Department of Economics Seminar Series, Spring 2008
| All seminars are scheduled to be held on Fridays in 301 Tilton Hall (same location as before!) at 3:30 pm. However, due to campus scheduling conflicts, the time and place are sometimes subject to last minute change. Visitors from off-campus are advised to call the departmental office (504-865-5321) the day before the scheduled seminar to confirm time and location. Copies of the paper are available in the departmental office during the week of the seminar. If possible, a PDF or a DVI version of the paper will be made available on this page. |
| DATE | SPEAKER | PAPER TITLE |
| September 28 | Leandro Magnusson Tulane University |
"Weak Instruments Robust Tests for Limited Dependent Variable Models" |
| October 12 | Sami Dakhlia University of Southern Mississippi |
"Should Sales Taxes Be Imposed on E-Commerce?" |
| October
22 |
Roselyne Joyeux Macquarie University |
“Which Predictor Is the Best to Predict Inflation in Europe: The Real Money-Gap or a Nominal Money-based Indicator?” |
| October 26 | Keith Finlay Tulane University |
“Identifying the Effect of Never-Married Motherhood on Child Outcomes Using Variation in Incarceration Rates” |
| November 2 | John Conley Vanderbilt University |
"Public Goods, Attention Deficit Disorder and Equilibrium in the Internet Economy" |
| November 9 (new!!) | Jason Pearcy Tulane University |
"Are Consumers Better Off with Organic Products? The Competitive and Welfare Effects of Organic Products" |
| November 16 | Elena Quercioli Tulane University |
TBA |
| November 30 | Peter Egger University of Munich & CESifo |
"Gravity Redux: Structural Estimation of Gravity Equations with Asymmetric Bilateral Trade Costs" |
| December 6 | Charles Calomiris Columbia University |
"Relationship Banking and the Pricing of Financial Services" |
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| March 11 (Tuesday!) | Larry Kotlikoff |
"On the General Relativity of Fiscal Language" |
| March 14 | David Brasington |
"School Choice: Supporters and Opponents" |
| March 28 | Frank Scott |
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April 3 (Thursday!) (Location: Dinwiddie 124) |
Lawrence W. Kenny |
"Intra-party Ideological Cohesion and Electoral Competition: U.S. Senate Elections, 1922-2005" |
| April 11 | Scott Savage |
"The Effects of Competition on the Price for Cable Modem Internet Access" |
| April 18 | Jonathan Pritchett and Myeong-Su Yun, Tulane University |
"In-Hospital Mortality Rate of Slaves: Evidence from Touro Hospital, 1855-1860" |
Financial support for the Department of Economics Seminar Series is
provided by The Murphy Institute
Last Updated on: April 14, 2008