Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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Departmental Seminar Series 2009-2010
This seminar series is made possible through the generosity of two prominent Vanderbilt alumni, Ambassador K. Terry Dornbush (BA '55) and Joe L. Roby (BA '61)

Department Seminar Series Coordinator for Fall 2009: Jeremy Atack
Department Seminar Series Coordinator for Spring 2010: John Conley

All seminars will take place in room 204, Calhoun Hall from 3:10-4:30 pm (unless otherwise noted)

FALL 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009
Ron Harstad, University of Missouri
“Two Examples of Why I've Worked with Mike Rothkopf”
paper 1: "Winner's Curse Corrections Magnify Adverse Selection"
paper 2: "Auctioning Rights to Choose When Competition Persists"

Monday, September 14th, 2009
Gregor Smith, Queen's University
"Macroeconomic Lessons from Professional Forecast Surveys" paper

Monday, September 21, 2009
Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University
"Railroads and Economic Growth in the American Midwest"

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Andrew Daughety and Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University
"A Dynamic Model of Lawsuit Joinder and Settlement"

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Devashish Mitra, Syracuse University
"Spillovers Across Labor Markets in Search Models: Effects of ‘Animal Sprits’ and Offshoring"

Monday, October 5, 2009
Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University, Bloomington
"Clearly Biased Experts"

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Yariv Fadlon, Vanderbilt University
Employer-Employee Match and Statistical Discrimination "Employer-Employee Match and Statistical Discrimination"

Monday, October 12, 2009
Eric Chaney, Harvard University
"Sultans, the Shariah and Seven Empty Ears: Economic Catastrophes, Church and State"

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Greg Givens, Middle Tennessee State University
"Estimating Central Bank Preferences under Commitment and Discretion"

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania
"Methods versus Substance: Measuring the Effects of Technology Shocks on Hours"

Monday, October 26, 2009
Chris Bennett, Vanderbilt University
"On a bidirectional test for stochastic dominance"

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Alper Nakkas, Vanderbilt University
"Bargaining in a Network with Heterogeneous Buyers"

Monday, November 2, 2009
Julie Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta
"Employer Monopsony Power in the Labor Market for Undocumented Workers"

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Zhengfeng Guo, Vanderbilt University
"An asymmetric smooth transition GARCH model"

Monday, November 16, 2009
Suman Seth, Vanderbilt University
TBA

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Giorgio Topa, Federal Reserve Bank, New York
"The Empirical Content of Models with Multiple Equilibria in Economies with Social Interactions"

Friday, November 20, 2009
Scott Davis, Vanderbilt University
"The Adverse Feedback Loop and the Real Effects of Financial Sector Uncertainty"

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Krishna Paudel, LSU
TBA

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tamara Trafton, Vanderbilt University
TBA