Applied Microeconomics Seminar
The UNC Applied Microeconomics Seminar meets on Wednesdays from 3:30-5:00 in Gardner 211 unless otherwise indicated. If you have questions about the seminar, please contact Clement Joubert (email) or Lisa Gaines (email).
Fall 2013
| Date | Speaker | Paper title & link | Time & place |
| September 18 | Andrew Shephard U. Penn |
Optimal Taxation in an Empirical Life-cycle Model of Labour Supply | 3:30 in G211 |
| September 25 | Robin Lee NYU |
Insurer Competition and Negotiated Hospital Prices | 3:30 in G211 |
| October 9 | Ken Reddix UNC |
TBA | 3:30 in G211 |
| October 23 | Maathijs Wildenbeest Indiana University |
TBA | 3:30 in G211 |
| October 30 | Nick Papageorge John Hopkins U. |
TBA | 3:30 in G211 |
| November 13 | Chris Cronin UNC |
TBA | 3:30 in G211 |
Spring 2013
| Date | Speaker | Paper title & link | Time & place |
| March 27 | Hugh MaCartney Duke University |
The Dynamic Effects of Educational Accountability | 3:30 in G211 |
| April 3 | Chris Taber University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Estimation of a Roy/Search/Compensating Differential Model of the Labor Markte | 3:30 in G211 |
| April 10 | Arnaud Maurel Duke University |
College attrition and the dynamics of information | 3:30 in G211 |
| April 17 | Meta Brown Federal Reserve of New York |
The Impact of Housing Markets on Consumer Debt: credit Report Evidence from 1999 to 2012 | 3:30 in G211 |
Fall 2012
| Date | Speaker | Paper title & link | Time & place |
| September 5 | Steven Stern University of Virginia |
Marriage, Divorce and asymmetric information | 3:30 in G211 |
| September 11(Tuesday!) | Myrto Kalouptsidi Princeton University |
Time to Build and Fluctuations in Bulk Shipping | 3:30PM in SSC 111 (DUKE) |
| October 3 | John Ham University of Maryland |
The Role of Cognitive Ability, Personality Traits and Gender in Gift Exchange Outcomes | 3:30 in G211 |
| November 14 | Jean-Francois Houde University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) |
Price negociation in differentiated product markets: evidence from the canadian mortgage market | 3:30 in G211 |
| November 28 | Eric French Federal Reserve of Chicago |
Medicaid Insurance in Old Age | 3:30 in G211 |
| December 5 | Peter Savelyev Vanderbilt University |
Conscientiousness, Education, and Longevity of High Ability Individuals | 3:30 in G211 |
Spring 2012
| Date | Speaker | Paper title & link | Time & place |
| February 29 | Matthew Wiswall New York University |
Evolution of Gender Differences in Post-Secondary Human Capital Investments: College Majors | 3:30 in G211 |
| March 14 | Brett Gordon Columbia University |
“Political Advertising and the Electoral College.”Background paper linked here. Abstract for main paper is here. Preliminary draft of main paper to be circulated via email. | 3:30 in G211 |
| March 21 | Flavio Cunha University of Pennsylvania |
An Empirical Model of Parental Learning about the Technology of Skill Formation. (Access restricted to UNC ONYEN accounts. To get a copy by email, contact Brian McManus.) | 3:30 in G211 |
| March 28 | Fabian Lange Yale University |
“Duration Dependence and Labor Market Conditions: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment.” Paper circulated by email. Contact Brian McManus if you need a copy of it. | 3:30 in G211 |
| April 11 | James Roberts Duke University |
“Airline Mergers and the Potential Entry Defense.” Slides circulated by email. Contact Brian McManus if you need a copy of them. | 3:30 in G211 |
| May 2 | William Pizer Duke University |
How Will Climate Change Policies Affect Domestic Manufacturing? | 3:30 in G211 |
Fall 2011
| Date | Speaker | Paper title & link | Time & place |
| September 19(Monday) | Christopher Flinn New York University |
Household Choices and Child Development | 1:00 in G211 |
| September 28 | Limor Golan Carnegie-Mellon Univ. |
Estimating the Returns to Parental Time Investment in Children Using a Life Cycle Dynastic Model | 3:30 in G211 |
| October 19 | Robert Hammond North Carolina State Univ. |
Heterogeneity in Tournaments with Incomplete Information: An Experimental Analysis | 3:30 in G211 |
| October 26 | George-Levi Gayle Carnegie-Mellon Univ. |
Identifying and Testing Models of Managerial Compensation | 3:30 in G211 |
| November 15(Tuesday) | Barton HamiltonWashington University | Using Expectations Data to Infer Managerial Preferences | 3:30 in G211 |