Spring 2008 – UCR | Department of Economics

Development/Applied Economics Spring 2008

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:23:34 +0000

Wednesdays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified) Sproul 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
4/2/2008	Fred Finan UC Los Angeles	Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
4/9/2008	Susan Carter UC Riverside	Celestial Suppers: The Political Economy of America’s Chop Suey Craze, 1900-1930
4/16/2008	Fernando Lozano Pomona College	The FIFA World Cup and the Hours of Work of American Males
4/23/2008	Carmen Carrion-Flores University of Florida	Does Induced Innovation Create an Environmental Policy Multiplier? A Simultaneous Equation Model of Pollution Policy and Patenting
4/30/2008	Shelly Lundberg University of Washington DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters
5/7/2008	Ashok Kotwal University of British Columbia DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	How Does Poverty Decline? Suggestive Evidence from India, 1983-1999
5/14/2008	Steve Boucher UC Davis	TBA
5/21/2008	TBA	TBA
5/28/2008	Aprajit Mahajan Stanford University	TBA
6/4/2008	Dileni Gunewardena	TBA

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:16:45 +0000

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
4/7/2008	Santosh Misra, Oregon State University	Semiparametric Estimation of Stochastic Frontiers Via Profile Likelihood
4/21/2008	Andres Santos UC San Diego	Instrumental Variables Methods for Recovering Continuous Linear Functionals
4/28/2008	Chunrong Ai University of Florida	A Root-N Consistent Estimator for Regression Discountinuity Models
5/2/2008*	Taeyoung Doh Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank *NOTE: FRIDAY; Joint with Economic Theory	Yield Curve in an Estimated Nonlinear Macro Model
5/5/2008	Yoon-Jin Lee Indiana University	TBA
5/12/2008	TBA	TBA
5/19/2008	Victoria Zinde-Walsh McGill University, Canada	TBA
5/26/2008	NO SEMINAR	MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:04:23 +0000

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
4/4/2008	Robert Dekle University of Southern California	A Quantitative Analysis of China’s Structural Transformation
4/11/2008	William Branch UC Irvine	Expectational Stability in Regime-Switching Rational Expectations Models
4/14/2008*	Miguel Angel Ballester Oyarzun Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona *NOTE: MONDAY	Optimal Rationalization of Choice and The Measurement of Rationality
4/18/2008	Giacomo Rondina UC San Diego	Trend Uncertainty and Monetary Policy Evaluations
4/25/2008	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
5/2/2008*	Dr. Taeyoung Doh Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank *NOTE: Joint with Econometrics	Yield Curve in an Estimated Nonlinear Macro Model
5/9/2008	Roger Farmer UC Los Angeles	TBA
5/16/2008	Vincenzo Quadrini University of Southern California	Understanding the International Great Moderation
5/23/2008	Leaat Yariv Cal Tech	TBA
5/29/2008*	Walter Bossert University of Montreal DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER *NOTE: TUESDAY	Rational and Consistent Choice
5/30/2008	Mark Wright UC Los Angeles	Where did Capital Flow? Fifty Years of International Rate of Return Differentials and Capital Flows
6/2/2008*	Walter Bossert University of Montreal DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER *NOTE: MONDAY	Multi-Profile Intergenerational Social Choice
6/6/2008	Lee Ohanian UC Los Angeles	Effects of Scrappage Subsidies In the Presence of Asymmetric Information