2019 Seminars
Spring 2019
| Date | Speaker | Title of presentation |
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| 1/25 | Dimitrios Tsomocos, Oxford | Optimal Bank Regulation In the Presence of Credit and Run Risk |
| 2/1 | Stephen Miller, UNLV | Determinants of optimal capital structure and speed of adjustment: Evidence from the U.S. ICT sector |
| 2/15 | Gautam Gowrisankaran, University of Arizona | Reclassification Risk in the Small Group Health Insurance Market |
| 2/22 | Scott Carrell, UC Davis | My Professor Cares: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Faculty Engagement |
| 3/1 | Shawn McCoy, UNLV | Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the Wildland-Urban Interface |
| 3/8 | Laura Doval, CalTech | Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment |
| 3/15 | Donald J. Bruce | Do In-Kind Grants Stick? The Department of Defense 1033 Program and Local Government Spending |
| 3/29 | Jesse Rothstein, UC Berkeley | |
| 4/5 | Rafael Betancourt, Colegio Universitario San Gerónimo de La Habana | Special Event: Ecotourism, Sustainability, and Climate Change in Cuba |
| 4/12 | Dan Wilson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | Taxing Billionaires: The Geographical Sensitivity of the Forbes 400 to Estate Taxes |
| 4/19 | Andres Carvajal, UC Davis | k-level Reasoning and Rational Expectations |
| 4/26 | Carlos Zarazaga, Dallas Fed | Argentina's 'Missing Capital' Puzzle and Limited Commitment Constraints |
| 5/3 | Serge Herzog, UNR | The Value-Added College Ranking: Graduating, Earning, Repaying |
Fall 2019
| Date | Speaker | Title of presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 9/11 | Ethan Grumstrup, UNR | Neighborhood Characteristics and Video Gambling Terminal Placement and Spending in Illinois |
| 9/13 | Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State | How do Local Foods Influence Local Economies? |
| 9/20 | Lance Bachmeier, Kansas State | Modeling the Asymmetric Effects of an Oil Price Shock |
| 9/27 | Giovanni Peri, UC Davis | Does Emigration drain Entrepreneurs? Evidence from Italy |
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10/4 |
Rachel Flanigan, UNR | Do Local Supply Shocks of Bank Credit Affect Entrepreneurial Financing? |
| 10/11 | Mobarak Hossein, UNR | Employer and Non-employer Entrepreneurs: A Dynamic Structural Microeconometric Model |
| 10/18 | Luciano Pomatto, CalTech | The Cost of Information |
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11/1 |
Briana Ballis, UC Davis | Does Peer Motivation Influence Schooling Investments? Evidence from DACA |
| 11/6 | David Card, UC Berkeley | Assortative Matching or Exclusionary Hiring? The Impact of Firm Policies on Racial Wage Differences in Brazil |
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11/8 |
Ursina Krumpholz, Minister-Counselor, Head of the Economic and Business Section, Embassy of Germany | Free trade – benefits and challenges – a German perspective |
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11/15 |
Andrew Plantinga, UC Santa Barbara | Do Property Rights Alleviate the Problem of the Commons? Evidence from California Groundwater Rights. |
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11/22 |
Ilan Tojerow, Free University, Brussel | The “Other” Child Penalty: Work Disability after Motherhood and How Paternity Leave Can Help |
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12/6 |
Susanna Berkouwer, UC Berkeley |