Economics Recruitment Seminar

Spring 2008

Seminar Room: 608-7 Evans, unless otherwise noted
Schedule: 4:00-5:30, unless otherwise noted

Papers will be available in 611 Evans Hall, or from the web links provided.

Jan 14	Jeanne LaFortune, MIT "Making Yourself Attractive: Pre-Marital Investments and the Returns to Education in the Marriage Market"
Jan 15	Denis Nekipelov, Duke University "Entry Deterrence and Learning Prevention on EBay"
Jan 16	Yuval Salant, Stanford Graduate School of Business "Procedural Analysis of Choice Rules with Applications to Bounded Rationality"
Jan 18 3-4:30 PM	Ana Cecilia Fieler, New York University "Non-Homotheticity and Bilateral Trade: Evidence and a Quantitative Explanation"
Jan 24	Alexander Gelber, Harvard University "Taxation and Family Labor Supply"
Jan 25 3-4:30 PM	Ralph Ossa, London School of Economics and Political Science "A 'New Trade' Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations"
Jan 28	Tomasz Strzalecki, Northwestern University "Axiomatic Foundations of Multiplier Preferences"
Jan 29	Robin Lee (joint with Haas), Harvard University "Vertical Integration and Exclusivity in Platform and Two-Sided Markets"
Jan 31	Patrick Kline (joint with Haas), Yale University "Do Local Economic Development Programs Work? Evidence from the Federal Empowerment Zone Program";
Feb 1 3-4:30 PM	Michael Waugh (joint with Haas), University of Iowa "International Trade and Income Differences"
Feb 4 597 Evans	Kyna Fong, Stanford Graduate School of Business "Evaluating Skilled Experts: Optimal Scoring Rules for Surgeon"
May 8 12:10 - 1:30 597 Evans	Gerard Padro i Miquel, London School of Economics "Conflict and Deterrence under Strategic Risk"
May 13	Frederico Finan, UCLA "Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance"