Spring 2018 Schedule Department Seminar Geography and Path Dependence Friday February 2 12:00pm Presented by: Dave Donaldson Dept. of EconomicsMIT Self-employment, Capital and Job Search: Evidence from a Structural Model Tuesday (different day) February 27 12:00pm Presented by: Simon Quinn Department of EconomicsOxford University Productive Inefficiency and Cooperation between Spouses: Evidence from Dairy Farming in Senegal Friday March 2 12:00pm Presented by: Jessica Hoel Department of Economics & BusinessColorado College Voting for Mandatory Agricultural Producer Organizations: New Evidence from California Friday March 9 12:00pm Presented by: Zoë Plakias Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development EconomicsOhio State University Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China Friday March 16 12:00pm Presented by: Loren Brandt Department of EconomicsUniversity of Toronto Asset Ownership, Windfalls, and Income: Evidence from Oil and Gas Royalties Friday April 6 12:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Weber Graduate School of Public and International AffairsUniversity of Pittsburgh Information, Market Access and Risk: Addressing constraints to Agriculture in Northern Ghana Friday April 20 2:00pm Presented by: Chris Udry Department of EconomicsNorthwestern University The Effect of Electricity Price Changes on Manufacturing Investment Wednesday (different day) April 25 12:00pm Presented by: Sarah Johnston Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison Climate Change and Agriculture: Farmer Adaptation to Extreme Heat Friday May 4 12:00pm Presented by: Fernando Aragón Simon Fraser University
Geography and Path Dependence Friday February 2 12:00pm Presented by: Dave Donaldson Dept. of EconomicsMIT
Self-employment, Capital and Job Search: Evidence from a Structural Model Tuesday (different day) February 27 12:00pm Presented by: Simon Quinn Department of EconomicsOxford University
Productive Inefficiency and Cooperation between Spouses: Evidence from Dairy Farming in Senegal Friday March 2 12:00pm Presented by: Jessica Hoel Department of Economics & BusinessColorado College
Voting for Mandatory Agricultural Producer Organizations: New Evidence from California Friday March 9 12:00pm Presented by: Zoë Plakias Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development EconomicsOhio State University
Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China Friday March 16 12:00pm Presented by: Loren Brandt Department of EconomicsUniversity of Toronto
Asset Ownership, Windfalls, and Income: Evidence from Oil and Gas Royalties Friday April 6 12:00pm Presented by: Jeremy Weber Graduate School of Public and International AffairsUniversity of Pittsburgh
Information, Market Access and Risk: Addressing constraints to Agriculture in Northern Ghana Friday April 20 2:00pm Presented by: Chris Udry Department of EconomicsNorthwestern University
The Effect of Electricity Price Changes on Manufacturing Investment Wednesday (different day) April 25 12:00pm Presented by: Sarah Johnston Department of EconomicsUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
Climate Change and Agriculture: Farmer Adaptation to Extreme Heat Friday May 4 12:00pm Presented by: Fernando Aragón Simon Fraser University