The seminar series is held on Fridays from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in 126A Gibson Hall (new location!). Exceptions are in green. Other colloquia and lectures that may interest economists are also listed. This schedule can be added to your calendar. We have prepared an information sheet for seminar visitors.
Fall 2018 |
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| September 14, 2018 |
Ph.D. Candidate, Tulane University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| September 21, 2018 |
George Mason University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| September 28, 2018 |
Ph.D. Candidate, Tulane University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| October 5, 2018 |
Georgia State University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| October 19, 2018 |
Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| November 9, 2018 |
University of Michigan |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| November 30, 2018 |
Ph.D. Candidate, Tulane University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
| December 7, 2018 |
Northwestern University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
Fall 2017 |
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September 8, 2017 |
University of South Alabama |
Econ seminar: Aircraft Noise and Urban Externalities |
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September 15, 2017 |
University of California-Los Angeles |
Econ seminar: Show Them the Money: The Effect of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Intergenerational Patterns of Voter Participation (abstract) |
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September 29, 2017 (in Tilton 305) |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: Self-defense Policy, Justified Homicides, and Race |
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October 6, 2017 (1:00 pm, in Gibson 325) |
University of Miami |
Econ seminar: Uncertainty-driven Cooperation |
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October 27, 2017 |
Tulane University |
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November 3, 2017 |
Cornell University |
Econ seminar: Contract Employment as a Worker Discipline Device |
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November 10, 2017 |
University of California-Davis |
Econ seminar: Cotton, Slavery, and the New History of Capitalism |
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December 1, 2017 |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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December 4, 2017 (new date) |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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Spring 2018 |
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February 7, 2018 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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February 23, 2018 |
University of West Virginia |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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March 2, 2018 |
University of Michigan |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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March 9, 2018 (new date) |
University of Colorado |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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March 19, 2018 (Monday, in Mayer 101) |
Harvard Medical School |
Econ seminar: The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Disability Insurance Program: Evidence from the Great Recession |
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April 6, 2018 (Cancelled) |
Harvard University (Kennedy School) |
Econ seminar: Cancelled |
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April 20, 2018 |
University of California-Los Angeles |
Econ seminar: The Costs of Job Displacement over the Business Cycle and its Sources: Evidence from Germany |
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April 27, 2018 (New) |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: Drug Wars, Crackdowns, and Policy Design under Collusion (abstracts) |
Fall 2016 |
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September 2, 2016 |
Columbia University |
Econ seminar: Contested Property: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum U.S. South |
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September 30, 2016 |
University of Michigan |
Econ seminar: Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later Life Health Care Utilization |
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October 7, 2016 |
Columbia University |
Econ seminar: Auctions with Limited Commitment |
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November 4, 2016 (new date) |
University of Southern California |
Econ seminar: Do China’s High-Speed-Rail Projects Promote Local Economy? |
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November 11, 2016 (new date) |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: Does Health IT Adoption Lead to Better Information or Worse Incentives? |
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November 18, 2016 |
Case Western Reserve University |
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December 2, 2016 |
Rice University |
Econ seminar: Eliciting Maternal Expectations About the Technology of Cognitive Skill Formation |
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December 9, 2016 |
University of Arkansas |
