2013-2014 – UCR | Department of Economics

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:12:22 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2014

Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206

Questions? Contact Dave Fairris & Steven Helfand.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
4/2/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
4/9/2014	Lee Alston, University of Colorado	A Conceptual Framework: Beliefs, Leadership, and Critical Transitions; Brazil 1964-2014
4/10/2014*	Lee Alston, University of Colorado *NOTE: (this is a presentation to the grad students from 11:10am-12:30pm in Sproul 4128)	What Is The ‘New Institutional Economics’?”
4/16/2014	Anoshua Chaudhuri, San Francisco State University	Do Acute Health Care Needs Of The Poor Crowd Out Their Chronic Care Utilization? Evidence From Rural India
4/23/2014	Fernando Aragon, Simon Fraser University	Polluting Industries And Agricultural Productivity: Evidence From Ghana
4/30/2014	Leonardo Bursztyn, University of California Los Angeles	A Revealed Preference Approach to The Elicitation of Political Attitudes: Experimental Evidence On Anti-Americanism In Pakistan?
5/7/2014	Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University	Organizational Barriers To Technology Adoptions: Evidence From Soccer-Ball Producers In Pakistan
5/14/2014	Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts	The Global Clean Energy Transformation: Controlling Climate Change And Expanding Job Opportunities
5/21/2014	Craig McIntosh, University of California, San Diego	What Are The Headwaters Of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence From Sri Lanka
5/28/2014	Fernando Lozano, Pomona College	Rank-Order Tournaments, Probability of Winning and Investing in Talent: Evidence From Champions League Qualifying Rules
6/4/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
6/11/2014	Spring Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Fri, 23 May 2014 23:39:34 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2014

Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Taradas Bandyopadhyay.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
4/4/2014	Hiroki Nishimura, UCR Economics	Individual Rationality In Collective Choice
4/11/2014	Rajat Deb, Southern Methodist University	Co-ordination Failure And The Information Structure Of A Simple Dynamic Game
4/18/2014	Joel David, University of Southern California	Information, Misallocation, And Aggregate Productivity
4/25/2014	David Rojo-Arjona, Chapman University	Centrality, Authority And Ostracism In Social Dilemma Networks
5/2/2014	Taradas Bandyopadhyay, UCR Economics	On Rational Choice
5/9/2014	Liang Wang, University of Hawaii	Can Sale Price Adjustments Affect The Neutrality Of Money?
5/16/2014	Tomasz Sadzik,Univeristy of California, Los Angeles	Multidimensional Uncertainty And Hypersensitive Asset Prices
5/23/2014	Alexis Toda, UC San Diego	A Tractable Quantitative Model Of Default And Asset-Backed Securities
5/30/2014	DongWon Lee, UCR Economics	Financial Openness, Exchange Rate Risk And Portfolio Rebalancing
6/6/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
6/13/2014	Spring Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Applied Economics Seminars Winter 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:52:17 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Winter 2014

Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206

Questions? Contact Mindy Marks & Richard Arnott

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
1/8/2014	Vilma Sarshar, UCR Ph.D. Candidate in Economics	A Matter of Time: An Impact Evaluation Of The Programa Nacional De Credito Fundiario
1/15/2014	TBA	TBA
1/22/2014	TBA	TBA-Job Market Candidate Seminar
1/29/2014	Sergio Urzuwa, University of Maryland	Loans For Higher Education: Does The Dream Come True?
2/5/2014*	Robert Sugden, University of East Anglia, U.K. *NOTE: (Please note, this is an Economic Theory Seminar, and will be held from 2:20-3:30. Location is Spr 2206)	Characterising Competitive Equilibrium In Terms Of Opportunity
2/5/2014	Anna Tompsett, Columbia University	Bridges: Transport Infrastructure And Economic Geography On The Mississippi And Ohio Rivers 1860-2000
2/12/2014	TBA	TBA-Job Market Candidate Seminar
2/19/2014	TBA	TBA-Job Market Candidate Seminar
2/26/2014	TBA	TBA
3/5/2014	Lai Jiang, University of British Columbia	An Empirical Model Of The Effect of “Bill Shock” Regulation In Mobile Telecommunication Markets
3/12/2014	Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia	Performance Pay And Earnings Dynamics
3/18/2014*	Richard Freeman, Harvard University *NOTE: (General & Grad student presentation in Sproul 2206 from 4:10-5:30pm)	Saving U.S. Capitalism The American Way: Spreading Capital Ownership
3/19/2014*	Richard Freeman, Harvard University *NOTE: (Faculty Presentation in 2206 Sproul Hall, regular time)	Collaborating With People Like Me: Ethnic Co-Authorship Within The U.S.

