Spring 2012 Seminar and Brownbag Series

All Seminars are in Monteith, Room 339, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. on Fridays, unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Stephen Ross.

Seminars joint with Agricultural and Resource Economics are held in the ARE department (W.B. Young building), Room 207/208 at 11:00 a.m. on Fridays.

Seminars by the Real Estate Center are held in Monteith, Room 339.

Brownbag workshops are held Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m., also in Monteith, Room 339. For more information, contact Dong Jin Lee or Nishith Prakash.

Other presentations in connection with the Economics PhD program are also listed on this schedule, as well as some events elsewhere on campus.

Locations are noted if not held at Monteith, Room 339.

This schedule is continuously updated. Check regularly!

Seminars

Date	Presenter, Affiliation and Topic
January 20, 2012	Ling Huang, UConn, Joint with Agricultural and Resource Economics Title: Are Our Expectations Rational? Evidences From Mortgage Refinance
January 23, 2012	Ozge Akinci (Job Candidate), Columbia University Title: Financial Frictions and Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Emerging Economies
January 24, 2012	Kanda Naknoi (Job Candidate), Purdue University Title: Exchange Rate Flexibility, Trade Openness and the Extensive Market
January 27, 2012	Cesar Rodriguez (Job Candidate), Pittsburgh University Title: The Growth Effects of International Financial Integration and Exchange Rates: Theory and Empirics
February 3, 2012	Olga Yakusheva, Marquette University - Visiting Yale Title: Estimating non-linearities and Asymmetries in Peer Influences on Body Weight Using Roommate Assignment as a Natural Experiment: Peer Influences on Weight
February 7, 2012	Manuel Garcia Santana, CEMFI (Job Candidate) Title: Foreign Ownership, Financial Frictions and Size Distribution of Plants
February 10, 2012	Stefan Hoderlein, Boston College Title: Semiparametric Estimation of Random Coefficients in Structural Economic Models
February 13, 2012	Film Screening: Inside Job Location: C.B. Gentry Building, Room 131 Time: 7:30 p.m.
February 14, 2012	Panel Discussion: Chad Beck, Richard Langlois, and Eduardo Canedo, moderated by Metin Cosgel Title: Corruption, Accountability, and the Financial Crisis of 2008 Note: Please RSVP for this event: Eduardo.Canedo@UConn.edu Location: Konover Auditorium (Dodd Center) Time: 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
February 17, 2012	Rui Huang, UConn- Agricultural and Resource Economics Title: The Effect of Paid Maternity Leave on Infant Feeding Practices: Evidence from California
February 24, 2012	William Green, NYU, Joint with Agricultural and Resource Economics Title: Latent Class Modeling Location: Ratcliffe Hicks 201 Time: 12:00 p.m.
March 2, 2012	Kris Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Joint with Real Estate Center Title: Foreclosure Externalities: Some New Evidence
March 9, 2012	Patricia Cortes, Boston University
March 16, 2012	Spring Break
March 23, 2012	Jason Fletcher, Yale University
March 30, 2012	Jay Dahya, Baruch College, City University of New York
April 6, 2012	Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University, School of Management
April 6, 2012	Dhaval Dave, Bentley University, Joint with Agricultural and Resource Economics Title: Effects of the Business Cycle on Exercise and Physical Activity
April 13, 2012	Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College Title: TBA
April 20, 2012	Karthik Muralidharan, UCSD, Joint with HRI and Sponsored by HRI
April 20, 2012	Eugenio Miravete, Texas, Joint with Agricultural and Resource Economics Title: Welfare and Redistribution Effects of Benevolent Multi-Product Pricing: The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
April 27, 2012	Gauri Kartini Shastry, Wellesley College Title: Evaluating the Effect of Financial Literacy Workshops for Migrant Mineworkers in South Africa

Brownbags

Date	Presenter, Topic
February 8, 2012	Francis W. Ahking, "Economic Freedom and Economic Growth"
February 15, 2012	Matthew Schurin, "Bank Equity and Government Debt Defaults" *Note: This presentation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
February 22, 2012	Enrico Zaninotto, "The Productivity Slowdown in Italy"
February 29, 2012	Robert Szarka, "Economic Freedom as a Prerequisite for Liberal Democracy"
February 29, 2012	Leshui He, "Decision Making and Adaptation Across the Boundaries of the Firm" *Note: This presentation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
March 7 , 2012	Lisi Shi, "Asset Price Fluctuation and Coordination with Uncertainty"
March 21, 2012	Matthiew Burnside, "Introducing Property Rights into a Model of Unified Growth"
March 28, 2012	Elizabeth Kaletski, "Child Labor: The Role of Children in Household Decision Making"
April 4, 2012	Paul Tomolonis, "Earnings Management and Monetary Policy Transmission" *Note: This presentation will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m.
April 11, 2012	Yuan Wang, "Homeownership, Hedging or Trapping?
April 18, 2012	Joshua Ping Ang, "Correlated Equilibrium in Bertrand Competition with Demand Uncertainty"
April 18, 2012	Wei Wang, "Inflation and Long-Run Economic Growth in a Search: Theoretical Model" *Note: This presentation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
April 25, 2012	Archita Banik, TBA
April 25, 2012	Weiran Huang, "Effect of Amenities on Housing Price Dispersion in the US" *Note: This presentation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
May 2, 2012	Oskar Harmon, "Interactive Online Exercises: An Evaluation of Their Effectiveness in a Large Size Principles of Microeconomics Class"
	Nishith Prakash, "Cycling to School: Increasing High School Enrollment for Girls in Bihar"

For a list of previous seminars and brownbags, please see our Archives page.