Seminars and Workshops

Spring 2012

All seminars will be on Fridays from 3:30-5:00 pm in Lecture Hall (LH) 9 unless noted otherwise.

Feb 3, 2012

This seminar is from 3:30-5:00 in Fine Arts 209

Aysit Tansel

Feb 10, 2012
The Long-Run Impact of Attending an Elite Secondary School
Damon Clark
Cornell University, Dept. Policy Analysis and Management
Education, Labor, Public

Feb 15, 2012*
This seminar is on a Wednesday from 3:30-5:00 in Fine Arts 209
Almas Heshmati
Korea University

Feb 17, 2012
Mood, Associative Memory, and the Evaluation of Asset Prices
Aaron Bodoh-Creed
Cornell University Dept. Economics
Decision Theory, Game Theory

Feb 24, 2012
Monopsony in the Low-Wage Labor Market? Evidence from Minimum Staffing Ratios
Jordan Matsudaira
Cornell University, Dept. Policy Analysis and Management
Education, Labor, Public

Mar 2, 2012
John Duggan
Rochester, Political Science and Economics
Game Theory

Mar 9, 2012
Nadine McCloud
An Instrumental-Variable Approach to Estimation and Inference of Conditional Distribution Models with Endogeneity
University of the West Indies at Mona, Dept Economics

Mar 16, 2012
Stephen Coate
Fiscal Policy and Unemployment
Cornell University Dept. Economics
Public Economics, Voting

Mar 23, 2012
Mark Fey
Credibility and Commitment in Crisis Bargaining
Rochester, Political Science
Game Theory

Mar 30, 2012
Chris Ruebeck
Consumer Search, Rationing Rules, and the Consequence for Competition
Lafayette, Dept. Economics
Agent-based Modeling, I/O

Apr 13, 2012
Chris Parmeter
COUNTRY SIZE AND GOVERNMENT SIZE: A REASSESSMENT
University of Miami
Econometrics

Apr 18, 2012*
This seminar is on a Wednesday from 3:30-5:00 in Fine Arts 209
Troy Tassier
Fordham University, Dept. Economics
Agent-based Modeling, Labor

Apr 25, 2012*
*This seminar is on a Wednesday from 3:30-5:00 in Fine Arts 209
Jason Barr
Spatial Equilibrium and the Rise of Midtown Manhattan, 1879-1905
* Abstract of new work
* Published paper of previous work
Rutgers University Newark, Dept Economics
Agent-based Modeling, Econ History

May 4, 2012
Jeff Peterson
Kansas State University, Ag Econ
Transaction Costs in Payment-for-Environmental-Service Contracts
Environmental

May 11, 2012
Andreas Pape, Todd Guilfoos, Binghamton
Nathan Anderson, University of Illinois, Chicago
An Agent-based Model of Local Public Goods and Tax Limits