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January 15
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Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - No Meeting
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January 22
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No Meeting
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January 29
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Gregory Clark,
University of California, Davis
Genetically Capitalist? The Malthusian Era and the Evolution of Modern Preferences
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February 5
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Carlotta Perez,
Cambridge University
Bubbles, Recessions, and Golden Ages: A Long-term View of Technology and Finance
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February 14*
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Wednesday, 4-5:30 p.m., 608-7 Evans
David Card,
University of California, Berkeley
Tipping and the Dynamics of Segregation in Neighborhoods and Schools
(with Alexandre Mas and Jesse Rothstein)
-- Joint with Department Seminar --
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February 21*
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Wednesday, 4-5:30 p.m., 608-7 Evans
David S. Lee,
University of California, Berkeley
Crime and Optimal Punishment: Structural Estimates from a Quasi-Experiment
(with Justin McCrary)
-- Joint with Department Seminar --
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February 26
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Rui Esteves,
Simon Fraser University
Between Imperialism and Capitalism: European Capital Exports Before 1914
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March 5
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Ulrike Malmendier,
University of California, Berkeley
Law and Finance "at the Origin"
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March 12
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Christina D. Romer and David Romer,
University of California, Berkeley
Starve the Beast or Explode the Deficit? The Effect of Tax Cuts on Government Spending
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March 19*
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Note: Location moved to 608-7 Evans
John Wallis,
University of Maryland
Barry Weingast,
Stanford University
A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
(with Douglas North)
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March 26
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Spring Break - No Meeting
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April 4*
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Wednesday, 4-5:30 p.m., 608-7 Evans
Antonio Rangel,
California Institute of Technology
The Role of Visual Attention in Simple Economic Choice
-- Joint with Department Seminar --
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April 9
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No Meeting
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April 16
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Leah Platt Boustan,
University of California, Los Angeles
Flight from the City: The Role of Suburban Political Autonomy and Public Goods
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April 23
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Petra Moser,
Stanford University
What Do Inventors Patent?
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April 30
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Alan Taylor,
University of California, Davis
Trade, Knowledge, and the Industrial Revolution
(with Kevin O'Rourke and Ahmad Rahman)
-- Joint with International Economics Seminar --
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May 7
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Richard Hornbeck,
M.I.T.
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Evidence on the Effects of Property Rights
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