Applied Economics/Econometrics

Workshop Schedule 2024-2025

Program Directors:

Lisa Tarquinio / Roy Allen / Rory McGee / Nail Kashaev

Fall Term 2024

Wednesday, Oct. 2, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Erzo F. P. Luttmer (Dartmouth College)
"Living Large or Long? Preference Estimates from Completed-Life Stories"

Thursday, Oct. 3, Room 4161 SSC, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Erzo F. P. Luttmer (Dartmouth College)
"Sufficient Statistics and Welfare Analyses of Social-Insurance Programs"
Student Seminar

Wednesday, Oct. 30, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm (joint with CHCP)

John Singleton (Rochester University)
"Experimentally Validating Welfare Evaluation of School Vouchers"

Wednesday, Nov. 20, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute / The Munk School - UofT)
CANCELLED

Winter Term 2025

Wednesday, Feb. 26, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Jiaying Gu (University of Toronto)
"Empirical Bayes for Compound Adaptive Experiments"

Wednesday, Mar. 26, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm (joint with CHCP)

Ying Fan (University of Michigan)
"Spillover Effects in Complementary Markets: A Study of the Indian Cell Phone and Wireless Service Markets"

Wednesday, Apr. 2, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Yizhou Jin (University of Toronto)
"Entry and Advertising on Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Large E-Commerce Platform"

Wednesday, Apr. (TBA), Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Tom Crossley (University of Michigan)
CANCELLED

Summer Term 2025

Thursday, Apr. 17, Room 4161 SSC, 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Nalinda Murray (Western)
"Latent Factor Structures and the Measurement of Parental Investments in Children"
Student Talk

Monday, Apr. 21, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Giao Dang (Western)
"The Impact of Teen Birth on Femail Outcomes: Evidence from Access to Abortion Services"
Student Talk

Wednesday, Apr. 23, Room 4107 SSC, 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Lance Taylor (Western)
"Quasilinear Utility, Satisficing and Cost of Living Indices"
Student Talk

Friday, May 9, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Martin Bustos (Western)
"Nonparametric Identification of Rational Inattention Discrete-Choice Models with an Application to the Market for Automobiles"
Student Talk

Wednesday, May 14, Room 4161 SSC, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Irina Shchemelinina (Western)
"Financial Frictions and Market Power in the Canadian Mutual Funds Industry"
Student Talk

Friday, May 16, Room 4161 SSC, 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Zhaoqi Li (Western)
"Curement Effect and Dynamic Incentives in Health Insurance Contracts"
Student Talk