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 2011 Seminars Schedule
September 16, 2011
Bobbi Wolfe, UW-Madison
“Income and Health: The Link and What Policy Might Do to Weaken the Link”
September 23, 2011
Mattias Doepke, Northwestern University
“On the Optimality of a United Unit of Account”
September 30, 2011
Ivan Canay, Northwestern University
“Distortions of Asymptotic Confidence Size in Locally Misspecified Moment Inequality Models”
October 7, 2011
Sebastian Gay, University of Chicago
“Impact of Legislation on Cadaveric Organ Donations”
October 14, 2011
Antonio Penta, UW-Madison
“A Robustly Efficient Auction and Informational Size”
October 21, 2011
Drew Creal, University of Chicago
“Observation Driven Mixed-Measurement Dynamic Factor Models with an Application to Credit Risk”
October 28, 2011
Laura Grant, UW-Milwaukee
“Strategic Responses to Third-Party Ratings: Theory and Evidence from Charities”
November 4, 2011
Hamid Mohtadi, UW-Milwaukee
“Financial Transparency and Financial Cascades”
November 11, 2011
Maria Muniagurria, UW-Madison
“Health and Inequality in Argentina”
November 18, 2011
Kyoo Kim, University of Minnesota
“Identification and Estimation in Discrete Choice Demand Models when Endogenous Variables Interact with the Error”
December 2, 2011
Benjamin Van Kammen, UW-Milwaukee
“Compensating Differentials for Paid Leaves”
December 9, 2011
Garth Heutel, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
“Investment Returns in Nonprofit Organizations”