Theory, History and Development Seminar

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Events Calendar


May 14, 2012	Ola Kvaloy, Professor of Economics, University of Stavange (Visiting UC San Diego) Incentive Provision When Contracting is Costly
May 7, 2012	Roee Teper, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh Endowment as a Blessing
April 30, 2012	Simon Board, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UCLA Competitive Insurance Markets with Limited Commitment
April 23, 2012	Michael Caldara, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, UC Irvine Bidding Behavior in Pay-to-Bid Auctions: An Experimental Study
April 16, 2012	Mohamed Saleh, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, USC On the Road to Heaven: Poll Tax, Religion, and Human Capital in Medieval and Modern Egypt
April 9, 2012	Priya Ranjan, Department of Economics, UCI Offshoring, Unemployment and Wages: The Role of Labor Market Institutions
April 2, 2012	Paola Giuliano, UCLA On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough
March 12, 2012	Mark Koyama, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France
March 5, 2012	David Hirschleifer, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI Self-Enhancing Transmission Bias and Active Investing
February 27, 2012	Dan Bogart, Department of Economics, UCI A Remarkable Transition: The Politics of Market Access in Britain’s Infrastructure Sector During the Rage of Party
November 28, 2011	Tuan-Hwee Sng, Princeton University Size and Dynastic Decline: The Principal-Agent Problem in Late Imperial China 1700-1850
November 14, 2011	Petra Moser, Stanford University Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation? Evidence from 20 Industries in the 1930s
November 7, 2011	Philipp Denter, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland The Effect of Polls in Political Campaigns: A Dynamic Contest Model
October 31, 2011	Nilopa Shah, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, UC Irvine Squatting on Government Land
October 28, 2011	Chew Soo Hong and Richard P. Ebstein, National University of Singapore Molecular Genetics of Economic Decision Making
October 24, 2011	David Hewitt, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, UC Irvine Cross-Industry Licensing: A Theoretical and Experimental Study
October 17, 2011	Dan Bogart, Department of Economics, UC Irvine Monopoly and Regulation in Industrializing England: Evidence from the Infrastructure Sector
October 10, 2011	Haelim Park, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, UC Irvine Did British Commercial Banks' Behavior Change When the International Financial Regimes Changed, 1921 to 1938?
October 3, 2011	Yanhui Wu, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California Authority, Incentives and Performance: Theory and Evidence from a Chinese Newspaper
September 26, 2011	Michael McBride, Department of Economics, UC Irvine The Enemy You Can’t See: An Investigation of the Disruption of Dark Networks