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Research Seminar
"'Everything in Common...But the Language'?: Intergenerational Mobility in Britain and the U.S. Since 1850"
Jason Long
Colby College
April 25, 2008
Guest Lecture
"The Impact of Carbon Trading on Financial Markets"
Michael Zenker, Barclay's Capital
April 17, 2:30 PM
Diamond 341
Grossman Lecture
"Emissions Trading: From Economic Concept to Global Implementation"
Tom Tietenberg
Colby College
April 15, 2008
Guest Lecture
"The Impact of Economic Reform on Education in China."
Rachel Connelly
Bowdoin College
April 14, 1:00 PM
Diamond 343
Research Seminar
"Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Contracts"
Andrew Seltzer
Royal Halloway, University of London
April 11, 2008
Research Seminar
"Fish in Space: The Efficiency and Political-Economics of Spatially Structured Regulations"
Ta Herrera
Bowdoin College
March 7, 2008
Public Lecture
Financial Development in Latin America: Big Emerging Issues, Little Policy Answers
Augusto de la Torre
World Bank
February 29, 2008
Research Seminar
"Three Decades of Consumption and Income Poverty"
James Sullivan
Notre Dame
November 16, 2007
Research Seminar
"Grassroots Democracy and Income Distribution: Evidence from Village Elections in Rural China"
Yang Yao
China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
November 9, 2007
Research Seminar
"Heterogeneity and the Welfare Cost of Inflation"
Paola Boel
Bowdoin College
October 12, 2007
Research Symposium
"Damming the Nu: Assessing the Impact of Dams on China's Angry River"
Phil Brown
(Economics, Colby)
Daqing Chen
(Yangtze River Fisheries Inst.)
Darrin Magee
(Geography, Hobart & Wm Smith)
Maggie Maurer-Fazio
(Economics, Bates)
Greg Ponte
(Trout Unlimited)
Bryan Tilt
(Anthropology, Oregon State)
Desiree Tullos
(Hydrology, Oregon State)
October 6, 9:00 AM
Diamond 142

Research Seminar
"Children's Work and Schooling in Northern Mali"
Andrew Dillon
Cornell University
September 14, 2007
Grossman Lecture
"Corporate Social Responsibility: Is Milton Friedman right? Applications from Latin America"
Grossman Professor of Economics
Patrice Franko
April 4, 7:30 p.m.
Olin 1
Research Seminar
"Why are Immigrants' Incarceration Rates So Low?
Evidence on Selective Immigration, Deterrence, and Deportation"
Kristin Butcher
Wellesley College and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
March 15, 4 p.m.
Diamond 122
Research Seminar
"The Launch of the European Central Bank: Learning About Europe, and About Central Banks"
Michael Klein
Tufts University
Thursday, February 22, 4 p.m.
Diamond 141
Public Lecture
Christian A. Johnson Lecture Series
"The Economic Impact of Immigration"
George Borjas
Harvard University
November 9, 2006
Lovejoy 100, 7:00 pm
Research Seminar
"Foreign Trade of Russian Regions"
Vladimir Sherov-Ignatiev
St. Petersburg State University
November 3, 2006
Miller 319, 3 p.m.
Public Lecture
"The Russian Economy: From Plan to Market"
Vladimir Sherov-Ignatiev
St. Petersburg State University
November 2, 2006
Lovejoy 100, 7:00 pm

Annual Alumni Lecture
"Does Restructuring the Electricity Industry Have Environmental Consequences?"
Erin Mansur '95
Yale School of Management
October 6, 2006
Olin 1, 7:00 pm
Research Seminar
"Federal Medicaid Assistance to States: Impact on Prenatal Care"
Michael Quinn
Bentley College
September 29, 2006
Miller 319, 2:00 pm
Research Seminar
"Exchange and Specialization as a Discovery Process"
Bart Wilson
George Mason University
September 21, 2006
Miller 319, 4:00 pm
Student Honors Research
Jessica Minty '06 and Caroline Theoharides '06 will present their Honors Projects in Economics at Colby's Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Friday, May 5, 2006
Smith Room, 3:30 pm
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Senior Scholars Project
Emilia Tjernstom '06 is one of two students pursuing a Senior Scholars project this year. She will present her research entitled "Be the Change You Wish to See: National Attitudes and Climate Change Policy" at Colby's Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Friday, May 5, 2006
Hurd Room, 1:00 pm
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Student Research
Alexandra Funk '06, Michael Poplaski '07, Brian Tierney '06, and Jonathan Wong '06 will present their research at Colby's Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Smith Room, 4:00 pm
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Research Seminar
"Wealth Effects on Consumer Spending: Asset Liquidity and Asymmetric Behavior"
Michael Donihue
Colby College
April 20, 2006
Miller 319, 4:30 pm

