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08/26/08 New paper published by Professor Duncan Thomas

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Workshops, Lunch and Reading Groups

This Week:

Monday, September 1, 2008
11:40am-1:10pm, Financial Econometrics Lunch, 327 Social Science, Duke Natalia Sizova (Duke Economics) "Research Update SLIDES/PAPER"

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
12:00pm, Applied Micro 1 Econ 385E.01 Seminar, 327 Social Sciences Arie Beresteanu (Duke University) "Sharp Identification Regions in Games"

4:15pm, Public Economics Workshop Seminar, 311 Social Sciences Stephen Ross (University of Connecticut) "Wage Premia in Employment Clusters: Agglomeration Economies or Worker Heterogeneity?"

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
12:00pm, Applied Micro 385A.01 Seminar, 327 Social Science Esteban Aucejo presents: "Knight: 'Estimating the Value of Proposal Power'"

Thursday, September 4, 2008
12:00pm, REGSS Colloquia, Erwin Mill Building, A103 Professor Malcolm MacKerras (University of New South Wales) "Stolen Generations" *** The major debate about Australian history concerns the treatment of its indigenous minority. Professor Malcolm MacKerras, a well-known Australian political scientist, will present a lecture on recent issues concerning Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, with special emphasis on the "Stolen Generations" and the government's apology to them.

Friday, September 5, 2008
12:00pm, Triangle Health Economics Workshop Seminar, TBA TBA "TBA"

Next Week:

Monday, September 8, 2008
11:40am-1:10pm, Financial Econometrics Lunch, 327 Social Science, Duke Ivan Shaliastovich (Duke Economics) "Research Update SLIDES/PAPER"

12:00pm, Microeconomic Theory Workshop Seminar, 327 Social Sciences Jerry Green (Harvard University) "Choice, Rationality and Welfare Measurement"

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
12:00pm, Applied Micro 1 Econ 385E.01 Seminar, 327 Social Sciences Shakeeb Khan presents: "Manski and Lerman: 'The estimation of choice probabilities from choice based samples'"

4:15pm-5:45pm, Applied Microeconomics 380.01 Seminar, 311 Social Sciences John Rust (Maryland) "The Home Seller's Problem: Theory and Evidence (with Antonio Merlo and Francois Ortalo-Magne)"

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
12:00pm, Applied Micro 385A.01 Seminar, 327 Social Science Songman Kang presents: "La Ferrara: 'Inequality and group participation: theory and evidence from rural Tanzania'"

Thursday, September 11, 2008
3:30pm, TREE Seminar, Herbert Building, Room 258, at RTI Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University) "Decentralization and Water Pollution Spillovers: Evidence from the Re-drawing of County Boundaries in Brazil"