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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
APRIL 2006
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Xiaohong Chen, New York University, "Large Sample Sieve Estimation of Semi-Nonparametric Models."  Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University, "General Education versus Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Thomas Schelling, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, 2005, "An Astonishing Sixty Years: The Legacy of Hiroshima." The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse 4:00 pm
Boris Kolonitskii, Russian Academy of Science (visiting Professor at Yale University, "Desacralisation of Monarch?  Political Rumors and 'Political Pornography' in Russia during World War I." The Council on European Studies at YCIAS
Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse 4:00 pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Alessandro Bonatti, Yale University, "Brand-Specific Taste for Quality." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Diego Comin, New York University, "A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Firm and Aggregate Level" (with Sunil Mulani). Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Gustavo Soares, Yale University, "Inference for Partially Identified Models with Inequality Moment Constraints." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
H. Peyton Young, The Brookings Institution, Learning to Play Nash Equilibrium without Knowing You Have an Opponent" (with Dean Foster). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Mark Spoerer, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, "The Laspeyres-Paradox: Tax Overshifting in 19th Century Prussia." Economic History Workshop
Room A001, 77 Prospect 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Xiaohong Chen, New York University, "Estimation of Possibly Misspecified Semiparametric Conditional Moment Restriction Models with Different Conditioning Variables" (with Chunrong Ai). Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Rob Williams, University of Texas, "An Estimate of the Second-Best Optimal Gasoline Tax, Considering Both Efficiency and Equity." Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, APRIL 6
Irasema Alonso, Yale University, "Ambiguity in a Two-country World." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Rajiv Sharma, Portland State University, "Short-term Fluctuations in Hospital Demand:  Implications for Admission, Discharge, and Discriminatory Behavior." Applied Micro Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 7
Dan Trefler, University of Toronto, "Plant Restructuring and the Productivity Beneftis of Improved Market Access" (with Alla Lileeva). Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable sponsored by the Yale Law School Center of Corporate Law
Room 122, Yale Law School 10:00 am  – 3:30 pm
MONDAY, APRIL 10
Seik Kim, Yale University, "Estimation of a Rotating Panel Data Model." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University, "The Formation of Risk Sharing Networks." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 11
Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University, "A Dual Self Model of Impulse Control" (with David K. Levine, UCLA). Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Robert King, Boston University, "Aggregate Dynamics of Inflation and Real Activity with Firm-level Productivity Shocks." Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Gary Gabison, Yale University, "Effect of Competition on Menus in the Medication Industry in France" and Xianwen Shi, Yale University, "Monopoly Pricing with Information Acquisition." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Game Theory on the Universal Type Space, Part 1." Cowles Lunch Talk
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Game Theory on the Universal Type Space, Part 2." Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Frank Kleibergen, Brown University, "Subset Statistics in the Linear IV Regression." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Joseph Ferrie, Northwestern University, "A Tale of Two Labor Markets:  Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Britain and the U.S. Since 1850." Economic History Workshop
Room A001, 77 Prospect 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
Santosh Anagol, Yale University, "Modeling Residential Investment." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 noon
Michelle Goeree, Claremont Mckenna College, "Advertising in the US Personal Computer Industry." Applied Micro Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Alison Morantz, Stanford, Law, "Post-accident Drug Testing and Worker's Compensation Claims in a Fourtine 500 Company." LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 – 5:40 pm
MONDAY, APRIL 17
Keli Xu, Yale University, "Re-weighted Nadaraya-Watson Estimation of Scalar Diffusion Models." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Laura Schechter, University of Wisconsin, "Theft, Gift-giving, and Trustworthiness: Honesty is Its Own Reward in Rural Paraguay." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
Leonardo Felli, London School of Economics (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Should Courts Always Enforce What Contracting Parties Write?" (with Luca Anderlini and Andrew Postlewaite). Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Matthias Doepke, UCLA, "Patience Capital, Occupational Choice, and the Spirit of Capitalism"(joint with Fabrizio Zilibotti).  Macroeconomics Workshop, 543b.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15-3:45 pm
Ying (Emily) Zhao, Yale University, Estimation of Demand for Durable Goods Using Bosth Macro and Micro Data" and Xiaolan Zhou, Yale University, "Estimation of a Model Entry with Multiple Location Choices." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
Massimo Marinacci, Università di Torino, "Static and Dynamic Variational Preferences." Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Douglas Silliman, U.S. Department of State, "America's Strategic Interests in Southeast Europe: Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Beyond." The Council on European Studies
Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse 4 pm
Marcelo Moreira, Harvard University, visiting the Cowles Foundation, "Optimal Inference in Regression Models with Nearly Integrated Regressors" (with Michael Jansson) AND "Optimal One-sided Tests for Instrumental Variables Regression" (with Donald W.K. Andrews and James Stock). Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Erich Muehlegger, Harvard KSG, "The Effect of Boutique Fuels and Refinery Outages on Regional Gasoline Prices." Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, APRIL 20
Theodore Papageorgiou, Yale University, "Learning, Unemployment and Mismatch." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Alex Sussman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, "The Use of Expert Witnesses in Securities Cases." Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Faculty Lounge, Law School 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Estelle Cantillon, Harvard University and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES), "How and When Markets Tip? Lessons from the Battle of the Bund" (with Pai-Ling Yin). Applied Micro Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
E,olp Isio, Wayne State University/Yale University, "Gender Occupational Segregation in an Equilibrium Search Model." Labor an Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, APRIL 24
Gustavo Soares, Yale University, "Parameter Inference for Partially Identified Modles with Moment Inequalities." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Chang-Tai Hsieh, UC Berkeley, "Resource Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity in China and India."  Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Oliver Hart, Harvard University, "Partial Contracts." Yale Law School, 2005-2006 Raben Lecture.
Faculty Lounge, Wall Street 4:30 pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 25
Maher Said, Yale University, "Learning in Hidden Markov Models with Bounded Memory." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Adriano Rampini, Northwestern University, "New or Used? Investment with Credit Constraints." Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Frank Limbrock, Yale University, "Airline Competition:  The Role of Flight Frequency" and Amit Khandelwal, Yale University, "The Long and Short (of) Quality Ladders." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
Yuichi Kitamura, Yale University, "Empirical Likelihood Methods in Econometrics: Theory and Practice."  Cowles Lunch Talk
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Stony Brook Conference to honor Robert Aumann, Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Andres Aradillas-Lopez, Princeton University, "Semiparametric Estimation of a Simultaneous Game with Incomplete Information." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Gib Metcalf, Tufts, "Explaining Improvements in Energy Efficiency in the United States." Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, APRIL 27
Camila Campos, Yale University and Carolina Silva, Yale University, Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 noon
Joy Ishii, Stanford University, "Compatibility, Competition, and Investment in Network Industries: ATM Networks in the Banking Industry." Applied Micro Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
2ND ANNUAL CARESS-COWLES CONFERENCE ON GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse
Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto, "Lifecycle Marriage Matching: Theory and Evidence." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm