Seminars in Economics
Unless it is indicated, all seminars will be held in the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business Administration, Room N110 from 2:00-3:30pm.
Fall 2012 Seminars Schedule
September 21, 2012
Richard Van Weelden, University of Chicago
“Re-election Through Division”
September 28, 2012
Joris Pinkse, Penn State
“Classical Laplace Estimation for Cube Root–n—Consistent Estimators: Improved Convergence Ratesand Rate–Adoptive Inference”
October 5, 2012
Marta Lachowska, Up John Institute
“The Short-Run Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes”
October 19, 2012
Andrew Hansen, Marquette University
“Field Experiment Test for Discrimination Against Hispanics in the U.S. Rental Housing Market”
November 16, 2012
Carlos Martins, UC-Boulder
“Nonparametric estimation of conditional value-at-risk and expected shortfall based on extreme value theory”
November 30, 2012
David Berger, Northwestern University
“Consumption Dynamics During the Great Recession”