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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MAY 2009

FRIDAY, MAY 1
Juanna Joensen, Stockholm School of Economics, "Academic and Labor Market Success:  The Impact of Student Employment, Abilities, and Preferences".  Labor and Population Workshop.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12:15 - 1:45 pm
TUESDAY, MAY 5
Judith Tendler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "When Economic Development Meets Rule of Law on Developing Country Terrain:  Findings on regulatory organizations and their street-level enforcers in Brazil".  PONPO Series
          Room A-30, 60 Sachem Street 11:30 am - 1 pm
Luigi Balletta, Yale University, "Full Surplus Extraction in Dynamic Mechanisms Without Commitment".    Micro Theory Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 12 - 1:20 pm
Jorge Balat, Yale University, "Set Identification in Multi-Unit Auctions".  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
Alan D. Schwartz, former CEO and Chairman, Bear Stearns, Industry Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis.  YLS for the Study of Corporate Law and Yale Law and Business Society
          Faculty Lounge, SLB 4:10 pm
THURSDAY, MAY 7
Jeremy Fox, University of Chicago, "Identifying Heterogeneity in Economic Choice and Selection Models Using Mixtures" (with Amit Gandhi).   Industrial Organization Seminar.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto, "Much Ado About Nothing:  American Jobs and the Rise of Service Outsourcing to China and India" (with Runjuan Liu). Workshop in International Trade
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:15 - 5:35 pm
TUESDAY, MAY 12
Elan Fuld, Yale University, "Juking the Stats:  The Effect of Elections on the Measurement of Crime" and Ted Rosenbaum, Yale University, "The Economics of Site Selection:  The Case of the Auto Industry".  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
Ellen McGrattan, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, "Transition to FDI Openness".  Workshop in International Trade
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 4:10 - 5:30 pm
THURSDAY, MAY 14
Joe Vavra, Yale University, TBA.  Macro Lunch.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse Noon - 1:00 pm
Severin Borenstein, University of California-Berkeley, "To What Electricity Price Do Consumers Respond?   Residential Demand Elasticity Under Increasing-Block Pricing".  Industrial Organization Seminar.
          Room 106, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm
TUESDAY, MAY 19
Steven Bednar, Yale University, "Demand for Politicians".  Prospectus Workshop in Industrial Organization.
          Room 108, 28 Hillhouse 2:30 - 4 pm

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