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NOVEMBER 2003

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Monday, November 3

Yumin Sheng, Yale University, "Trade Openness and Central Political Control in China: Evidence from Cross-Section Time-Series Analyses (1977-2002)". Leitner International and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
     Luce 203, 28 Hillhouse      12 noon

Shareen Joshi, Yale University, "The Incidence, Determinants and Consequences of Female Headship in Rural Bangladesh". Workshop in Trade and Development
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse      3:30-5 pm

Kevin Song, Yale University, "Large Panel Models with Fixed Heterogeneous Parameters". Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
    
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse       4-5:30 pm

Tuesday, November 4

Pei-yu Lo, Yale University, "Fuzzy Memory and Categorization". Micro Theory Lunch
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse       12 noon

Urban Jermann, Wharton School at UPENN, "Using asset prices to measure the persistence of the marginal utility of wealth" (joint with Fernando Alvarez). Macroeconomics Workshop
    
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 2:15-3:45 pm

Henry Schneider, Yale University, "Adverse Selection and Recent Changes in Information Asymmetry in the Used Car Market". Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
    
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse        2:30-3:50 pm

Denis Chaibi, European Union Commission, "The US and European Union Policy". The Council on European Studies at YCIAS
    
Luce 202, 34 Hillhouse              4 pm

Wednesday, November 5

Felix Kubler, Stanford University, "The Accuracy of Numerical Solutions for Dynamic GEI Models" (with K. Schmeddlers). Microeconomic Theory Workshop
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse            2:30-4 pm

Luke Hong, Yale University, "Testing Linearity in Cointegrating Relations:  Application to PPP". Econometrics Research Seminar
    
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                    4-5:30 pm

Thursday, November 6

Sainan Jin, Yale University, "Fear of Floating: A Nonstationary Discrete Choice Panel Data Approach". Macro Lunch
    
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse    12-1 pm

Robert Gertner, University of Chicago, GBS, "Organizing for Synergies" (with Wouter Dessein and Luis Garicano). Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with SOM)
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                   2:30-4 pm

Eric Posner, University of Chicago/Law, "A Theory of International Law". LEO Workshop
     Room 121, Law School               4:10-5:40 pm

Friday, November 7

Robert Fairlie, visiting Yale, "Why are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital". Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
    
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                      12:15-1:45 pm

Monday, November 10

Matthias Schuendeln, Yale University, "Firm Dynamics in the Presence of Financing Constraints: Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms". Workshop in Trade and Development
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                     3:30-5 pm

Jiti Gao, The University of Western Australia, "Model Specification Testing in Nonparametric and Semiparametric Time Series Econometric Models". Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
     Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                       4-5:30 pm

Tuesday, November 11

Marzena Rostek, Yale University, "Uncertainty about Rationality". Micro Theory Lunch
      Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                 12 noon

          Julio Rotemberg, Harvard Business School, "The Benevolence of the Baker: Fair Pricing under the             Threat of Customer Anger". Macroeconomics Workshop
              
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                  2:15-3:45 pm

John Mirikitani, Yale University, "Entry by Charter Schools in Houston". Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
  
  Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                2:30-3:50 pm

Wednesday, November 12

Michael Riordan, Yale University and Columbia University, "How Do Capital Markets Influence Product Market Competition?". Cowles Lunch
    
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                12-1:15 pm

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Columbia University, "College Admissions with Affirmative Action". Microeconomic Theory Workshop
      Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                         2:30-4 pm

Jiti Gao, The University of Western Australia, "Model Selection in Nonparametric and Semiparametric Regression". Econometrics Research Seminar
    
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                            4-5:30 pm

Janet Currie, UCLA and NBER, "Air Pollution and Infant Health:   What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience?". Environmental Economics Seminar (joint with Labor and Population Workshop)
     Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse       4-5:30 pm

Thursday, November 13

Jordan Milev, Yale University, "Search for a Parametric Specification of the Earnings-Returns Relation". Macro Lunch
    
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                  12-1:30 pm

Elisabeth Guigou, French National Assembly, "A Constitution for Europe," YCIAS Program on European Union Studies.  
      Luce Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse                     1 pm

Juan Esteban Carranza, Yale University, "Product Innovation in Differentiated Durable Goods Markets". Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with SOM)
      Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                          2:30-4 pm

Friday, November 14
           Ganesh Iyer, Berkeley, TBA. SOM Marketing Seminar Series
                 Room A46, 52 Hillhouse                11:30 am – 1 pm
Monday, November 17

Rohini Pande, Yale University, "Unmarried Parenthood and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Europe". Leitner International and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
      Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse                   12:00 noon

Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard Business School, "Land rights and Economic Development: Evidence from Vietnam".  Workshop in Trade and Development
      Room 106, 28 Hillhouse              3:30-5 pm

Tuesday, November 18

Rosa Argenziano, Yale University, "Implicity Coordination in Markets with Network Externalities". Micro Theory Lunch
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse          12 noon

Ivan Werning, MIT, "Optimal Commitment". Macroeconomics Workshop
    
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse               2:15-3:45 pm

Brian Dineen, Yale University, "Identifying Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in the Irish Motor Insurance Market". Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
    
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse              2:30-3:50 pm

Thursday, November 20

Andrew Levin, FED Board, "Parameter Uncertainty and the Central Bank’s Objective Function" (joint with John Williams). Macro Lunch
    
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse        12-1:30 pm

Michael Riordan, Columbia University GSB and Yale University, "Vertical Integration, Exclusive Dealing, and Ex Post Cartelization" (with Yongmin Chen). Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with SOM and Micro Theory Workshop, 537a)
     Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                     2:30-4 pm

Kenneth Sokoloff, University of California, Los Angeles, Economics, "The Patent System and the Market for Technology in the United States, 1836 to 1930". LEO Workshop
     Room 121, Law School                 4:10-5:40 pm

Friday, November 21

Birger Wernerfelt, MIT, TBA. SOM Marketing Seminar Series.
     Room A46, 52 Hillhouse       11:30 am – 1 pm