Matthew Gabel, University of Kentucky, "Euro-parties and Legislative Behavior in the European Parliament: What We Can Learn from Roll Call Votes," Leitner International Political Economy Workshop
     Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse        12:00 noon

Owen Lamont, University of Chicago, GSB, "Evaluating Value Weighting: Corporate Events and Market Timing," Macroeconomics Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse      2:00-3:20 pm

Michael Keane, Yale University, "Accounting for the Growth of MNC-Based Trade Using a Structural Model of US MNCs". Workshop in Trade and Development
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse       3:30-5:00 pm

Mainak Sarkar, Yale University, "A Structural Model of Technology Diffusion," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse      2:30-4:00 pm

Naoki Yoshihara, Hitotsubashi University, "Existence of ordering functions embodying both procedural and consequential values". Workshop on Distributive Justice
     Brewster Hall, Room 102, 124 Prospect      4:00 pm

Chris Shannon, UC Berkeley, "Uncertainty and Risk in Financial Markets," Micro Theory Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse     2:30-4:00 pm

Katsumi Shimotsu, University of Essex, "Exact Local Whittle Estimation of Fractional Integration,"  Econometrics Research Seminar.   
     Room B8, 28 Hillhouse      2:30-4:00 pm

Bernardo Guimaraes, Yale University, "Credibility of the Brazilian Exchange Regime," Macro Lunch
    Common Room, 28 Hillhouse   12:00-1:00 pm

Anjini Kochar, Stanford University, "Inter-Generational Income Sharing and Schooling Investments". Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
    Room 106, 28 Hillhouse         12:00-2:00 pm

Eduardo Engel, Yale University, "Highway Franchising and Real Estate Deals" (with Ronald Fischer and Alexander Galetovic), Applied Microeconomics Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse          2:30-4:00 pm

Mircea Geoana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania, "The Spring of New Allies: Challenges, Contributions & Responsibilities of Europe’s New Democracies," The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and The Council on European Studies
     Luce Hall, Room 202, 34 Hillhouse   4:00 pm

Monica Costa Dias, University College London, "A GE Approach to the Evaluation of Social Programs," Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
    Luce Hall, Room 203, 34 Hillhouse    11:00-12:30 pm

COWLES FOUNDATION CONFERENCE SERIES, Frontiers in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling
     Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse

Bart van Ark, University of Groningen, Netherlands, "Asia’s Productivity Performance and Potential: An International and Historical Perspectivem," Workshop in Trade and Development.
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse          3:30-5:00 pm

Anat Bracha, Yale, "Self-Confidence and Insurance Decision," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
        Common Room, 28 Hillhouse    2:30-4:00 pm

Keith Knight, University of Toronto, "Regression Quantiles: Second Order Considerations," Econometrics Research Seminar
     Room B8, 28 Hillhouse     2:30-4:00 pm

Timothy Van Zandt, INSEAD, "Hierarchy Size and Environmental Uncertainty," Micro Theory Workshop
      Room 106, 28 Hillhouse     2:30-4:00 pm

Valerie Suslow, University of Michigan Business School, and Margaret Levenstein, University of Massachusetts "International Cartels in the 1990s: Implications for Theory and Policy," Micro/Strategy Seminar (joint with Applied Microeconomics Workshop)
       Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse      4:00-5:30 pm

Christopher Timmins, Yale, Economics, "Endogenous Land Use and the Ricardian Valuation of Climate Change," Workshop on Environment and Natural Resources
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 4:15 pm

John Brown, Clark University, and Timothy Guinnane, Yale University, "The Fertility Transition in Munich: First Results," Workshop in Economic History
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse         4-5:30 pm

James Druckman, Univ. of Minnesota, Political Science, "Bargaining Models in the Context of Parliamentary Coalitions," LEO Workshop
     Room 121, Law School          4:10-5:40 pm

Stathis Kalyvas, University of Chicago, Political Science, "Resistance, Collaboration & Civil War: Reflections of the Greek Civil War," The Hellenic Studies Program
     Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse      4:30 pm

Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago, "The Growth of Obesity and Technological Change: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination," Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse               12:15-1:45 pm

Alan S. Blinder, Professor of Economics at Princeton University
to deliver the
2002 Arthur M. Okun Lecture Series
     Monday, April 15: Through the Looking Glass:  Central Bank Transparency
     Tuesday, April 16: Ex Uno Plures: Central Banking By Committee
     Wednesday, April 17: Who's the Boss?: The Central Bank and the Markets
     Yale University's Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall
     Grove and Prospect Streets, Room 114              4:00-6:00 pm

Xia Li, Yale, "A Topic about Women’s Wage Gap," and Matthias Schuendeln, Yale, "Firm Dynamics in the Presence of Credit Constraints: Tanzanian Manufacturing Firms". Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse            2:30-4:00 pm

Antoine Prost, University of Paris, Professor Emeritus, "Representations of War in Inter-War France," The Council on European Studies, YCIAS and the Department of History
     Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, Room 202     4-5:30 pm

Gerard Dapayre, Deputy EU Ambassador to the U.S., "China’s Accession to the WTO and its Impact on Europe and the U.S.," The Council on European Studies, YCIAS and the Program on EU Studies.
     Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse     4:30-6:00 pm

Joel Watson, UC San Diego, "Contract, Mechanism Design, and Technological Detail," Micro Theory Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                   2:30-4 pm

Beata Smarzynska, World Bank, "Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?," Micro/Strategy Seminar
     Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse   4:00-5:30 pm

Michael Otsuka, University College London, "Libertarianism without inequality," Workshop on Distributive Justice, PLSC596b 
    Brewster Hall, Room 102, 124 Prospect       4:00 pm

Jeffrey Williamson, Harvard University, "Why the Tariff-Growth Correlation Changed after 1950,"   Workshop in Economic History (joint with Trade and Development Workshop)
    Room 106, 28 Hillhouse    4:00-5:30 pm

Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Board of New York, "Wages and Foreign Exchange Markets," Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse      12:15-1:45 pm

Kishore Gawande, University of New Mexico, "PAC Spending Tests of Theories," Leitner International Political Economy Workshop (joint with Trade and Development Workshop)
     Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse     12 noon

Peter Schott, Yale University, SOM, "Survival of the Best Fit: Competition from Low Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of US Manufacturing Plants," Workshop in Trade and Development
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse        3:30-5:00 pm

Alessandro Lizzeri, NYU, "Why did the Elites Extend the Suffrage? Democracy and the Scope of Government, With an Application to Britain’s `Age of Reform’" (with Nicola Persico). Micro Theory Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                2:30-4:00 pm

Morten Nielsen, Yale University, "Semiparametric Estimation of Time Series Regression with Long Range Dependence," Econometrics Research Seminar
     Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                2:30-4:00 pm

Francois Maniquet, Université de Namur and Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, "Optimal taxation and fairness," Workshop on Distributive Justice, PLSC596b
     Brewster Hall, Room 102, 124 Prospect           4:00 pm

Martin Pesendorfer, Yale University, "Combination Bidding in Multi-Unit Auctions" (with Estelle Cantillon, Harvard Business School). Applied Microeconomics Workshop
    Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 2:30-4 pm

Kenneth Sokoloff, UCLA, "Inequality, Institutions, and Differential Paths of Growth Among New World Economies" (with Stanley Engerman). Workshop in Economic History
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                4-5:30 pm

Judith Coffin, University of Texas at Austin, History, "Sex and Modernity in France Since 1945," The Council on European Studies at YCIAS and the Department of History
     Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse           4 pm

Robert E. Scott, Visiting, Columbia/Law, "The Rise and Fall of Article 2," LEO Workshop
     Room 121, Law School                  4:10-5:40 pm

Judith Coffin, University of Texas at Austin, History, "Sex and Modernity in France Since 1945," The Council on European Studies at YCIAS and the Department of History
     Luce Hall, Room 203, 34 Hillhouse       4:00 pm

Steve Redding, London School of Economics, "Factor Endowments and Production in European Regions" (with Mercedes Vera-Martin, LSE). Workshop in Trade and Development
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 3:30-5:00 pm

Nancy Epling, Yale, "Switching Costs and Price Discrimination in Long Distance Telephone Resale," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse           2:30-4:00 pm