[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 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Fiona Burlig (’12), University of Chicago, Economics Department Seminar, Out of the Darkness and Into the Light? Development Effects of Rural Electrification.
Monday, September 25, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Non-linear distortion-based effects of tax changes on output: A worldwide narrative approach.
Friday, September 29, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 7. Andrew Powell, Inter-American Development Bank, CDE and Economics Department Seminar, “Routes to Growth in a New Trade World.”
Monday, October 2, 7:30pm-9:00pm. Griffin 6. Paul Pierson, UC Berkeley Political Science, Political Economy Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Who Governs Now? Political Influence in an Era of High Inequality (a closely-related background reading with a different title is available here).
Thursday, October 5, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 129. Stephanie Miner, Mayor of Syracuse, NY, Political Economy Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, October 12, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Ishani Tewari, Curry College, Economics Department Seminar, Durable Ownership, Time Allocation and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from China’s Home Appliances to the Countryside Rebate.
Tuesday, October 17, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Martin Rotemberg (’08), New York University, Economics Department Seminar, Engines of Productivity Growth: Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing.
Thursday, October 19, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Petra Moser, NYU Stern, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Effects of Copyrights on Science.
Monday, October 23, 7:30pm. Paresky auditorium. Robert Stavins, Harvard Kennedy School, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar co-hosted with Environmental Studies program, “Global Climate Change Policy in the Age of Trump: What Can an Economist Possibly Have to Say About Climate Change?”
Wednesday, October 25, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Will Olney, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Wednesday, November 1, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Sarah Jacobson, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, “Cops and Rent-A-Cops: Public and Private Provision of Security.”
Friday, November 3, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Location TBA. Jim Berry, Cornell University, CDE Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, November 9, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, November 16, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Bradley Hardy, American University, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Wednesday, November 29, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Steven Nafziger, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, “The Births, Lives, and Deaths of Corporations in Late Imperial Russia.”
Spring 2018
Tuesday, March 6, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Marianne Bitler, UC Davis, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Tuesday, March 13, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Mary Evans, Claremont McKenna College, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, April 5, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Schapiro 241. Ben Ho, Vassar College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.
Thursday, April 5-Friday, April 6, CDE Conference
Thursday, April 5, 8:00pm. Location TBA. Keynote Address. Speaker and title TBA.
Friday, April 6, Times, locations, and sessions TBA.
Thursday, April 26, 4:00pm-5:30pm. Griffin 6. Jim Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.