University of Wisconsin - Madison

Public Economics Workshop (Department Workshops are Here)

FALL SEMESTER 2009-10, Tuesdays, 3:45-5:15, Morton Room

 

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

September 8

Organizational meeting  
September 15 Erik Hurst, Chicago GSB
"Neighborhood Externalities and Housing Price Dynamics,"
with Veronica Guerrieri and Dan Hartley
September 22    
September 29 Ben Cowan, Wisconsin "Forward-Thinking Teens:  The Effects of College Costs on Adolescent Risky Behavior"
October 6
October 13 Jesse Rothstein, Berkeley Policy School and the CEA "The Value of School Facility Investments:  Evidence from a Dynamic Regression Discontinuity Design"
October 20 Shannon Mok, Wisconsin "Do Bequest Motives Affect Health Spending?"
October 27 Alex Yuskavage, Wisconsin "The Effect of Non-Lethal Weapons
on Police Officer Safety
"
November 3 Monica Singhal, Harvard Kennedy School
 "Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution"
November 10 Alex Gelber, Wharton "Taxes and Time Allocation:  Evidence from Single Women"
November 17    
November 24 No Meeting:  Have a Great Thanksgiving
December 1 Dayanand Manoli, UCLA  
December 8    
December 15 Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Brown