2018-2019 – UCR | Department of Economics

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2019

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Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2019

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

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
4/1/2019	Mike Dong, UCR School of Business	Global Anomalies
4/8/2019	Julio Garin, Claremont McKenna Colleges	Repatriation Taxes
4/15/2019	Rod Garratt, UC Santa Barbara	Entreprenurial Incentives And The Role of Initial Coin Offerings
4/22/2019	Francois Geerolf, UC Los Angeles	The Phillips Curve: Price Levels Or Real Exchange Rates
4/29/2019	Odilon Camara, The University of Southern California	Tampering With Information
5/6/2019	William Branch, UC Irvine	Endogenously (Non-)Ricardian Beliefs
5/13/2019	Michael Gelman, Claremont McKenna Colleges	Rational Illiquidity And Excess Sensitivity: Theory And Evidence From Income Tax Witholding And Refunds
5/20/2019	Fabio Milani, UC Irvine	Evolving Beliefs And Animal Spirits In the Euro Area
5/27/2019	Memorial Day Holiday – No Seminar (Campus Closed)	NO SEMINAR
6/3/2019	Rossen Valkanov, UC San Diego	Fiscal And Foreign Account Imbalances And Asset Prices

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2019

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Econometrics Seminars Spring 2019

Wednesdays, 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
4/3/2019	Yu-Wei Hsieh, The University of Southern California	“A Semiparametric Discrete-Choice Aggregate Demand Model” & “Prediction And Congestion In Two-Sided Markets: Economist Versus Machine Matchmakers”
4/10/2019	Yanqin Fan, The University of Washington	Uniform Inference In A Generalized Interval-Arithmetic Center And Range Model
4/17/2019	Samet Oymak, UCR Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Overparameterization Without Overfitting: From Compressed Sensing to Deep Learning
4/23/2019	Colin Cameron, The University of California, Davis (Seminar to Graduate Students – 4:10-5:30 pm in CHASS Humanities 1500)	Machine Learning Methods: An Overview
4/24/2019	Colin Cameron, The University of California, Davis (General Seminar to Faculty, Graduate Students and Campus seminar Guests – 4:10-5:30 pm in Sproul Hall 2206)	Machine Learning Methods in Economics
5/1/2019	Geert Ridder, The University of Southern California	Closing The Teacher Quality Gap? An Empirical Analysis Of Teacher To Classroom Assignment Problems
5/8/2019	Yi Xin, The California Institute of Technology	Asymmetric Information, Reputation, and Welfare in Online Credit Markets
5/15/2019	Simon Smith, The University of Southern California	Noncommon Breaks Forecasting Panel Data With Structural Breaks And Regime-Specific Grouped Heterogeneity
5/22/2019	Xiaoting Sun, The University of California Los Angeles (This will be a joint seminar with the Economics Graduate Student Association)	Identification And Estimation Of Many-to-One Matching With An Application To The U.S. College Admissions
5/29/2019	Sarojini Hirshleifer, UCR Economics	Testing For Attrition Bias In Field Experiments
6/5/2019	James Mitchell, The University of Warwick (U.K.) & Visiting Scholar – University of Southern California	The Copula Opinion Pool: Modeling Expert Dependence

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2019

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Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2019

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

Questions? Contact Ozkan Eren or 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
4/5/2019	Kevin Lang, Boston University	The Boss Is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Blacks
4/12/2019	Prashant Bharadwaj, The University of California, San Diego	The Effects Of Health Shocks To The Elderly On Children’s Labor Supply
4/18/2019*	Joseph Altonji, Yale University * NOTE: This seminar is on a Thursday and will be held in CHASS HMNSS 1500 from 2:10-3:30 p.m.	The Labor Market Returns To Advanced Degrees
4/26/2019	Marc Bellemare, The University of Minnesota	Producer Attitudes Toward Output Price Risk: Experimental Evidence From The Lab And From The Field
5/3/2019	Julie Cullen, The University of California, San Diego	Performance Information And Personnel Decisions In the Public Sector: The Case Of School Principles
5/10/2019	Cory White, California Polytechnic University – San Luis Obispo	Does Access To Health Care Mitigate Environmental Damages?
5/17/2019	Carlos Dobkin, The University of California, Santa Cruz	Health Insurance And Access To Care For The Near Elderly
5/24/2019	Leandro Carvalho, The University of Southern California	The Distributional Effects Of Education On Health
5/31/2019	Kurt Schwabe, UCR Political Science/Cooperating Faculty in Economics	Is A Gallon Conserved A Gallon Saved? The Unintended Consequences Of Water Policy On Water Recycling
6/7/2019	Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, The University of California, Berkeley	A New Engle On Price Index And Welfare Estimation

Brown Bag Seminars Spring 2019

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Brown Bag Seminars Spring 2019

Mondays, 12:00 – 1:00 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 4128

Questions? Contact Carolyn Sloane.

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

Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2019

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Economic Theory Seminars Winter 2019

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

Questions? Contact Hiroki Nishimura.

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
1/7/2019	No Seminar	No Seminar
1/9/2019*	Siyang Xiong, The University of Bristol *NOTE: This is a Wednesday	Commitment Design
1/14/2019	In-Koo Cho, The University of Illinois	Advertisement And Design
1/21/2019	No Seminar, Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday-Campus Closed	No Seminar-Campus Closed
1/28/2019	Laura Doval, The California Institute of Technology	Mechanism Design With Limited Commitment
2/4/2019	Charles Sprenger, The University of California, San Diego	Direct Tests Of Cumulative Prospect Theory
2/11/2019	Kota Saito, The California Institute of Technology	Repeated Choice: A Theory Of Stochastic Intertemporal Preferences
2/18/2019	No Seminar, President’s Day Holiday-Campus Closed	No Seminar-Carmpus Closed
2/25/2019	Xu Tan, The University of Washington	Locally Bayesian Learning In Networks
3/4/2019	Igor Kopylov, The University of California, Irvine	Minimal Rationalizations
3/11/2019	Jonathan Libgober, The University of Southern California	Informational Robustness In Intertemporal Pricing

Econometrics Seminars Winter 2019

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Econometrics Seminars Winter 2019

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
1/9/2019	Siyang Xiong, The University of Bristol	Commitment Design
1/16/2019	Millie Yi Mao, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Information Theoretic Estimation Of Econometric Functions
1/23/2019	Jianghao Chu, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Asymmetric AdaBoost For High-Dimensional Maximum Score Regression
1/30/2019	Ali Mehrabani, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Shrinkage Estimation In Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models
2/1/2019*	Whitney Newey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *NOTE: this is a Friday, and is the first seminar related to the Econometrics Conference held on 2/2/19 in INTS 1113 from 11:30 am to 5:10 pm.	Debiased/Double Machine Learning Of Treatment And Structural Parameters
2/2/2019*	Whitney Newey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Keynote Speaker *NOTE: Econometrics Conference – INTS 1113, 11:30 am to 5:10 pm	Demand And Analysis Via Panel Data With Many Prices
2/6/2019	Seolah Kim, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	A Consistent Nonparametric Test For Endogeneity
2/13/2019	Shahnaz Parsaeian, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Estimation And Forecasting Under Structural Breaks
2/20/2019	Ran Wang, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Indentifying Heterogeneous Effect And Confounder’s Effect Via L1-Regularized Decision Tree
2/27/2019	Tong Li, Vanderbilt University	Quantile Treatment Effects With Two-Sided Measurement Error
3/6/2019	Haifeng Xu, Xiamen University	The Exact Distribution Of the F-Ratio Under Heteroskedasticity In Finite Samples
3/13/2019	Yong Bao, Purdue University	Indirect Inference Estimation Of Spatial Autoregressions

Applied Economics Seminars Winter 2019

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Applied Economics Seminars Winter 2019

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

Questions? Contact Michael Bates or Yang Xie.

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
1/11/2019	Yanhui Wu, University of Southern California	Competition, Contracts, And Worker Efforts In Creative Production
1/18/2019	Weijia Li, Monash University/UCR Visiting Scholar	Rotation, Performance Rewards, And Property Rights
1/25/2019	Scott Carrell, UC Davis	My Professor Cares: Experimental Evidence On The Role Of Faculty Engagement
2/1/2019*	Whitney Newey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *NOTE: This is a Friday and will be the first seminar related to the Econometrics Conference on Saturday 2/2/19 in INTS 1113, 11:30 am – 5:10 pm. Dr. Newey is our keynote speaker. If you wish to view the title of Saturday’s Keynote presentation, please go to the Econometrics seminars listing.	Debiased/Double Machine Learning Of Treatment And Structural Parameters
2/8/2019	Andrea Matranga, Chapman University	All Along The Watchtower: Linear Defenses And The Introduction Of Serfdom In Russia
2/15/2019	Moshe Buchinsky, UC Los Angeles	The Role Of Women And Men In Choices Of Residential And Work Locations In Israel
2/22/2019	Seema Jayachandran, Northwestern University	The Impact Of Early Childhood Education On Child Development In Rural India
3/1/2019	Ed Kosack, Xavier University	The Bracero Program And Entreprenurial Investment In Mexico
3/8/2019	David Bjerk, Claremont McKenna Colleges	What Can DNA Exonerations Tell us About Racial Differences In Wrongful Conviction Rates?
3/15/2019	Paola Giuliano, UC Los Angeles	Diversity In Schools: Immigrants And The Educational Performance of Natives

