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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OCTOBER 2006
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2
Jean-Pierre Florens, University of Toulouse, (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Inverse Problems in Econometrics 1: Regularization of Ill-Posed Inverse Problems." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Hyeok Jeong, University of Southern California, "Complementarity and Transition to Modern Economic Growth." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
Xianwen Shi, Yale University, "Optimal Auctions with Information Acquisition." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Ying (Emily) Zhao, Yale University, "Market Power in Durable Goods Markets." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Kenneth S. Rogoff, Harvard University, "The Globalization of Monetary Policy." 2006 Arthur M. Okun Lecture Series
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
Wojciech Olszewski, Northwestern and Visitor, Yale, "Strategic Manipulation of Empirical Test" (joint with Alvaro Sandroni). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30  – 3:50 pm
Kenneth S. Rogoff, Harvard University, "The Globalization of Monetary Policy." 2006 Arthur M. Okun Lecture Series
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Jean-Pierre Florens, University of Toulouse, "Inverse Problems in Econometrics 2: Statistical Properties of a Solution of an Integral Equation of Type One." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
Amit Khandelwal, Yale University, "The Long and Short (of) Quality Ladders." Development Lunch
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Amalavoyal Chari, Yale University, "Trade liberalization and productivity change in India." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Jakub Kastl, Northwestern University and Visitor, Yale, "Discrete Bids and Empirical Inference in Divisible Good Auctions." Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Devah Pager, Princeton, Sociology, "Race at Work: Discrimination in Low Wage Labor Markets." LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 – 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6
Mark Duggan, University of Maryland, "Aching to Retire? The Rise in the Full Retirement Age and its Impact on the Disability Rolls." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9
Bruno Falcao, Yale University, "The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor." Labor-Public Finance Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Brendan Beare, Yale University, "Copulas and Temporal Dependence." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Lori Beaman, Yale University, "Social Networks and the Dynamics of Labor Market Outcomes:  Evidence from Refugee Resettlement." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10
George Mailath, Yale University, "Common Learning." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12-1:15 pm
Sanjai Bhagat, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Corporate Governance Indices." Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Room 111, Sterling Law Building 12:00 noon
Nick Bloom, LSE and Stanford, "The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks: Firm Level Estimation and a 9/11 Simulation." Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Jake Gramlich, Yale University, "Endogenous Product Characteristics." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
Ulrich Horst, UBC Vancouver, "Dynamic Systems of Social Interactions." Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Joyce Burnette, Wabash College, "Were Women's Wages Customary?" Economic History Workshop
Room A001, 77 Prospect 4:00 pm
Eric Gautier, Yale University, "Bayesian Estimation of Finite Population Inequality with Multivariate Bracketed Data." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Don Fullerton, Univ. of Texas, Austin, "The General Equilibrium Effects of Environmental Mandates."  Environmental Economics Seminar.
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12
Rudi Bachmann, Yale University, "Understanding Jobless Recoveries — A Tale of Two Margins." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Guy Berger, Yale University, "The `Compensation Hypothesis' and the Determinants of Food Aid Distribution in Rural Ethiopia." Development Lunch
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Amil Petrin, University of Chicago, "Job Security Does Affect Economic Efficiency: Theory, A New Statistic, and Evidence from Chile." Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
Ken Chay, UC Berkeley, "Life, Death, and the Baseball Hall of Fame." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16
Peter McHenry, Yale University, "Migration and Local Wage Structures." Labor-Public Finance Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Jean-Pierre Florens, University of Toulouse, (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Inverse Problems in Econometrics 3: Instrumental Variables and Extensions." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Chris Ksoll, Yale University, "Family Networks and Orphan Placement in Tanzania." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Jordi Gali, UPF and CREI (visitor, Cowles Foundation), Lectures on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy in the New Keynesian Model."
