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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MARCH 2006
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
Jean-Francois Mertens, CORE, visiting the Cowles Foundation, "Intergenerational Equity and the Discount Rate for Cost-Benefit Analysis." Microeconomic Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Ulrich Wagner, Yale University, "Estimating Endogenous Effects in a Dynamic Game of Coalition Formation: The Case of the Montreal Protocol." Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 pm
Victor Chernozhukov, MIT, "Estimation and Confidence Regions for Parameter Sets in Econometrics Models." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
Rafael de Melo, Yale University, "Estimation of a Search Model with Time Varying Match-Specific Heterogeneity." Macro Lunch
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 12 noon
Keith Chen, Yale University, "Bundling Essential Complements" (with Barry Nalebuff). Applied Micro Workshop
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
MONDAY, MARCH 20
Huaming Peng, Yale University, "Determining the Number of Factors from Posterior Information." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Simon Kuznets Memorial Lectures. Tim Besley, London School of Economics, "Government and Development."
Steinbach Lounge, 52 Hillhouse 4-5:30 pm
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
John Geanakoplos, Yale University, "Collateral and Crashes." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Ricardo Caballero, MIT, "An Equilibrium Model of Global Imbalances and Low Interest Rates." Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Simon Kuznets Memorial Lectures. Tim Besley, London School of Economics, "Property Rights."
Steinbach Lounge, 52 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Roger Lagunoff, Georgetown University (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Dynamic Stability and Reform of Political Institutions." Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Nat Keohane, Yale SOM, "Migration Costs and Hedonic Valuation:  The Case of Air Quality" (joint with Patrick Bayer, Yale, and Christopher Timmins, Duke). Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, MARCH 23
Rudi Bachmann, Yale University, "Lumpy Investment in Dynamic General Equilibrium." Macro Lunch
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Simon Kuznets Memorial Lectures. Tim Besley, London School of Economics, "Public Service Delivery."
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 24
Frank Vella, Georgetown University, "Estimating the Return to Endogenous Schooling Decisions via Conditional Second Moments." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, MARCH 27
Brendan Beare, Yale University, "Copulas and Temporal Dependence." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, "Property Rights for the Poor:  Effects of Land Titling."  Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, MARCH 28
Daniel Monte, Yale University, "Long Run Reputation and Bounded Memory." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00-1:15 pm
Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics, "Organization Design for Public Goods Provision:  The Role of Missions, Motivation, and Matching." PONPO Seminar
GM Room, 55 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Claudia Olivetti, Boston University and Radcliffe Institute, "Home Production, Market Production, and the Gender Wage Gap: Incentives and Expectations" (with Stefania Albanesi). Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University, "Simple Estimators for the Parameters of Discrete Dynamic Games" (with Steve Berry, Yale University and Michael Ostrovsky, Harvard University). Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
Lones Smith, University of Michigan (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Tony Blair Meets Black-Scholes" (with Jussi Keppo, University of Michigan). Cowles Lunch
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Ori Haimanko, Ben-Gurion University of Negev (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Prizes Versus Wages with Envy and Pride" (with Pradeep Dubey and John Geanakoplos). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30-3:50 pm
Jonas Scherner, Yale and Mannheim, "Industrial Investment in Nazi Germany: The Forgotten Wartime Boom." Economic History Workshop
Room A001, 77 Prospect 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Giuseppe Ragusa, Rutgers University, "Bayesian (and Classical) Properties of Minimum Divergence and Generalized Empirical Likelihood Methods." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Erin Baker, UMass-Amherst, "Technology R&D, Climate Change, and Uncertainty." Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, MARCH 30
Assaf Razin, Cornell University and Tel Aviv University (visitor, Yale University), "Institutional Weakness and Stock Price Volatility" (with Galina Hale and Hui Tong). Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Liran Einav, Stanford University, "Production Targets" (with Guillermo Caruana). Applied Micro Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Gillian Hadfield, USC, Law, "The Evolution of Law:  Differential Accumulation of Legal Human Capital under Common Law and Civil Code Regimes." LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 – 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
Ken Wolpin, University of Pennsylvania, "Minority-Majority Differences in Female Life Cycle Behavior."  Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University, "Moment Inequalities and Their Application." Cowles Seminar
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm