Economics Seminar Schedule: 2009-10
Unless noted otherwise, MWF seminars are scheduled in BA 130 or BA 233 from 3:30 to 5:00pm, and TTh seminars are scheduled in BA 130 from 4:15 to 5:35pm
Seminars with an asterisk ("*") are forecasting seminars supported by the New York State Division of the Budget.
Fall 2009
September 11
John Geanakoplos
Yale University
Panel Discussion of the Financial Crisis 1:40-3:00, LC 24
Seminar: 3:30-5:00, BA 130
Seminar Topic: The Leverage Cycle (Click here for paper)
September 17
Boragan Aruoba
University of Maryland
Topic: Informal Sector, Government Policy and Institutions (Click here for paper)
October 2
Badi Baltagi*
Syracuse University
Topic: Forecasting with Spatial Panel Data (Click here for paper)
October 9
Robert Martin
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Click here for paper)
Topic: Employing America: Optimal Stimulus with Labor Market Frictions
October 16
Dennis Kristensen
Columbia University
Topic: Testing Conditional Factor Models (Click here for paper)
October 20
Joop Hartog
University of Amsterdam
Topic: Starting Wages Respond to Employer's Risk (Click here for paper)
October 21
Carlos Carrillo-Tudela
University of Leicester
Topic: Human Capital Accumulation and Labour Market Equilibrium (Click here for paper)
October 28
Herman Stekler, Tara Sinclair*
George Washington University
3:30pm - 5pm BA 130
Topic: Evaluating Forecasts of Two Variables Simultaneously (Click here for paper 1 and 2)
November 16
Christophe Faugere
University at Albany School of Business
Topic: Why does M1 Velocity Grow and why 2% as an Inflation Target?
