Economics Seminar Schedule: 2011-12




Fall 2012


December 3, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Detecting Asset Price Bubbles in the Near-Explosive Random Coefficient Autoregressive Model Location: BA 130

Guillaume Chevillon
ESSEC Business School
November 30, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Social Security is NOT a Substitute for Annuities Location: BA 130

Frank Caliendo
Utah State University
November 2, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Learning the Ropes: Task Specific Experience and the Output of Idaho State Police Location: BA 130

Greg D'Angelo
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
October 23, 2012
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Fertility Transitions Along the Extensive and Intensive Margins Location: BA 130

Daniel Aaronson
Chicago Federal Reserve
October 19, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Capital Goods Trade and Economic Development Location: BA 130

Piyusha Mutreja
Syracuse University
October 17, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Tax Multipliers: Pitfalls in Measurement and Identification Location: BA 130

Daniel Riera-Crichton
Bates College
October 16, 2012
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Special seminar in honor of Professor Terry Kinal’s retirement
Firm-level Productivity Spillovers in China’s Chemical Industry: A Spatial Hausman-Taylor Approach Location: BA 130

Badi Baltagi
Distinguished Professor of Economics
Syracuse University
October 15, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Equal Opportunity vs. Innovation Location: BA 130

Laurence Kranich
University at Albany
October 12, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Home Production and Social Security Reform Location: BA 130

Annie Yang
University at Albany
October 5, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Behavioral Welfare Economics and Redistribution Location: BA 233

Marc Fleurbaey
Princeton University
September 21, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Endogenous Liquidity and the Business Cycle Location: BA 130

Saki Bigio
Columbia University
September 12, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
The Economics of Cross-Border Travel Location: BA 130

Ambarish Chandra
University of Toronto
August 27, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Trade with time zone differences: Factor market implications Location: BA 130

Sugata Marjit
Centre for Studies in Social Science, Calcutta India

 


Spring 2012


May 2, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
A Simple Theoretical Argument in Support of Affirmative Action Location: BA 130

Laurence Kranich
University at Albany
May 1, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Skill-Biased Technical Change and the Cost of Higher Education Location: BA 130

Annie Yang
University at Albany
April 27, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Information and Efficiency Under Alternative Trading Protocols Location: BA 130

Andrei Schevchenko
Michigan State University
April 24, 2012
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
The Contribution of Study Abroad to Human Capital for United States College Students Location: BA 130

Stephen Schmidt
Union College
April 18, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Assignment Models and Qualitative Mismatches Location: BA 130

Michael Sattinger
University at Albany
April 13, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Financial Markets and Fluctuations in Uncertainty Location: BA 130

Yan Bai
Rochester University
March 30, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament Location: BA 130

Naci Mocan
Louisiana State University
March 27, 2012
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
On the Asymptotic Size of Subvector Tests in the Linear Instrumental Variables Model Location: BA 130

Patrik Guggenberger
University of California, San Diego
March 9, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Globalization under Financial Imperfection Location: BA 130

Taiji Furusawa
Hitotusbashi and Harvard University
January 30, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Nonparametric Triangular Simultaneous Equations Models with Weak Instruments Location: BA 130

Sukjin Han
Yale University
January 27, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Empirical Likelihood Based Constrained Nonparametric Regression with an Application to Option Price and State Price Density Estimation Location: BA 130

Guangyi Ma
Texas A&M University
January 25, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Tests for Overidentifying Restrictions in Factor-Augmented VAR Models Location: BA 130

Xu Han
North Carolina State University
January 23, 2012
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Correlated Random Coefficient Panel Data Models Location: BA 130

Zhongwen Liang
Texas A&M University

 


Fall 2011


November 17, 2011
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Assessing Global Vector Autoregressive Models for Forecasts Location: BA 130

Neil Ericsson
Federal Reserve Board
November 2, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Skill-Biased Technical Change and the Cost of Higher Education: An Exploratory Model Location: BA 130

John Bailey Jones
University at Albany
October 14, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Labor-Market Heterogeneity Aggregation, and the Policy-(In)variance of DSGE Model Parameters Location: BA 130

Yongsung Chang
University of Rochester
October 11, 2011
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Dual Least Squares Location: BA 130

Bruce Dieffenbach
University at Albany
October 7, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Longevity, Life-cycle Behavior and Pension Reform Location: BA 130

Victoria Prowse
Cornell University
September 16, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
The Free Installment Puzzle Location: BA 130

John Rust, Sun-Jin Cho
University of Maryland
September 15, 2011
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation Location: BA 130

Tara Watson
Williams College
September 12, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Qualitative Mismatches Location: BA 130

Michael Sattinger
University at Albany

 


Spring 2011


April 29, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Insuring student Loans Against the Risk of College Failure Location: BA 130

Felicia Ionescu
Colgate University
April 27, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Informed Momentum Trading versus Uninformed "Naïve" Investors StrategiesLocation: BA 130

Anurag Banerjee
Durham School of Business
April 15, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Establishment Heterogeneity, Exporter Dynamics and the Effects of Trade Liberalization Location: BA 130

George Alessandria
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
April 14, 2011
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Bayes' procedures for 21-st Century Key Issues Location: BA 130

Herman van Dijk
Erasmus University Rotterdam
April 8, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Inflated Responses in Self Assessed Health Location: BA 130

William Greene
New York University
April 1, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
On the Strategic Disclosure of Feasible Options in Bargaining Location: BA 130

Geoffroy de Clippel
Brown University
March 25, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Has the Recession Increased the NAIRU? Location: BA 130

Wiliam Dickens
Northeastern University
March 18, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Hiring Through Referrals Location: BA 130

Manolis Galenianos
Pennsylvania State University
March 15, 2011
4:15pm
to
5:35pm
Spatial Risk Premium on Weather Derivatives and Hedging Weather Exposure in Electricity Location: BA 130

Wolfgang Hardle
Humboldt University
March 11, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Mismatch in the US Labor Market Location: BA 130

Gianluca Violante
New York University
February 9, 2011
3:30pm
to
5:00pm
Characterizing Law of Demand Violations for Separable Utility Location: BA 130

Yakar Kannai
Weitzmann Institute