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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 2007
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Santosh Anagol, Yale University, "Adverse Selection in Asset Markets: Theory and Evidence from Dairying in Rural India." Development Lunch.
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Steven Berry, Yale University, "Optimal Product Variety in Radio Markets" (with Alon Eizenberg and Joel Waldfogel). Industrial Organization Seminar
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm

Raj Chetty, University of California at Berkeley/Economics, "Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence."  LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 - 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Hong Liu, Washington University, "A New Explanation for Under Diversification." Finance and Accounting Seminar
Room A-53, SOM 11:35 am - 12:50 pm
Stephen Redding, LSE, "The Unequal Effects of Liberalization:  Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India." SOM Seminar
Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 12:00 noon
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 - 4:20 pm
Pierre Dubois, University of Toulouse, "Formal and Informal Risk Sharing in LDCs: Theory and Empirical Evidence." Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 - 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Kareen Rozen, Yale University, "A 'Dual'-Improved Shortcut to the Long Run." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:00 pm
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Mike Golosov, MIT, "Decentralized trading with private information" (with Guido Lorenzoni and Aleh Tsyvinski). Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Amy Dittmar, University of Michigan, "Why Do Firms Use Private Equity to Opt Out of Public Markets?" Finance and Accounting Seminar
Room A-48, SOM 11:35 am - 12:50 pm
Johannes Horner, Northwestern University and Visitor, Yale, "Public vs. Private Offers in the Market for Lemons" (with Nicolas Vieille). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Yixiao Sun, University of CA - San Diego (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "Bandwith Choice of Interval Estimation in GMM Regression" (with Peter Phillips). Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Jan De Loecker, New York University, "Product Differentiation, Multi-Product Firms and Estimating the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity." Industrial Organization Seminar
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
H. Wilbert van der Klaauw, New York Federal Reserve Bank, "The Impact of Social and Economic Policy on the Family Structure Experience of Children in the United States." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Economic Modernization in Britain, Regional British Studies Conference. The Council on European Studies at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
General Discussion of Research in Econometrics, Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 - 4:20 pm
Michael Kremer, Harvard University, "Peer Effects, Pupil-Teacher Ratios, and Teacher Incentives:  Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya." Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 - 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Eduardo Faingold, Yale University, "Uniform Topology on Types and Strategic Convergence" (joint with Alfredo Di Tillio, Bocconi University). Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Simon Gilchrist, Boston University, "Investment and the Cost of Capital:  New Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market."  Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Marcin Peski, University of Chicago, "Learning Through Theories." Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Shakeeb Kahn, Duke University, "Irregular Identification, Support Conditions and Inverse Weight Estimation" (with Elie Tamer). Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Shang-Jin Wei, IMF, "Current Account Adjustment:  Some New Theory and Evidence" (with Jiandong Ju).  Workshop in International Trade
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Shing-Yi Wang, Yale University, "Liquidity Constraints, Mobility and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Housing Reform in China." Development Lunch
Room 16, 27 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Matthew Lewis, Ohio State University, "When Do Consumers Search?" (with Howard P. Marvel). Industrial Organization Seminar
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Erik Stafford, Harvard University, "Economic Catastrophe Bonds." Finance and Accounting Seminar
Room A-53, SOM 11:35 am - 12:50 pm
Christopher Flinn, New York University, "Household Time Allocation and Modes of Behavior: A Theory of Sorts." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Analia Schlosser, Princeton University, "Mechanisms and Impacts of Gender Peer Effects at School." Labor-Public Finance Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Ilze Kalnina, London School of Economics, Visiting the Cowles Foundation, "Inference About Realised Volatility Using Infill Subsampling." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 - 4:20 pm
Christopher Udry, Yale University, "The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana." Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 - 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
Pingyang Gao, Yale University, "Information Quality, Keynesian Beauty Contest, and Market Efficiency." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale University, "The Timing of Labor Market Expansions: New Facts and a New Hypothesis." Macroeconomics Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Michael Woodford, Columbia University, "Forecast Targeting as a Monetary Policy Strategy." Cowles Lunch
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Eric Maskin, Princeton University, "Evolution and Repeated Games" (Background material: "Evolution and Cooperation in Noisy Repeated Games" (with Drew Fudenberg). Micro Theory Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Margaret McMillan, Tufts University, "Offshoring Jobs?  Multinationals and US Manufacturing Employment" (with Ann Harrison). Workshop in International Trade
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Jiti Gao, University of Western Australia (visiting the Cowles Foundation), "A New Test in Parametric Linear Models with Nonparametric Autoregressive Errors" (with Maxwell King). Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Christian Awuku-Budu, Yale University, TBA. Development Lunch
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Tanjim Hossain, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, "Learning by Bidding." Industrial Organization Seminar
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago/Economics, "How to Buy, Sell, Make, Manage, Produce, Transact, Consume with Words." LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 - 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - SEPTEMBER 30
WORKSHOP ON CASES, RULES, AND PROBABILITIES, Cowles Foundation Conference
Common Room, 28 Hillhouse
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Charles Jones, Columbia University, "Does Algorithmic Trading Improve Liquidity?" Finance and Accounting Seminar
Room A-53, SOM 11:35 am - 12:50 pm
Patrick Kline, Yale University, "Do Local Economic Development Programs Work? Evidence from the Federal Empowerment Zone Program." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm