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.

Spring 2005 Schedule
Jan 12	Philip Oreopoulos, Toronto Do Dropouts Drop Out Too Soon-International Evidence From Changes in School Leaving Laws
Jan 19	Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Chicago The Effects of Changes in the TransportationInfrastructure on Suburbanization- Evidence from theConstruction of the Interstate Highway System
Jan 26	Lucas Davis, Wisconsin The Role of Durable Goods in Household Waterand Energy Consumption- The Case of FrontLoading Clothes Washers
Feb 02	John List, Maryland Using Lotteries to Finance Public Goods- Theory and Experimental Evidence Using Lotteries to Raise Money for Public Goods-Evidence from a Door-to-Door Fundraising Campaign
Feb 09	Raven Saks, Harvard Job Creation and Housing Construction-Constraints on Employment Growth in Metropolitan Areas
Feb 16	Joe Altonji, Yale The Marginal Propensity to Spend on Adult Children
Feb 23	Petra Todd, U of PA The Production of Cognitive Achievement in Children- Home, School and Racial Test Score Gaps
Mar 02	Chris Udry, Yale Gender, Power and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
Mar 09	Spring Break
Mar 16	Guy David, U of PA, Wharton The Convergence between For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals in the United States
Mar 23	Matt Kahn, Tufts Survival of the Fittest or Friendliest? Escaping Death in Confederate POW Camps During the U.S. Civil War (Slide Presentation)
Mar 30	Howard Kunreuther, U of PA, Wharton Interdependent Security- A General Model
Apr 06	Larry Katz, Harvard Re-Assessing Recent Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality- Revising the Revisionists
Apr 13	Derek Neal, Chicago Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped-
Apr 20	Erica Field, Harvard Are There Upward Intergenerational Education Spillovers on Health- The Impact of Children’s Education on Parents’ Smoking Cessation

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

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