2006-2007

AREC SEMINARS FALL 2006
All seminars will be 3:30-5:00 on Wednesdays in 3121 Symons unless otherwise noted.
All information is subject to change.
Sept. 6                     John Hoddinott, IFPRI
The Impact of an Experimental Nutritional Intervention in Childhood on Education Among Guatemalan Adults
Sept. 13, 2:00 p.m.     Sheila Olmstead, Yale (Forestry and Environmental Studies)
The Value of Scarce Water: Measuring the Inefficiency of Municipal Regulations (with Erin Mansur). *Joint with School of Public Policy. **Note earlier time.
Sept. 20                       Dean Yang, Michigan
Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall
Oct. 9 (*Monday*)    Roberton Williams, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
An Estimate of the Optimal Second-Best Gasoline Tax Considering Efficiency and Equity
*This seminar will take place on Monday.*
Oct. 18                        Asim Khwaja, Harvard (Kennedy School)

Tracing the Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Oct. 25                        Michael Anderson, Berkeley (ARE) and Robert Woods Johnson
Uncovering Gender Differences in the Effects of Preschool: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects
Nov. 1                         Dean Karlan, Yale
"Understanding and Evaluating Microfinance"
Dr. Karlan will be presenting two papers during his presentation:
Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions To Estimate the Impacts
Observing Unobservables: Identifying Information Asymmetries with a Consumer Credit Field Experiment *Joint with Department of Economics
Nov. 8                         Jay Shimshack, Tufts
Mandatory Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance in the Electricity Industry (joint with Magali Delmas and Maria Montes-Sancho)
Nov. 15                       David Hummels, Purdue
Explaining Import Variety and Quality: The Role of the Income Distribution
Nov. 29                       Bart Wilson, George Mason
Experimental Gasoline Markets
Dec. 6                          ~~Margaret McMillan, Tufts and Harvard~~ CANCELED.
AREC SEMINARS SPRING 2007
All seminars will be 2:00-3:30 on Wednesdays in 3121 Symons unless otherwise noted.
Titles and links to papers will be added as they become available.
All information is subject to change.

Feb. 21	Omer Gokcekus – Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University Rescheduled for March. 28.
Feb. 28	Jeff Lafrance – U.C. Berkeley Grazing Fees versus Stewardship on Federal Lands
Mar. 7	Nancy Qian – Brown University Note that this seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m., in Tydings Hall, Rm. 4105 The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine
Mar. 14	Lucas Davis – University of Michigan The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings: Lessons to be Learned from the U.S. Residential Market for Natural Gas Joint with Public Policy
Mar. 28	Omer Gokcekus – Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University The Cotton Influence Index: An Examination of the U.S. Cotton Subsidies
Apr. 4	Maggie McMillan – Tufts University Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Apr. 10	George Loewenstein – Carnegie Mellon University Note Tuesday seminar Joint with Economics The Heat of the Moment: Modeling Interactions Between Affect and Deliberation
Apr. 18	Bouwe Dijkstra, University of Nottingham Group Rewards and Individual Sanctions In Environmental Policy
Apr. 25	Elena Irwin, Ohio State University Canceled. A Dynamic Model of Household Location, Regional Growth, and Endogenous Natural Amenities with Cross-Scale Interactions
May 2	Kurt Schnier, University of Rhode Island Eco-labeling and Dolphin Avoidance: A Dynamic Model of Tuna Fishing in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Joint with Public Policy

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