Spring 2009 Schedule Department Seminar Sweetening the Deal? Political Connections and Sugar Mills in India Friday January 23 12:00pm Presented by: Sandip Sukhtankar Harvard UniversityDepartment of Economics Thirsty Factories, Hungry Farmers: Intersectoral Impacts of Industrial Water Demand Thursday January 29 12:00pm Presented by: Pinar Keskin Yale UniversityDepartment of Economics Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test-scores on Educational Markets Monday February 2 12:00pm Presented by: Asim Khwaja Harvard UniversityKennedy School of Government Filtered Social Learning, with an Application to Productivity Growth Wednesday February 4 12:00pm Presented by: Paul Niehaus Harvard University Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Friday February 6 12:00pm Presented by: John S. Earle Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Small Business Development and Rising Self-Employment in the New Economy: Implications for Land Grant Universities Friday February 27 12:00pm Presented by: Stephan Goetz Penn State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics Development and Deforestation in Mexico: Impacts Using the Discontinuity in Eligibilty for Oportunidades Tuesday March 24 12:00pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia University of San FranciscoDepartment of Economics Grain Market Fluctuations: Insights from Recent Research Monday April 6 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Wright University of California, BerkeleyDepartment of Agricultural & Resource Economics Empirical Models of Yield Risk: Implications for Crop Insurance Friday April 17 12:00pm Presented by: Barry Goodwin North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Sweetening the Deal? Political Connections and Sugar Mills in India Friday January 23 12:00pm Presented by: Sandip Sukhtankar Harvard UniversityDepartment of Economics
Thirsty Factories, Hungry Farmers: Intersectoral Impacts of Industrial Water Demand Thursday January 29 12:00pm Presented by: Pinar Keskin Yale UniversityDepartment of Economics
Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test-scores on Educational Markets Monday February 2 12:00pm Presented by: Asim Khwaja Harvard UniversityKennedy School of Government
Filtered Social Learning, with an Application to Productivity Growth Wednesday February 4 12:00pm Presented by: Paul Niehaus Harvard University
Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Friday February 6 12:00pm Presented by: John S. Earle Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Small Business Development and Rising Self-Employment in the New Economy: Implications for Land Grant Universities Friday February 27 12:00pm Presented by: Stephan Goetz Penn State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Development and Deforestation in Mexico: Impacts Using the Discontinuity in Eligibilty for Oportunidades Tuesday March 24 12:00pm Presented by: Jennifer Alix-Garcia University of San FranciscoDepartment of Economics
Grain Market Fluctuations: Insights from Recent Research Monday April 6 12:00pm Presented by: Brian Wright University of California, BerkeleyDepartment of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Empirical Models of Yield Risk: Implications for Crop Insurance Friday April 17 12:00pm Presented by: Barry Goodwin North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Economics