Hanming Fang and Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale University, "Overconfidence, Morale, and Wage Setting Policies," Micro Theory Workshop
           Room 106, 28 Hillhouse     2:30 – 4 pm

James Fearon, Stanford University, "Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War," Leitner International Political Economy Workshop
            Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse             12:00 noon

Gene Grossman, Princeton University, "International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights," Workshop in Trade and Development (joint with Applied Microeconomics Workshop)
            Room 106, 28 Hillhouse            3:30-5 pm

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Princeton University, "On the Benefits of Capital Account Liberalization for Emerging Economies," Macroeconomics Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse              2:15-3:45 pm

ORGANIZATONAL MEETING, Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
     Room 108, 28 Hillhouse              2:30 pm

Cowles Faculty Lunch
     Room 5, 30 Hillhouse                 12-1:15 pm

Luis Rayo, Chicago GSB, "Relational Team Incentives and Ownership," SOM Micro/Strategy Seminar (joint with Micro Theory Workshop)
     Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse      4 – 5:30 pm

Oliver Hart, Harvard, Economics, "A Theory of Firm Scope" (with Bengt Holstrom), LEO
Workshop  
          Room 121, Law School  4:10-5:40 pm

Sydney Ludvigson, NYU, "Expected Returns and Expected Dividend Growth" (joint with Martin Lettau), Finance Workshop (joint with Macroeconomics Workshop)
         Room A53, 60 Sachem     11:30 am-1 pm

Jon Gruber, M.I.T. and NBER, "Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?" Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
         Room 106, 28 Hillhouse    12:15-1:45 pm

Guido Kuersteiner, MIT, "Estimation with Weak Instruments: Accuracy of Higher Order Bias and MSE Approximations," Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics 
        Room B8, 28 Hillhouse          4-5:30 pm

Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University, "When is it Optimal to Abandon a Fixed Exchange Rate?" Macroeconomics Workshop
        Room 106, 28 Hillhouse         2:15-3:45 pm

Steven Berry, Yale University, "How to Write a Thesis in Applied Microeconomics," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
       Room 108, 28 Hillhouse          2:30-3:50 pm

Phil Reny, University of Chicago, "Reinterpreting Mixed Strategy Equilibria: A Unification of the Classical and Bayesian Views" (with Arthur Robson), Microeconomic Theory Workshop
       Room 106, 28 Hillhouse        2:30-4 pm

Guido Kuersteiner, MIT, "Higher Order Properties of Bootstrap and Jackknife Bias Corrected Maximum Likelihood Estimators," Econometrics Research Seminar
        Room B8, 28 Hillhouse   4-5:30 pm

Marc Melitz, Harvard University, "Exports vs. FDI" (joint Elhanan Helpman and Stephen Yeaple), Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with Trade and Development Workshop)
       Room 106, 28 Hillhouse         2:30-4 pm

John Geanakoplos, Yale University, "Inflationary Bias: The Harmonic Fisher Equation," Cowles Lunch Talk
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse       12:00-1:15 pm

Francois Loyer, University of Paris, will lecture in French on "Parisian Architecture and Parisian Identities in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries," The Council on European Studies
       Room 208, 53 Wall St.      7 pm

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmouth College, "Vertical Specialization in Multinational Firms" (with Gordon Hanson and Raymond Mataloni, Jr.), Workshop in Trade and Development
      Room 106, 28 Hillhouse      3:30-5 pm

Oded Galor, Brown University, "Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth" (with Omer Moav), Macroeconomics Workshop
      Room 106, 28 Hillhouse        2:15-3:45 pm

Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University, "When is Reputation Bad?" Microeconomic Theory Workshop
        Room 106, 28 Hillhouse         2:30-4 pm

Joseph Harrington, Johns Hopkins, "Optimal Cartel Pricing in the Presence of an Antitrust Authority". Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with Micro/Strategy Seminar)
       Room 106, 28 Hillhouse          2:30-4 pm

Claudia Goldin, Harvard University, "Making a Name," Economic History Workshop (joint with Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population)
       Room 106, 28 Hillhouse          4-5:30 pm

David Weisbach, University of Chicago, Law, "Taxation and Risk-Taking with Multiple Tax Rates," LEO Workshop 
       Room 121, Law School             4:10-5:40 pm

Peter Burke, University of Cambridge, "European Identities: Xenophilia and Xenophobia in Early Modern Europe," The Council on European Studies
        Room 208, 53 Wall St.              7 pm

Anirudh Krishna, Duke University, "Is Growth Everything? Community and Household Influences on Development and Poverty Reduction (with evidence from North India)," Leitner International Political Economy Workshop
         Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse        12:00 noon