2015-2016 – UCR | Department of Economics

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2016

Christina Gnuschke — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:29:48 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2016

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

Questions? Contact Richard Arnott & Joseph Cummins.

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
4/1/2016	TBA	TBA
4/8/2016	Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College	Impact of Caregiver Incentives On Child Health: Evidence From An Experiment With Anganwadi Workers in India
4/15/2016	TBA	TBA
4/22/2016	Paul Zak, Claremont Graduate University	Neuroscience Of Persuasion: Applications To Marketing And Consumer Experiences
4/29/2016	Brad Larsen, Stanford University	A Theory Of Bidding Dynamics And Deadlines In Online Retail
5/6/2016*	Chris Tonetti, Stanford University *NOTE: (Please note-this is an Economic Theory seminar)	Please See Econ Theory seminar list
5/13/2016	Arpita Bhattacherjee & Evan Wigton-Jones, UCR PhD Candidates in Economics	Arpita= Cast Into Castes: Can Affirmative Action Dismantle The Caste Hierarchy In India? Evan= Legacies Of Inequality: The Case Of Brazil
5/20/2016	Steven Helfand, UCR Economics	The Inverse Relationship Between Farm Size And Productivity: Refocusing The Debate
5/24/2016*	Ted Miguel, UC Berkeley *NOTE: (Please note that this is a Tuesday, and the seminar will be at 5:00pm. The location is currently TBA.)	Promoting Transparencies In Economics: Prospects For Pre-Specifying Research Hypotheses
5/25/2016*	Ted Miguel, UC Berkeley *NOTE: (Please note this is a Wednesday rather than a Friday, and the seminar will be at 12noon. The location is currently TBA.)	Experimental Evidence On The Demand For And Costs Of Rural Electrification
5/27/2016	Doug Miller, UC Davis	Head Start’s Impact: Long Run Puzzles In Head Start Research
6/3/2016	John Clithero, Pomona College	Improving Out-of-Sample Predictions Using Response Times and a Model of the Decision Process

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2016

Christina Gnuschke — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:17:14 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2016

Wednesdays, 4:10- 5:30pm (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
3/30/2016	TBA	TBA
4/6/2016*	Alwyn Young, London School of Economics *NOTE: (Please note, this is a joint Econometrics & Economic Theory seminar presentation)	Channeling Fisher: Randomization Tests And The Statistical Insignificance of Seemingly Significant Experimental Results
4/13/2016	Kurt Lunsford, Federal Reserve Cleveland	Identifying Structural VARs With A Proxy Variable And A Test For A Weak Proxy
4/20/2016	Ivalina Kalcheva, UCR SOBA	Stock Market Uncertainty and Investors’ Risk-Taking Behavior
4/27/2016	Bai Huang, UCR PhD Candidate	A Stein-type Fixed And Random Effects Combined Estimator
5/04/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
5/10/2016*	Esfandiar Maasoumi, Emory University *NOTE: (Please note that this is a Tuesday. The seminar will be from 3:45-5 pm in Sproul 2206.)	The Gender Gap Between Earnings Distributions
5/11/2016	Esfandiar Maasoumi, Emory University	A Solution To Aggregation And An Application To Multidimensional “Well-Being” Frontiers
5/18/2016*	Joseph Romano, Stanford University *NOTE:(Please note that Dr. Romano will be giving two presentations today. One at 1 pm for the Graduate Students in Spr 2206 and then the other general seminar at 4:10 pm, also in Spr 2206.)	1) Subsampling And Moment Inequalities 2) Exact And Approximate Randomization Tests
5/25/2016*	Ted Miguel, UC Berkeley *NOTE: (Please note that Dr. Miguel will be giving two presentations today, and they are both Applied Economics seminars. Currently the time for the 1st one to the Graduate students is TBA, but the 2nd one will be at 4:10 pm as per our standard procedure.)	TBA (for both seminars)
6/01/2016	Michael Bates, UCR Economics	Handing Correlations Between Covariates And Random Slopes In HLMs

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2016

Christina Gnuschke — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:03:48 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2016