Econ seminar: Supermarket Access and Childhood Obesity: Evidence from Store Openings and Closings |
Spring 2017 |
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January 20, 2017 |
Stanford University |
Econ seminar: Private Provision of Social Insurance: Drug-specific Price Elasticities and Cost Sharing in Medicare Part D |
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January 27, 2017 (New!) |
Wuhan University |
Econ seminar: Haze and Decision Making: A Natural Laboratory Experiment (Abstract) |
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February 3, 2017 |
Claremont Graduate University |
Econ seminar: How Did It Get So Late So Soon? The Effects of Time Distortion on Discounting |
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February 10, 2017 (Rescheduled) |
Auburn University |
Econ seminar: Resource Depletion, Factor Proportions, and Trade |
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February 17, 2017 |
Michigan State University |
Econ seminar: Policy, Prices, Expenditures and Dietary Diversity of Rwandan Households |
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February 20, 2017 (Rescheduled) Richardson 204 |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Econ seminar: Flypaper or Attractive Recycling? The Department of Defense 1033 Program and Local Government Spending |
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March 10, 2017 |
University of Chicago |
Econ seminar: An Algorithm for Stochastic Games with Perfect Monitoring |
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March 24, 2017 |
University of Alabama |
Econ seminar: The Impact of the Cost of Car Ownership on the Housing Price Gradient in Singapore |
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April 7, 2017 |
University of Colorado-Denver |
Econ seminar: Taste-Based Discrimination and the Labor Market Outcomes of Arab and Muslim Men in the United States (paper coming soon) |
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April 21, 2017 (cancelled) |
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April 28, 2017 |
University of California-Irvine |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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May 5, 2017 Tilton 307 |
SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University |
Econ seminar: The Political Economy of the Upcoming Basic Income Experiments |
(Archived seminars) |
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Spring 2016 |
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January 15, 2016 |
Rand Corporation |
Econ seminar: The Effect of Social Security (Mis)information on the Labor Supply of Older Americans (paper coming soon) |
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January 22, 2016 |
Cornell University |
Econ seminar: Cowboys & Indians: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Cigarette Brand Loyalty (paper coming soon) |
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January 29, 2016 |
Cancelled |
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February 12, 2016 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
Econ seminar: Computing Equilibria of Dynamic Games |
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February 26, 2016 1:30 PM -- Tilton 307 |
Harvard University |
Econ seminar: Do Hospital-Owned Skilled Nursing Facilities Provide Better Post-Acute Care Quality? |
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March 4, 2016 |
Chapman University |
Econ seminar: Generalizations of the General Lotto and Colonel Blotto Games |
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March 11, 2016 |
University of Maryland-College Park |
Econ seminar: The Impact of School and Classroom Gender Composition on Educational Achievement |
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March 18, 2016 |
University of Colorado-Boulder |
Econ seminar: For Want of a Cup: The Rise of Tea in England and the Impact of Water Quality on Economic Development |
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April 1, 2016 |
Vanderbilt University |
Econ seminar: Up from Slavery? Intergenerational Mobility in the Shadow of Jim Crow |
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April 8, 2016 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Canceled |
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 3:30 pm, Tilton 307 |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
Econ seminar: The Contribution of Increased Equity to the Estimated Social Benefits from a Transfer Program: An Illustration from PROGRESA |
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April 15, 2016 |
University of Kansas |
Econ seminar: A Semiparametric Quantile Panel Data Model with an Application to Estimating the Growth Effect of FDI |
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Fall 2015 |
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Sep 4, 2015 note: Tilton 301 |
Bush School of Government, Texas A & M University |
Econ seminar: Discrimination at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Evidence from Resume Randomization and Eye-tracking |
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Sep 18, 2015 |
Tulane University Economics/Murphy Institute |
Econ seminar: Profit Complementarities in the Adoption of Electronic Medical Records by U.S. Hospitals |
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Sep 25, 2015 |
University of Alberta School of Business |
Econ seminar: Overlapping International Green R&D Agreements |
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Oct 2, 2015 |
