Spring 2017 Schedule Department Seminar The Effects of Information Provision on Housing Markets and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from the Flint, MI Drinking Water Crisis Friday February 24 12:00pm Presented by: David Keiser Department of EconomicsIowa State University State Building in the City: The Effects of Security and Municipal Services on Violence and State Legitimacy in Bogotá Friday March 3 12:00pm Presented by: Christopher Blattman Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago *** CANCELLED *** Friday March 31 12:00pm Presented by: Karen Clay Heinz School of Public Policy & ManagementCarnegie Mellon University Social Relations, Group Identity and the Delivery of Public Services Friday April 28 12:00pm Presented by: Erika Deserranno Kellogg School of ManagementNorthwestern University Voting Corrupt Politicians Out of Office: Evidence from an Experiment in Paraguay Wednesday (different day) May 10 12:00pm Presented by: Stephane Straub Toulouse School of EconomicsWorld Bank Development Economics Workshop Perils of Pressure in Door-to-Door Marketing: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India Thursday February 16 3:45pm Presented by: Anita Mukherjee Wisconsin School of BusinessUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Mobile Payment Systems: The Impact of Layaway Plans on Product Purchases Thursday March 2 3:45pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Vulnerability to Climate Change in Rural Ethiopia Thursday March 9 3:45pm Presented by: Zack Barnett-Howell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Rise and Fall of the Urban Giant? Locational Fundamentals, Trade, and the Changing Urban Landscape of Mexico Thursday March 16 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Allocative Inefficiency under Heterogeneous Technology in Bolivian Agriculture Thursday April 6 3:45pm Presented by: Travis McArthur Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Fast, Easy Job Matching: Social Networks in Bangladesh Thursday April 13 3:45pm Presented by: Norihiko Matsuda Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Political Connections and Economic Performance: Oligarchs and the Orange Revolution Thursday April 27 3:45pm Presented by: Scott Gehlbach Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural Subsidies: Cutting into Forest Conservation? Thursday May 4 3:45pm Presented by: Fanny Moffette Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Applied Economics Workshop Discovering BIT: Research and Opportunities for Collaboration Wednesday February 22 12:00pm Presented by: Ruifa Hu School of Management & EconomicsBeijing Institute of Technology Brent Hueth Wednesday April 5 12:00pm Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison To Encore or Not? When a Patent Expires: The Case of U.S. Soybeans Wednesday April 26 12:00pm Presented by: Jie Feng Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison *** CANCELLED *** Wednesday May 3 12:00pm Presented by: Cornelia Ilin Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
The Effects of Information Provision on Housing Markets and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from the Flint, MI Drinking Water Crisis Friday February 24 12:00pm Presented by: David Keiser Department of EconomicsIowa State University
State Building in the City: The Effects of Security and Municipal Services on Violence and State Legitimacy in Bogotá Friday March 3 12:00pm Presented by: Christopher Blattman Harris School of Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago
*** CANCELLED *** Friday March 31 12:00pm Presented by: Karen Clay Heinz School of Public Policy & ManagementCarnegie Mellon University
Social Relations, Group Identity and the Delivery of Public Services Friday April 28 12:00pm Presented by: Erika Deserranno Kellogg School of ManagementNorthwestern University
Voting Corrupt Politicians Out of Office: Evidence from an Experiment in Paraguay Wednesday (different day) May 10 12:00pm Presented by: Stephane Straub Toulouse School of EconomicsWorld Bank
Perils of Pressure in Door-to-Door Marketing: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India Thursday February 16 3:45pm Presented by: Anita Mukherjee Wisconsin School of BusinessUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Mobile Payment Systems: The Impact of Layaway Plans on Product Purchases Thursday March 2 3:45pm Presented by: Laura Schechter Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Vulnerability to Climate Change in Rural Ethiopia Thursday March 9 3:45pm Presented by: Zack Barnett-Howell Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Rise and Fall of the Urban Giant? Locational Fundamentals, Trade, and the Changing Urban Landscape of Mexico Thursday March 16 3:45pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Allocative Inefficiency under Heterogeneous Technology in Bolivian Agriculture Thursday April 6 3:45pm Presented by: Travis McArthur Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Fast, Easy Job Matching: Social Networks in Bangladesh Thursday April 13 3:45pm Presented by: Norihiko Matsuda Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Political Connections and Economic Performance: Oligarchs and the Orange Revolution Thursday April 27 3:45pm Presented by: Scott Gehlbach Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Agricultural Subsidies: Cutting into Forest Conservation? Thursday May 4 3:45pm Presented by: Fanny Moffette Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Discovering BIT: Research and Opportunities for Collaboration Wednesday February 22 12:00pm Presented by: Ruifa Hu School of Management & EconomicsBeijing Institute of Technology
Brent Hueth Wednesday April 5 12:00pm Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
To Encore or Not? When a Patent Expires: The Case of U.S. Soybeans Wednesday April 26 12:00pm Presented by: Jie Feng Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
*** CANCELLED *** Wednesday May 3 12:00pm Presented by: Cornelia Ilin Department of Agricultural & Applied EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison