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Seminars

Seminars

Spring 2021

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic
February 8
10 a.m.
Virtual
Seminar Christian Peukert
University of Lausanne
“Digitization and Market Efficiency: Evidence from Bookpublishing Deals”
February 23
3.30 p.m.
Virtual
Seminar Tatyana Deryugina
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 “Pollution and Mortality in the United States: Evidence from 1972-1988”
March 17
3:30 p.m.
Virtual
Seminar Paul Rhode
University of Michigan
TBD
March 31
3:30 p.m.
Virtual
Seminar Celeste Carruthers
University of Tennesee-Knoxville
TBD
April 28
3:30 p.m.
Virtual
Seminar Anusha Chari
UNC Chapel Hill
TBD

Fall 2020

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic

November 11
2 p.m.
Virtual

Seminar Toke Aidt
University of Cambridge
“Franchise Extension and Fiscal Structure in the United Kingdom 1820-1913: A New Test of the Redistribution Hypothesis”

November 18
3:30 p.m.
Virtual

Seminar Anusha Chari
UNC Chapel Hill
Postponed until Spring 2021

December 2
3:45 p.m.
Virtual

Seminar Aimee Chin
University of Houston
“Inclusive Growth through Microfinance and Entrepreneurial Training: New Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation”

Spring 2020

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic
March 27
3.30 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Mark Anderson
Montana State University
POSTPONED
April 9
5 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Charles Moul
Miami University in Ohio
CANCELLED
April 28
TBD
Junior Faculty Workshop Sudipta Sarangi 
Virginia Tech
CANCELLED

Fall 2019

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic

September 9
3.30 p.m.
Kirby 109

Seminar Neel U. Sukhatme
Georgetown University Law Center

“Down to the Last Strike: The Effect of the Jury Lottery on Conviction Rates”

September 11
Noon
Kirby 202

Junior 
Faculty
Workshop
Simas Kucinskas
Humboldt University,
Berlin

“Complexity and Expectation Formation“  (with Simin He)

September 24
11 a.m.
Kirby B01B

Junior Faculty Workshop Matthew Johnson
Duke University

“The Labor Market Impacts of Legal Restrictions on Worker Mobility” 

October 16
3.30 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Shi Qi
William and Mary

“Innovation Uncertainty, Patents and Productivity Misallocation”

October 23
Noon
Kirby 202

Junior Faculty Workshop Matt Klepacz
William and Mary

“The Real Effects of Monetary Shocks: Evidence from Micro Pricing Moments”  

October 28
3.30 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Carl Kitchens
Florida State University

“Highways and Globalization: The Role of Domestic Trade Costs in Regional Development”

November 6
3.30 p.m.
Kirby 103

Junior Faculty Workshop Dan Garrett
Duke University

“Conflicts of Interest in Municipal Bond Advising and Underwriting”

November 18
3.30 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Angela Cools
Davidson College

“Boys, Girls, and High Achievers”

December 5
11 a.m.
Kirby B01B

Junior 
Faculty
Workshop
Megan Regan
Wake Forest Univeristy

TBD

Spring 2019

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic
March 4
4 p.m.
Kirby 104
Seminar Cosmin Ilut
Duke University
“Economic agents as imperfect problem solvers”

April 15
Noon
Kirby 108

Junior Faculty Workshop Cheng Chen Clemson University  “Uncertainty, Imperfect Information, and Learning in the International Market”

 Fall 2018

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic

September 5
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Tim Groseclose
George Mason University
“Tax Leakage and the Rule of t Over 1-t”

September 24
Noon
Kirby 104

Junior Faculty Workshop Siying Liu
Wake Forest
University
“Opioid Poisoning Deaths and Local Physician Practicing Styles” 

September 26
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Jessica Bean
Denison University
“Young Adult Labor and the Household Economy in Interwar London”

October 15
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Haizhen Lin
Indiana University
“Non-Parametric Estimation of Search Costs for
Differentiated Products: Evidence from Medigap”

October 17
Noon
Kirby 104

Junior Faculty Workshop Dajun Lin
University of Virginia
“Multi-Dimensional Abilities, Task Content of Occupations, and Career Choices: A Dynamic Analysis”

November 7
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Chris Ruhm University of Virginia “Drivers of the Fatal Drug Epidemic”

November 13
3 p.m.
Kirby 108

Junior Faculty Workshop Wenting Ma
University of UNC Chapel Hill
“Market Power, Finance Wages, and Inequality”

November 28
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Boris Gershman
American University
“Witchcraft Beliefs as a Cultural Legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Evidence from Two Continents”  

 Spring 2018

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic

February 23
noon
Kirby 104

Junior Faculty Workshop Tommy Leung
Wake Forest University
“Why Are Inferior Seats “Underpriced”? Evidence from the English
Premier League”

March 16
3 p.m.
Kirby 103

Junior Faculty Workshop Bobby Chung
Clemson University
“Influences from Peers’ Parents on College Attainment”

April 4
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Jayjit Roy
Appalachian State University
“Exporting and Pollution Abatement Expenditure: Evidence from
Firm-Level Data”

April 18
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Jay Shimshack
University of Virginia
“Does Mandatory Labeling of Outfall Points Influence Pollution and Compliance?  Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Ohio”

Fall 2017

Date, Location   Type Speaker Topic
September 27
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Babur De los Santos
Clemson University
“Agency Pricing and Bargaining: Empirical Evidence from the E-Book Market”
October 2
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar John Burger
Loyola University
“Currency Matters: Analyzing International Bond Portfolios”
October 18
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Noel Johnson
George Mason University
“The Effects of Land Redistribution: Evidence from the French Revolution”
October 30
12-1 p.m.
Kirby 108

Junior Faculty Workshop

Laura Connolly
University of Alabama
“The Effects of a Trade Shock on Gender-Specific Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil”
November 8
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Cathleen Johnson
University of Arizona
“PRINCE: An Improved Method for Measuring Incentivized Preferences”

 Spring 2017

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic

March 22 
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Mark Koyama
George Mason University
“Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China”

April 3
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Matthew Lewis
Clemson University
“Competition and Quality Choice in Hospital Markets”

April 17
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Byron Tsang
Virginia Tech
“What Cycles? Data Detrending in DSGE Models”

Fall 2016

Date, Location Type Speaker Topic
September 12
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Sandy Darity
Duke University
“Stratification Economics: A New Subfield”

September 21
4 p.m.
Kirby 103

Seminar Alejandro Zentner
UT Dallas

“Measuring E-Commerce Concentration Effects When Product Popularity is Channel-Specific”

October 3
3 p.m.
Kirby 104

Junior Workshop Elizabeth Bennett Stulting Chiles
UCLA

“Shrouded Prices and Firm Reputation: Evidence from the U.S. Hotel Industry”

October 17
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Thayer Morrill
NC State University

“Which School Assignments are Legal?”

November 4
3 p.m.
Kirby 104
Junior Workshop Caleb Stroup
Davidson College

“Entry and Competition in Corporate Takeover Markets”

 Spring 2016

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic
February 24
4 – 5.15 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
Duke University
“State Taxes and Spatial Misallocation”                                                                                                                           
March 30
4 – 5.15 p.m.
Kirby  103
Seminar David S. Jacks
Simon Fraser University
“From Boom to Bust: A Typology of Real Commodity Prices in the Long Run”
April 13
4 – 5.15 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Doug Webber
Temple University
“Are College Costs Worth it? How Ability, Major, and Debt Affect the Returns to Schooling”
April 20
12 – 1 p.m.
Kirby B02
Junior Workshop Jonathan Williams
UNC Chapel Hill
“Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband”

       Fall 2015

Date, Location Type Speaker Topic
September 23
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Allan Collard-Wexler
Duke University
“How do Power Shortages Affect Industry: Evidence from India”
September 30
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Brian Baisa
Amherst University

“Efficient Multi-unit Auctions with Non-Quasilinear Preferences”

October 2
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Junior Workshop Christina Dalton
Wake Forest University

“Why Do Firms Use Insurance to Fund Worker Health Benefits? The Role of Corporate Finance”

October 19
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Stephen Billings
UNC Charlotte
“Partners in Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks”
October 28
2 p.m.
Kirby B01B
Junior Workshop Veronica Sovero
Wake Forest University
“A Course Level Analysis of STEM Retention and the Distribution of Ability:
Can it Explain the Racial Gap?”
November 10
4 p.m.
Kirby 104
Seminar Katherine Eriksson
UC Davis
“The Impact of Migration on Infant Health: Evidence from the Great Migration”
November 18
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Junior Workshop Ashley Vissing
Duke University
“One-to-Many Matching with Complementary Preferences: An Empirical Study of Natural Gas Lease Quality and Market Power”
December 2
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
 Seminar Daniel Stone
Bowdoin College
“Bias and Affective Polarization”

       Spring 2015

Date, Location

Type Speaker Topic
February 23
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Barkley Rosser
James Madison University
“Complexity and Behavioral Economics”.
March 2
4 p.m.
Kirby  108
Seminar David Frisvold
University of Iowa
“Does Full-Day Kindergarten Combined with
Small Class Size Boost Test Scores?”
March 18
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar William Hauk
University of South Carolina
“Endogeneity and Growth Regressions”
March 27
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Junior Workshop Jonathan Lee
East Carolina University
“The Impact of Hetrogeneous NOx
Regulations on Distributed Electricity
Generation in U.S. Manufacturing”
April 1
4 p.m.
Kirby 103
Seminar Susan Godlonton
Williams College
“Does a Ban on Informal Health Providers
Save Lives Evidence from Malawi?”

 

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About Us

Wake Forest Economics Department

225 Kirby Hall (Calloway Center)

Wake Forest University

Box 7505

Winston-Salem, NC 27109 USA

336 758 5334

 

Administrative Coordinator

Joanna Hamilton

hamiltjk@wfu.edu

 

Department Chair

Sandeep Mazumder

mazumds@wfu.edu

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    • Virtual Conference on Social Choice Theory and Applications 2021

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