Economics Department Seminar Series Schedule 2007-2008

(April 2008 version)

Date

Speaker

Title

Organizer

Fall Term

 

 

 

Sept. 14

Sarah Perlman (Vassar College)

Too Vulnerable for Microfinance? 

Risk and Vulnerability as Determinants of Microfinance Selection

Lewis

 

 

 

 

Sept 27

William Thompson

U of Rochester

Student-Faculty Seminar

3:45 – 5:00

Bill Zwicker

Oct 19

 

Patricia Schneider

(Mt. Holyoke College)

A Laboratory Investigation of
Networked Markets (with Alessandra Cassar and Dan Friedman)

Lewis

Oct. 26

Felicia Ionescu

(Colgate University)

 

Bankruptcy Rules, College Enrollment, and Default Incentives for Student Loans

Lewis

Nov. 2

Illoong Kwon (SUNY Albany)

 

Working for a Female Boss:  Female Heirarchy in the Workplace

Youngwhan

Nov. 16

Era Dabla-Norris

(IMF) 

 

(Cancelled)

Lewis

Winter Term

 

 

 

Jan. 18

Edinaldo Tebaldi (Bryant University)

"Do Institutions Impact Innovations?"

Lewis

Feb. 1

Vivian Valdmanis  (Department of Health Policy and Public Health at USiP)

 

"Measuring and Decomposing Inefficiency at the Industry Level with an Illustration of the Effects of Certificate of Need Program on the Hospital Industry"

Lek

Feb. 8

David Stifel

(Lafayette College)

 

"Taboos, Agriculture and Poverty"

Lewis

Feb 15

Jay Stewart

(BLS)

 

TBA

Younghwan

March 7th

Leslie S. Stratton (Virginia Commonwealth University)

TBA

Younghwan

Spring Term

 

 

 

April 4

Jim Adams

(RPI)

 

"Invention and Learning in Science-Based Firms"

Fuat

April 18 Tomas Dvorak
(Union)
Cancelled Tomas

April 25

Charlene Kalenkoski (Ohio University)

 

"How Do Adolescents Spell Time Use?"

Younghwan

May 2 Cheryl Long
(Colgate University)
TBA Lewis

May 16

Stacey Chen

(SUNY Albany)

 

TBA

Younghwan

May 23

Tsu-Yu Tsao

(Bard College)

 

TBA

Younghwan