Spring 2009
All workshops are in room 7324 of the Sewell Social Science Building at 3:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
March 2 -6, 2009
- Tuesday, March 3
MARCO BASSETTO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and NBER
"Public Investment and Budget Rules for State vs. Local Governments" (pdf) and "Government Investment and the European Stability and Growth Pact". (pdf) - Thursday, March 5
Macro
PIERRE-OLIVIER WEILL, UCLA
"Learning from Prices: Public Communication and Welfare" (with Manuel Amador), (pdf) - Friday, March 6
Econometrics: 1:30 p.m.
BRUCE HANSEN, UW
"Shrinkage Efficiency Bounds, Generalized Shrinkage, and Model Averaging" Theory
ANDRÉS CARVAJAL, University of Warwick
"A Nonparametric Analysis of the Cournot Model" with John K.-H. Quah (pdf)