Recent Seminars

Fall 2023

Ben Chartock – Bentley University – Thursday, Sept. 7, 12:15 pm.
“Quality Disclosure, Demand, and Congestion: Evidence from Physician Ratings”
Ibukun James Olaoye and Sarah Edore Edewor – Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) – Friday, Sept. 8, 12:00 pm.
“Does Crop Diversification Influence Welfare Outcomes of Smallholder Farm Households: Evidence from Nigeria?”
Tarana Chauhan – Cornell University – Monday, Oct. 16, 12:00 pm
“Bank Account Ownership and Women’s Empowerment in India”
Joshua Hyman – Amherst College – Monday, Oct. 23, 12:00 pm
College Counseling in the Classroom: Randomized Evaluation of a Teacher-Based Approach to College Advising
Eren Bilen – Dickinson College – Monday, Oct. 30, 12:00 pm
Nationalism in Online Games: Impacts of International Conflicts on Chess Player Behavior
Dana Smith (’18) – Cornell University – Monday, November 6, 12:00 pm
“Climate Change, Violence, and Remittance Flows in Mexico”
Jan Duchoslav (’09) – International Food Policy Research Institute – Monday, November 20, 12:00 pm
“Welfare Impacts of Seasonal Maize Price Fluctuations in Malawi”
Hannah Ruebeck – MIT – Monday, November 27, 12:00 pm
“Perceived Discrimination at Work”
Meiping Sun – Fordham University – Monday, December 4, 12:00 pm
“Long-term Impacts of Routine Health Examinations in Early Childhood”

Emily Moschini – William & Mary – Monday, March 6, 12:00 pm, Zoom link.
Over-optimism about Graduation and College Financial Aid
Paul Ko – Dickinson College – Monday, March 20, 12:00 pm
Globalization, Gender Wage Gap, and Female Labor Force Participation
Sandra Goff – Bates College – Monday, March 27, 12:00 pm
Who Benefits?: An Experimental Analysis of Sucker Aversion in Charitable Giving
Dania Francis – UMass-Boston, Thursday, March 30, 7:30 pm, Oechsle 224.
Black Economists on Race and Policy
Fatima Aqeel – Colgate University – Monday, April 10, 12:00 pm
Gender Differences in Spousal Search: Evidence from Historic Marriage Ads
Yingtong Xie – Carleton College – Monday, April 17, 12:00 pm,
The Impact of Pension Plan Shift on Household Risk Exposure
Allison Luedtke – St. Olaf College – Monday, May 1, 12:00 pm,
Missing Financial Network Data
Dennis Fixler – US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) – April 27 or 28, 12:00 pm.
TBD
Dario Pozzoli – Copenhagen Business School – Monday, May 15, 12:00 pm.
TBD

Ding Xiaozhou – Dickinson College – Monday, Sept. 26, 12:00 pm.
“Teacher Flexibility and School Productivity: Evidence from a Remedial Education Program in India”
Tanseli Savaser– Vassar College – Monday, Oct. 3, 12:00 pm
“The Not So Uniform Effect of Trade Secret Protection on Business Entry“
Jorgen Harris – Occidental College – Monday, Oct. 17, 12:00 pm
“The Effect of Professional Interactions on Hiring Decisions: Contrasting Gender and Race”
Rachel Landsman – Bucknell University – Monday, Oct. 24, 12:00 pm
“Gender Differences in Executive Departure”
Lea Palm-Forster – University of Delaware – Monday, Oct. 31, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“Transaction Costs and Reverse Auction Cost-effectiveness: Lessons from the Lab and Field”
Patricia Gomez-Gonzalez – Fordham University – Monday, Nov. 7, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“The COVID-19 Shock and Firm Financing: Government or Market? Or Both?“
Thanh Lu – Weill Cornell Medicine – Monday, Nov. 14, 12:00 pm.
“Safety-net Primary Care Clinics and Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits“
Craig Depken – University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Monday, Dec. 12, 12:00 pm.
“Determinants of Residential Solar Development in the United States”

Anne Fitzpatrick – UMass Boston – Monday, Feb. 7, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“Teacher Flexibility and School Productivity: Evidence from a Remedial Education Program in India”
Sarah Jacobson – Williams College – Monday, March 21, 12:00 pm
“The Aye of the Storm: Partisan Politics, Informative Events, and Voting on Environmental Legislation”
Michael Neugart – Technische Universitat Darmstadt – Monday, March 28, 12:00 pm
“Effects of Technological Change and Automation on Industry Structure and (Wage-)Inequality: Insights from a Dynamic Task-Based Model”
Kate Suslava – Bucknell University – Monday, April 4, 12:00 pm
“Benefits of Having a Female CFO”
Jacob Bastian – Rutgers University – Monday, April 11, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“Overcoming Credit Constraints and Migrating Out of Rural and Distressed America“

Paul Thompson – Oregon State University – Monday, Sept. 27, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“Only a Matter of Time? The Role of Time in School on Four-Day School Week Achievement Impacts”
Carly Trachtman (’16) – UC Berkeley – Monday, Oct. 18, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“How much do our neighbors really know?: The limits of community-based targeting”
Dede Long – CSU Long Beach – Monday, Nov. 1, 12:00 pm, Simon 125.
“Urban parks and infant health: a matching and equilibrium sorting approach“
Marwil Dávila Fernández – Bucknell University – Monday, Nov. 15, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“Seeing what Can(not) be seen: Confirmation Bias, Employment Dynamics and Climate Change”
Pinar Gunes – University of Alberta – Monday, Dec. 6, 12:00 pm, Zoom
“Labor Market Conditions and Adult Health in Mexico”
Pritha Chaudhuri – Hamilton College – Monday, Dec. 13, 12:00 pm, Zoom

John Komlos – University of Munich, Monday, Feb. 15, 12:00pm, Zoom
“The Hidden Racism in Economics“
Rajiv Sethi and Homa Zarghamee – Barnard College, Monday, Feb. 22, 12:00pm, Zoom
“Building a Vibrant Department of Economics: A View from Barnard”
Josh Staveley-O’Carroll – Babson College, Monday, March 1, 12:00pm, Zoom
“Exchange Rate Targeting in the Presence of Foreign Debt Obligations“
Matt Larsen – Lafayette College, Monday, March 8, 12:00pm, Zoom
“Spillover Effects of Retention Policies“
Nayana Bose – Scripps College, Monday, March 22, 12:00, Zoom
“Women’s Inheritance Rights & Fertility Decisions: Evidence from India”
Jimena González Ramírez – Manhattan College, Monday, April 5, 12:00pm, Zoom
“The Effectiveness of a Green Default Nudge in Achieving Resource Conservation“
Margaret (Gretchen) Lay – Mount Holyoke, Monday, April 19, 12:00pm, Zoom
“Firm Financing and Liquidity Insurance with a Defined Benefit Pension”

**CANCELED – Shiliang (John) Cui – Georgetown University, Monday, 2/10, 12:00pm, Simon 125
David Rojo-Arjona – Chapman University, Monday, 2/17, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Rob Lester – Colby College, Monday, 3/9, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Erin Cottle Hunt – Lafayette, Brown Bag, Monday, 3/23, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy – Lehigh University, Monday, 3/30, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Marie Hull – UNC-Greensboro, Monday, 4/6, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Jimena Gonzalez Ramirez – Manhattan College, Monday, 4/13, Simon 125
Tomas Williams – George Washington University, Monday, 4/20, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Lena Ogrokina – Lafayette, Brown Bag, Monday, 4/27, 12:00pm, Simon 125

Phil Levine – Wellesley College, Monday, 9/30, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Hongxing Liu – Lafayette, Brown Bag, Monday, 10/7, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Catherine MacLean – Temple University, Monday, 10/21, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Stephen Bruestle’07 – Penn State-Behrend, Monday, 10/28, 12:00pm, Simon 125
James Sullivan – University of Notre Dame, Public Lecture, Tuesday, 10/29, 7:30pm, Oechsle 224
Wendong Zhang – Iowa State University, Monday, 11/4, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Krishna Regmi – Miami University of Ohio, Monday, 11/11, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Seth Neumuller – Wellesley College, Monday, 11/18, 12:00pm, Simon 125
Margaret Lay – Mt. Holyoke College, Monday, 12/2, 12:00pm, Simon 125