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Calendar of Events
DECEMBER 2003

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Monday, December 1

Andrew Foster, Brown University, "Agricultural Development, Industrialization and Rural Inequality". Workshop in Trade and Development
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse      3:30-5 pm

Yoonseok Lee, Yale University, TBA. Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
         
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse      4-5:30 pm

Tuesday, December 2

Andrew Lemon, Yale University, "Political Rhetoric and Government Policies". Micro Theory Lunch
         
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse     12 noon

Fernando Alvarez, University of Chicago, "On the Sluggish Response of Prices to Money in an Inventory-Theoretic Model of Money Demand" (joint with Andrew Atkeson and Chris Edmond). Macroeconomics Workshop
           Room 106, 28 Hillhouse       2:15-3:45 pm

Calixto Lopez Castanon, Yale University, "An Analysis of the Recording Industry". Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
         Common Room, 28 Hillhouse          2:30-3:50 pm

Wednesday, December 3

Judith Chevalier, Yale University, School of Management, "Economics of the College Textbook Industry". Cowles Lunch
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse       12-1:15 pm

Bart Lipman, Boston University, "Temptation-Driven Preferences" (with Eddie Dekel and Aldo Rustichini). Microeconomic Theory Workshop
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 2:30-4 pm

Guido Kuersteiner, MIT, visiting Yale University, "Bias Reduction for Nonlinear Dynamic Panel Models with Fixed Effects". Econometrics Research Seminar
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                   4-5:30 pm

Thursday, December 4
         Borja Gracia, Yale University, "Monetary and Fiscal Policy Disputes with Fixed Exchange Rates".
         Macro Lunch
                   Common Room, 28 Hillhouse           12-1 pm

Nancy Rose, MIT, "Has Restructuring Improved Operating Efficiency in the US Electricity Industry?" (with Kira Markiewicz and Catherine Wolfram). Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with SOM)
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30-4 pm

Friday, December 5

Bruce Meyer, Northwestern University, TBA. Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                      12:15-1:45 pm

Monday, December 8

Jennifer Tobin and Stephen Kosack, Yale University, "Funding Self-Sustaining Development: the Role of Aid, FDI and Government in Economic Success". Leitner International and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
          Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse 12 noon

Sainan Jin, Yale University, "Discrete Choice Modeling with Nonstationary Panels". Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                     4-5:30 pm

Tuesday, December 9

Juan Dubra, Yale University, "Information Revelation in Auctions". Micro Theory Lunch
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse              12 noon

Esther Duflo, MIT, "Use of Randomization in the Evaluation of Development Effectiveness".
          Seminar Room, ISPS, 77 Prospect      12-1:30 pm

George Hall, Yale University, "Price Discrimination in the Steel Market" (joint with Hiu Man Chan and John Rust). Macroeconomics Workshop
         
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                      2:15-3:45 pm

Daniel Monte, Yale University, "The Amenity Costs of Marginal Climate Change:  A Wage-Hedonic Analysis of Brazilian Cities".  Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
         
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                  2:30-3:50 pm

Wednesday, December 10

Wolfgang Pesendorfer, Princeton University, "Electoral Competition with Asymetrically Informed Voters" (with Faruk Gul).  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, December 11
         Daniel Mulino, Yale University, "Social Security and Immigration". Macro Lunch
         
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse               12-1 pm

Douglas Staiger, Dartmouth College, "Changing School Assignments and Housing Values". Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with Labor and Population Workshop and SOM)
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                              2:30-4 pm

Friday, December 12

Hugo Sonnenschein, University of Chicago, "Overcoming Incentive Constraints". Cowles Foundation Seminar
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                        2:30-4 pm

Monday, December 15

Elizabeth Simmons, Harvard University, "Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000". Leitner International and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
          Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse             12 noon

Tuesday, December 16

Ying (Emily) Zhao, Yale University, "Analysis of Cross Category Purchases".
Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
         
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                      2:30-3:50 pm

Thursday, December 18

Michael Weisbach, University of Illinois, Commerce & Business Administration, "Issuing Securities Around the World". LEO Workshop
          Room 121, Law School                      4:10-5:40 pm