Applied Microeconomics Seminars

Stanford GSB Applied Microeconomics seminars are held on Fridays from 12:10 to 1:25 pm, unless otherwise indicated. Events for the 2015-16 academic year will be added here as they are scheduled.

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Questions?

Contact our seminar organizers, Ali Yurukoglu, Rebecca Diamond, and Bradley Larsen

Meet the Speaker

Click the * link next to the seminar to view the schedule or email Miriam Torres for an appointment (Stanford GSB faculty only).

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Winter 2016SpeakerTitleTime/PlaceMeet the Speaker
February 24 Judy Chevalier 
Yale School of Management (Joint with Marketing)  
12:10 - 1:25 PM
P107
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March 4 Igal Hendel 
Northwestern University  
The Welfare Impact of Long-Term Contracts 12:10 - 1:25 PM
C102 
(•)
March 11 Ben Handel
UC Berkeley 
What Does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics 12:10 - 1:25 PM
C102 
(•)

Spring 2016SpeakerTitleTime/PlaceMeet the Speaker
April 1 Natalia Lazzati
UC Santa Cruz 
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)
April 8 Michael Sinkinson 
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania 
(Joint with Marketing)  
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)
April 15 Jeff Clemens
UC San Diego (Visiting SIEPR) 
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
April 22 Alessandro Gavazza
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)  
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)
April 29 Francesco Decarolis
Boston University  (Visiting SIEPR) 
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
May 6 Fernando Luco
Texas A&M 
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)
May 13 Danielle Li
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University 
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)
May 20 David Deming 
Harvard Graduate School of Education  
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)
May 27 Kenneth Hendricks
University of Wisconsin-Madison 
12:10 - 1:25 PM
TBA 
(•)

Fall 2015SpeakerTitleTime/PlaceMeet the Speaker
September 25 Joe Altonji
Yale University Department of Economics 
Group-Average Observables As Controls for Sorting on Unobservables When Estimating Group Treatment Effects: The Case of School and Neighborhood Effects 12:10-1:25 PM
C106 
(•)
October 2 Adam Kapor
Princeton University  
Distributional Effects of Race-Blind Affirmative Action 12:10-1:25 PM
C106 
(•)
October 9 Amanda Kowalski
Yale University Department of Economics (Visiting SIEPR) 
Marginal Treatment Effects and the External Validity of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment  12:10-1:25 PM
C106 
October 16 Amit Gandhi
University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Measuring Substitution Patterns and Market Power with Differentiated Products 12:10-1:25 PM
C106
(•)
October 23 Sarah Moshary 
University of Pennsylvania 
Price Discrimination across Political Action Committees: Evidence from the 2012 Presidential Election 12:10-1:25 PM
C106
(•)
October 30 Enrico Moretti
University of California, Berkeley  (Visiting SIEPR) 
The Effect of State Taxes on the Geographical Location of Top Earners: Evidence from Star Scientists 12:10-1:25 PM
C106
November 6 Robin Lee
Harvard University, Department of Economics  
Insurer Competition in Health Care Markets  12:10-1:25 PM
C106
(•)
November 13 Fanyin Zheng
Columbia Business School  
Spatial Competition and Preemptive Entry in the Discount Retail Industry 12:10-1:25 PM
C106
(•)
November 20 Jesse Gregory
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Estimation of an Equilibrium Model with Externalities: Combining the Strengths of Structural Models and Quasi-Experiments 12:10-1:25 PM
C106
(•)
December 4 Thomas Wollman
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business  
Trucks without bailouts: Equilibrium product characteristics for commercial vehicles 12:10-1:25 PM
C106
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