News and Workshops

Applications of Economics

Fall 2004

This workshop meets every Monday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday at 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. in SS 401.
Papers can also be accessed directly from http://home.uchicago.edu/~becker/

Sept 27
Luigi Zingales and Paola Sapeinza (GSB, University of Chicago)
"Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange"

Oct 4
Gary Becker (UC Economics) and Richard Posner (UC Law School)
"Suicide: An Economic Approach"

Oct 11
John List (University of Maryland)
"The Behavioralist Meets the Market: Measuring Social Preferences and Reputation Effects in Actual Transactions"

Oct 18
Bernard Salanie (Columbia University)
"Does Fertility Respond to Financial Incentives"

Oct 25
Chris Rohlfs (University of Chicago)
How Much Did the US Government Value its Troops' Lives in World War II?: Evidence on Public Valuation of Fatality Risk From Dollar-Casualty Tradeoffs in Land Battles on the Western Front"

Nov 1
Matthias Doepke (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Social Class and the Spirit of Capitalism"

Nov 8
Casey Mulligan (University of Chicago) and Yona Rubinstein (Tel Aviv University)
"The Closing Gender Gap as a Roy Model Illusion"

Nov 15
Matthew Gentzkow (University of Chicago GSB)
"Television and Voter Turnout"

Nov 22
Ben Matthews (University of Chicago)
"Uncertainty, Profit and Management: An Empirical Test"

Salavat Gabdrakhmanov (University of Chicago)
"Job Mobility and Cross-pollination of Ideas: Implications for Growth"

Nov 29
Julio Elias (University of Chicago)
"The Effects of Ability and Family Background on Non-Monetary Returns to Education"

Dec 6
Erica Benton (University of Chicago)
"Female Occupational Choice and Family Mobility"


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