University of Wisconsin - Madison   Department of Economics Workshops:   September 22 - 26, 2008
Workshop Schedules | Dept. of Economics
MONDAY, Sept. 22, 2008
Joseph Krislov LABOR & Industrial Relations
Coordinator: Rasmus Lentz
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
TODD ELDER
Michigan State University
"Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children's Achievement:
Impacts of State Policies, Family Background, and Peers"
TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2008
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS*
Coordinator:  Lukasz Drozd
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg


TUESDAY
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
Coordinator:  Jane Cooley
3:45, 8417 Sewell Social Science Bldg
(Joint with IO workshop)
See IO workshop on Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 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 with Public workshop)
JUSTINE HASTINGS
Yale
"Wholesale Price Discrimination and Regulation: Implications for Retail Gasoline Prices"
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2008
MACROECONOMICS
Coordinator:  Steven Durlauf
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
BENJAMIN JONES
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
“The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development Reconsidered"
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2008
ECONOMETRICS
Coordinator: Bruce Hansen
1:30, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
ARIE BERESTEANU
Duke University
"Sharp Identification Regions in Games"
FRIDAY
THEORY

Coordinator:  William Sandholm
3:45, 7324 Sewell Social Science Bldg
DAVID AHN
UC-Berkeley
"Combinatorial Voting"
*Co-sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).

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This page was updated September 17, 2008