Workshops
The Available Workshops for the Current Week
Monday, May 14
Behavioral Science Workshop
Jonathan Masur (University of Chicago Law School), "Law, Policy, and Happiness," 10:10am, Classroom 06, Chicago Booth
Workshop in Macro/International Economics
Ben Jones (Northwestern University), "The Human Capital Stock: A Generalized Approach," 11:45am, Room C10, Chicago Booth
Applied Theory Workshop
Alex Frankel (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business), "Delegating Multiple Decisions," 1:30pm, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
Workshop in Applications of Economics
Paolo Giuliano (UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management), "On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough," 3:30pm, Rosenwald 329
Tuesday, May 15
Center for Human Potential & Public Policy
NO WORKSHOP
Marketing Workshop
Kanishka Misra (London Business School), "Robust Firm Pricing with Panel Data," 10:40am, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
CHAS/Davis Seminar on Health
Dara Strolovitch (University of Minnesota), "TBA," 12(noon), Room W-IV, School of Social Service Administration
Operations/Management Science Workshops
Dimitris Bertsimas (MIT), "A computationally tractable theory of performance analysis in stochastic systems," 12:10pm, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
Workshop in Finance
Dirk Jenter (Stanford University), "CEO Preferences and Acquisitions," 1:20pm, Harper Center Room 03, Chicago Booth
Public Policy & Economics Workshop
Ioana Marinescu (University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy), "Wages, Job Queues, and Skills," 3:30pm, Room 140C, Harris School
Workshop in Economic Theory
Navin Kartik (Columbia University), "Effective Communication in Cheap-Talk Games," 3:30pm, Rosenwald 329
Law & Economics Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
East Asia
Le Lin (University of Chicago), “Detour of Translation: Structuration of Brokers and the Crystallization of Modern Political and Social Terms in Chinese, 1890-1930,” 4:00pm, Pick Lounge
Rational Choice Seminar
NO WORKSHOP
Wednesday, May 16
Workshop in Applied Economics
Andrew T. Sweeting (Duke University), "Dynamic Pricing Behavior in Perishable Goods Markets: Evidence from Secondary Markets for Major League Baseball Tickets," 1:20pm, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
Economic Policy & Public Finance Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
Econometrics Workshop
Jakub Kastl (Stanford University), "Liquidity Auctions, Fixed Rate Tenders & Bailouts in the EURO Zone," 3:30pm, Rosenwald 301
Political Economy Workshop
Yosh Halberstam (Toronto University), "TBA," 4:00pm, Room 140B, Harris School
Thursday, May 17
Workshop in Demography
Marguerite Burns In(Harvard University Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute), "Effect of Medicare Part D on Quality of Care: Dual Enrollees with Bipolar 1 Disorder," 12(noon), NORC Room 233, Harris School
Econometrics & Statistics Colloquium
Azeem Shaikh (University of Chicago), "On the Testability of Identification in Some Nonparametric Models with Endogeneity," 1:20pm, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
Money & Banking Workshop
Aloisio Araujo (IMPA), "General Equilibrium, Wariness and Efficient Bubbles," 3:30pm, Rosenwald 329
Health Economics Workshop
**PLEASE NOTE TIME AND ROOM CHANGE** Wesley Yin (Boston University), "Drug Quality and the Development of Private Retail Pharmacy Markets in India ," 2:30pm, Room 140-C, Harris School
Friday, May 18
Workshop on the Economics & Biodemography of Aging & Health Care
NO WORKSHOP - CLIOMETRICS CONFERENCE
Scientific and Statistical Computing Seminar
Stanley Osher (University of California - Los Angeles), " Applications and Implications of Fast Methods for L1 Related Optimization," 3:30pm. Room 133, Eckhart Hall
