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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
FEBRUARY 2010

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Cathy Hafer, New York University, "Collective Signaling and Political Action".  Leitner Seminars.
Room 203, Luce Hall 12 - 1:30 pm
Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale, "Development Effects of Electrification".  Development Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Andreas  Moxnes, University of Oslo, "The Tip of the Iceberg:  Modeling Trade Costs and Implications for Intra-Industry Reallocation" (with Alfonso Irarrazabal and Luca David Opromolla). Workshop in International Trade*Please note different time.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse *12 - 1:15 pm
Nicholas Muller, Middlebury, "The Ancillary Benefits from Climate Policy in the United States".  Environmental Economics Seminar.
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Snaebjorn Gunnsteinsson, "Information Asymmetries in Crop Insurance and Informal Credit:  Theory and Design of a Field Experiment".  Development Lunch.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00pm
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Hank Farber, Princeton University, "Rational Choice and Voter Turnout:  Evidence from Union Representation Elections".  Labor and Population Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Heidi Williams, Harvard, "Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation:  Evidence from the Human Genome".  SOM Recruiting.
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 2:30 pm
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Matthew Notowidigdo, MIT, "The Incidence of Local Labor Demand Shocks".  SOM Recruiting.
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 11:30 am
Johannes Urpelainen, Columbia University, "The Dynamic Effect of International Trade Institutions on Social Regulation".   Leitner Seminars.
Room 203, Luce Hall 12 - 1:30 pm
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Marshall Huebner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, "The AIG Rescue:  A View from Inside".  YLS Center for the Study of Corporate LawRSVP to corp.law@yale.edu by February 2, 2010This lecture is informal and off the record. Open only to the Yale community; Yale University ID required.
Room 129, Law School 4:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Frank Schorfheide, UPenn, "Inference for VARs Identified with Sign Restrictions" (with Hyungsik Roger Moon, Elenora Granziera and Mihye Lee).  Econometrics Research Seminar.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Ian Ayres, Yale Law School, "Evidence from Two Large Field Experiments that Peer Comparison Feedback Can Reduce Residential Energy Usage".   Environmental Economics Seminar.
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
David Atkin, Yale University, "Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico".  Workshop in International Trade.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Gharad Bryan, TBA.  Development Lunch.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Emily Oster, University of Chicago, Economics, "Genetic Adverse Selection:  Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance and Huntington Disease".  LEO Workshop.  For more information, please contact Deborah Sestito at (203)432-4830 or deborah.sestito@yale.edu
Room 121, Law School 4:10 - 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Jeffrey Grogger, University of Chicago, "Speech Patterns and Racial Wage Inequality".  Labor and Population Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Nese Yildiz, University of Rochester, TBA.   Econometrics Lunch.
Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 12 pm
Achyuta Adhvaryu, "Illness, Healthcare Choice, and Intra-Household Labor Allocation".  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Lorenzo Camponovo, University of Lugano, visiting Yale, "Robust Resampling Methods for Time Series".  Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Alexis Akira Toda, Yale University, "Integration of the Walrasian Paradigm into the Statistical Paradigm".  Micro Theory Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:20 pm
V.V. Chari, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Fed, "Bailouts, Time Consistency and Optimal Regulation" (with Patrick Kehoe).  Macroeconomics Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:20 - 3:50 pm
Eric Becker, TBA.  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Jan Kiviet, University of Amsterdam, "Comparing the Asymptotic and Empirical (un)conditional Distributions of OLS and IV in a Linear Static Simultaneous Equation" (with Jerzy Niemczyk).  Econometrics Research Seminar.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Federico Gutierrez, "Illness, Time Allocation, Implicit Contracts and the Gender Wage Gap".  Development Lunch.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Bentley MacLeod, Columbia University, "Anti-Lemons:  Social Reputation and Educational Quality".  Labor and Population Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Yoko Konishi, Research Institute Economy, Trade and Industry, TBA.  Econometrics Lunch.
Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 12 pm
Alice Klynge, "A selection model with choice of ability supply".  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
David Rueda, Oxford University, TBA.  Leitner Seminars.
Room 203, Luce Hall 12 - 1:30 pm
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Alexander Stremitzer, Yale Law School, TBA.   Micro Theory Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:20 pm
Emi Nakamura, Columbia University, "Crises and Recoveries in an Empirical Model of Consumption Disasters".  Macroeconomics Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:20 - 3:50 pm
Myrto Kalouptsidi, TBA.  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
James E. Tierney, JD, National State Attorneys General Program, Columbia Law School, "Health Advocacy by State Attorneys General".  Rudd Center Seminars.
309 Edwards Street, Rudd Center 12:30 pm
Donald Brown, Yale University, "ADM:   A Theory of Optimism-Bias in Decision-Making Under Uncertainty" (with Anat Bracha).  Micro Theory Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Stefan Hoderlein, Brown, "Nonparametric Estimation of Welfare Effects:  Two Tales from One Heterogeneous Population".   Econometrics Research Seminar.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Kathleen Segerson, University of Connecticut, TBA.  Environmental Economics Seminar.
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Alberto Salvo, Northwestern University (visiting Yale), TBA.  Workshop in International Trade.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Treb Allen, TBA.  Development Lunch.
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1 pm
Costas Arkolakis, Yale, TBA.  Macro Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse Noon - 1 pm
Adam Copeland, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, "The Impact of Competition on Technolgy Adoption:  An Apples-to-PCs Analysis" (with Adam Hale Shapiro).  Industrial Organization Seminar.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
Thomas Brennan, Northwestern/Law, TBA.    LEO Workshop.  For more information, please contact Deborah Sestito at (203)432-4830 or deborah.sestito@yale.edu
Room 121, Law School 4:15 - 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Janet Currie, Columbia University, TBA.   Labor and Population Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm

Please send Calendar Information to Nancy King, 2-3587, Rm 203, 28 HH by Wednesday Noon