Yale Department of Economics
JUNIOR FACULTY CANDIDATES, 2008

Date Time Location Candidate Field Title of Paper
Jan 10 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Strzalecki, Tomasz
Northwestern University
Theory "Axiomatic Foundations of Multiplier Preferences"
Jan 11 12:00-1:30pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Fong, Kyna
Stanford University, GSB
Theory "Evaluating Skilled Experts: Optimal Scoring Rules for Surgeons"
Jan 14 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Fischer, Gregory
MIT
Development "Contract Structure, Risk Sharing, and Investment"
Jan 15 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Matthias Kredler
New York University
Macro "Experience vs. Obsolescence: A Vintage-Human-Captial Model"
Jan 17 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Brent Neiman
Harvard University
Trade
Joint with SOM
"Multinationals, Intrafirm Trades, and International Macro Dynamics"
Jan 22 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Ana Cecilia Fieler
New York University
Trade "Non-Homotheticity and Bilateral Trade: Evidence and a Quantitative Explanation"
Jan 24 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Eric Chaney
UC Berkeley
Economic History "Economic Development, Religious Competiton, and the Rise and Fall of Muslim Science"
Jan 28 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Viktor Subbotin
Northwestern University
Econometrics "Asymptotic and Bootstrap Properties of Rank Regressions"
Jan 29 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Ralph Ossa
LSE & Princeton University
Trade "A 'New Trade' Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations"
Jan 30 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Yuval Salant
Stanford University, GSB
Theory
Joint with SOM
"Procedural Analysis of Choice Rules with Applications to Bounded Rationality"
Jan 31 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Guillermo Ordonez
UCLA
Macro
Joint with SOM
"Fragility of Reputation and Clustering in Risk-Taking"
Feb 4 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Matthew Weinzierl
Harvard University
Macro "The Surprising Power of Age-Dependent Taxes"
Feb 5 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Kyoungwon Seo
Rochester University
Theory "Ambiguity and Second-Order Belief"
Feb 6 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Joyee Deb
Northwestern University
Theory
Joint with SOM
"Cooperation and Community Responsibility:* A folk Theorem for Repeated Matching Games with Names"
Feb 7 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
David Lagakos
UCLA
Macro "Superstores or Mom and Pops?, Market Size, Technology Adoption and TFP Differences"
Feb 11 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Oleksandr Shcherbakov
University of Arizona
Industrial Organization "Measuring consumer switching costs in the television industry"
Feb 12 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Robin S. Lee
Harvard University
Industrial Organization
Joint with SOM
"Vertical Intergration and Exclusivity in Platform and Two-Sided Markets"
Feb 13 12:00-1:30 pm 28 HH
Rm 106
Federico Bugni
Northwestern University
Econometrics "Bootstrap Inference in Partially Identified Models"