10th Annual Herbert C. Kay Undergraduate Lecture	posted Mar 06, 2007
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Herbert C. Kay Lecture will feature "A Global Exchange with Jerry Putnam, Founder of Archipelago Holdings and current President of the NYSE Group" This important event will take place on Thursday, April 12 at 2:30pm in the MultiCultural Center Theatre. For more information, please see website.

Inaugural Meeting of the Trans-Pacific Labor Seminar	posted Feb 07, 2007
The UCSB Economics Department, the Suntory Foundation, and Colgate University are proud to present the inaugural meeting of the Trans-Pacific Labor Seminar. The seminar will be held at UCSB on March 9-10th, 2007. For an agenda please click here.

Quasi-Experimental Research in Health Economics Conference

posted Feb 07, 2007

On Saturday March 17 2007 the Economics Department will be sponsoring a conference on Quasi-experimental Research in Health Economics. Quasi-experimental methods have becoming increasingly used in Health Economics, and this conference will highlight the resulting recent research. Young scholars from around the country and from UCSB will participate in the conference. The presentations will cover a wide range of topics, including among others the health impacts of Head Start, the effect of laws restricting access to alcohol on health, and the impact of education on mortality.

Andron Symposium	posted Feb 07, 2007
On March 3, the Department of Economics is sponsoring a symposium in honor of Mortimer Andron and the generous support that he has provided to our graduate students throughout the years. This symposium will include research presentations by six Andron fellows. For more information, please see website.

Takings & Eminent Domain Conference

posted May 03, 2006

On May 12 and 13 the Economics Department is sponsoring a conference on Takings - the public condemnation (eminent domain) of private property for public use. This conference is particularly relevant today in the wake of the recent, and controversial, Supreme Court decision on the right of the public agency in New London Connecticut to condemn private property for other private use. Experts from around the country will participate in the conference. Talks will cover a wide range of topics. Included among them are equity and efficiency of compensation rules, the problem of the hold out, the application of takings law to the NAFTA agreement and the potential abuse of takings privileges as witnessed in the designation of private property as wetlands. The condemnation of property for public use has implication for the environment, individual liberty, economic efficiency and community development - all of these topics will be covered during the two day conference.

Macroeconomics of Imperfect Risk Sharing	posted Apr 24, 2006
On May 11-13, 2006, the Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance will sponsor a conference entitled "The Macroeconomics of Imperfect Risk Sharing." The conference will bring together some of the best junior macroeconomics researchers doing both applied and theoretical work on economic models of imperfect insurance.

48th Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture	posted Mar 01, 2006
Join us for the 48th Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture, which will be held on Tuesday, April 25 at 2:00pm in the Multi-Cultural Center. For more information, click here.

Ninth Annual Herbert C. Kay Lecture	posted Feb 23, 2006
Join us for the 9th Annual Herbert C. Kay Undergraduate Lecture, which will be held on Friday, March 10 at 3:30pm in Girvetz Theatre, 1004 Girvetz Hall. For more information, click here.

Communication and Incentives Conference	posted Feb 01, 2006
The Department of Economics is sponsoring a conference on experimental results on Communication and Incentives. Presentations will include some of the most cutting-edge research being conducted in the field. We are fortunate to have quite a number of prominent people attending this conference, being held in the University Center on February 3 and 4, 2006.

The Equity Premium Puzzle: 20th Anniversary Conference

posted Oct 11, 2005

The Department of Economics and Professor Finn Kydland's Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance are jointly sponsoring a conference on October 28-29, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the publication of the seminal paper, "The Equity Premium: A Puzzle" by Edward Prescott and Rajnish Mehra. Since its publication this paper has had an enormous impact on both the practice of portfolio management and the research agenda in Finance.

8th Occasional California Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics	posted Aug 01, 2005
Join Prof. Charles Kolstad October 28-29 for the 8th Occasional California Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics.