News and Workshops

Applications of Economics

Fall 2006

This workshop meets every Monday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Ro 329.
Papers can also be accessed directly from http://home.uchicago.edu/~becker/
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Archives (Spring 2006)

September 25
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University
"Coarse Thinking and Persuasion"


October 2
Maxim Mironov, University of Chicago GSB
"Economics of Spacemen: Tax Evasion and Firm Performance. Evidence from Russia banking transaction data"


October 9 - From 3:30 to 5:30pm
Rachel Soloveichik, U of C
"Family Transfers in Rural Mexico: An Application to Risk Sharing and Labor Supply Elasticity"
Pablo Pena, U of C
"Tuition and Wealth at American Colleges"

October 16
Effi Benmelech, Harvard University


October 23
Matthew Genzkow, University of Chicago
"What Drives Media Slant?"

October 30
Ben Mathew, U of C
"Volatility, Human Capital and CEO Pay"
Mario Macis, U of C
"Wage Dynamics and Insurance"

November 6
Xavier Gabaix, MIT
"Why Has CEO Pay Increased so Much?"

November 13
Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Columbia University
"Birth Control and Female Empowerment: An Equilibrium Analysis"

November 20
Robert Townsend
"Growth and Inequality: Model Evaluation Based on an Estimation-Calibration Strategy"

November 27
Ken Judd, U of C, joint with Che-Lin Su, Northwestern
Optimal Income Taxation with Multidimensional Taxpayer Types

December 4
Bruce Weinberg, Ohio State University
Social Interactions and Endogenous Associations


Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance