Empirical Economics Workshops, Fall 2008
When and Where: Every Tuesday (unless otherwise indicated) from
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at UH
(McElhinney Hall Rm 212) or Rice
(Baker Hall Rm 116) as indicated.
Tuesday, September 23: James Hines (Univ
of Michigan) @UH
"Income
Misattribution Under Formula Apportionment"
Friday, September
26: Richard Romano (Univ of Florida) @Rice
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"Inefficiencies
from Metropolitan Political and Fiscal Decentralization: Failures
of Tiebout Competition"
Tuesday, September 30: Anna Aizer (Brown
Univ) @Rice
"Peer Effects
and Human Capital Accumulation: The Externalities of ADD"
Tuesday, October
7: Martin Gaynor (Carnegie
Mellon) @Rice
"Analysis
of Hospital Production: An Index Function Approach"
Tuesday, October 14: Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth
College) @UH
"Imported
Intermediate Inputs and Domestic Product Growth: Evidence from India"
Tuesday, October 21: Steve Tadelis
(UC Berkeley) @UH
"Bidding
for Incomplete Contracts: An Empirical Analysis of Adaptation Costs"
Tuesday, October 28: Thomas Lemieux
(Univ of British Columbia)
@UH
"Performance
Pay, Wage Flexibility, and Hours Worked"
Tuesday, November 4: Michael Lovenheim
(Stanford Univ) @Rice
"Housing
Wealth, Liquidity Constraints, and College Enrollment"
Tuesday, November 11: Dean Yang
(Univ of Michigan) @UH
"Remittances
and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from
El Salvador"
Tuesday, November 18: Severin Borenstein
(UC Berkeley) @Rice
"Equity and Efficiency Effect of Non-Linear
Retail Electricity Pricing"
Tuesday, December 2: David Y. Albouy
(Univ of Michigan) @Rice
"That
are Cities Worth? Land Rents, Local Productivity, and the Value of
Amenities"
Contact: Richard
Boylan or Aimee
Chin for additional questions.