Applied Microeconomics Lunch
Summer 2008 Schedule
All lunches are held in
Robinson 301 on Wednesdays,
12:00-1:00pm, unless
otherwise noted.
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DATE |
PRESENTER |
TITLE |
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June 25 |
Brian
Knight |
Media Bias
and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements |
|
July 2 |
Steven Bednar (Yale) |
And “Odd”
Phenomenon: Campaign Visits in the 2008 Democratic Primaries |
|
July 9 |
Emilio
Gutierrez |
Do
Voluntary Pollution Reduction Programs Help Reduce Pollution Levels? Evidence from the Mexican Clean Industry
Program |
|
July 16 |
Francisco Campos-Ortiz Louis Putterman |
Property Rights, Collective Action and Public
Choice: Experiments on Emergence of Institutions |
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July 21 |
Glenn Loury |
Affirmative Action in Hierarchies |
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July 23 |
Steven Atlas (Columbia) Louis Putterman |
Setting up an Experimental Laboratory in a Virtual
World: Trust Games in "Second Life" |
|
July 30 |
Leo Feler |
The
Effects of Privatizing Government Banks on Local Economic and Social
Development: Evidence from the Reform of the Brazilian Banking Sector |
|
August 6 |
Dimitra Politi |
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August 20 |
Tiago Freire |
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August 27 |
Nathan
Schiff |
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