Research Seminars in the Economics Department are open to all. They are typically held at noon on Fridays in Simon 300, unless otherwise stated.
For Zoom link, please contact the seminar coordinators, Mike Carter or Matt Larsen.
SPRING 2026
- George Hall – Brandeis University – Friday, February 6, 12:00 pm
“Fiscal Consequences of the US War on Covid”
- Maria Fernanda Rosales-Rueda – University of Delaware – Friday, February 20, 12:00 pm
“Effects of WIC on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the
National Archives”
- Don Cox – Boston College, Friday, March 6, 12:00 pm
“Insights into Social Life Using Evolutionary Basics and Econ 101“
- Soumya Balasubramanya – World Bank – Friday, March 13, 12:00 pm
“Recent Trends in Groundwater Use in South Asia: The Role of Technology and Water-Energy-Food-Poverty Nexus Tradeoffs”
- Fabio Gomez-Rodriguez – Lehigh University – Friday, March 27, 12:00 pm.
“Permanent and Transitory Shocks to the Expected Inflation Term Structure“
- Howard Bodenhorn – Clemson University (former Economics Professor, Lafayette) – Thursday, April 9, Oechsle 224, 7:30 pm
“The Economics of Crime and Punishment in the Prohibition-Era South“
- Eva Carceles-Poveda – Stony Brook University – Friday, April 10, 12:00 pm
“Optimal Income Redistribution“
- Andreas Kern – Georgetown Univesity – Friday, April 17, 12:00 pm
“The Unintended Side Effect of the Global Financial Safety Net: Elite Capital Flight”
- Xiaoxiao Li – Villanova University – Friday, May 1, 12:00 pm
“Ability Bias, Diploma Signaling, or Human Capital? A Factor Model-Based Decomposition of the Returns to Schooling”