Seminar: Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Eric Verhoogen is a Professor of International and Public Affairs and of Economics at Columbia University, SIPA. Paper: "Using Exchange Rates to Estimate Production" Speaker's website: http://www.columbia.edu/~ev2124/   If you would like to be informed of all of the department’s future seminars, please subscribe to the seminar listserv.

Seminar: Adam Sacarny (Columbia University)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Adam Sacarny is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Paper: “Hospital Allocation and the Evolution of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence from Heart Attacks” Speaker's website: http://sacarny.com/   If you would like to be informed of all of the department’s future seminars, please subscribe to Read more…

Seminar: Manuel Garcia Santana (Pompeu Fabra)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Manuel Garcia Santana is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Paper: "Investment Demand and Structural Change" Speaker's website: https://garciasantana.weebly.com/   If you would like to be informed of all of the department’s future seminars, please subscribe to the seminar listserv.    

Seminar: Aaron Chalfin (UPenn)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Aaron Chalfin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. Paper: "Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City" Speaker's website: http://achalfin.weebly.com/   If you would like to be informed of all of the department’s future seminars, Read more…

New Graduate Student Welcome Reception

Hunter West Glass Cafeteria 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, United States

New Accounting MS and Economics MA students are invited to the Graduate Students Welcome Reception.  Students have the opportunity to mingle with each other and get to know their program's advisors.

Sept. 18: Seminar: Ekaterina Travova (CERGE)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Paper Title: Under Pressure: Performance Evaluation of Police Officers as an Incentive to Cheat: Evidence from Drug Crimes in Russia (link: paper_Travova) Abstract: This paper provides an empirical analysis of possible manipulations of amounts of seized drugs, based on a unique dataset that contains full information on drug crimes in Read more…

Sept. 25: Seminar: Dan Hamermesh (UT Austin)

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room) 912 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

Paper Title: O Youth and Beauty: Children's Looks and Children's Cognitive Development Abstract: We use data from the 11 waves of the U.S. Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), 1991-2005, following children from ages 6 months through 15 years. Videos of the children were rated by observers Read more…