2008 Snyder Lecture
UCSB Economics is proud to announce the 50th Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture.
updated Apr 15, 2008
Seminar Schedules


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Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule:

 Date Speaker Topic
Wed, Apr 2
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Galina Vereshchagina
Arizona State University

(Host: Marek Kapicka)
Preferences for Risk in a Dynamic Model with Consumption Commitments
Fri, Apr 4
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Kjell Salvanes
Norges Handelshogskole, Norway

(Host: Peter Kuhn)
Valuing School Choice and Social Interactions: Evidence From an Admissions Policy Reform
Wed, Apr 9
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Leah Platt Boustan
UCLA

(Host: Olivier Deschenes)
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization
Fri, Apr 11
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Mike Hilmer
San Diego State University

(Host: Doug Steigerwald)
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Job Mobility, Property Values and the Negative Returns to Seniority for Academic Economists
Wed, Apr 16
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Neil Wallace
Penn State University

(Host: Peter Rupert)
A New Model of Central-Bank Intervention: an example
Wed, Apr 23
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Yoonsoo Lee
Federal Reserve Bank

(Host: Javier Birchenall)
Entry, Exit, and Plant-level Dynamics over the Business Cycle
Fri, Apr 25
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Joe Kaboski
Ohio State University

(Host: Tee Kilenthong)
Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors
Mon, Apr 28
Lobero Room - UCen at 11:00 am
Robert Townsend
University of Chicago

(Host: )
Enterprise Dynamics and Finance: Distinguishing Mechanism Design from Exogenously Incomplete Market Models
Mon, May 5
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Shelly Lundberg
University of Washington

(Host: Kelly Bedard)
Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters
Wed, May 7
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Olivier Armantier
Federal Reserve Bank, NY

(Host: Rod Garratt)
Can Corruption Be Studied in the Lab? Comparing a Field and a Lab Experiment
Fri, May 9
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Luis Corchon
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid

(Host: Gary Charness)
Computing Welfare Losses from Data under Imperfect Competition with Heterogeneous Goods
Mon, May 12
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Heather Royer
Case Western University

(Host: Rod Garratt)
The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from the United Kingdom
Wed, May 14
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Edward Schlee
Arizona State University

(Host: Cheng-Zhong Qin)
Optimal Insurance with Adverse Selection
Fri, May 16
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Yuzhe Zhang
The University of Iowa

(Host: Marek Kapicka)
Fraud and Optimal Monitoring
Wed, May 28
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Yong Kim
USC

(Host: Peter Rupert)
Demographic Change and the Return to Experience
Fri, May 30
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
John Ledyard
Caltech

(Host: Rod Garratt)
TBA
Mon, Jun 2
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Lei Zhang
Clemson University

(Host: )
TBA
Wed, Jun 4
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Robert Owen


(Host: )
TBA
Fri, Jun 6
NH 2111 at 3:30pm
Jose Anchorena


(Host: Finn Kydland)
Social Ties and Economic Development