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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DECEMBER 2008
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1
Prashant Bharadwaj, TBA.  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Trevon Logan, Ohio State, visiting Princeton, "Endogenizing Tastes".  Economic History Workshop.
          Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 pm
Scott Murdock, Yale University, and Sunyoung Park, Yale University, TBA.  Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:50 - 4:10 pm
Laura Schechter, Wisconsin, TBA.   Development Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2
Rick Hornbeck, MIT, TBA.  Economic History Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University, "Optimal Redistribution in an Open Economy".  Macroeconomics Workshop/Junior Faculty Talk.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:20 - 3:50 pm
Eric Becker, Yale, TBA and Eduardo Souza Rodriguez, Yale, TBA.  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
Cowles Foundation Event:  Cowles Foundation Lunch Talk.
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:15 pm
Eric A. Finkelstein, Health Economist and Director, Public Health Economics Program, Research Triangle Institute, "The Fattening of America:  How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What to Do About It."  Rudd Center Seminar.   
          Conference Room, 309 Edwards St. 12:30 pm
David Miller, University of California, San Diego, visiting Cowles, "Enforcing Cooperation in Networked Societies".  Micro Theory Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University, TBA.   Workshop in International Trade.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:40 pm
Randy Walsh, Colorado, TBA.   Environmental Economics Seminar.
          Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Lung-Fei Lee, University of Rochester, "Specification and Estimation of Social Interactions Models".   Econometrics Research Seminar.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
Vis Taraz / Jiwon Kim, TBA.  Development Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Juan Eberhard, Yale University, TBA.  Macro Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Tim Lobstein, Director, Childhood Obesity Programme, IOTF, "Obesonomics:  Describing the Obesogenic Economy".     Rudd Center Seminar.
          Conference Room, 309 Edwards St. 2:00 pm
Ying Fan, Yale University, "Market Structure and Product Quality in the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market".  Industrial Organization Seminar.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
David Haddock, Northwestern/Law, "CAFE - The Corporate Average Fuel Economy Mandate" (with Federico Boffa and Stephania Proporato).  LEO Workshop.   Please contact deborah.sestito@yale.edu for further information.
          Room 121, Law School, Wall Street 4:10 - 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
Petra Todd, UPENN, "How Universal School Vouchers Affect Educational and Labor Market Outcomes:  Evidence from Chile".   Labor and Population Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
Peter McHenry, "The Geographic Distribution of Human Capital:  Measurement of Contributing Mechanisms".  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Phil Hoffman, CalTech, "Is Trust an Ultimate Cause?  Its Role in the Long Run Development of Financial Markets in France".  Economic History Workshop.
          Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 pm
Alex Torgovitsky, Yale University and James Wolter, Yale University, TBA.   Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:50 - 4:10 pm
Dr. Quy Toan Do, World Bank, TBA.  Development Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
Maher Said, Yale University, "Information Revelation & Random Entry in Sequential Ascending Auctions".    Micro Theory Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Alon Eizenberg, Yale University, "Upstream Innovation and Product Variety in the Home PC Market".  **Industrial Organization Seminar.   **Note different day and location.
          **Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Katrine Jessoe, PhD candidate, Yale FES, "Improved Source, Improved Quality?  Demand for Drinking Water in Rural India".  Environmental Economics Seminar.
          Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Nick Bloom, Stanford University, TBA.  Workshop in International Trade.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
Mir Salim, TBA.   Development Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Brown University, "Understanding the City Size Wage Gap".  Industrial Organization Seminar.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12
Wojciech Kopczuk, 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