Seminars
FALL 2009
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Friday, August 28, 2009, 3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Lori Taylor, Texas A&M University
“Optimal Incentives for Public Sector Workers:
The Case of Teacher-Designed Incentive Pay in Texas”
Friday, September 4, 2009, 3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Scott Imberman, University of Houston
“Katrina’s Children: Evidence on the Structure of
Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees”
Friday, September 11, 2009, 3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Steven Puller, Texas A&M University
"Testing Theories of Scarcity Pricing and
Price Dispersion in the Airline Industry"
Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 3:30 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Todd Keister, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
"Banking Panics and Policy Responses"
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 3:30 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Jason Fletcher, Yale University
"Estimating the Effects of Friendship Networks
on Health Behaviors of Adolescents"
Friday, October 23, 2009, 3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Jonathan Robinson, UC Santa Cruz
"Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer:
Theory & Experimental Evidence from Kenya"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 3:30 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 103
Dr. Hyejin Ku, Florida State University
"Why Do Migrant Workers from Poorer Countries Work for Less?
A Purchasing Power-Based Explanation"
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 2:15 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 303
Dr. Vijayendra Rao, World Bank
"Is Deliberation Equitable? Evidence from
Transcripts of Village Meetings in South India"
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 3:30 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Elizabeth Cascio, Dartmouth College
Topic TBA
For further information, please contact the seminar coordinator,
Dr. Van Pham, at 254.710.3521
or e-mail to Van_Pham@baylor.edu
SPRING 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
12:30 pm, Cashion Bldg. Fifth Floor
Dr. Tom Saving. Texas A&M University
“Your Future Taxes: Paying for Elderly Entitlements”
Reservations are required for this event.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
3:30 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 110
Dr. Tom Saving. Texas A&M University
“Valuing Intergenerational Transfers: Social Security’s
Individual Value and Aggregate Burden”
Friday, February 13, 2009
2:45 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. John Pisciotta, Baylor University
Topic to be announced
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
12:30 - 2 pm, White-Beckham Rooms, Bill Daniel Student Union Building
Dr. David Beckworth, Texas State University
Tentative Topic: "Religiosity and Business Cycles"
Reservations are required for this event
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
3:30 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 303
Dr. David Beckworth, Texas State University
“Praying for a Recession: The Business Cycle and
Protestant Religiosity in the United States”
Friday, March 20, 2009
12:30 - 2 pm, Graduate Conference Room, Hankamer Building
Dr. Ken Chay, Brown University
"Mortality and the Baseball Hall of Fame:
An Investigation of Status and Life Expectancy"
Reservations are required for this event
Friday, March 20, 2009
3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Ken Chay, Brown University
"Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap:
The Roles of Access and Health Soon after Birth"
Friday, March 27, 2009
3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Michael Ward, University of Texas Arlington
"Empirical Tests for Creative Destruction
in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
Friday, April 3, 2009
3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Isaac Mbiti, Southern Methodist University
"The Effect of Free Primary Education on Student
Participation & Achievement: Evidence from Kenya"
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
12:30 - 2 pm, 5th floor Cashion Building
Dr. Jason Saving
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"Stimulating Our Way to Prosperity"
Reservations are required for this event
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
3:30 pm, Cashion Building, Room 306
Dr. Jason Saving
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"To Thine Own Self Be True? Gauging the Impact of
Convictions on Policymakers' Behavior"
Friday, April 24, 2009
3:00 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. David Kaplan, World Bank
"Enforceability of Labor Law: Evidence from a Labor Court in Mexico"
Friday, May 1, 2009
2:45 pm, Cashion Bldg., Room 305
Dr. Scott Cunningham
Baylor University
Topic to be announced
