The Tufts University Economics Department sponsors research
seminars, lectures, and events throughout the year.
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
September 15, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Nancy Qian
Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University |
The Impact of Potatoes on Population Growth and
Urbanization after Columbus: A Historic Natural Experiment |
September 25, 2008
4:30 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Stephen L. Ross
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut |
The Effect of Classmate Characteristics on Individual Outcomes:
Evidence from the Add Health |
October 20, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Jeremy Stein
Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics, Harvard University |
Rethinking Capital Regulation |
October 27, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Doug Gollin
Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College |
Malaria: Disease Impacts and Long-Run Growth |
November 3, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Tisch Rm. 314 |
Marios Zachariadis
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of
Cyprus |
Understanding International Deviations from the Law of One
Price |
November 10, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Stephen L. Parente
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
The Evolution of Markets and the Revolution of Industry |
November 14, 2008
3:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Marilda Sotomayor
Professor of Economics, FEA-University of Sao Paolo, Visiting Professor of Economics, Brown University |
Admission Games Induced by Stable Matching Rules |
November 17, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Nelson C. Mark
DeCrane Professor of International Economics, University of Notre Dame |
PPP Strikes Out: The Effect of Common Factor Shocks on the Real Exchange Rate |
December 1, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Andrea Vindigni
Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University |
A Theory
of Military Dictatorships
|
December 8, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Daniel Mejia
Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia |
The War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking: An Economic Evaluation of Plan Colombia |
February 6, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
José A. Tavares
Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Female Labor Force Participation and Macroeconomics |
March 25, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Braker Hall 001 |
Karl E. Case
Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics,
Wellesley College |
"Housing and the Real Economy: Where Do We Go From Here?"
(Birger Lecture) |
April 3, 2009
4:30 p.m.
Cabot 206 |
David Laibson
Department of Economics, Harvard University
Daeyeol Lee
Department of Neurobiology, Yale University |
"Neuroeconomics and Homo Economicus: Where Are We Now and Where
Are We Going?" (Wellington Burnham Lecture) |
April 14, 2009
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Lincoln Filene, Rabb Room |
Maristella Botticini
Professor of Economics, Collegio
Carlo Alberto (Universita' di Torino) and Boston University |
"The Price of Love: Marriage Markets in Comparative
Perspective" |