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

Questions? Contact Victor Ortego Marti or DongWon 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
3/28/2016*	Peter Rupert, UC Santa Barbara *NOTE: (This will be held from 4:10-5:30 in CHASS 1500)	On The Mechanics Of New-Keynesian Models
4/4/2016	TBA	TBA
4/6/2016*	Alwyn Young, London School of Economics *NOTE: (This is a joint Economic Theory/Econometrics seminar, and will be held on a Wednesday)	Channeling Fisher: Randomization Tests And The Statistical Insignificance Of Seemingly Significant Experimental Results
4/11/2016	Sung Je Byun, Federal Reserve Dallas	Speculation In Commodity Futures Markets, Inventories And The Price Of Crude Oil
4/18/2016	Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve San Francisco	Asymmetric And State Dependent Dynamics In Credit And Labor Markets
4/25/2016	Marc-Andreas Muendler, UC San Diego	The Dynamics Of Comparative Advantage
5/2/2016	Pierre-Olivier Weill, UC Los Angeles	Heterogeneity In Decentralized Asset Markets
5/6/2016*	Chris Tonetti, Stanford University *NOTE: (Please note that this is a Friday instead of a Monday, but still a Theory Seminar)	The Growth Dynamics Of Innovation, Diffusion, And The Technology Frontier
5/9/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
5/16/2016	Domenico Ferraro, Arizona State University	Aging Of The Baby Boomers: Demographics And Propagation Of Tax Shocks
5/23/2016	Galina Borisona Hale, Federal Reserve San Francisco	The Rise In Home Currency Issuance
5/30/2016	Memorial Day Holiday, Campus Closed – No Seminar	No Seminar

Applied Economics Seminars Winter 2016

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:07:18 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Winter 2016

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

Questions? Contact 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
1/1/2016	New Year’s Day Holiday, Campus Closed – No Seminar	No Seminar
1/8/2016	Deepak Singhania, UCR PhD Candidate	Unraveling The Welfare Effects Of Administrative And Political Decentralization In Indonesia
1/15/2016	TBA	TBA
1/22/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
1/28/2016*	Eric Chyn, University of Michigan *NOTE: from 4:40pm to 6:00pm	Moved To Opportunity: The Long-Run Effect Of Public Housing Demolition On Labor Market Outcomes Of Children
1/29/2016	Carolyn Sloane, University of Chicago	Rising Wage Inequality And Human Capital Investment
2/2/2016*	Yang Xie, UC Berkeley *NOTE: from 4:40pm to 6:00pm	Machiavellian Experimentation
2/4/2016*	Na’ama Shenhav, UC Davis *NOTE: from 4:40pm to 6:00pm	What Women Want: Family Formation And Labor Market Responses To Marriage Incentives
2/5/2016	Andrew Johnston, University of Pennsylvania	Unemployment Insurance Taxes And Labor-Market Recovery: Evidence From Florida And Missouri
2/8/2016	Emily Beam, National University of Singapore	Do Job Fairs Matter? Experimental Evidence On The Impact Of Job-Fair Attendance
2/9/2016*	Sarojini Hirshleifer, UC San Diego *NOTE: from 4:40pm to 6pm	Incentives For Effort Or Outputs? A Field Experiment To Improve Student Performance
2/10/2016*	Euncheol Shin, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena *NOTE: (Please note, this is a Wednesday)	Social Network Formation And Strategic Interaction In Large Networks
2/19/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
2/26/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
3/3/2016*	Fabian Lange, McGill University *NOTE: (Thursday at 2:30pm in Sproul 4128)	Type Heterogeneity And Duration Dependence: Exploiting The Current Population Survey Panel For New Evidence
3/4/2016	Fabian Lange, McGill University	Supervisor Heterogeneity In Performance Evaluations
3/11/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar

Econometrics Seminars Winter 2016

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:58:20 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Winter 2016

Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (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
1/6/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
1/13/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
1/20/2016	TBA	TBA
1/27/2016	Samir Mamadehussene, Northwestern University	Do Low Price Guarantees Hurt Consumers? Theory And Evidence
1/27/2016*	Ray Chou, Academia Sinica, Taipei *NOTE: from 11:10am-12:30pm in Sproul 4128 (4th floor conf room)	Forecasting Volatility With Multiple Horizon Extreme Values: The Multiple Horizon Conditional Autoregressive Range
2/3/2016	Alex Ebel, Brown University	The Importance Of Educational Credentials: Schooling Decisions And Returns In Modern China
2/10/2016	Euncheol Shin, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena	Social Network Formation And Strategic Interaction In Large Networks
2/17/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
2/24/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
3/2/2016	Andres Santos, University of California, San Diego	Constrained Conditional Moment Restriction Models
3/2/2016*	Roberto Pedace, Scripps College & Visiting Lecturer, UCR Economics *NOTE: from 10:00am in INTS 1109 (the New Media Lab)	TBA
3/9/2016	Joab Corey, Florida State University	TBA

Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2016

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:47:05 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2016

