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November 16-20, 2009

Monday, November 16th

Matthew Jackson – Stanford University
"Network Formation and Patterns of Behavior"
CMS-EMS Mini-Course 1 of 3, 12:10pm-1:10pm, Leverone G42
Visiting all week in Andersen 3236

Konstantin Sonin – Northwestern University
"The Political Economy of Faculty Selection"
Political Economy Seminar, 12:15pm-1:30pm, Leverone 561

Don Kohn – Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
"TBA"
Macroeconomics Seminar, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Andersen 3245

Tuesday, November 17th

Matthew Jackson – Stanford University
"Network Formation and Patterns of Behavior"
CMS-EMS Mini-Course 2 of 3, 12:10pm-1:10pm, Leverone G27

Bruce Hansen – University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Shrinkage Efficiency Bounds" AND "Generalized Shrinkage Estimators"
Econometrics Seminar, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Andersen 3245
[Paper 1]  [Paper 2]

Wednesday, November 18th

Daniel Paravisini – Columbia University
"TBA"
Finance Seminar, 11:00am-12:30pm, Leverone 160

Matthew Jackson – Stanford University
"Network Formation and Patterns of Behavior"
CMS-EMS Mini-Course 3 of 3, 12:10pm-1:10pm, Leverone G42

Matthew Jackson – Stanford University
"Social Capital and Social Quilts: Network Patterns of Favor Exchange"
Theory Workshop, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Leverone G43

Thursday, November 19th

Marciano Siniscalchi – Northwestern University
"A More Robust Definition of Multiple Priors"
Theory Bag Lunch Seminar, 12:10pm-1:10pm, Leverone G43

Yael Hochberg – Northwestern University
"TBA"
Finance Bag Lunch Seminar, 12:15pm-1:15pm, Andersen 4214

Ija Trapeznikova – Northwestern University
"Employment Adjustment and Labor Utilization"
Joint IPR/Economics Education and Labor Seminar, 3:00pm-4:30pm, 617 Library Place IPR Conference Room

Patricia Lyon Mokhtarian – University of California, Davis
"If Telecommunication is Such A Good Substitute For Travel, Why Does Congestion Continue To Get Worse?"
Transportation Ctr. Seminar, 3:30pm-4:30pm, 600 Foster St. Transportation Center Lower Level

Jens C. Dammann – University of Texas
"TBA"
Law and Economics Colloquium, 4:00pm, Rubloff 339

Efraim Benmelech – Harvard University
"The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 19th Century"
Economic History Seminar, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Andersen 3204

Friday, November 20th

Lanier Benkard – Yale University
"Simulating the Dynamic Effects of Mergers: U.S. Airlines"
Applied Microeconomic Seminar, 3:30pm-5:30pm, Andersen 3245


Some seminar papers are available electronically. You can access these by clicking on the paper's title.
Compiled by James Burns, james-burns@northwestern.edu, phone 847-491-5140
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