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Spring 2008 Seminar and Brownbag Series

All Seminars are in Monteith, Room 339, at 3:30 pm on Fridays, unless otherwise noted. Seminar Papers are available for review in Mont 337. For more information, contact Delia Furtado or Uluc Aysun.

Brownbag workshops are held Thursdays at 12:20 pm, also in Monteith 339. Generally, no paper will be made available. For more information, contact Christian Zimmermann

Other presentations in connection with the Economics PhD program are also listed on this schedule, as well as some events elsewhere on campus. Locations are noted if not held at Monteith 339.

This schedule is continuously updated. Check regularly!

Seminars

(Brownbags and other activites are further down)

Date	Presenter, Affiliation, and Topic
Friday February 15 3:30pm	Matthew Baker (Hunter College, CUNY) "Crime, Expectations, and the Deterrence Hypothesis"
Friday February 29 3:30pm	Morris Davis (University of Wisconsin) "Productvity and Employment Density: New Estimates and Macroecomic Implications
Friday March 7 3:30pm	Emily Blanchard (University of Virginia) "Escaping a Protectionist Rut: Policy Mechanisms for Trade Reform in a Democracy"
Friday March 21 3:30pm	Steven Coelen (University of Connecticut) "Connecticut Next Steps: Education and the Building of a Quality State Workforce"
Friday March 28 8:30am-5:15pm	UConn Economics Alumni Conference
Friday April 4 3:30pm	Glenn Loury (Brown University) "Valuing Identity: The Simple Economics of Affirmative Action Policies"
Friday April 11 3:30pm	Thomas Prusa (Rutgers University) "Protection Reduction and Diversion: PTAs and the Incidence of Antidumping Disputes"
Friday April 18 3:30pm	Jared Rubin (California State University at Fullerton) "Printing and Interest Restrictions in Islam and Christianity: An Economic Theory of Inhibitive Law Persistence"
Friday April 25 3:30pm	Robert Margo (Boston University) "Spatial Mismatch and the Formation of Bad Ghettos: New Evidence from the US Postal Service"
Monday April 28 9:00am	Kenneth Petersen (University of Connecticut) "Money, the Economy, and Monetary Policy" (PhD defense)
Friday May 2 3:30pm	Emanuela Cardia (Université de Montréal) "Household Technology: Was it the Engines of Liberation?"

Brownbags and other activities

See also:
Macro Workshops
Graduate Students Seminar Series

Date	Presenter, Affiliation, and Topic
Thursday February 7 12:20pm	Metin Cosgel and Thomas Miceli (University of Connecticut) "Church and State"
Thursday February 14 12:20pm	Stephen Ross (University of Connecticut) "Economics and Ideology: Causal Evidence of the Impact of Income on Support for Redistribution and Other Proposals"
Thursday February 21 12:20pm	Brian Volz (University of Connecticut) "Minority Status and Managerial Retention in Major League Baseball"
Thursday February 28 12:20pm	Phil Shaw and Robert Slattery (University of Connecticut) "Constructing a State CPI"
Thursday March 6 12:20pm	Lei Chen (University of Connecticut) "A Cost-constrained Measure of Energy-use Efficiency in U.S. Manufacturing: An Inter-state Comparison Using the Census of Manufacturing Data"
Thursday March 20 12:20pm	Maroula Khraiche (University of Connecticut) "The Impact of Restrictive Policy on Return Migration"
Thursday March 27 12:20pm	Zinnia Mukherjee (University of Connecticut) "Economic Impact of the TED Regulation: A U.S. Approach to Reduce Stochastic Sea Turtle Bycatch"
Thursday April 3 12:20pm	Marina-Selini Katsaiti (University of Connecticut) "A Model of Choice: Food Consumption, Weight Preferences and Obesity Rates"
Thursday April 10 12:20pm	Nicoleta Iliescu (University of Connecticut) "Can Antidumping Induce Inefficiency?"
Thursday April 17 12:20pm	Juan-Pedro Garces (University of Connecticut) "Population Density, Human Capital and Economic Growth"
Thursday April 24 12:20pm	Patrick Flaherty (University of Connecticut) "Early Childhood Care and Education: the Effect of Welfare Reform"
Thursday May 1 12:20pm	Paramita Dhar (University of Connecticut) "School Quality and Property Values: A Case Study of Connecticut"