Dean’s Hour Lunch Seminar
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute 47 East 65 Street, New York, NYThe Public Policy Program invites you to attend a Special Dean’s Hour Lunchtime Seminar on Regulating NYC’s For-Hire Vehicle Sector: The Future of Uber and Lyft Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 1:15-2:45 pm Roosevelt House, 47-49 East 65th St, New York, NY *LUNCH WILL BE SERVED!* RSVP: https://forms.gle/M1vLaoRMrKoq3StQ7 Speaker: Dr. James A. Parrott, Senior Read more…
Oct. 3: Mazars Firm Visit (RSVP and Professional Attire Required)
Find out what it is like to work at Mazars, a prestigious mid-sized accounting firm. Learn about upcoming internship and employment opportunities. Remember to R.S.V.P. at accountingsocietyhc@gmail.com Professional business attire is required. Location: TBA
Oct. 5-6: Free Two-Day Training on Financial Modeling, Valuation, and Interview Prep (Limited Availability)
Our popular two-day intensive seminar is back! Cooperman Business Center Presents Wall Street Immersion Financial Modeling, Valuation, and Interview Prep Sat, Oct 5th and Sun, Oct 6th, 10 am to 5 pm Students are required to attend both days in full. Students unable to attend both days will need Read more…
Seminar: Aparna Anand (CUNY graduate student)
Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NYSeminar: Jose Asturias (Georgetown – Qatar)
Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NYTitle: Endogenous Transportation Costs (link: EndTranspCosts) Abstract: Quantitative trade models used to evaluate the effects of policy changes have largely abstracted away from modeling the transportation industry. This paper extends a standard Armington trade model to incorporate an oligopolistically competitive transportation industry in which shippers endogenously choose a transportation technology. Read more…
Major Day
Hunter West 3rd Floor CafeteriaHunter College will sponsor a major exploration day. The event is scheduled for Thursday, October 17th from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the 3rd floor cafeteria, West Building. Like previous years, the 2019 major exploration day will provide undergraduate students an opportunity to engage with faculty and explore the academic Read more…
Seminar: Guy David (Wharton)
Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NYPaper Title: Information, Relative Performance and Technology Abandonment
Seminar: Anna Aizer (Brown)
Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NYPaper Title: Discrimination, the Racial Wage Gap and Educational Outcomes of the Next Generation: Evidence from WWII Coauthors: Ryan Boone and Adriana Lleras-Muney Abstract: Can the racial gap in labor market earnings explain black-white disparities in the schooling of the next generation? To answer this, we exploit the large increase in Read more…