Department of Economics, Brown University
Applied Micro
Lunch Schedule, Fall
2013
Tuesdays,
12:00-1:00 PM, Robinson 301 (unless otherwise indicated)
|
DATE |
PRESENTER |
TITLE |
|
9/24 |
Michael Suher (Brown) |
“Future house price
expectations in the recent boom and bust” |
|
10/1 |
Ahmed Rahman (US Naval Academy) |
“Can Post-Secondary
College Preparatory Programs Increase the Likelihood of Success in College?” |
|
10/8 |
Anja Sautmann (Brown) |
“Credit Constrains and the
Measurement of Time Preferences” |
|
10/15 |
Tim Squires (Brown) |
“Impact of Access to the
Electrical Grid: Evidence from Honduras” |
|
10/22 |
Alex Eble (Brown) |
“Returns to education in
China: evidence from a unique policy experiment” |
|
11/1 (Friday) |
Heitor Pellegrina (Brown) |
“Roads, Trade and
Structural Transformation: Evidence from the Amazon” |
|
11/5 |
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|
11/12 |
Oana Borcan (University of Gothenburg) |
“Fighting Corruption:
Monitoring and Punishment. Effects of a National Campaign on High-Stakes
Exams” |
|
11/19 |
Emilio Gutierrez (Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de
México) |
“TV Advertising and Vote
intentions: Evidence from Random Variation in Ad Viewership during Mexico's
2012 Presidential Campaign” |
|
11/26 |
Sandip Sukhtankar (Dartmouth College) |
“Payments Infrastructure
and the Performance of Public Programs: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in
India” |
|
12/3 |
Raphael
Franck (Bar Ilan University) |
"The cultural diffusion
of the fertility transition: Evidence from internal migration in 19th century
France" |
|
12/6 (Friday) |
Sam Brown (Brown) |
“Informal Insurance and
Investment” |
|
12/10 |
Sveta Milusheva (Brown) |
“Analyzing the Effect of
Proximity to Health Care Centers on Income Mobility After Using a Reweighting
Procedure” |
For questions or to request a slot, please contact:
Heitor
(Heitor_Pellegrina@brown.edu) or David
(David_Glick@brown.edu).
Links
to past lunches: