Public and IO Seminar Series - Spring 2018

Usual time and place: 3:30pm - 5:00pm on Tuesday in Social Sciences 113.
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01/22/2018
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Giulia Brancaccio  (Princeton)
Learning By Trading: The Case of the US Market for Municipal Bonds
Joint with Recruiting.
Note: Seminar will be in Social Sciences 113 at 11:30am on Monday.
01/26/2018
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Francesco Agostinelli  (Arizona State)
Investing in Children's Skills: An Equilibrium Analysis of Social Interactions and Parental Investments
Joint with Recruiting, Labor and Development.
Note: Seminar will be in Social Sciences 113 at 11:30am on Friday.
02/06/2018
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Benjamin Rosa (postdoc candidate)  (Penn)
Subcontracting Requirements and the Cost of Government Procurement
Joint with Recruiting.
Note: Seminar will be in Social Sciences 113 at 11:30am on Tuesday.
02/07/2018
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*RESCHEDULED* Maria Dolores Palacios (postdoc candidate)  (Boston University)
Price Setting and Multitasking by Sales Agents: Evidence from a Contract Change
Joint with Recruiting, Labor and Development.
Note: Seminar will be in Social Sciences 113 at 11:30am on Wednesday.
02/13/2018
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Nina Bobkova  (Bonn University)
Knowing What Matters to Others: Information Selection in Auctions 
Joint with Recruiting, Microeconomic Theory.
Note: Seminar will be in Social Sciences 113 at 11:30am on Tuesday.
02/14/2018
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*RESCHEDULED* Jennifer Doleac  (UVA)
The unintended consequences of ‘ban the box’: Statistical discrimination and employment outcomes when criminal histories are hidden
02/15/2018
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Robert Moffitt  (Johns Hopkins)
Welfare Rules, Incentives, and Family Structure
Joint with Duke University Population Research Institute, Labor and Development.
Note: Seminar will be in Gross Hall 270 at 3:30pm on Thursday.
02/27/2018
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Jacob Leshno  (Columbia)
Monopoly without a Monopolist: An Economic Analysis of the Bitcoin Payment System
03/06/2018
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Brad Larsen  (Stanford)
Joint with UNC.
03/20/2018
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Damon Clark  (UC Irvine)
How Much Does High School Pay? Evidence from Britain
Joint with Labor and Development.
03/27/2018
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Kevin Lang  (Boston)
"The Determinants of Teachers' Occupational Choice"
03/28/2018
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Judy Chevalier  (Yale SOM)
The Value of Flexible Work: Evidence from Uber Drivers
Joint with Fuqua.
Email Ryan McDevitt (ryan.mcdevitt@duke.edu) to set up a meeting.
04/06/2018
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Triangle IO Conference - April 6-7: https://econ.unc.edu/workshops/triangle-microeconomics-conference/  (Duke and UNC)
04/10/2018
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Francois Gerard  (Columbia)
"Unemployment Insurance Schemes and Consumption: Evidence from Brazil" (co-authored with Joana Naritomi)
04/11/2018
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Mike Mazzeo  (Kellogg School of Business)
When Demand Increases Cause Shakeouts
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04/24/2018
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Ilse Lindenlaub  (Yale)
Multi-dimensional Sorting: Theory and Data
05/03/2018
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Mini-Conference of Firm, Industry, and Trade Dynamics, May 3-4  


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