Public Lecture
"Labor Migration and Economic Development in China"
Liu Kaiming
Institute for Contemporary Observation
April 12, 2006
Lovejoy 100, 7:00 pm

Research Seminar
"Why Not Retire? The Timing and Timing Costs of Market Work"
Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas
April 7, 2006
Miller 319, 4:30 pm
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Grossman Lecture
"The Economics of Time"
Daniel Hamermesh
Univeristy of Texas
April 6, 2006
Lovejoy 100, 8:00 pm

Research Seminar
"Rulers Ruled by Women: An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Fall of Women's Rights in Ancient Sparta"
F. Andrew Hanssen
Montana State University
March 14, 2006
Miller 319, 4:30 pm
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Research Seminar
"The Cost of Convenience: The Effect of New Subway Lines on Housing Prices in Santiago, Chile"
Claudio Agostini
Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile)
February 28, 2006

Research Seminar
"New Evidence on the Effects of Taxes on Charitable Bequests"
Jon Bakija
Williams College
November 11, 2005

Annual Alumni Lecture
"How I Use Economics"
Edward A. Snyder
Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
October 20, 2005

Research Seminar
"Trade Policy, Child Labor, and Schooling: Evidence from Indian Districts"
Eric Edmonds
Dartmouth College
September 22, 2005
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Public Lecture
"Economic Policy and Prospects in Iraq"
Chris Foote
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
May 5, 2005

Public Lecture
"An Inside Look at the Business of Major League Baseball"
John Brody
Vice President of Marketing, Major League Baseball
April 25, 2005

Class Lecture
"Wall Street's Evolving Love Affair With Hedge Funds"
Andrew Weber
RBS Greenwich Capital
April 22, 2005

Research Seminar
"Nominal Wage Rigidity Under Low Inflation: Evidence from Personnel Records"
Andy Seltzer
University of London, Royal Holloway College
April 15, 2005
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Research Seminar
"Strict Product Liability and the Accident Rate: Evidence From the General Aviation Market"
Randy Nelson
Colby College
April 11, 2005
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Grossman Lecture
"Precaution or Protection? Regulatory Reach Across the Atlantic"
Patrice Franko
Colby College
April 6, 2005

Class Lecture
"The Effects of Unbundling and TELRIC Rates on Telecommunications Investment"
Alan Ingraham
Criterion Auctions, L.L.C.
March 29, 2005

Research Seminar
"Risk and Incentives in Whaling Employment Contracts: Evidence from the Civil War"
Eric Hilt
Wellesley College
March 16, 2005

Public Lecture
"Information Regulation at the Federal Trade Commission: Advertising, Obesity, and Privacy"
Luke Froeb
Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, Owen School of Business, Vanderbilt University.
March 10, 2005

Public Lecture
"The Dollar and Development"
Richard Sabot
Williams College
March 8, 2005

Public Lecture
"Globalization and the Small Farm Holder: The Case of China"
Funing Zhong
Nanjing Agricultural University
February 27, 2005

Public Lecture
"Contracting in Professional Baseball"
Thomas J. Miceli
Professor, University of Connecticut
February 21, 2005

Research Seminar
"Monetary Policy in the Aftermath of the NASDAQ Bubble"
Brad Delong
University of California, Berkeley
November 22, 2004

Public Lecture
"The Economic Transformations of the Twentieth Century"
Brad Delong
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
November 21, 2004

Class Lecture
"Pricing New Products"
Mark Gildersleeve
WSI
Scott Jones
Surgient
November 03, 2004

Public Lecture
"High and Rising Unemployment in China"
Cai Fang
Institute for Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
November 3, 2004

Class Lecture
"Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America"
Dante Pesce Vincular
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (Chile)
November 2, 2004

Research Seminar
"Risk Management in International Banking"
Eric Rosengren
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
October 21, 2004

Annual Alumni Lecture
"Globalization in Banking"
Eric Rosengren
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
October 21, 2004