"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.

Spring 2008 Schedule
Jan 9	Jeremy Tobacman, Harvard University "Payday Loans, Uncertainty & Discounting"
Jan 14	Marit Rehavi, UC Berkeley "Sex and Politics: Do Female Legislators Affect State Spending?"
Jan 16	Hui Shan, MIT "Property Taxes and Elderly Mobility"
Jan 23	Kartini Shastry, Harvard University "Human Capital Response to Globalization: Education and Information Technology In India"
Jan 30	Maisy Wong, MIT "Estimating Ingroup Preferences Using Ethnic Housing Quotas in Singapore"
Feb 04	Alexander Gelber, Harvard University "Taxation and Family Labor Supply"
Feb 06	Emilia Simeonova, Columbia University "Doctors, Patients, and the Racial Mortality Gap: What Are the Causes?"
Feb 08	Robin Lee, Harvard University "Vertical Integration and Exclusivity in Platform and Two-Sided Markets"
Feb 11	James Sallee, University of Michigan "The Incidence of Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles"
Feb 20	Alvin Murphy, Duke University "A Dynamic Model of Housing Supply"
Feb 27	Paul Raschky, University of Innsbruck "Who Is Going to Save Us Now? Bureaucrats, Politicians and Low-Probability-High-Loss Risks"
Mar 05	Lucas Davis, University of Michigan "The Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Markets"
Mar 19	Erzo Luttmer, Harvard University "What Good Is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption"
Mar 26	Ebonya Washington, Yale University "Economics and Ideology: Casual Evidence of the Impact of Income on Support for Redistribution and Other Proposals"
Apr 02	Betsey Stevenson, University of Pennsylvania "Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox"
Apr 09	Holger Sieg, Carnegie Mellon University "The Joy of Giving and the Greater Joy of Receiving: Estimating a Multiple-Discrete Choice Models of Philanthropic Behavior"
Apr 16	Frank Verboven, Catholic University of Leuven "Investment and Usage of New Technologies: Evidence from a Shared ATM Network"
Apr 23	John Asker, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business "A Study of the Internal Organization of a Bidding Cartel"
Spring 2008 IRM Workshop Schedule All Seminars are from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Jan 17 SH-DH 1201	Olivia Ceccarini, Upenn "Does Experience Rating Matter in Reducing Accident Probabilities?  A Test for Moral Hazard"
Jan 22 SHDH 1201	Erik Snowberg, Stanford "Explaining the Favorite-Longshot Bias: Is it Risk-Love or Misperceptions?"
Jan 28 SH-DH 1201	Francisco Gomes, LBS "Longevity Risk and Retirement Savings"
Jan 31 SHDH 1201	Day Manoli, Berkeley "Pension Benefits & Retirement Decisions" Income vs. Price Effects"
Feb 13 SHDH 1201	Guillaume Roger, University of Southern California "Media Competition: a Two-Sided Duopoly with Costly Differentiation"
Feb 14 SHDH 1201	Roozbeh Hosseini, University of Minnesota "Adverse Selection in the Annuity Market and the Role for Social Security"
Feb 21 SHDH 1201	Justin Sydnor, Case Western Sweating the Small Stuff: Risk Aversion in Homeowners Insurance"

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.
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