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September 2
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No Meeting
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September 9
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Raj Chetty,
UC Berkeley
Labor Supply and Risk Aversion: A Calibration Theorem
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September 16
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Xavier Gabaix,
M.I.T.
Power Laws and the Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations
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September 23
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Charles Jones,
UC Berkeley
The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending
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September 27*
Monday
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David Albouy,
UC Berkeley
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: A Reexamination Based on
Improved Settler Mortality Data
(Joint with Economic History Seminar, 2-4 p.m., 597 Evans)
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October 6*
Wednesday
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Edward Lazear, Stanford University
Speeding, Tax Fraud, and Teaching to the Test
(Joint with Department Seminar, 4-5:30 p.m., 608-7 Evans)
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October 14
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Joachim Voth,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Riding the South Sea Bubble
(Joint with Economic History Seminar)
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October 21
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Meredith Beechey, UC Berkeley
Explaining Excess Volatility in Bond Yields: Limited
Information and Learning in
Bond Markets
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October 28
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Julio Rotemberg,
Harvard University
Fair Pricing
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November 4
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No Meeting
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November 11
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No Meeting - Veteran's Day
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November 17*
Wednesday
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James Poterba, M.I.T.
Tax Motivated Trading by Individual Investors
(Joint with Department Seminar, 4-5:30 p.m., 608-7 Evans)
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November 25
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No Meeting - Thanksgiving
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November 29*
Monday
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Martin Ravallion, World Bank
Creating a Market: Land Reallocation in Vietnam's
Agrarian Transition
(Joint with Department Seminar, 4-5:30 p.m., 608-7 Evans)
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December 9
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Paul Scanlon, UC Berkeley
Why the Fed Should Consider Inflation Targeting
(No paper will be distributed)
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