EAP Seminar Spring 2004

PhDBA219s: Research Seminar in Economic Analysis and Policy

Wednesdays 2-4pm (except 2/18), F318

This seminar meets weekly in the first half of the Spring semester to present and discuss new research in Economic Analysis and Policy.

For questions, email marko@haas (Marko Terviö)

1/21 Jagadeesh Sivadasan (Chicago GSB)

“Barriers to Entry and Productivity: Micro-evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector Reforms.”

1/28 Matthew Gentzkow (Harvard)

“Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarities: Online Newspapers.”

2/4 Dmitri Kvassov (Penn State)

“Contests with Limited Resources.”

2/11 Uli Doraszelski (Northwestern)

“Advertising Dynamics and Competitive Advantage.” With Sarit Markovich (Tel Aviv).

2/18 Andy Rose (Haas) (Note: exceptional time at 4pm)

“Do We Really Know that the WTO Increases Trade?”

2/25 Paul Oyer (Stanford GSB)

“Why do Some Firms Give Stock Options to All Employees? An Empirical Examination of Alternative Theories.”

With Scott Schaefer (Kellogg). (Note the changed topic)

3/3 Ted Bergstrom (UCSB)

“Some Economics of Academic Journals.”

3/10 Marko Terviö (Haas)

“Transfer Fees and Development of Talent.”