Fall 2012 Seminar Schedule
Friday, August 31, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
The White/Black Educational Gap, Stalled Progress, and the Long Term Consequences of the Crack Epidemic
William Evans
University of Notre Dame
Wed, September 5, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
SIX DECADES OF TOP ECONOMICS PUBLISHING: WHO AND HOW?
(A "gossip" paper, with a discussion of results and causes-a relaxing start to the year.)
Dan Hamermesh
UT
Friday, September 7, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
The war on poverty's experiment in public medicine: community health centers and the mortality of older Americans
Martha Bailey
University of Michigan
Mon, September 10, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization - Katja Seim
Complexity, Efficiency, and Fairness in Multiproduct Liquor Pricing
Katja Seim
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Business
Wed, September 12, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
The Effects of Extending Health Insurance to Young Adults on Education and Wages
Marcus Dillender
UT
Wed, September 12, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Tuition Exchange
Umut Dur
UT
Friday, September 14, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
The Effect of Poor Neonatal Health on Cognitive Development: Evidence from a Large New Population of Twins
(joint with David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, and Jeffrey Roth)
Jon Guryan
Northwestern University
Monday, September 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Macroeconomics
The Cyclicality of Sales, Regular and Effective Prices: Business Cycle and Policy Implications
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of California, Berkeley
Wed, September 19, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
It's Not About Prom Royalty: Centrality And Health Behavior Within School Networks
H. Shelton Brown
UT
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
On the Asymptotic Distribution of the Transaction Price in a Clock Model of a Multi-Unit, Oral, Ascending-Price Auction within the Common-Value Paradigm
Han Hong
Stanford University
Friday, September 21, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
The Transitional Costs of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence from the Clean Air Act and the Workforce
Reed Walker
University of California at Berkeley
Monday, September 24, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Macroeconomics
Managing Markets for Toxic Assets
Chris House
University of Michigan
Friday, September 28, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
TBA
Amitabh Chandra
Harvard University
Monday, October 1, 2012 • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Macroeconomics
Reallocation and the Changing Nature of Economic Fluctuations
Eric Sims
University of Notre Dame
Wed, October 3, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
Achieving Academic Excellence After-School? An Evaluation of the Higher Achievement Program
Leigh Linden
UT
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Strategically Valuable Information
Joshua Cherry
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Friday, October 5, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
On the asymptotic sizes of subset Anderson-Rubin and Lagrange multiplier tests in linear instrumental variables
regression
On the Asymptotic Size of Subvector Tests in the Linear Instrumental Variables Model
Patrik Guggenberger
University of California, San Diego
Mon, October 8, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization
Identification in Differentiated Products Markets
Philip Haile
Yale University
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Bargaining Under Strategic Uncertainty
Amanda Friedenberg
Arizona State University
Friday, October 12, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
Doubling Up: Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment
Kalena Cortes
Texas A&M University
Wed, October 17, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
Explaining Trends in Body Mass Index Using Demographic Counterfactuals
Brendan Kline
UT
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Agency Models with Frequent Actions
Tomasz Sadzik
University of California, Los Angeles
Friday, October 19, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
Job Security and Severance Pay Lenience in Recession
Gerard Pfann
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Mon, October 22, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM • BRB 1.102
Econometrics Lunch Seminar
Testing for Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Model with Endogenous Regressors
Yumin Li
UT
Monday, October 22, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Macroeconomics
The Macroeconomics of Microfinance
Yongseok Shin
Washington University in St. Louis
Wed, October 24, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
Waiting It Out: Strategic Delay and Additional Training Among College Students
Julie Pechacek
UT
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Stochastic Games in Continuous Time: Persistent Actions in Long-Run Relationships
Aislinn Bohren
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, October 26, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
Asymptotically Efficient Estimation of Models Defined by Convex Moment Inequalities
Hiroaki Kaido
Boston University
Mon, October 29, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization
Ascending Auctions with Costly Monitoring
Joachim Groegar
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
Mon, November 5, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization
What Do Consumers Believe About Future Gasoline Prices?
Ryan Kellogg
University of Michigan
Wed, November 7, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
Effect of payment reform on quality of primary care for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease in the United Kingdom
Sam Richardson
UT
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Expanding 'Choice' in School Choice
Atila Abdulkadiroglu
Duke University
Friday, November 9, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Labor/Public Finance/Econometrics
Multiscale Inference on Conditional Moment Inequalities
Tim Armstrong
Yale University
Monday, November 12, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM • BRB 1.102
Econometrics Lunch Seminar
A New Estimation Approach for the Multiple Discrete-Continuous Probit (MDCP) Choice Model
Chandra Bhat
UT, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Mon, November 12, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization
Health Insurance for Humans: Information Frictions, Plan Choice, and Consumer Welfare
Ben Handel
University of California, Berkeley
Wed, November 14, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
Sandy Black
UT
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
Price distortions in high-frequency markets
Colin Stewart
University of Toronto
Mon, November 19, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM • BRB 1.102
Econometrics Lunch Seminar
Identification with Instrumental Variables
Brendan Kline
UT
Mon, November 19, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization
What does Medicare D share with LIBOR and procurement auctions? The distortionary effects of the Low Income Subsidy
Francesco Decarolis
Boston University
Mon, November 26, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Macroeconomics
Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-sectional Evidence
Rudi Bachmann
RWTH Aachen University, visiting Harvard University
Wed, November 28, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
Wage Flexibility in Recession and Recovery: Evidence from the Temporary Help Industry
Carolyn Heinrich
UT
Wed, November 28, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
News in Dynamic Trading Environments
Brendan Daley
Duke University
Friday, November 30, 2012 to Saturday, December 1, 2012 • 12:00 PM • AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
STATA/Texas Empirical Micro Conference 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Theory
TBA
Jeff Ely
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Mon, December 3, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Industrial Organization
Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance
John Asker
New York University
Wed, December 5, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • BRB 1.118
Applied Micro Lunch Seminar
TBA
Liangfei Qiu
UT
