Department of Economics
Econ 235, Financial Economics Seminar
Spring 2008
Organizer: Professor U. Malmendier
E-mail: ulrike@econ.berkeley.edu
E-mail: ulrike@econ.berkeley.edu
Seminar Room: 639 Evans
Schedule: Thursday 4-6PM
Schedule: Thursday 4-6PM
2/4-8 | Th, 2/8, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Alexei Tchistyi, NYU “Stochastic House Appreciation and Optimal |
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| 2/11-15 | Th, 2/14, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Ulrike Malmendier, UC Berkeley “With a Little Help From My (random) Friends - Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship” Joint with Labor Economics Seminar |
| 2/18-22 | Th, 2/21, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Tim Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Title: TBA Joint with Haas Finance |
| 2/25-29 | Th, 2/28, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Doyne Farmer, Santa Fe Institute “Why is Market Impact Concave? Information, Heavy Tails, and the Slow Digestion of Supply and Demand” Joint with Haas Finance |
| 3/3-7 | Mon 3/3, 608-7 Evans Hall 2:10-3:30pm | Chris Mayer, Columbia University “Sub-Prime Lending and Consumer Protection” Joint with Public Economics Seminar |
| 3/10-14 | Th, 3/13, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Amir Sufi, University of Chicago Title: TBA Joint with Haas Finance |
| 3/17-21 | Student presentations - TBA: | |
| 3/24-28 | SPRING RECESS | |
| 3/31-4/4 | Th, 4/3, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Jianjun Miao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: TBA Joint with Haas Finance |
| 4/7-11 | Th, 4/10, 639 (?) Evans Hall 2:10-3:30pm | Janice Eberly, Northwestern University Joint with Macroeconomics Seminar |
| 4/14-18 | Th, 4/17, Haas C110 Cheit Hall | Philip Bond, University of Pennsylvania Title: TBA |
| 4/21-25 | Mo, 4/21, 4:10-5:30pm | Chris Woodruff, UC San Diego "Is Microfinance's Emphasis on Women Inefficient? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns"Joint with the Development Economics Seminar |
| 4/28-5/2 | Th, 5/1, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Jennifer Conrad, University of North Carolina Title: TBA Joint with Haas Finance |
| May 8 | Th, 5/8, Haas C110 Cheit Hall 4:10-5:40pm | Nittai Bergman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint with Haas Finance |