University of Alabama |
Econ seminar: A Partially Parametric Model |
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Oct 9, 2015 |
Tulane University Economics/Murphy Institute |
Econ seminar: Getting What We Vote For: A Quasi-Experimental Test of Ballot Initiatives |
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Oct 23, 2015 |
Tulane University Economics/Murphy Institute |
Canceled |
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Oct 30, 2015 |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: When Does Introducing a Value Added Tax Increase Economic Effciency? Evidence from Synthetic Control Methods |
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Nov 6, 2015 |
Ohio State University |
Econ seminar: The National Rise in Residential Segregation |
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Nov 9, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm LBC 203 (Stibbs Room) |
Murphy Institute Yates Lecture: Joel Slemrod University of Michigan |
Murphy seminar: Taxing Beards and Breasts, Wigs and Windows: Weird Taxes of the Past and Their Lessons for Tax Policy Today |
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Nov 13, 2015 |
University of Pennsylvania |
Econ seminar: Is Dynamic Competition Socially Beneficial? The Case of Price as Investment |
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Nov 20, 2015 |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: Banking on Trust: Debit Cards, Cash Transfers, and Savings in Mexico |
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Dec 4, 2015 (3:00-4:15) |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: The Effect of Contracting Out Low Performing Schools on Student Performance |
Spring 2015 |
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Feb 27, 2015 |
Macalester College |
Econ seminar: Trade, Migration, and the Place Premium: Mexico and the United States |
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Thurs, March 5, 4:00 pm: Rogers Memorial Chapel |
Harvard University |
Murphy Yates Lecture: Understanding Long Run Changes in U.S. Wage Inequality |
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March 13, 2015 |
Georgia State University |
Econ seminar: TBA |
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March 20, 2015 |
Emory University |
Econ seminar: Understanding the Limited Demand for Long-term Care Insurance: The Role of Financial Literacy |
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March 27, 2015 |
Harvard University |
Econ seminar: Optimal Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com |
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Apr 10, 2015 |
Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Institut |
Econ seminar: (New topic) The Role of Source- and Host-Country Characteristics in Female Immigrant Labor Supply |
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Apr 17, 2015 |
Christopher Cronin (new!) Notre Dame |
Econ seminar: Insurance-Induced Moral Hazard: A Dynamic Model of Within-Year Medical Care Decision Making Under Uncertainty |
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Monday, April 20, 2015, 3:00 pm: Mayer 106 |
University of Tennessee |
Econ seminar: Shareholder Protection and Dividend Policy: An Experimental Analysis |
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April 24, 2015 |
Stanford University |
Econ seminar: One Step at a Time: The Effects of an Early Literacy Text Messaging Program for Parents of Preschoolers |
Fall 2014 |
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Sep 12, 2014 |
William and Mary |
Econ seminar: Coal to Crops: Fuel Makeup, Air Pollution, and Domestic Food Production |
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Sep 19, 2014 |
Pennsylvania |
Econ seminar: When Do Covariates Matter? And Which Ones, and How Much? |
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Sep 26, 2014 |
Tulane University |
Econ seminar: Nontariff Barriers, Integration and the Transatlantic Economy |
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Mon, Oct 6, 2014, 12 noon: Gibson 126A |
Oregon |
Econ seminar: Dynamic Dissolutions and Unifications |
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Oct 17, 2014 |
Cornell |
Econ seminar: The Incidence of Recent Child Health Improvements |
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Oct 24, 2014 |
Murphy Institute Conference: Expanding the Frontiers of Behavioral Public Economics |
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Oct 31, 2014: 12 noon, Tilton 307 |
University of Oregon |
Econ seminar: Lindahl and Equilibrium |
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Nov 7, 2014 |
University of California-Riverside |
Econ seminar: Private-Information Group Contests |
| Nov 21, 2014 |
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business |
Econ seminar: Positive Spillovers and Free Riding in Advertising of Prescription Pharmaceuticals: the Case of Antidepressants |
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Mon, Dec 1, 2014, 3:00 pm: Gibson 126A |
Humboldt University, Berlin |
Econ seminar: Payroll Taxes, Social Insurance and Business Cycles |
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Dec 5, 2014 |
Florida |
Econ seminar: A Little Bit Nasty, Some of the Time: Mixed Strategy Equilibria in Political Campaigns with Continuous Negativity |
Financial support for the Department of Economics Seminar Series is provided by the Murphy Institute. Seminars marked with an asterisk are funded by the Newcomb-Tulane Duren Professorship.