Brown Bag Seminars Winter 2019

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Brown Bag Seminars Winter 2019

Mondays, 12:00 – 1:00 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 2206

Questions? Contact 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
1/7/2019	No Brown Bag	N/A
1/14/2019	Hien Nguyen, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics
1/21/2019	MLK Day- No Brown Bag	No Brown Bag
1/28/2019	TBA	TBA
2/1/2019	Weijia Li, Monash University/UCR Visiting Scholar	TBA
2/11/2019	Sungin Ahan, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Dynamic Model of FAR Regulation
2/18/2019	President’s Day Holiday – No Brown Bag	No Brown Bag
2/25/2019	TBA	TBA
3/4/2019	TBA	TBA
3/11/2019	TBA	TBA

Brown Bag Seminars Fall 2018

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Brown Bag Seminars Fall 2018

Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul 4128

Questions? Contact: Bree Lang, 951/827-1469

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
10/2/2018	Zachary Bleemer, UC Berkeley	The Effect Of Selective Public Research University: Evidence From California
10/10/2018	Michael Bates, UC Riverside	Do Learning Communities Increase First Year Retention? Testing For External Validity In Randomized Control Trials
10/17/2018	Yoon Jae Ro, UC Riverside	The Effect of Teacher Evaluation on Student Performance
10/24/2018	Taghi Farzad, UC Riverside	TBA
10/31/2018	Bree Lang, UC Riversidee	Product Differentiation And Price Discrimination In The Mortgage Markete
11/7/2018	TBA	TBA
11/14/2018	TBA	TBA
11/21/2018	No Seminar	No Seminar
11/28/2018	Matt Lang, UC Riverside	Car Accidents And 3G Coverage: An Application Of Machine Learning
12/5/2018	TBA	TBA

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2018

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Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2018

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

Questions? Contact Sarojini Hirshleifer & 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
9/28/2018	Christian Gunadi, UCR Economics – Job Talk	An Inquiry On The Impact of Highly-Skilled STEM Immigration
10/5/2018	Hanbyul Ryu, UCR Economics – Job Talk	The Effects Of Changes In School Entry Age And Duration On Student Performance: Evidence From Brazilian Primary Schooling Reform
10/12/2018	No Seminar	No Seminar
10/19/2018	Craig McIntosh, UC San Diego	Benchmarking A Child Nutrition Program Against Cash: Experimental Evidence From Rwanda
10/26/2018	No Seminar	No Seminar
11/2/2018	Sofia Franco, UC Irvine	Living On The Edge: How Does Your House Price Respond To Urban Hazard Risks?
11/9/2018	Hilary Hoynes, UC Berkeley	The Impact Of Childhood Nutrition Assistance On Child Health And Well-Being: Lessons from WIC
11/16/2018	Juan Carlos Lopez, The University of Denver	State Taxes, Public Good Provision And Firm Location In A Monopolistic Competition Model With Variable Labor Supply: Gauging The Impact Of Wayfair Vs. South Dakota
11/23/2018	No Seminar-Thanksiving Day Holiday & Campus is closed	No Seminar – Campus is closed
11/30/2018	Jeff Weaver, The University of Southern California	Paper no longer available
11/30/2018*	John Zhu, The University of Pennsylvania NOTE: 5:45pm in Sproul 2206: JOB TALK for Microeconomic Theory Faculty Position*	Better Monitoring…Worse Productivity?
12/7/2018	No Applied Econ Seminar – see Economic Theory	This will be an Economic Theory Seminar. Please see the list of Economic Theory seminars for the Fall, 2018 quarter.