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Public Economics

Program Organizer:  Steve Coate

September 9 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Eric Weese (Yale University) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Political Mergers as Coalition Formation: Evidence from Japanese Municipal Amalgamations

September 15 - (Tues., 11:45 - 1:15, 141 SGH) - Raj Chetty (Harvard University) (joint w/Behavioral)
Salience and Taxation: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/chetty/files/taxsalience_aer.pdf
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/chetty/files/eitcblock.pdf

September 21 - (Mon., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Antonio Rangel (Cal Tech) (joint w/Behavioral)
Neuroeconomics of Simple Choice

October 1 - (Thurs., 498 URH) - Asaf Zussman (Hebrew University)
Partisan Grading (joint w/Talia Bar)

October 7 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) Mike Conlin (Michigan State University) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Interference by College Admission Departments: Bayesian or Cursed? (joint w/Stacy Dickert-Conlin)

October 14 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) Ray Fisman (Columbia University) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Distinguishing Motivations for Corporate Charity: Evidence from EBay Sellers

October 21- (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon (Cornell University) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Newspaper Political Endorsements and Market Competition

October 28 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Leah Brooks (University of Toronto) (joint w/Applied Econ)
The Micro-Empirics of Collective Action: The Case of Business Improvement Districts (joint w/William Strange)

November 4 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Kevin Strange (University of Michigan) (joint w/Applied Econ)
An Empirical Investigation of the Option Value of College Enrollment

November 11 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Damon Jones (Univeristy of Chicago) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Inertia and Overwithholding: Explaining the Prevalence of Income Tax Refunds

November 13 - (Fri., 4:00 p.m., STL 265) - Department Wide Seminar - Abhijit Banerjee (MIT)
Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India (joint w/Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak & Jeanne Lafortune)

November 18 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) James Sallee (University of Chicago) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Car Notches (joint w/Joel Slemrod)

December 2 - (Wed., 4:15 p.m., 498 URH) - Monica Singhal (Harvard University) (joint w/Applied Econ)
Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution (joint w/Erzo Luttmer)

December 4 - (Fri., 4:00 p.m., STL 265) - Frank Knight Lecture- Roger Myerson - (University of Chicago)
Understanding the Foundations of Institutions: Moral Hazard in High Office