Spring 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