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

Questions? Contact Marcelle Chauvet or 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
1/4/2016	TBA	TBA
1/11/2016	Emilson Silva, University of Alberta	Self-Enforcing Agreements Under Unequal Nationally Determined Contributions
1/18/2016	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, Campus Closed – No Seminar	No Seminar
1/25/2016	Arman Rezaee, UC San Diego	Crowdsourcing Government Accountability: Experimental Evidence From Pakistan
2/1/2016	Valerio Dotti, University College London	The Political Economy Of Immigration And Population Ageing
2/8/2016	Emily Beam, National University of Singapore	Do Job Fairs Matter? Experimental Evidence On the Impact Of Job-Fair Attendance
2/15/2016	Presidents’ Day Holiday, Campus Closed – No Seminar	No Seminar
2/22/2016	No Seminar	No Seminar
2/29/2016	Najrin Khanom, UCR PhD Candidate	Role Of Fear And Uncertainty On Stock Market Movement
3/7/2016	Bree Lang, Xavier University	TBA
3/8/2016*	Matthew Lang, Xavier University *NOTE: (please note, this is a Tuesday and the seminar will be from 4:40-6:10 pm)	TBA
3/10/2016*	Jeffry A. Frieden, Harvard University *NOTE: (please note, this is a Thursday and the seminar will be from 4-6pm in INTS 1128 – the Screening Room)	Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy (This is a joint seminar with Political Science)

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2015

Christina Gnuschke — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:01:04 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2015

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

Questions? Contact Mindy Marks or Michael Bates.

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
9/25/2015	Anaka Aiyar, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	The Spillover Effects Of Health Insurance On The Household Budget: Evidence From Vietnam
10/2/2015	Conrad Miller, UCB	Firm Matching And The Returns To Elite College Education
10/9/2015	Michael Levine, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Customer-Based Discrimination And Sexual Orientation: Evidence From Geographic Variation In Occupational Sorting
10/16/2015	Julie Cullen, UCSD	Political Alignment And Tax Evasion
10/23/2015	Amber Qureshi, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	College Major And The Economy: The Impact Of Labor Market Conditions On Field Of Study
10/30/2015	Juan Carlos Lopez, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Water For Arid Regions: An Economic Geography Approach
11/6/2015	Hani Mansour, University of Colorado-Boulder	Weighing The Military Option: The Effects Of Wartime Conditions On Career Pathways
11/13/2015	No Seminar	No Seminar
11/20/2015	Jonathan Kurzfeld, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Prison Populations And Misconduct: Dissecting The Impacts Of CA Public Safety Realignment
11/27/2015	Thanksgiving Day Holiday, Campus Closed – No Seminar	NO SEMINAR
12/4/2015	Damon Clark,UCI	The Return To Schooling Among High School Dropouts: Evidence From Britain’s Compulsory Schooling Changes

Econometrics Seminars Fall 2015

Christina Gnuschke — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:50:35 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Fall 2015

Wednesdays, 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
9/30/2015	Yuying Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences & UCR Visiting Scholar in Economics	Selection of The Optimal Length of Rolling Window In Time-Varying Predictive Regression
10/7/2015	Jiti Gao, Monash University	Nonparametric Kernel Estimation for Bayesian Means
10/14/2015	Ying Wang, Peking University & UCR Visiting Scholar in Economics	Adaptive Quantity Of Money
10/21/2015	David Brownstone, UCI	Aggregation Bias In Discrete Choice Models With An Application To Household Vehicle Choice
10/28/2015	James Powell, UCB	Simple Estimators For Invertible Index Models
11/4/2015	Yingying Dong, UCI	Testing For Rank Invariance Or Similarity In Program Evaluation
11/11/2015	Veteran’s Day Holiday, Campus Closed – No Seminar	No Seminar
11/18/2015	Zhipeng Liao, UCLA	Robust Vuong Test for Semi/Nonparametric Models
11/25/2015	Bahram Mobasher, UCR Physics/Astronomy	The Creation And The End Of the Universe: Does God Play Dice With Us?
12/2/2015	Amit Chowdhury, UCR Engineering	Learning Visual Context For Recognition

Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2015

Christina Gnuschke — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:36:43 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2015

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

Questions? Contact Taradas Bandyopadhay.

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
9/28/2015	Prasanta Pattanaik, UCR Economics	Binary Data, Hierarchy of Attributes, and Multidimensional Depravation
10/5/2015	Tasneem Raihan, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Impacts Of Monetary Policy Shock On Borrowings: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression Analysis Of The Different Sectors Of US Economy
10/12/2015	Simone Galperti, UCSD	Delegating Resource Allocation: Multidimensional Information Vs. Decisions
10/19/2015	No Seminar	No Seminar
10/26/2015	Xuefeng Pan, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	The Roles Of Monetary Policy In Housing And Consumption
11/2/2015	Simon Board, UCLA	Competitive Information Disclosure In Search Markets
11/9/2015	Victor Ortego Marti, UCR Economics	Loss Of Skill During Unemployment And TFP Differences Across Countries
11/16/2015	Riyad Abubaker, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Markov Switching Risk Aversion And Asymmetries At The Zero Lower Bound
11/23/2015	Francisca Antman, University of Colorado-Boulder	For Want Of A Cup: The Rise Of Tea In England And The Impact Of Water Quality On Economic Development
11/30/2015	TBA	TBA