Welcome: The Business and Public Policy Department

"Seminars" provide a forum for both outside speakers and Wharton faculty to present applied economic research of interest to the broad Wharton community. "Workshops" are a forum in which Wharton and allied faculty present applied economic research-in-progress.

The Applied Economics Seminar is organized by Fernando Ferreira, Katja Seim & Betsey Stevenson.
The seminar meets on Wednesdays, from 12:00 - 1:20 p.m.

Fall 2006 Schedule
Sep 13	Louis Kaplow, Harvard Myopia and the Effects of Social Security and Capital Taxation on Labor Supply
Sep 20	V. Joseph Hotz, UCLA The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Firm Entry, Exit and Product Quality: The Case of the Child Care Market
Sep 27	Jesse Rothstein, Princeton Tipping and the Dynamics of Segregation in Neighborhoods and Schools
Oct 04	Ambarish Chandra, UBC Sauder School of Business Demand and Welfare in Two-Sided Media Markets
Oct 11	Jakub Kastl, Yale Discrete Bids and Empirical Inference in Divisible Good Auctions
Oct 18	Justine Hastings, Yale Preferences and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in a Public School Choice Lottery (with Thomas Kane and Douglas Staiger)
Oct 25	Christine Paxson, Princeton Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes
Nov 01	Kenneth Chay, UC Berkeley The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Minority Self-Employment
Nov 08	Stephen Ryan, MIT The Costs of Environmental Regulation in a Concentrated Industry
Nov 15	Jon Guryan, University of Chicago GSB The Role of Prejudice in the Economics of Discrimination
Nov 22	No seminar due to Thanksgiving holiday
Nov 29	Michèle Tertilt, Stanford University - PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO SCHEDULE FOR SPEAKER THIS WEEK. Seminar is still as scheduled. Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies*
Dec 06	Olivier Deschenes, UC Santa Barbara The Health Impacts of Climate Change in the U.S.: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather and Mortality
Dec 13	Kathleen McGarry, UCLA Multiple Dimensions of Private Information: Evidence from the Long-Term Care Insurance Market

Past Seminar Schedules

Spring 2008 | Summer 2008 | Fall 2008

Spring 2007 | Summer 2007 | Fall 2007

Spring 2006 | Summer 2006 | Fall 2006

Spring 2005 | Summer 2005 | Fall 2005

Spring 2004 | Summer 2004 | Fall 2004

Questions or suggestions about the seminar?
Contact Fernando Ferreira, Katja Seim, or Betsey Stevenson.
For seminar administration: AEW administration.
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