Applied Microeconomics Lunch

 

Spring 2008 Schedule

 

All lunches are held in Robinson 301 on Wednesdays,

12:00-1:00pm, unless otherwise noted.

 

DATE

PRESENTER

TITLE

NOTES

January 30

Dimitra Politi

The Economic Effects of Micronutrient Deficiency: Evidence from Salt Iodization in the United States

Co-authored work with James Feyrer from Dartmouth College and David N. Weil

February 6

Chisoo Kim

Grown Ownership and Newspaper Endorsement

 

February 13

Svetla Vitanova

Racial Differences in the Speed of Employer Learning

 

February 20

Leo Feler

Exclusionary Policies in Urban Development: How Under-Servicing Poor Households Affects the Growth and Composition of Brazilian Cities

Co-authored work with Vernon Henderson

March 19

Martin Goetz

Competition and Stability: Evidence from U.S. Commercial Banks

 

March 26

SPRING RECESS

April 9

Dimitra Politi

The Effects of Salt Iodization on Schooling and Occupational Choice in Switzerland

 

April 16

Young Chul Kim

Regional Group Inequality in Metropolitan Seoul

 

April 23

Emilio Gutiirrez Fernandez

The Mexican Clean Industry Program, Pollution Levels, and Infant Health

 

April 30

 

 

 

May 7

Jeffrey Greenbaum

Racial Diversity, Child Labor, and the Black-White Gap in School Quality in the US South

 

May 14

Francisco Campos-Ortiz

An Experimental Study on Bribery

 

 

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