University of Wisconsin - Madison   Department of Economics Workshops:   October 13 - 17, 2008
Workshop Schedules | Dept. of Economics
MONDAY, Oct. 13, 2008
Joseph Krislov LABOR & Industrial Relations
Coordinator: Rasmus Lentz
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
LIMOR GOLAN
Tepper School of Business, CMU
"Promotion, Turnover and Compensation in the Executive Market"
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2008
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS*
Coordinator:  Lukasz Drozd
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
ELLEN MCGRATTAN
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
"Technology Capital and the US Current Account "
joint with Edward C. Prescott
TUESDAY
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
Coordinator:  Jane Cooley
3:45, 8417 Sewell Social Science Bldg


WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2008
THE THEORY Lunch
Coordinator: William Sandholm
Noon - 1 PM, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg


WEDNESDAY
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Coordinator:  J-F Houde
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
(joint IO and International)
FEDERICO DIEZ
UW-Madison
"The Asymmetric Effects of Tariffs on Offshoring Industries: How North/South Tariffs Affect Intra-Firm Trade"
THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2008
MACROECONOMICS
Coordinator:  Steven Durlauf
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
CANCELLED

FRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2008
ECONOMETRICS
Coordinator: Bruce Hansen
1:30, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
DAJING SHANG
UW-Madison
"Robust Interval Forecasts of Value-at-Risk for Nonparametric ARCH with Fat-tailed Errors"
FRIDAY
THEORY

Coordinator:  William Sandholm
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
HOJUN LEE
UW-Madison
"Commitment Problems, Relational Contracts, and Authority Delegation"
*Co-sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).

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