Yale Department of Economics

Economics 608a
Industrial Organization Seminar

(Run jointly by the Economics Department and the School of Management)

Organizers: Judith Chevalier and Justine Hastings

This seminar presents papers in Industrial Organization and in other applied micro fields. Papers accessible from this website should be checked periodically for the latest versions available. Limited hard copies of seminar papers are available the week of presentation from Susan Olmsted, 37 Hillhouse Ave., room 6.

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Fall 2008 Thursday, 2:30-4:00, 28 Hillhouse, Room 106
September 11 Liran Einav, Stanford University, "Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices" (with Mark R. Cullen and Amy Finkelstein)  
September 18
(Special Seminar)
Martin Browning, University of Oxford, "Dynamic Binary Outcome Models with Maximal Heterogeneity" (with Jesus Carro) 
September 25 Isabelle Perrigne (with Quang Vuong), Pennsylvania State University, "Nonparametric Identification on Incentive Regulation Models"
October 2 Aviv Nevo, Northwestern University, "Identification with Imperfect Instruments" (with Adam M.Rosen)  
October 9 Jeroen Swinkels, Washington University, St. Louis, "First and Second Price Mechanisms in Procurement and other Asymmetric Auctions" (with Vlad Mares)
Meet with Jeroen Swinkels
October 16 Justine Hastings, Yale University, "Account Management, Fund Choice, and Wealth Distribution: Evidence from Mexico's Privatized Social Security Market"
October 23 Meghan Busse, UC Berkeley, "Fuel Prices and Automobile Purchasing" (with Chris Knittel and Florian Zettelmeyer)
October 30 Daniel Ackerberg, UCLA
November 6 Lanier Benkard, Stanford University
November 13 Michael Noel, UC San Diego
November 20
November 27 No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
December 4
December 11 Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Brown University, "Understanding the City Size Wage Gap"

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Schedule maintained by Susan Olmsted (432-3560)

Last updated: October 06, 2008