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APRIL  2004

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Thursday, April 1

Guillermo Mondino, IERAL de Fundacion Mediterranea, visiting Yale, " `til Debt do Us Apart. Restructuring Debt. The Case of Argentina," Macro Lunch
    
     Common Room, 28 Hillhouse        12-1:00 pm

Philippe Fevrier, ENSAE, "Econometrics of Share Auctions,"  Applied Microeconomics Workshop
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse             2:30-4:00 pm

Michael Greenstone, MIT, "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather" (joint with Olivier Deschenes). Environmental Economics Seminar
         
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4-5:30 pm

Friday, April 2

Audra Bowlus, University of Western Ontario-Vancouver, "Domestic Violence, Employment, and Divorce," Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse               12:15-1:45 pm

Monday, April 5

David Soskice, Duke University, "Partisanship and Electoral Systems," Leitner International and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
         Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse               12 noon

Koichi Hamada and Mashiro Endo, Yale University, "The Metzler Paradox and the Interpretation of GATT Article XXIV," Workshop on Trade and Development
         Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                  3:30-5 pm

Tuesday, April 6
          Marek Verekta, Yale University, "Emphathic Games," Micro Theory Reading Group
                   
Tobin Lounge, 28 Hillhouse         12 noon

Robert Shimer, University of Chicago, "The Cyclical Behavior of Equilibrium Unemployment and Vacancies: Evidence and Theory," Macroeconomics Workshop
          
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse               2:15-3:45 pm

Calixto Lopez Castanon, Yale University, "Competition in the Mexican Pension System," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
          
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse    2 :30-3:50 pm

Ana Fostel, Yale University, "The Non-Monotone Undersupply of Liquidity," Mathematical Economics Workshop
           
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse              6-7:15 pm

Wednesday, April 7

Ray Fair, Yale University, "A Comparison of Aging Effects Across Athletic Events," Cowles Lunch Talk
           Common Room, 28 Hillhouse          12:00-1:15 pm

Marco Battaglini, Princeton University, "Pareto Efficient Income Taxation with Stochastic Abilities" (with Stephen Coate). Microeconomic Theory Workshop
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 2:30-4:00 pm

Niggol Seo and Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, PhD candidates, FES, Prospectus presentations. Environmental Economics Seminar
          
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse      4-5:30 pm

Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern University, "Bicameralism and government function," Seminar in Formal Models of Politics
           102 Brewster Hall                                   4-6 pm

Thursday, April 8
          Rudiger Bachmann, Yale University, "Aggregate Labor Adjustment in the US -- is there a Case for              Manpower?," Macro Lunch
                   
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse               12-1:00 pm

Jaap Abbring, Vrije Universiteit (Free University), "Social Experiments in Real Time" (with Gerard van den Berg). Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with Labor and Population Workshop)
         Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                      2:30-4 pm

Friday, April 9

Michele Boldrin, University of Minnesota, "Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Market Size," Cowles Seminar
         Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                 2:30-4:00 pm

Monday, April 12

Siwan Anderson, UBC-Vancouver, "Enforcement and Organizational Design in Informal Saving Groups," Workshop on Trade and Development
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                         3:30-5 pm

Tuesday, April 13
          Andrew Lemon, Yale University, "Political Rhetoric and Government Policy," Micro Theory Reading             Group
                    
Tobin Lounge, 28 Hillhouse       12 noon

Guido Lorenzoni, Princeton University, "Imperfect Information, Consumers’ Expectations and Business Cycles," Macroeconomics Workshop
           
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                  2:15-3:45 pm

Ying Zhao, Yale University, "Internet, TV and Other Offline Media," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
           
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse           2:30-3:50 pm

Panel Discussion, "Lessons from Argentina’s Crisis"
Domingo Cavallo, Harvard University, ex-Minister of Economy, Argentina; Eduardo Engel, Yale University; Guillermo Mondino, Yale University, IERAL de Fundacion Mediterranea; Edwin Truman, Institute for International Economics and ex-Under Secretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury, USA

Moderated by Gustav Ranis. Sponsored by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and the Economic Growth Center
            Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue 4:00 pm

Paolo Siconolfi and Alberto Martin, Columbia University, "Incomplete Markets Adverse Selection and Development," Mathematical Economics Workshop
           
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse         6:00-7:15 pm

Wednesday, April 14

Shmuel Zamir, Hebrew University, "Inconsistent Beliefs and Bayesian Equilibrium," Cowles Lunch Talk
           Common Room, 28 Hillhouse        12:00-1:15 pm

Thursday, April 15
          Kevin Kallock, Yale University, "Wage rigidities in search and matching models," Macro Lunch
                    Common Room, 28 Hillhouse          12-1:00 pm

Alessandro Lizzeri, New York University, "The Storable Good Monopolist" (with Igal Hendel and Aviv Nevo). Applied Microeconomics Workshop (joint with Microeconomic Theory Workshop)
           Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                   2:30-4:00 pm 

         Roland Fryer, Harvard University, Economics and Society of Fellows, "Color-Blind Affirmative Action,"            LEO Workshop
                    Room 121, Law School                4:10-5:40 pm

Friday, April 16

Teck Ho, Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, "A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Games," SOM Marketing Series
        
Room A46, 52 Hillhouse               11:30-1:00 pm

Andrew Postlewaite, visiting Yale, "The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height," Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
         Room 106, 28 Hillhouse             12:15-1:45 pm

Monday, April 19

Carles Boix, University of Chicago, "The Birth of Party Democracy: Electoral Mobilization in Belgium, Britain and Sweden from 1880 to 1940," Leitner International and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
           Room 203, 34 Hillhouse             12 noon

Tuesday, April 20
          Marzena Rostek, Yale University, "Target-based reasoning in choice,". Micro Theory Reading Group
                  
Tobin Lounge, 28 Hillhouse              12 noon

          Amartya Lahiri, NY Fed, "Segmented Asset Markets and Optimal Exchange Rate Regimes" (joint with             Rajesh Singh and Carlos Vegh). Macroeconomics Workshop
                 
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                 2:15-3:45 pm

Ulrich Wagner, Yale University, "Assessing Collective Action for the Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer,"  Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse          2:30-3:50 pm

Juan-Pablo Montero, Catholic University of Chile, "A Model of Market Power in a Depletable-Stock Market" (with Matti Liski). Environmental Economics Seminar
           Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse    4:00-5:30 pm

Denis Chaibi, European Commission, EU Visiting Fellow, YCIAS, "Cyprus: The Annan Plan & the Role of the EU," Program at the Council on European Studies
           Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse               4:00 pm

Wednesday, April 21

Shmuel Zamir, Hebrew University, visiting Yale, "On the Existence of Pure Strategy Monotone Equilibria in Asymmetric First-Price Auctions" (joint with Philip J. Reny). Microeconomic Theory Workshop
           Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                        2:30-4:00 pm

          Jack Porter, Harvard , "Efficiency in Asymptotic Shift Experiments," Econometrics Research Seminar
                      Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                     4:00-5:30 pm

Woojin Lee, Northern Illinois University, "Racism and redistribution in the United States: A solution to the problem of American exceptionalsim," Seminar in Formal Models of Politics
           
102 Brewster Hall                              4:00-6:00 pm

Thursday, April 22
          Jose Rossi, Yale University, TBA. Macro Lunch
                  Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                   12-1:00 pm

Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago, "Testing Strategic Models of Firm Behavior in Restructured Electricity Markets: A Case Study of ERCOT" (with Steven L. Puller). Applied Microeconomic Workshop
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse             2:30-4:00 pm

Guhan Subramanian, Harvard/Law, ""Post-Siliconix Freeze-Outs: Theory, Evidence & Policy," LEO Workshop
         Room 121, Law School                  4:10-5:40 pm

Tuesday, April 27

Yavor Efremov, Yale University, "Insider Trading:  No Longer Only for the Rich and Famous," Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse               2:30-3:50 pm

Wednesday, April 28

Martin Shubik, Yale University, "Endogenous Bureaucracy and the Enforcement of Contract," Cowles Lunch Talk
          
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse       12:00-1:15 pm

Joseph Altonji, Yale University, "Using Selection on Observed Variables to Control for Selection on Unobserved Variables," Econometrics Research Seminar
           
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse                     4:00-5:30 pm

Erin Mansur, Yale SOM/FES, "Is Real-Time Pricing Green? The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Demand Variance" (with Stephen Holland). Environmental Economics Seminar
            Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse  4:00-5:30 pm

Thursday, April 29

Sigridur Benediktsdottir, Yale University, "Model of Informed Specialist," Macro Lunch
          
  Common Room, 28 Hillhouse                   12-1:00 pm

Steven Berry, Yale University, "Confidence Regions for Parameters in Discrete Games   with Multiple Equilibria, with an Application to Discount Chain Store Location" (joint with Don Andrews and Panle Jia). Applied Microeconomic Workshop
             Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                           2:30-4:00 pm

Friday, April 30

Duncan Thomas, UCLA, "Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes:  Evidence from a Random Assignment Iron Supplementation Intervention," Microeconomics Workshop on Labor and Population
             Room 106, 28 Hillhouse                     12:15-1:45 pm