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 6:30 pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17
Rossella Argenziano, University of Essex, "N-Players Preemption Games." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Jordi Gali, U Pompeu Fabra, "A New Keynesian Model with Unemployment" (with O. Blanchard). Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Jordi Gali, CREI, "What's So New About New Keynesian Economics?" Cowles Lunch
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Anat Admati, GSB Stanford, "The "Wall Street Walk" and Shareholder Activism: Exit as a Form of Voice" (joint with Paul Pfleiderer). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Jean-Pierre Florens, University of Toulouse, "Inverse Problems in Econometrics 4: Non-Linear Inverse Problems." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Alex Pfaff and Juan Robalino, Columbia, "Evaluating Policy Impacts on Tropical Deforestation."  Environmental Economics Seminar
Wittink Lounge, 46 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
John James, University of Virginia, "Consumption smoothing among working-class American families before social insurance." Economic History Workshop
Room A001, 77 Prospect 4:00 pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
Ivan Vidangos, Yale University, "Household Welfare, Precautionary Saving, and Insurance under Multiple Sources of Income Risk." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Ramona Bruhns, Yale University, "The Long-run Effects of HIV/AIDS in Kenya." Development Lunch
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University, "Reaching for the Stars:  Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?" Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Timothy Guinnane, Yale, Economics, "Business Organization in the Long Run: Private Limited Companies Rule!" LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 – 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia, "Unconditional Quantile Regressions:  Theory and Application." Labor and Population Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23
Fabian Lange, Yale University, TBA.  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Seik Kim, Yale University, "Economic Assimilation of Foreign-Borns in the United States: Overlapping Rotating Panel Analysis." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Jeremy Magruder, Yale University, "Intergenerational Networks, Unemployment, and Persistent Inequality in South Africa." Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
Sven de Vries, Tech U of Munich and Visitor, Yale University, "An Ascending Vickrey Auctions for Selling Spanning Trees of a Graph (and Bases of a Matroid)." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Daron Acemoglu, MIT, visiting Yale, "Political Economy and the Structure of Taxation" (joint with Mike Golosov and Aleh Tsyvinski). Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:15 – 3:45 pm
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, OCTOBER 25
William Nordhaus, Yale University, "The Economics of Hurricanes and Global Warming." Cowles Lunch
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Jeroen Swinkles, Washington University, "Moral Hazard with Bounded Payments" (joint with Ohad Kadan). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm
John Wallis, University of Maryland, visiting the Hoover Institution, "A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History." Economic History Workshop
Room A001, 77 Prospect 4:00 pm
Jim Bushnell, UC-Berkeley, "The Economic Effects of Vintage Differentiated Regulations: The Case of New Source Review (with Catherine Wolfram). Environmental Economics Seminar
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Keli Xu, Yale University, "Empirical Likelihood Based Inference of Nonlinear Diffusions." Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
David Clay Large, Montana State University, History, "Hitler's Games:  Race and Politics in the 1936 Olympics." The Council on European Studies at The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center
Room 119B, HGS, 320 York 4:30 pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
Achyuta Adhvaryu, Yale University, "Does the Demand for Health Care Change in Response to New Therapy:  Evidence from Rural Tanzania." Development Lunch
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Allan Collard-Wexler, New York University, "Plant Turnover and Demand Fluctuations in the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry." Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
Adriana Lieras-Muney, Princeton University, "The Needs of an Army:  Using Compulsory Relocation in the Military to Estimate the Effect of Air Pollutants on Children's Health." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30
Rafael Lopes de Melo, Yale University, "Theories of Wage Determination and Wage Dynamics: An Empirical Assessment." Labor-Public Finance Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Hanan Jacoby, World Bank, "Incomplete Contracts and Holdup: Land Tenancy and Investment in Rural Pakistan" (coauthored with Ghazala Mansuri). Trade and Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31
Colin Stewart, Yale University, "Learning by Similarity in Coordination Problems." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Ying Fan, Yale University, "Product Choice in an Oligopoly Equilibrium." Prospectus Workshop in Microeconomics
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 3:50 pm