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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NOVEMBER 2008
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Kaj Thomsson, "Public and Private Welfare States".  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:15 pm
Florian Ploeckl, Yale PhD student, "Borders, Market Access, and Urban Growth:  the Case of Saxon Towns and the Zollverein in the 19th Century".  Economic History Workshop.
          Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 pm
Ilza Kalnina, LSE and Cowles Visitor, "Subsampling High Frequency Data".   Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:50 - 4:10 pm
Ach Adhvaryu, Yale PhD candidate, "On the low adoption of effective technology:  misdiagnosis and learning about new malaira therapy in Tanzania".  Development Workshop.
Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Susana Martinez Rodriguez, visiting Yale, TBA.  Economic History Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse Noon - 1:00 pm
Bruno Biais, University of Toulouse, "Equilibrium Discovery & Preopening Mechanisms in an Experimental Market".  Micro Theory Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Hal Cole, University of Pennsylvania, "A Multiplier Approach to Understanding the Macro Implications of Household Finance".   Macroeconomics Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:20 - 3:50 pm
Myrto Kaloupsidi, Yale University, "The Bulk Shipping Industry (and China).  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Cowles Foundation Event:  Cowles Foundation Lunch Talk.  
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:15 pm
Bruno Biais, Université de Toulouse, visiting Cowles, "Liquidity Shocks and Order Book Dynamics" (with Pierre-Olivier Weill).  Micro Theory Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Molly Lipscomb, PhD candidate, Colorado, "Can Environmental Enforcement Induce Product Switching?  Firm and Product Level Evidence from India".  Environmental Economics Seminar.
          Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Nick Kiefer, Cornell University, "Default Estimation, Correlated Defaults, and Expert Information".  Econometrics Research Seminar.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Ariel Burstein, UCLA,   "Understanding Movements in Aggregate and Product-Level Real Exchange Rates" (with Nir Jaimovich).   Workshop in International Trade.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Priscila Souza, "Moral Hazard and the Family".  Development Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Chris Fiore, Yale, "Stock Market Volatility and the Business Cycle" and Marnix Amand, Yale, "Asymmetric information in equilibrium search models"   Macro Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Lanier Benkard, Stanford University, "The Long Run Effects of U.S. Airline Mergers" (with Aaron Bodoh-Creed and JohnLazarev).   Industrial Organization Seminar.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Doug McKee, Yale University, "Do Good Kids Finish First?  Characterizing the Bequest Motive in Mexico".  Labor and Population Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Dora Gicheva, "Is a graduate degree a substitute for skills?  Differences by gender".  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Ran Abramitsky, Stanford University, "Testing Self-Selection in Migration:  Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutz.  Economic History Workshop.
          Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 pm
Alice Klynge, Yale University, "The Returns of Literacy, Creativity, and Other Abilities".  Prospectus Workshop in Econometrics.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 2:50 - 4:10 pm
Santosh Anagol, Yale PhD candidate, "Adverse Selection in Asset Markets:  Theory and Evidence from the Indian Market for Cows".   Development Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Samuel Bowles, Santa Fe Institute and University of Siena/Economics, "Good Government and Human Behavior:  New Evidence on Enduring Questions".  2008-2009 Arthur Allen Leff Lecture.  
          Room 127, YLS, 127 Wall Street 4:30 pm
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Richard Van Weelden, Yale University, "Candidates amd Commitment in Repeated Elections".   Micro Theory Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Veronica Santarosa, Yale PhD candidate, TBA.   Economic History Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse Noon - 1:00 pm
Richard Rogerson, Arizona State University, "Labor Supply in a Frictional Labor Market".  Macroeconomics Workshop.
          Room 106. 28 Hillhouse 2:20 - 3:50 pm
Taeyoung Kim, Yale University, "Store Choice with Correlated Preferences and Search Costs" and Fabian Duarte, Yale University, TBA.  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Dan Kahan, Yale Law School, "The Laws of Cultural Cognition and the Cultural Cognition of Law".  Oscar M. Reubhausen Fund Luncheon Lecture. 
