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Calendar of Events
JANUARY 2001

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January 9, Tuesday

George-Marios Angeletos, Harvard, "Fiscal Policy with Non-Contingent Debt and the Optimal Maturity Structure," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     28 Hillhouse, Room 106                         12:00-1:30 pm

January 11, Thursday

David McAdams, Stanford GSB, "Isotone Equilibrium in Multi-Unit Auctions," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     28 Hillhouse, Room 106                         12:00-1:30 pm

January 15, Monday

Margaret LeviUniversity of Washington, Political Science, "The State of the Study of the State,"  Political Economy Workshop
     Luce Hall, Room 203                              12:00-1:30 pm

Peter Phillips, Yale, Economics, "Nonstationary Choice," Department of Statistics Seminar
     24 Hillhouse,  Room 107                         4:15 pm

January 16, Tuesday

Organizational Meeting for the Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                  2:30 pm

January 17, Wednesday

Asim Khwaja, Harvard, "Can Good Projects Work in Bad Communities? Collective Action in the Himalayas," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

January 18, Thursday

Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Minnesota, "Consumption and Saving over the Life Cycle: How Important are Consumer Durables?," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

January 19, Friday

Lasse Pedersen, "Liquidity and Security Design in Repeated Auction Markets," Finance and Accounting Seminar
     Room A-53, SOM                                  11:30 am-1:00 pm

John Romalis, MIT, "Factor Proportions and the Structure of Commodity Trade," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

January 22, Monday

Ernest Schaumburg, Princeton, "Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Jump Processes with Applications to Finance," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                           12:00-1:30 pm

Eric Zitzewitz, MIT, "Opinion-producing Agents: Career Concerns and Anti-herding," SOM Recruiting Seminar
     Room A46, 135 Prospect                        4:00-5:30 pm

January 23, Tuesday

Ali Hortacsu, Stanford, "Mechanism Choice and Strategic Bidding in Divisible Good Auctions: An Empirical Analysis of the Turkish Treasury Auction Market," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

Belén Villalonga, UCLA, "Does Diversification Cause the 'Diversification Discount'," Finance & Accounting Seminar
     TBA                                                        TBA

January 24, Wednesday

Justin Wolfers, Harvard, "Are Voters Rational? Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

Kewei Hou, Chicago, "Information Diffusion & Asymmetric Cross-Autocorrelations in Stock Returns," Finance & Accounting Seminar
     Room A-53, SOM                                  4:00-5:30 pm

January 25, Thursday

Wojciech Kopczuk, Michigan, "The Trick is to Live: Is the Estate Tax Social Security for the Rich?," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

Daniel Klerman, USC, Law, "Economic Analysis and Legal History: The Selection of Thirteenth-Century Criminal Disputes for Litigation," LEO Workshop. Papers available at http://www.yale.edu/law/leo/ 
     Room 121, Law School                          4:10-5:40 pm

January 26, Friday

Jennifer Huang, MIT, "Taxable or Tax-Deferred Account? Portfolio Decision with Multiple Investment Goals," Finance & Accounting Seminar
     Room A-53, SOM                                 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Lucy White, Nuffield, "Prudence in Bargaining: The Effect of Uncertainty on Bargaining Outcomes," Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          12:00-1:30 pm

January 29, Monday

Li Jin, MIT, "CEO Compensation, Diversification, and Incentives," Finance & Accounting Seminar
     Room A-53, SOM                                   11:30 am-1 pm

Christian Broda, MIT, "Terms of Trade and Exchange Rate Regimens in Developing Countries,"  Junior Faculty Recruiting
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                           12:00-1:30 pm

Roberto Perotti, Columbia University, Economics, "Electoral Systems and Public Spending," Political Economy Workshop. Papers available from http://www.yale.edu/leitner
     Room 203, Luce Hall                               12:00-1:30 pm

Iris Jiang, Yale, "An Evaluation of Accrual Models in Detecting Earnings Management for Internet," Ph.D. Student Research Workshop
     Room A-30, SOM                                   4:00-5:00 pm

January 31, Wednesday

Andrew Jeffrey, Yale, "Duration and Convexity Hedging (revisited)," Faculty Workshop
     Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse     11:30 am-1:00 pm

Viral Acharya, NYU, "A Theory of Systemic Risk and Design of Prudential Bank Regulation,"  Finance & Accounting Seminar
     Room A-53, SOM                                   4:00-5:30 pm