Spring 2013 – UCR | Department of Economics

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2013

Christina Gnuschke — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:39:48 +0000

Applied Economics Seminars Spring 2013

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

Questions? Contact Richard Arnott &, Dave Fairris.

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
4/5/2013	Walker Hanlon, UC Los Angeles	Necessity Is The Mother of Invention: Input Supplies And Directed Technical Change
4/12/2013	No Seminar	No Seminar
4/19/2013	No Seminar	No Seminar
4/26/2013	Gregory Clark, UC Davis	Surnames And The Law Of Social Mobility
5/3/2013	Bowman Cutter, Pomona College	The Determinants Of Nonresidential Real Estate Rents With Special Reference To Environmental Amenities
5/10/2013	Jonathan Robinson, UC Santa Cruz	Daily Needs, Income Targets And Labor Supply: Evidence From Kenya
5/17/2013	TBA	TBA
5/24/2013	Jesse Rothstein, UC Berkeley	Teacher Quality Policy When Supply Matters
5/31/2013	(1) Michael Levine and (2) Dong Zhou, UCR PhD Candidates	1) The Financial Penalty For Discrimination On The Basis Of Sexual Orientation 2) The Long Term Impacts Of Cultural Revolution On Economic Performances Of Urban Residents In China
6/7/2013	Steven Levkoff, UC San Diego	A Massive Online Behavioral Experiment: Efficient Matching Of Foragers To Resources Under Varying Information Constraints

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2013

Christina Gnuschke — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:22:02 +0000

Econometrics Seminars Spring 2013

Wednesday, 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
4/3/2013	Hyungsik Roger Moon, USC	Inference Of VARs Identified With Sign Restrictions
4/10/2013	Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University	The Latency Advantage Of High Frequency Traders
4/11/2013*	Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Princeton University *NOTE: (2:10-3:30 in Spr 2206)	An Introduction To High Frequency Financial Econometrics
4/17/2013	Juri Marcucci, Bank of Italy	The Predictive Power Of Google Searches In Forecasting Unemployment
4/24/2013	Tiemen Woutersen, University of Arizona	Calculating Confidence Intervals For Continuous And Discontinuous Functions Of Parameters
4/29/2013*	Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank *NOTE: (this is a joint Economic Theory and Econometrics seminar to be held on a Monday)	Financial Stress And Economic Dynamics: The Transmission of Crises
5/6/2013*	Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University *NOTE: (please note this is a Monday)	Characteristic Function Based Testing For Conditional Independence: A Nonparametric Regression Approach
5/8/2013	Ru Zhang, UCR Economics PhD Candidate	Properties Of Parameter Estimation And Forecasts For ARMA And Financial Time Series Models
5/15/2013	Shujie Ma, UCR Statistics	Partial Linear Single Index Models for Repeated Measurements
5/22/2013	Sebastiano Manzan, Baruch College, New York	Forecasting The Distribution Of Economic Variables In A Data-Rich Environment
5/29/2013	Casper de Vries, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam & Chapman University	Tail Shape Homogenity, Scale Heterogeneity: Semi Parametric Tests & A Portfolio Application The Downside Risk Of Heavy Tails Induces Low Diversification
6/5/2013*	Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California *NOTE: (please note, this is an Economic Theory presentation)	Risky Investment With Limited Enforcement

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2013

Christina Gnuschke — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:08:09 +0000

Economic Theory Seminars Spring 2013

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

Questions? Contact Victor Ortego Marti.

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
4/1/2013	Pablo Fajgelbaum, UC Los Angeles	Uncertainty Traps
4/8/2013	Greg Veramendi, Arizona State University	Labor Market Dynamics: A Model Of Search And Human Capital Accumulation
4/15/2013	Guillame Vandenbroucke, University of Southern California	Fertility And Wars: The Case Of World War I In France
4/22/2013	TBA	TBA
4/29/2013*	Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank *NOTE: this will be a JOINT Economic Theory and Econometrics seminar	Financial Stress And Economic Dynamics: The Transmission of Crises”
5/06/2013*	Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University *NOTE: (please note this is an Econometrics presentation)	Characteristic Function Based Testing For Conditional Independence: A Nonparametric Regression Approach
5/13/2013	Jonathan Heathcote, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis	Redistributive Taxation In A Partial Insurance Economy
5/20/2013	Guillaume Rocheteau, UC Irvine	Liquidity Provision, Interest Rates, And Unemployment
5/27/2013	HOLIDAY	No Seminar
6/3/2013	Cathy Zhang, UC Irvine	Paper or Plastic? Money And Credit As Means Of Payment
6/5/2013*	Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California *NOTE: (please note this is a Wednesday)	Risky Investment With Limited Enforcement