GEM Seminar

In International Political Economy Seminar

Seminars will be held on Thursdays from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM at the Anderson School. For questions regarding the seminar, please send an email to seminar organizer, Leonardo Bursztyn.

For an appointment with a seminar speaker, email Cynthia Rueda


Spring 2013

Date

Room

Speaker

Institution

Presentation Title

Apr. 4

D307

Ruben Enikolopov

New Economic School

Do Elected Councils Improve Governance Outcomes

Apr. 18

D307

Philippe Aghion

Harvard University

Optimal Capital versus Labor Taxation With Innovation-Led Growth

Apr. 25

D307

Fred Finan

University of Califonia, Berkeley

Political Pathologies and Local Economic Development

May 2

D307

Asim Khwaja

Harvard University

Tax Farming Redux:  Experimental Evidence on Incentive Pay for Tax Collectors

May 9

D307

Giacomo De Giorgi

Stanford University

Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from Rural Mexico

May 16

D307

Michael Peters

Yale University

Heterogeneous Mark-Ups and Endogenous Misallocation

May 21 D307 Michael Callen UCLA CANCELLED
May 23 D307 Miguel Urquiola Columbia University CANCELLED

May 30

D307

Marianne Bertrand

University of Chicago

TBA

 

Winter 2013

Date

Room

Speaker

Institution

Presentation Title

Jan. 8

D307

Daniel Dias

University of Illinois

The Stock of External Sovereign Debt: Can We Take The Data At "Face Value"?

Jan. 18

D310

Ethan Lieber

University of Chicago

Health Insurance Reduces Search and Search ReducesPrices: Evidence from a Price Information Firm

Jan. 25

D307

Marcella Alsan

Harvard University

The Effect of the TseTse Fly on African Development

 


Fall 2012

Date

Room

Speaker

Institution

Presentation Title

Sept. 27

D307

Mary Amiti

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Importers, Exporters, and Exchange Rate Disconnect

Oct. 4

D307

Daniel Trefler

University of Toronto

Capabilities,Wealth and Trade

Oct. 11

D307

Vernon Henderson

Brown University

Roads, Railroads and Decentralization of Chinese Cities

Oct. 25

D307

Nicholas Bloom

Stanford University

Really Uncertain Business Cycles

Nov. 1

D307

Peter Schott

Yale University

CANCELED

Nov. 8

D307

Aaron Tornell

UCLA Economics

The Eurozone Crisis and the Tragedy-of-the-Commons

Nov. 29

D307

Maria Petrova

New Economic School

Do Political Blogs Matter?

 

2011-2012 GEM Seminar Schedule

2010-2011 GEM Seminar Schedule

2009-2010 GEM Seminar Schedule

2008-2009 GEM Seminar Schedule