Fall 2013 Seminar Schedule
Wednesdays at 4:15 PM
Room 125, Public Affairs Center
Visitors: Driving directions and a campus map are available.
Date | Speaker | Title |
September 18 |
Resul Cesur (University of Connecticut) |
“When War Comes Home:The Effects of Combat Service on Domestic Violence” |
September 25 - CANCELLED |
Tom Willett (Claremont Grad School) |
"The Political Economy of the Euro Crisis" |
October 2 |
Willa Friedman (Center for Global Development/University of Houston) | "Corruption and the Impact of Imported Antiretroviral Drugs in Averting HIV Deaths" |
October 9 |
Carl Lin (Beijing Normal University/Institute for Study of Labor) | "Minimum Wages and Employment in China" |
Monday October 14 (Joint with History & Sociolgy) |
Rachel Shurman (University of Minnesota) | "Science for the Poor: Firms, Foundations, and the New Green Revolution for Africa. |
Tuesday October 15 | Jan Svejnar (Columbia University) | "Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionare Wealth, Income Distribution & Poverty |
October 30 |
Sarah LaLumia (Williams College) | "The Added Worker Effect Revisited: Differential Responses of Husbands and Wives" |
Monday November 4th | Sanchari Roy (Warwick) | "Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Belief: Evidence from a Psychological Training Program in India" |
November 20 | Giandomenico Sarolli (Drew Univeristy) | "Tuning the Volume:Financial Transactions Taxes with Imcomplete Markets and Counter-cyclical Trading" |
December 4 |
Judit Temesvary (Hamilton College) |
"Explaing the differences Between Local Currency vs. FX-denominated Loans and Deposits in the Cental-Eastern European Economies" |