Spring 2016 Seminar Schedule
Wednesdays at 4:15 PM
Room 422, Public Affairs Center
Visitors: Driving directions and a campus map are available.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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February 17 |
William English (Federal Board of Governors) |
"Interest Rate Risk and Bank Equity Valuations" |
| March 2 | Josh Mollner (Northwestern-Visting MSR) | "Trading in Fragmented Markets" |
| March 23 | Belinda Archinbong (Barnard College) | "Where Local Kings Rule:Long-Term Impacts of Precolonial Institutions and Geography on Acces to PUblic Infrastructure Services in Nigeria" |
| March 30 | Daniel Riera-Crichton (Bates Collge) | "Economic Shocks and Battle Deaths in Civil Wars" |
| April 6 | Supreet Kaur (Columbia) | "Do Enforcement Constraints Prevent Trade? Evidence on Contracting Failures in Irrigation Markets" |
| April 13 | Book Club Discussion | "The New Geography of Jobs" by Enrico Moretti |
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April 20 in PAC001 |
Maurice Obstfeld (Berkeley) |
"The Global Economy in 2016" |
| April 27 | Nate Hilger (Brown University) | "Upward Mobility and Discrimination: the Case of Asian-Americans" |
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Hogendorn Lecture May 4 |
Kira Markiewicz Fabrizio '97 (Boston University) |
"Does Innovation Policy Attract International Competition? Evidence from Energy Storage" |