Economics 261, Spring 2007

ECONOMICS 261

Comparative Economics Seminar
Spring 2007
Instructor: Professor Yingyi Qian
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Seminar Room: 119 Moses
Schedule: Monday, Noon-2:00 pm
March 5
Noon
119 Moses
Sergei Guriev New Economics School, Moscow
Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives, and Resource Curse (coauthored with Georgy Egorov, Harvard and Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School and CEPR.)
(joint with PPT)
 
March 14
4:00 pm
608-7 Evans
Alberto Alesina , Harvard University
(joint with department seminar)
TBA
 
March 21
4:00 p.m.
608-7 Evans
George Akerlof , UCB
(joint with department seminar)
TBA
 
March 26 Spring Recess
 
April 9
4:00 p.m.
608-7 Evans
Robert Townsend , University of Chicago
(joint with development seminar)
TBA
 
April 16
4:00 p.m.
608-7 Evans
Richard Akresh , UICU
(joint with development seminar)
 
April 23
Noon
119 Moses
Eric Zitzewitz , Stanford University GSB
(joint with financial economics seminar)
Party Influence in Congress and the Economy (joint with Erik Snowberg and Justin Wolfers)
 
April 30
2:00 p.m.
639 Evans
Alan Taylor , UC Davis
(joint with economic history seminar)
TBA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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