Applications of Economics
This workshop meets every Monday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Ro 329. For questions, please contact Virginia Bova.
SPRING 2012
March 26
Glen Weyl (University of Chicago)
"Multidimensional Product Design"
April 2
Emir Kamenica (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)
"Labor Supply of Politicians"
April 9
Chad Syverson (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)
"Advertising and Competition in Privatized Social Security: The Case of Mexico"
April 16
Arthur Lewbel (Boston College)
"Children's Resources in Collective Households: Identification, Estimation and an Application to Child Poverty in Malawi"
April 23
Michael Greenstone (MIT)
"Truth-Telling by Third-Party Auditors: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in India"
April 30
Aloisio Araujo (IMPA - Instituto Nacional de Matematica Pura e Aplicada)
"Regulating Collateral, Bankruptcy Laws and the Case of Brazil"
Related Papers:
"Regulating Collateral-Requirements When Markets Are Incomplete"
"The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law Experience"
May 7
Aloysium Siow (University of Toronto)
"Becker Meets Ricardo: Multisector Matching with Social and Cognitive Skills"
May 14
Paola Giuliano (UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management)
"On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough"
May 21
Scott Kominers (University of Chicago)
May 28 (Memorial Day Holiday - No Workshop)
June 4
TBD
