[Note: when a paper is available, we link to a PDF copy of the paper in the title, but we sometimes set it up so the links only work for those accessing the Internet from a Williams College IP address or VPN, in case the author is not ready to circulate the paper more widely yet.]
Fall 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Greg Phelan, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Cournot Fire Sales.
Thursday, September 27, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. David McKenzie, World Bank, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar / CDE Seminar, Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia.
Tuesday, October 2, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Elizabeth Cascio, Dartmouth, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Who Needs a Fracking Education? The Educational Response to Low-Skill Biased Technological Change.
Wednesday, October 3, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Lara Shore-Sheppard and Tara Watson, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, The Impact of Expanding Public Health Insurance on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion.
Thursday, October 11, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Seth Neumuller, Wellesley, Economics Department Seminar, Can Income Differences Explain the Racial Wealth Gap? A Quantitative Analysis.
Thursday, October 18, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Ebonya Washington, Yale, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, The Mommy Effect: Do Women Anticipate the Employment Effects of Motherhood?
Tuesday, October 30, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Walker Hanlon, NYU Stern, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Spillover Effects of IP Protection in the Inter-war Aircraft Industry.
Thursday, November 1, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Branko Milanovic, CUNY, CDE Seminar, “Recent trends in global income distribution and their political consequences.” (He will also include a few themes from his forthcoming book Capitalism, alone.)
Wednesday, November 7, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Melinda Petre, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Community College Student Decision Making in the Wake of the Great Recession.
Thursday, November 8, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Boris Gershman, American University, Economics Department Seminar, Witchcraft Beliefs as a Cultural Legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Evidence from Two Continents.
Tuesday, November 13, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Tim Vogelsang, Michigan State, joint Economics / Statistics Department Seminar, “Pitfalls of Interpolating/Imputing Regressors in Time Series Regressions”.
Tuesday, November 27, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Amelia (Molly) Hawkins ’08, U Michigan, Economics Department Seminar, Paying for Disability Insurance?: Firm cost sharing and its employment consequences.
Spring 2019
Tuesday, February 12, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Pinar Keskin, Wellesley, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Tuesday, February 19, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Owen Zidar, Princeton, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Wednesday, February 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Sarah Jacobson, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, February 28, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Martina Jasova, Barnard College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, March 7, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Tuesday, March 12, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Frank Warnock, Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, April 4-Friday, April 5, CDE Conference, Details TBA.
Thursday, April 11, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Mary Evans, Claremont McKenna, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Wednesday, April 17, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Greg Casey, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Monday, April 22, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Location TBD. Sandile Hlatshwayo, International Monetary Fund, CDE Seminar, “Corruption”.
Tuesday, April 23, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Lee Badgett, UMass Amherst, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, April 25, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Richard Klotz, Colgate, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Wednesday, May 1, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Owen Thompson, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.