard University
4-5:30pm, 608-7 Evans Hall
"Gender Based Taxation" (with Andrea Ichino)
(Joint with Department Seminar)
March 19 Massimo Morelli, Ohio State University
(Joint with Political Economy)


***Week of March 26 Spring Recess***

April 2
Roberto Serrano, Brown University
"An Economic Index of Riskiness*"
April 9 Adam Szeidl, UC Berkeley
TBA
April 16 Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley
(Joint with Public Finance, 2-4 pm, 608-7 Evans Hall)
"The Optimal Income Taxation of Couples" with Henrik Kleven and Claus Kreiner
April 23 Erik Eyster, LSE
April 30 Matthew Rabin, UC Berkeley



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