Econometrics Seminars Winter 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:40:47 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Winter 2014

Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
1/6/2014	Yanqin Fan, University of Washington	A Direct Approach To Inference In Nonparametric And Semiparametric Quantile Models
1/13/2014	Tatevik Sekhposyan, Bank of Canada	Alternative Tests For Correct Specification Of Conditional Predictive Densities
1/20/2014	Holiday, No Seminar	No Seminar
1/27/2014	Joseph Cummins, UC Davis	On The Use and Misuse Of Child Height-For-Age Z-Score In The Demographic And Health Surveys
2/3/2014	Muneeza Alam, Yale University	Coping With Blackouts: Power Outages And Firm Choices
2/4/2014*	Federico Mantovanelli, Boston College *NOTE: (please note that this job talk will be from 5:10-6:30pm)	The Protestant Legacy: Missions And Literacy In India
2/10/2014	Rebecca Thornton, University of Michigan	The Demand For Medical Male Circumcision
2/17/2014	HOLIDAY	President’s Day Holiday – No Seminar
2/24/2014	TBA	TBA
3/3/2014	TBA	TBA
3/10/2014	TBA	TBA
3/17/2014	Winter Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:25:44 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2014

Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Marcelle Chauvet

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
1/3/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
1/10/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
1/17/2014	Insu Kim, UCR Economics Visiting Scholar	Microfoundation Of Inflation Persistence In The New Keynesian Phillips Curve
1/24/2014	TBA	TBA
1/31/2014	Marcos de Almeida Rangel, Princeton University	Discrimination Goes To School
2/4/2014*	Federico Mantovanelli, Boston College *NOTE: (Please note that this date is a TUESDAY, and the time will be 5:10-6:30pm in Sproul 2206)	The Protestant Legacy: Missions And Literacy In India
2/5/2014*	Robert Sugden, University of East Anglia, U.K. *NOTE: (Please note, this is a Wednesday rather than a Friday, and will be held from 2:20-3:30, Location is Sproul 2206)	Characterising Competitive Equilibrium In Terms Of Opportunity
2/7/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar (Was Wednesday, 2/5/14 by Dr. Sugden)
2/14/2014	Antonio Bento, Cornell University	The Effects of The Clean Air Vehicle Stickers Program In California
2/21/2014	Albert Saiz, Massachussets Institute of Technology	Immigrant Locations And Native Residential Preferences In Spain: New Ghettos?”
2/28/2014	Joon Young Hur, Cal State Northridge	No News Is Good News
3/7/2014	Manisha Goel, Pomona College	Does Offshoring Lift All Boats? The Role Of Induced Technology Adoption And Innovation
3/14/2014*	Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley *NOTE: (Please note that this seminar will be held in the CHASS Interdisciplinary Bldg Screening room, INTS 1128 from 3:40-5pm)	The Eurozone Crisis: The Theory Of Optimum Currency Areas Bites Back
3/21/2014	Winter Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:47:57 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2014

Mondays, 4:10- 5:30pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Tae Hwy Lee

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
3/31/2014	Matt Shum, California Institute of Technology	Duality In Discrete Choice Models
4/7/2014	Qi Li, Texas A&M University	Determining the Number Of Factors When The Number Of Factors Can Increase With Sample Size
4/8/2014*	Qi Li, Texas A&M University *NOTE: (presentation to the grad students in Sproul 4128 from 11:10am-12:30pm)	Nonparametric Estimation Method With Non-stationary Data
4/14/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
4/21/2014	Zhujia Yin, Changsha University of Technology & Science, and Visiting Scholar-UCR Economics	A Network DEA Model With Super Efficiency And Undesirable Outputs: An Application To Bank Efficiency In China
4/28/2014	Ashis Sengupta, Indian Statistical Institute & UCR Statistics	Early Detection of Change and Updating VaR For High Volatility Multivariate Portfolios
5/5/2014	Hashem Pesaran, University of Southern California	A Two Stage Approach To Spatiotemporal Analysis With Strong And Weak Cross-Sectional Dependence
5/6/2014*	Hashem Pesaran, University of Southern California *NOTE: (presentation to the Grad students in Sproul 4128 from 11:10am-12:30pm)	Cross Section Dependence In Panel Data Models
5/12/2014	Subhir Ghosh, UCR Statistics	Some Heuristic Methods Of Parameter Estimation For Nonlinear Models
5/19/2014	Yu-Wei Hsieh, University of Southern California	Structural Estimation Of Sponsored-Search Auction
5/26/2014	Holiday, No Seminar	No Seminar
6/2/2014	Hyunkyoung Kim, UCR Statistics	Sequential Neutral Zone Classifications
6/9/2014	Spring Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2013