          Room 128, Law School 12:15 - 1:00 pm
Inas Rashad, Georgia State University/Economics, "Fast Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and its Influence on Childhood Obesity".  Rudd Center Seminar.   
          Conference Room, 309 Edwards St. 12:30 pm
Tri Vi Dang, University of Mannheim, visiting Cowles, "Information Acquisition, Noise Trading, and Speculation in Double Auction Markets".   Micro Theory Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Matt White, UPENN Wharton, "Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Reducing Effort:  Does the Private Insurance Market Reduce Environmental Accidents?".   Environmental Economics Seminar.
          Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Tai Otsu, Yale University, "Estimating Derivatives in Nonseparable Models with Limited Dependent Variables".  Econometrics Research Seminar.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Ray Fair, Yale University, "Real Implications of the Financial Crisis" . (open discussion)  Macro Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Muthoni Ngatia, "Social Networks and HIV/AIDS in Africa".  Development Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Michael Noel, UC San Diego, "The Evolving Food Chain:  Competitive Effects of Wal-Mart's Entry into the Supermarket Industry" (with Emek Basker)..   Industrial Organization Seminar.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
Edward Iacobucci, Toronto/Law, "Does Departing from Mandatory Corporate Law Increase Value?".  LEO Workshop.  
          Room 121, Wall Street 4:10 - 5:40 pm
Leeat Yariv, Caltech, "Matching Through Decentralized Markets" (with Muriel Niederle).  ***Micro Theory Workshop.   ***Please note different day, location and time.
          Room B1, 28 Hillhouse 4:30 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Lawrence Katz, Harvard University, "Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors".   Labor and Population Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Matt Johnson, Yale, "Causes and Consequences of Delayed College Entry".  Labor-Public Finance Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
    James Levinsohn, University of Michigan, visiting Yale, "HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa".  Development Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Francesca Trivellato, Yale, Department of History, TBA.  Economic History Lunch.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse Noon - 1:00 pm
Luigi Balletta, Yale University, "Full Extraction of Surplus in Dynamic Auctions".  Micro Theory Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
Jonathan Karpoff, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, "Do Short Sellers Detect Overpriced Firms? Evidence from SEC Enforcement Actions". YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law presents the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop.
          SLB, Faculty Lounge 12:15 pm
Patrick Kehoe, University of Minnesota, "Time-Varying Risk, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates in General Equilibrium".   Macroeconomics Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:20 - 3:50 pm
Ted Rosenbaum, Yale University, "The Economics of Site Selection:  The Case of the Automotive Industry".  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 3:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Cowles Foundation Event:  Cowles Foundation Lunch Talk.
          Common Room, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:15 pm
Peter Eso, Northwestern KSM-MEDS, "Wait and See:  A Theory of Communication Over Time".   Micro Theory Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Stephen Holland, UNC - Greensboro, "When to Pollute, When to Abate? Intertemporal Permit Abuse in the Los Angeles NOx Market".   Environmental Economics Seminar.
          Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Jim Heckman, Yale University and University of Chicago, and Azeem Shaikh, University of Chicago, "A Reevaluation of the Perry Pre-School Program".     Econometrics Research Seminar.
          Room B8, 28 Hillhouse 4 - 5:30 pm
Robert Johnson, Dartmouth College, "Trade and Prices with Heterogeneous Firms".   Workshop in International Trade.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Gharad Bryan, TBA.  Development Lunch.
          Room B8. 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
David Berger, Yale University, "Heterogeneous Inflation Rates and Optimal Monetary Policy" and Mark Klee, Yale University, "Exploring the Polarization of the US Labor Market".  Macro Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:00 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Nicole Fortin, University of British Columbia, "Gender Role Attitudes and Women's Labor Market Participation:   Opting-Out and the Persistent Appeal of Housewifery".  Labor and Population Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 1:15 - 1:45 pm
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Mark Muendler, UC San Diego, "The Extensive Margin of Exporting Goods:  A Firm-level Analysis".  Workshop in International Trade.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm

Please send Calendar Information to Nancy King, 2-3587, Rm 203, 28 HH by Wednesday Noon