Department of Economics | University of Waterloo

Fall 2011 Seminar Schedule

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Title	Host
Sep 9	3:30	PAS 1229	Stéphane Mechoulan, Dalhousie University	Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release with Nicolas Sahuguet	Phil Curry
Sep 21	3:30	PAS 1241	Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada	"How Do You Pay? The Role of Incentives at the Point-of-Sale?" with Carlos Arango and Leonard Sabetti. Copies of the paper are available in HH 215.	Mikal Skuterud
Sep 22	3:30	EV1 350	Charles Zheng, University of Western Ontario	Bidding Consortiums	Phil Curry
Sep 30	4:00	HH 1106	Louis Hotte, University of Ottawa	On the Dual Nature of Weak Property Rights with Randy McFerrin and Douglas Wills	Tao Chen
Oct 7	3:30	HH 1106	Peter Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara	Centre for Behavioural Decision Research Seminar "Lab Labor: What Can Labor Economists Learn from the Lab?" with Gary Charness. If you would like to attend the reception following the seminar, please RSVP to Jennifer Lehman	Mikal Skuterud
Oct 14	3:30	PAS 2083	Taylor Hui, The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)	The learn$ave Random Assignment Demonstration Project with Norm Leckie, Doug Tattrie, Jennifer Robson, Jean-Pierre Voyer	Phil Curry
Oct 17	3:30	EV1 350	Vikram Maheshri, University of Houston	School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Points with Gregorio Caetano	Jean Guillaume Forand
Oct 20	3:30	EV1 350	Yanqin Fan, Vanderbilt University	Identification and Wavelet Estimation of LATE in a Class of Switching Regime Models with Heng Chen	Dinghai Xu
Oct 21	3:30	HH 1102	David Laibson, Harvard University	Centre for Behavioural Decision Research Seminar Self-control and Commitment *If you would like to attend the reception following the seminar, please RSVP to Jennifer Lehman*	John Burbidge
Oct 28	3:30	HH 1106	Abigail Payne, McMaster University	"Crowding-Out Charitable Contributions in Canada: Considering Composition." Copies of the paper are available upon request.	Anindya Sen
Oct 31	3:30	HH 373	Anke Kessler, Simon Fraser University	Ideologues: Explaining Partisanship and Persistence in Politics (and Elsewhere) with Benno Bühler	Phil Curry
*Nov 3	3:30	HH 334	César Martinelli, ITAM	Ignorance and Naivete in Large Elections	Jean Guillaume Forand
The Canadian Public Economics Group (CPEG) November 4-5, 2011 CPEG 2011 is hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo and will take place at the School of Business and Economics at Laurier in Waterloo, Ontario
Nov 18	3:30	PAS 2083	Yosh Halberstam, University of Toronto	"Spending within Limits: Theory and Evidence from Municipal Fiscal Restraints." Paper available upon request.	Phil Curry
Nov 25	3:30	PAS 2083	Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto	The Role of Application Assistance and Information in College Decisions: Results from the H&R Block FAFSA Experiment with Eric P. Bettinger, Bridget Terry Long and Lisa Sanbonmatsu	Tao Chen
Dec 2	3:30	PAS 2083	Martin Dooley, McMaster University	Understanding the Determinants of Persistence and Academic Success in University: An Exploration of Data from Four Ontario Universities with A. Abigail Payne and A. Leslie Robb	Lori Curtis
Dec 9	3:30	TBA	Andrew Leach , University of Alberta	PLEASE NOTE THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED - DATE TO BE DETERMINED	Alain-Désiré Nimubona