Schedule for Academic Year 2017/2018
Sponsored by the Christian A. Johnson Lecture Series
All seminars meet at 4pm in Diamond 341 unless otherwise noted.
Fall 2017
Seminar
Wednesday, September 20
“Social Insurance and Efficient Occupational Mobility”
Pedro Silos
Temple University
Seminar (cancelled)
Thursday, September 28
“Financial Contagion in the Laboratory: Does Network Structure Matter?”
Melanie Parravano
Newcastle University
Seminar
Monday, October 2
Topic TBD
Alan Zebedee
Clarkson University
Seminar
Thursday, October 19
“Implementing Faustmann-Marshall-Pressler: Stochastic Dynamic Programming in Space”
Harry Paarsch
University of Central Florida
Seminar
Friday, October 27 (3pm in Diamond 141)
“Forest Loss, Malaria, and Children’s Health and Education Outcomes in Nigeria”
Julia Berazneva
Middlebury College
Seminar
Monday, November 6 (4pm in Diamond 153)
“Rents and Welfare in the Second Industrial Revolution: Evidence from New York City”
Rowena Gray
University of California, Merced
Seminar
Friday, November 17
“Refugee Admissions and Public Safety: Are Refugee Settlement Areas More Prone to Crime?”
Cynthia Bansak
St. Lawrence University
Spring 2018
Seminar
Wednesday, April 4
“The Impact of Summer Employment for Low-Income Youth: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines”
Emily Beam
University of Vermont
Previous Seminars
Past Academic Year Seminars