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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MAY 2008

THURSDAY, MAY 1
Juan Eberhard, Yale University, "Dynamics of the U.S. Wage Distribution." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
John Vickers, Oxford University, "A Model of Delegated Project Choice" (with Mark Armstrong). Industrial Organization Seminar
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 2
Gary Solon, University of Michigan, "Trends in Men's Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?" Labor and Population Workshop, 639b.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 2 and SATURDAY, MAY 3
The 17th Panel Meeting of Economia (Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association). Sponsored by the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies of the MacMillan Center. Preview the program at http://www.cid.harvard.edu/Economia/agenda.htm
Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Fri. 1:45 – 6:00 pm; Sat. 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
MONDAY, MAY 5
Alice Klynge, Yale, "The Returns to Literacy, Creativity, and Other Competencies" and Sunyoung Park, Yale, "Nonparametric Identification." Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:20 pm
Manuela Angelucci, Yale University, "Insurance and Family Networks." Development Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 3:30 – 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, MAY 6
Rick Mansfield, Yale University, "An Equilibrium Model of the Teacher Labor Market." Labor-Public Finance Lunch
Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Kareen Rozen, Yale University, "Revealed Conflicting Preferences." Micro Theory Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Myrto Kalouptsidi, Yale University, "From Market Shares to Consumer Types: Duality in Differentiated Product Demand Estimation" and Fabian Duarte, Yale University, "Identification and Estimation of a Dynamic Auction Game." Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization
Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
Karim Chalak, Boston College, "Independence and Conditional Independence in Casual Systems" (with Halbert White) and "Identification with Conditioning Instruments in Casual Systems" (with Halbert White). Econometrics Research Seminar
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University, "Raising Rivals' Costs via California's Environmental Regulations: An Empirical Test." Environmental Economics Seminar
          Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Pol Antras, Harvard University, "A Theory of Foreign Influence." Workshop in International Trade
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 – 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, MAY 8
Evrim Aydin, Yale University, "Convergence in Labor Productivity across Turkish Provinces." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Pinar Keskin, Yale University, "Thirsty Factories, Hungry Farmers:  Water as a New Link between Agriculture and Industry." Development Lunch
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School, "With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship" (with Ulrike Malmendier). Industrial Organization Seminar, 609b.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Todd Henderson, University of Chicago/Law, "The Uses and Abuses of Rule 10b5-1." LEO Workshop
Room 121, Law School 4:10 – 5:40 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 9
Tat Chan, Washington University at St. Louis, "Using Subjective Expectations to Infer Managerial Objectives and Choices." Labor and Population Workshop
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 – 1:45 pm
MONDAY, MAY 12
Xu Cheng, Yale, "Inference in Nonlinear Regression" and Kirill Evdokimov, Yale, TBA. Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics
Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 – 4:20 pm
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
Florian Ploeckl, Yale PhD candidate, "Borders, Market access and Urban growth, the case of Saxon Towns and the Zollverein in the 19th century." Economic History Lunch
Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
THURSAY, MAY 15
Mark Klee, Yale University, "Estimating the Effect of Occupational Tenure on Mobility." Macro Lunch
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Mir Salim, Yale, "Microfinance Institutions." Development Lunch
Room, B8, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:00 pm
TUESDAY, MAY 20
Melissa Tartari, Yale University, TBA. Labor-Public Finance Lunch
Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 12:00 – 1:15 pm