Research Workshops Microeconomics Workshop
Members of faculty present works in progress, especially early-stage microeconomic research and papers, at this internal lunchtime workshop.
The workshop will be held in-person (in HC C05), with no virtual options.
Please contact Kerry Thomas if you would like to be added to the listserv for weekly updates. Please refer to the weekly announcement for updates and time changes.
As of right now, this seminar series is mask optional. We strongly encourage the use of face masks for unvaccinated individuals and anyone who prefers to wear a mask.
Autumn 2024
| Date | Time | Location |
Topic | Speaker | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"Student Loan Forgiveness" |
Dmitri Koustas |
UChicago Harris |
| Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"Robust Aggregation of Correlated Information" |
Xiao Lin |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM | Harper C05 | "The motivating power of money over nudges is larger in Western cultures" |
Thomas Talhelm | Chicago Booth |
| Thursday, October 24, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"Painful Bargaining: Evidence from Anesthesia Rollups" |
Thomas Wollmann |
Chicago Booth |
| Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"Did Pandemic Tax Benefits Boost Car Sales and Prices?" |
Eric Zwick |
Chicago Booth |
| Thursday, November 7, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"A Market Interpretation of Treatment Effects" |
Casey Mulligan |
UChicago Econ |
| Thursday, November 14, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"Wealth Inequality and Consumption Smoothing" |
Damon Jones |
UChicago Harris |
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 |
12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 | "The Social Construction of Race after Emancipation: US Census Racial Assignment Based on Skin Tone, Wealth, and Literacy" |
Richard Hornbeck |
Chicago Booth |
| Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 12:15–1:15 PM |
Harper C05 |
"Calling for Time: Examining Bias in Time Use Measurement using High-frequency Phone Surveys" |
Tamara McGavock |
Grinnell College |