| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Fall 2004 |
Sept. 17, 2004
11:50 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Braker 01 |
Prof. James Hines, University of Michigan |
"Economic Effects of Regional Tax Havens" |
Sept. 20, 2004
11:50 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Braker 220 |
Prof. Kathryn Dominguez, University of Michigan |
"Exchange Rate Exposure" |
Sept. 27, 2004
11:45 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Crane Room, Paige Hall |
Prof. Paul Seabright, Universite de Toulouse I and Institut
d'Economie Industrielle, Toulouse, France |
"Taming the Murderous Ape: Building Trust in a World of Strangers" |
Oct. 5, 2004
7:00 p.m.
Braker Hall, Room 01 |
Filmmaker Steve Alves will present his film and lead a discussion
afterward.
A reception will follow in the Rabb
Room in Lincoln Filene Hall. |
"Talking to the Wall: The Story of an American Bargain" |
Oct. 15, 2004
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Braker Hall, Room 220 |
Prof. Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University, Tel Aviv University, and
CIAR
Reception to follow |
"Negotiating Free Trade" |
Nov. 1, 2004
11:50 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
Braker Hall, Room 318 |
Bryan Graham, Harvard University |
"Identifying Social Interactions through Excess Variance Contrasts" |
| Nov. 22, 2004 |
Prof. Matthew Rabin, University of California at Berkeley |
TBA |
| Spring 2005 |
Jan. 28, 2005
12:00 p.m. -
1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 226 |
Prof. Wolfgang Keller, University of Texas at Austin |
"Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity
Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from the United States" |
Jan. 31, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 226 |
Prof. Katherine Baicker, Dartmouth College |
"Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Patient
Mortality" |
Feb. 2, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall
Room 318 |
Jannet Chang, Virginia Tech |
"Costly Voting: Voter Comosition and Turnout" |
Feb. 4, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 318 |
Prof. Kristin Terris, Wellesley College |
"Job Matching: The Effects of Job Search on Match Quality" |
Feb. 8, 2005
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 223 |
Daniel Hungerman, Duke University & National Bureau of Economic
Research |
"Are Church and State Substitutes? Evidence from the 1996 Welfare
Reform" |
Feb. 9, 2005
12:00 p.m. -
1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 01 |
Rema Hanna, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
"U.S. Environmental Regulation and FDI: Evidence from a Panel of U.S
Based Multinational Firms" |
Feb. 11, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 318 |
Russell Settle, University of Delaware |
"Do Banks Matter? A Credit View Model for Small Open Economies" |
Feb. 14, 2005
12:00 p.m. -
1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 226 |
Gustavo Bobonis, University of California, Berkeley |
"Income Transfers, Marital Dissolution and Intra-Household Resource
Allocation: Evidence from Rural Mexico" |
| Feb. 17, 2005 |
Prof. John Straub, Texas A&M University |
"Separability and Substitutability of Charitable Contributions
in Individual Utility Functions" |
Feb. 23, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15
p.m.
Braker Hall Room 01 |
Prof. Pinar Dogan, JFK School of Government |
"Partial Licensing of Product Innovations" |
Mar. 7, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 220 |
Prof. Dani Rodrik, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University |
"Rethinking Economic Growth in Developing Countries" |
Apr. 5, 2005
5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Cabot Hall Room 206 |
Spring 2005 Wellington-Burnham Lecture
Prof. Glenn Ellison, Department of Economics, MIT
Refreshments will precede the event. |
"Frictionless Commerce: The Economics of Internet Retailing" |
Apr. 11, 2005
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Lane Hall Room 100 |
2005 Birger Lecture
Eric Hanushek, Hoover Institution | "Can We Improve Our Schools?" |
Apr. 11, 2005
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Braker Hall
Room 01 |
Policy Forum sponsored by the Departments of Child
Development, Economics, and Political Science, and the University
College of Citizenship and Public Service
Panel Participants:
Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University
Barbara Bowman, Erikson Institute
James Peyser, Pioneer Institute on Public Policy
Eric Hanushek, Hoover Institution |
"Public Education, Performance, and Accountability" |
Apr. 25, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15
p.m.
Braker Hall Room 01 |
Professor Phillip Levine, Wellesley College |
"Abortion Legalization and Lifecycle Fertility" |
Apr. 25, 2005
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Olin Hall, Room 011 |
Mr. Rossman Ithnain, Economic Counsellor, Singapore Embassy,
Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by Tufts Singapore Students Association, Tufts Economics
Department, and Contact Singapore, Boston. |
U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Talk |
Apr. 27, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Braker Hall Room 318 |
Associate Professor
Bruce A. Weinberg, Ohio State University |
"People People: Social Capital and the Labor Market Outcomes of
Underrepresented Groups" |
