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Spring 2007 Seminar Series

Thursday, January 18, 2-3 p.m., SHB 139

Labor Market Effects of Preferential College Admission [Job talk]

Christopher L. Barlett, University of Texas at Austin

 

Wednesday, January 24, 3:20 -4:30 p.m., SHB 139

Peer and Leadership Effects in Academic and Athletic Performance [Job talk]

Scott Carrell, Dartmouth College

 

Thursday, January 25, 2-3 p.m., SHB 139

Dead on Arrival: Zero Tolerance Laws Don't Work [Job talk]

Darren Grant, University of Texas at Arlington

 

Monday, January 29, 3:20-4:30 p.m., SHB 139

An Experimental Study of Auctions with a Buy Price Under Private and Common Values [Job talk]

Quazi Shahriar, University of Arizona

 

Thursday, February 1, 2-3 p.m., SHB 139

Physician Code Creep: Evidence in Medicaid Billing? [Job talk] CANCELLED

Eric Seiber, Clemson University

 

Wednesday, February 7, 2-3 p.m., SHB 105

Toxic Release Inventory, Stockholder Reaction and Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry [Job talk]

Sherry Bartz, University of Miami

 

Friday, February 9, 11a.m.-12 noon (Locationa TBA)

Do Immigrants and their Remittances Respond to the Exchange Rate? [Job talk]

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont

 

Thursday, March 8, 2:30 -4 p.m., SHB 133

The Effect of Social Security Contributions of Wages: The Colombian Experience

Andres J Vargas, Texas Tech University

 

Thursday, March 29, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., SHB 133

A Drive Up the Capital Coast: Contributions to Post-Reform Growth across Chinese Provinces

Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University

 

Thursday, April 5, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., SHB 133

Subjective Well-Being: Keeping up with the Joneses. Real or Perceived?

Cahit Guven, University of Houston

 

Thursday, April 12, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., SHB 133

Outsourcing, Innovation, and Wage Inequality in the United States: What Happened to the Outsourcing   Effect on Wage Inequality in the 1970s?

Glenn Hsu, Texas A&M University

 

Thursday, April 19, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. SHB 133

The Effectiveness of Border Enforcement in Deterring and Postponing Repetitive Illegal Crossings

Attempts

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University

 

Thursday, April 26, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., SHB 133

An Empirical Test of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis with Strategic Environment and Trade Policy

Derek K. Kellenberg, Georgia Institute of Technology