Seminars

Seminars in the Center for Research on International Economics and the Department of Economics

This semester all seminars will be held in Lubar College of Business, Room N110  at 2:00-3:30pm.

Spring 2026 Seminars Schedule

February 13, 2026
Kunal Sangani, Northwestern University
“Cheapflation Cycles”

February 20, 2026
Gary Hoover, Tulane University
“Inequality and Mobility in a Minimal Model for Evolving Income Distributions”

February 27, 2026
Juanma Castero Vincenzi, University of Chicago
“Market Entry and Plant Location in Multi-Product Firms”

March 6, 2026 
TBD 

March 13, 2026 
Carter Braxton, UW-Madison
“Rising risk among the rich: implications for wealth inequality and interest rates.”

April 3, 2026 
Younggeun Yoo, University of Chicago
“Giving Up”: The Impact of Decreasing Housing Affordability on Consumption, Work Effort, and Investment”.

April 10, 2026 
TBD 

April 17, 2026   
Garmia Sharma, Northwestern University
The Effects of mandated maternity leave on labor market outcomes in India

April 24, 2026   
Fernanda Rojas-Ampueru, UW-Madison
“My Mother Was a Suffragette: The Intergenerational Effects of Women’s Right to Vote.”

May 1, 2026   
TBD

May 8, 2026   
TBD