Fall 2014 – UCR | Department of Economics

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:26:32 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Fall 2014

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

Questions? Contact Joseph Cummins or Mindy Marks.

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
10/6/2014	Dong Zhou, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	The Long Term Impacts Of The Cultural Revolution On Economic Performance Of Urban Residents In China
10/13/2014	Marc Law, University of Vermont	Local Government Autonomy And City Growth: Evidence From China
10/20/2o14	Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles	Household Income Changes And The Evolution Of Child Psychological Well-Being And Personality Traits
10/27/2014	Jessamyn Schaller, University of Arizona	Short-Run Effects Of Job Loss On Health Conditions, Health Insurance, And Health Care Utilization
11/3/2014	Amber Qureshi Urrutia, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	College Major And The Economy: The Impact Of Labor Market Conditions On Field Of Study
11/10/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
11/17/2014	David Simon, University of Connecticut	The Impact Of Business Cycles On Child Health
11/21/2014*	Maya Rossin-Slater, UC Santa Barbara *NOTE: (Please note: This is a Friday, but is an Applied Economics seminar)	Parental Responses To Child Support Obligations: Causal Evidence From Administrative Data
11/24/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
12/1/2014	Pallavi Panda, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Does Trade Reduce Infant Mortality? Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
12/8/2014	Dennis Tai, Cornell University	TBA
12/15/2014	No Seminar	Fall finals week, no seminar

Econometrics Seminars Fall 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:03:00 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Fall 2014

Fridays, 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
10/3/2014	Yan Ge, UCR PhD Candidate in Economics	Comparing Predictive Accuracy And Model Combination Using Encompassing Test For Nested Quantile Models
10/10/2014	Ivan Jeliazkov, University of California, Irvine	Likelihood Specification And Inference In Discrete Simultaneous Equation Models
10/17/2014	Richard Startz, University of California, Santa Barbara	Choosing The More Likely Hypothesis
10/24/2014	Yingying Dong, University of California, Irvine	An Alternative Assumption To Identify LATE In Regression Discontinuity Designs Jump or Kink? Identification Of Binary Treatment Regression Discontinuity Design Without The Discontinuity
10/31/2014	No Seminar	No Seminar
11/5/2014	Jungmo Yoon, Claremont McKenna College	Estimating Effects Of English Rule On Litigation Outcomes
11/7/2014	Carlos Martins-Filho, University of Colorado, Boulder	Nonparametric Estimation of Conditional Value-At-Risk And Expected Shortfall Based On Extreme Value Theory Technical Supplement to Paper
11/14/2014*	David Lagakos, University of California, San Diego *NOTE: (Please note, this is an Economic Theory Presentation)	Average Hours Worked In the Cross-Section Of Countries
11/21/2014*	Maya Rossin-Slater, University of California, Santa Barbara *NOTE: (Please note, this is an Applied Economics seminar)	Parental Responses To Child Support Obligations: Causal Evidence From Administrative Data
11/28/2014	No Seminar	Thanksgiving Day Holiday, No Seminar
12/5/2014	James Marshall Flegal, University of California Riverside Department of Statistics	Relative Fixed-Width Stopping Rules For Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulations
12/12/2014	TBA	TBA
12/19/2014	No Seminar	Finals Week, no Seminar

Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2014

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:46:03 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Fall 2014

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

Questions? Contact Jang -Ting Guo.

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
10/8/2014	Victor Ortego Marti, UCR Economics	The Cyclical Behavior Of Unemployment And Vacancies With Loss Of Skills During Unemployment
10/15/2014*	Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison *NOTE: (General Seminar Presentation)	Sticky Prices And Costly Credit
10/16/2014*	Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison *NOTE: (Graduate Student Presentation, 12:40-2pm in 4128 Sproul Hall)	An Overview Of New Monetarist Economics
10/22/2014	Michael Michaux, University of Southern California Business School	Houses As ATMs? Mortgage Refinancing And Macroeconomic Uncertainty
10/29/2014*	David Ahn, University of California, Berkeley *NOTE: (Please note, this seminar will be from 3:30-4:50pm)	Foundations For Comparative Naivete And Sophistication
11/5/2014*	Jungmo Yoon, Claremont McKenna College *NOTE: (Please note – this is an EconometricsPresentation)	Estimating Effects Of English Rule On Litigation Outcomes
11/12/2014	Pascal Michaillat, London School of Economics & Political Science	The Curse Of Inflation
11/14/2014*	David Lagakos, University of California, San Diego *NOTE: (Please note, this is a FRIDAY)	Average Hours Worked in the Cross-Section of Countries
11/19/2014	John Duffy, University of California, Irvine	An Experimental Test Of The Lucas Asset Pricing Model
11/26/2014	Wen Kong, University of California, Riverside PhD Candidate in Economics	Economic And Political Equilibrium For A Renewable Natural Resource With International Trade
12/3/2014	Mehdi Naji, University of California Riverside PhD Candidate in Economics	New Keynesian Models, Dual Roles Of Durable Goods And Capital Stock
12/10/2014	Huiling Zhang, University of California Riverside PhD Candidate in Economics	Information Acquisition In Asymmetric One-Sided Information Setting
12/17/2014	No Seminar	Fall finals week, no seminar