Workshops
The Available Workshops for the Current Week
Monday, February 20
Behavioral Science Workshop
Loren Nordgren (Northwest University), "How Empathy Gaps Influence Social Judgment: Implications for Torture Policy, School Bullying, and Handgun Legislation," 10:10am, Classroom 06, Chicago Booth
Workshop in Macro/International Economics
Amir Sufi (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business), "What Explains High Unemployment? The Aggregate Demand Channel,"11:45am, Room C10, Chicago Booth
Applied Theory Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
Workshop in Applications of Economics
Casey Mulligan (University of Chicago), "Do Welfare Policies Matter for Labor Market Aggregates? Quantifying Safety Net Work Incentives since 2007," 3:30pm, Rosenwald 329
Tuesday, February 21
Center for Human Potential & Public Policy
NO WORKSHOP
Marketing Workshop
Przemek Jeziorsk (UC Berkeley), "Estimation of cost synergies from mergers without cost data: Application to U.S. radio," 10:40am, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
CHAS/Davis Seminar on Health
NO WORKSHOP
Operations/Management Science Workshops
NO WORKSHOP
Workshop in Finance
Gerard Hoberg (Maryland, Smith), "Text-Based Network Industries and Endogenous Product Differentiation," 1:20pm, Harper Center Room 03, Chicago Booth
Public Policy & Economics Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
Workshop in Economic Theory
NO WORKSHOP
Law & Economics Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
East Asia
Marie-Eve Reny (University of Chicago), “Authoritarian Survival and the Politics of Containment: Why Local Governments in China Tolerate Unregistered Protestant Churches,” 4:00pm, Pick Lounge
Rational Models Seminar
NO WORKSHOP
Wednesday, February 22
Workshop in Applied Economics
NO WORKSHOP
Economic Policy & Public Finance Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
Econometrics Workshop
Arthur Lewbel (Boston College), "Generalized Random Coefficients With Equivalence Scale Applications," 3:30pm, Rosenwald 329
Political Economy Workshop
NO WORKSHOP
Thursday, February 23
Workshop in Demography
Maria Fitzpatrick (Cornell University), "How Much Do Public School Teachers Value Their Retirement Benefits?," 12(noon), NORC Room 233, Harris School
Econometrics & Statistics Colloquium
Hao Wang (University of South Carolina), "On a Class of Shrinkage Priors for Covariance Matrix Estimation," 1:20pm, Harper Center Room 3B, Chicago Booth
Money & Banking Workshop
Manuel Amador (Stanford University), "Fiscal Policy in Debt Constrained Economies" 3:30pm, Rosenwald 329
Health Economics Workshop
Kelli Canada (University of Chicago), "Serious Mental Illnesses & Social Networks: Perspectives from Mental Health Court Participants," 3:30pm, Room 140-B, Harris School
Friday, February 24
Workshop on the Economics & Biodemography of Aging & Health Care
Richard Steckel (Ohio State University), "The Long Shadow of American Slavery: Human Capital, 1850-1910," 1:30pm, Harper Center Room 3A, Chicago Booth
Scientific and Statistical Computing Seminar
Aaron Dinner (University of Chicago) "TBA," 3:30pm, Room 133, Eckhart Hall
