C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics

Weekly Seminar Schedule: April 28 – May 2, 2008

Monday, April 28
Event:		Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Speaker:		Matt Shum (JHU)
Title:		"Nonparametric Identification  of Dynamic Models  with Unobserved  State Variables"
Time & Place:		4:30-6:00 p.m. in Room 517 of 19 West 4th Street
Coordinator:		Christopher J. Flinn at (212) 998-8925 or christopher.flinn-at-nyu.edu
Event:		Colloquium on Market Institutions & Economic Processes
Speaker:		Ralph Raico (History, Buffalo State)
Title:		"Was Keynes a Liberal?”
Time & Place:		2:00-3:30 p.m. in Room 624 of 19 West 4th Street
Coordinator:		Prof. Mario Rizzo at (212) 998-8932 or mario.rizzo-at-nyu.edu
Event:		Monday QFE Seminar Series
Speaker:		Ricardo Colacito (New York University) Please note: Part of Finance Seminar Series, not QFE Series
Title:		"Risk Sharing for the Long Run"
Time & Place:		12:00-1:00 pm in Room 3-120 of the Kaufman Management Center, located at 44 West 4th Street.
Coordinators:		Robert F. Engle  at  rengle@stern.nyu.edu Joel Hasbrouck  at  jhasbrou@stern.nyu.edu Xiaohong Chen  at  xiaohong.chen@nyu.edu
Tuesday, April 29
Event:	International and Development Economics Workshop
Speaker:	Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University)
Title:	“Capital Flows and Asset Prices”
Time & Place:	4:30-6:30pm in Room 517 of 19 W 4th Street
Coordinator:	Prof. Vivian Z. Yue @ zy3-at-nyu.edu Prof. Jonathan Eaton @ jonathan.eaton-at-nyu.edu
Event:	The Center of Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies Lunch Seminar
Speaker:	Robert Lucas (University of Chicago and Shinsei Visiting Professor of Economics at Stern)
Title:	"Japan and the World Economy in the 20th Century'
Time & Place:	12:00 - 1:45pm in Room 4-120 of Shimkin Hall, located at 50 West 4^th Street.
Coordinator:	Edward Lincoln at elincoln-at-stern.nyu.edu *****Free lunch for those who reserve in advance***** Please RSVP to japanusc@stern.nyu.edu or call (212) 998-0750
Event:	Macro Student Lunch Seminar **CANCELLED for this week**
Speaker:	Ofer Setty (New York University)
Title:	TBA
Time & Place:	12:30-1:30pm in Room 517 at 19 West 4th Street.
Coordinator:	Francisco Barillas @ (212) 998-8921 or fvb201-at-nyu.edu Steve Nicklas @ srn234-at-nyu.edu
Event:	Industrial Organization Seminar
Speaker:	Michael Ryall (Melbourne School of Business)
Title:	“Causal Ambiguity as a Source of Sustained Capability-Based Advantage”
Time & Place:	4:00-5:30pm in Room 7-191 of the Kaufman Management Center, located at 44 West 4th Street.
Coordinator:	Eliana Guervara at eguevara-at-stern.nyu.edu
Event:	Special Seminar
Speaker:	Shachar Kariv
Title	"Behind the Veil of Ignorance in the Original Position"
Time & Place:	2:30-4:00pm in Room 517 of 19 W 4th Street
Coordinator:	Professor Andrew Schotter @ andrew.schotter@nyu.edu
Wednesday, April 30
Event:	Micro Student Workshop **CANCELLED for this week**
peakers:	Julia Schwenkenberg
Title:	"The Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Americans"
Time & Place:	1:00-2:00pm in Room 624 of 19 West 4th Street
Student Coordinators:	Anja Sautmann at anja.sautmann-at-nyu.edu Gulseren Mutlu at gm590-at-nyu.edu
Supervisors:	Alessandro Lizzeri Nicola Persico
Event:	C.A.S.S.R.
Speakers:	Amy Schwartz (New York University - Public Policy)
Title:	Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Social Inequality
Time & Place:	12:00-1:30pm on the 4th Floor of Puck Building, located at 295 Lafayette Street.
Coordinator:	Carse Ramos at carse.ramos-at-nyu.edu
Event:	Microeconomic Theory Workshop
Speaker:	Jeffrey Ely (Northwestern University)
Title:	TBA
Time & Place:	4:30-6:00pm in Room 517 of 19 West 4th Street
Coordinators:	Prof. Alberto Bisin at (212) 998-8916 or alberto.bisin-at-nyu.edu
Event:	Wednesday Finance Seminar
Speaker:	Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Title:	"Variable Rare Disasters: An Exactly Solved Model for Ten Puzzles in Macro-Finance"
Time & Place:	12:00-1:20pm in Room 4-80 of the Kaufman Management Center, located at 44 West 4th Street.
Coordinators:	Xavier Gabaix at xgabaix-at-stern.nyu.edu Kose John at kjohn-at-stern.nyu.edu
Thursday, May 1
Event:		Macroeconomics Seminar
Speaker:		George Evans (Oregon)
Title:		"Risk and Return: a Simple Model of Bubbles and Crashes"
Time & Place:		5:00-6:30pm in Room 517 of 19 W. 4th Street
Coordinator:		Prof. Virgiliu Midrigan at virgiliu.midrigan-at-nyu.edu
Event:		C.E.S.S Experimental Seminar
Speaker:		Glenn Harrison (University of Central Florida)
Title:		"Eliciting Beliefs: Theory and Experiments", joint with Steffen Andersen, John Fountain & E. Elisabet Rutström
Time & Place:		12:30pm in Room 517 of 19 W 4th Street
Coordinator:		Professor Frechette at guillaume.frechette@nyu.edu
Event:		Macro Lunch Seminar (Stern)
Speaker:		Gianluca Violante (New York University)
Title:		"How Much Insurance in Bewley Models?" (Joint with Greg Kaplan)
Time & Place:		12:30-1:30pm in Room 2-90 of the Kaufman Management Center, located at 44 West 4th Street.
Coordinator:		Prof. Virgiliu Midrigan at virgiliu.midrigan-at-nyu.edu
Friday, May 2
Event:		Econometrics Seminar
Speaker:		Joakim Westerlund (Lund University)
Title:		“A New Poolability Test for Cointegrated Panels”
Time & Place:		4:00pm to 5:20pm in Room 517 of 19 West 4th Street
Coordinator:		Professor Jushan Bai at (212) 998- 8960 or jushan.bai-at-nyu.edu
Event:		Political Economy Workshop
Speaker:		Santiago Oliveros (Haas/Berkeley)
Title:		“Ideological bias and the correlation between information and abstention.”
Time & Place:		1:30pm to 3:00pm in Room 217 of 19 West 4th Street
Coordinators:		Professor Catherine Hafer at (212) 992-9679 or catherine.hafer-at-nyu.edu Professor Nicola Persico at (212) 998-3889 or nicola.persico-at-nyu.edu
Event:		Friday Seminar Series **CANCELLED for this week** - (faculty meeting)
Coordinators:		Xavier Gabaix at xgabaix-at-stern.nyu.edu Kose John at kjohn-at-stern.nyu.edu

Contact: anne.stubing@nyu.edu