Seminars

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Fall 2019

Monday, September 16, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Latika Chaudhary, Naval Postgraduate School, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Culture and Colonial Legacy: Evidence from Public Goods Games.

Friday, September 20, 4:45pm-6:15pm.  Griffin 6.  Sandile Hlatshwayo, International Monetary Fund, CDE Seminar, The Measurement and Macro-Relevance of Corruption: A Big Data Approach.

Monday, September 30, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Schapiro 241.  Treb Allen, Dartmouth College, Economics Department Seminar, The Geography of Path Dependence.

Thursday, October 3, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Daniel Schydlowsky, Boston Institute for Developing Economies, CDE Seminar, “Leveraging Financial Regulation for a Greener Finance”.

Thursday, October 17, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Schapiro 241.  Jakina Debnam, Amherst, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Monday, October 21, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Michael Luca, Harvard Business School, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.

Wednesday, October 23, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Kenneth Kuttner, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Wednesday, October 30, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Jon Bakija, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Tuesday, November 5, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Chris Barrett, Cornell University, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars / CDE Seminar, Title TBA.

Wednesday, November 6, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Stephen Sheppard, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Monday, November 11, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Anna Aizer, Brown University, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, “Labor Market Discrimination, the Racial Wage Gap and the Schooling Decisions of the Next Generation: Evidence from WWII”.

Wednesday, November 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Peter Pedroni, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Spring 2020

Friday, February 21, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Location TBA.  Bernard Sheahan, Infrastructure Ideas, CDE Seminar, “Financing Infrastructure”.

Monday, February 24, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Katie Coffman, Harvard Business School, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.

Wednesday, March 4, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Matt Chao, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Thursday, March 12, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Schapiro 241.  Thomas Eisenbach, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Wednesday, April 8, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Matthew Gibson, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Thursday, April 9, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Schapiro 241.  Dan Bogart, UC Irvine, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Tuesday, April 14, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.

Thursday, April 16, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Location TBA.  Ghazala Mansuri, World Bank, CDE Seminar, Title TBA.

Wednesday, April 29, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Susan Godlonton, Williams College, Economics Department Seminar, Title TBA.

Thursday, April 30, 4:00pm-5:30pm.  Griffin 6.  Edson Severnini, Carnegie Mellon, Economics Class of 1960 Scholars Seminar, Title TBA.

 

Prior year seminars