Christina Gnuschke — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:22:37 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2013

Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206

Questions? Contact Todd Sorensen.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
10/2/2013	Leonardo Bursztyn, UC Los Angeles	Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence From A Field Experiment On Financial Decisions
10/9/2013	Pedro Aratanha, UCLA PhD Candidate in Economics	Unintended Effects Of Microlending On Child Time Allocation: Evidence From CrediAmigo, Brazil
10/16/2013	Gabriela Rubio, UCLA PhD Candidate in Economics	How Love Conquered Marriage: Theory And Evidence On the Disappearance Of Arranged Marriages
10/23/2013	Todd Sorensen, UCR Economics	Flight Of The H-1B: Inter-Firm Mobility And Return Migration Patterns for Skilled Guest Workers
10/30/2013	Trevon Logan, Ohio State University	Segregation (Forever?): Measuring Segregation And Its Long Term Effects
11/6/2013	Indrani Chatterjee, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Evaluating International Water Treaty Impacts & Risks: The Albufeira Convention And the Spanish Experience
11/13/2013	No Seminar	No Seminar
11/20/2013	Nicholas Rada, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Assessing India’s Post-Green Revolution Agricultural Performance
11/27/2013	Sanval Nasim, UCR PhD Candidate in Environmental Sciences	Allocative Inefficiency And Tenure Arrangements In Irrigated Agriculture In Pakistan
12/4/2013	Till Von Wachter, UC Los Angeles	The Causal Effect Of Unemployment Duration On Wages: Evidence From Unemployment Insurance Extensions
12/11/2013	Fall Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Econometrics Seminars Fall 2013

Christina Gnuschke — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:13:14 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Fall 2013

Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Aman Ullah.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
9/30/2013	Madhu Mohanty, California State University, Los Angeles	Two Determinants of Happiness: A Case For Value Education
10/7/2013	Jie Wei, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Inference Of Risk Aversion In First-Price Auctions With Endogenous Entry
10/14/2013	Ru Zhang, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Estimation And Feasible Conditional Forecasts Properties From The Predictive Regressions
10/21/2013	Melissa Wang, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Efficient Estimation For Nonparametric Regression With General Covariance: Application To Nonparametric Panel With Random Effects
10/28/2013	Amos Golan, American University	On the Value of Information
11/04/2013	Matthew Harding, Georgetown University	A Bayesian Semiparametric Competing Risk Model With Unobserved Heterogeneity: Applications To Unemployment Insurance And Environmental Justice
11/11/2013	Holiday, No Seminar	Veterans Day Holiday – No Seminar
11/18/2013	Weiqiang Qian, Amazon.com	Modeling Demand Elasticity To Web Traffic Referral Incentives Using Online Sales Data
11/25/2013	Victoria Zinde-Walsh, McGill University	Nonparametric Functionals As Generalized Functions
12/2/2013	Demian Pouzo, UC Berkeley	Sieve Quasi Likelihood Ratio Inference On Semi/Nonparametric Conditional Moment Models
12/9/2013	Fall Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar

Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2013

Christina Gnuschke — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:05:00 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2013

Fridays, 4:10-5:30pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Dave Malueg.

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
9/27/2013	No Seminar	No Seminar
10/4/2013	David Malueg, UCR Economics	The Best-Shot All-Pay (Group) Auction With Complete Information
10/11/2013	Zhiming Fu, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Fiscal Policies In A Search Model With Heterogenous Households
10/18/2013	Simon Board, UC Los Angeles	Revenue Management With Forward-Looking Buyers
10/25/2013	Mingming Jiang, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Openness, Government Size, And International Business Cycles
11/1/2013	Theofanis Tsoulouhas, UC Merced	Do Tournaments Solve The Adverse Selection Problem?
11/8/2013	Joel Watson, UC San Diego	Contractual Chains
11/15/2013	Nicholas Shunda, University of Redlands	Are Sports Teams Profit- Or Win Maximizers? An Evolutionary Answer
11/22/2013	Cheng Jiang, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	The Asymetric Effects Of Monetary Policy On Stock Market
11/29/2013	Thanksgiving Holiday, No Seminar	No Seminar
12/6/2013	No Seminar	No Seminar
12/13/2013	Fall Finals Week, No Seminar	No Seminar