Seminars

Past seminars at UBC Economics

Saturday, 10 August 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint Macro/Theory Seminar
David Frankel (Melbourne Business School)
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Michal Szkup
Tuesday, 3 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Labor/Public Seminar
Erica Myers, Calgary
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Katherine Wagner
Friday, 6 September 2024 10:00-11:30 AM PDT
SFU/UBC Theory Workshop
Gorkem Celik, Essec Business School, France
(joint with Roland Strausz')
Location: Online Seminar
Organiser: Sergei Severinov
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Micro theory seminar
Frank Yang
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Li Hao
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Eleonora Nillesen, Maastricht
Promoting School Attendance by Overcoming Menstrual Barriers: Evidence from an RCT in Bangladesh
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 12 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Economic History Seminar
David Jacks, Yale-NUS
Location: Iona 533
Monday, 16 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Macroeconomics Seminar
Markus Poschke (McGill U)
Location: Iona 533
Tuesday, 17 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Labor/Public Seminar
Kevin Schnepel, SFU
The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S.
(joint with Michael Mueller-Smith, James Reeves, and Caroline Walker')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Marit Rehavi
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Carolina Arteaga, Toronto
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 19 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Economic History Seminar
Jared Rubin, Chapman
Location: Iona 533
Friday, 20 September 2024 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
SFU/UBC Theory Workshop
Jim Albrecht, Goergetown
(joint with Susan Vromans, Xioming Cai and Pieter Gautier')
Location: Online Seminar
Organiser: Michael Peters
Monday, 23 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Macroeconomics Seminar
Amy Sun (Queens)
Bank Loan Portfolio and Monetary Transmission
(joint with Ayse Sapci')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Gorkem Bostanci
Wednesday, 25 September 2024 12:00-1:30 PM PDT
Micro theory lunch
Philip Zilke
Strategic incentives in green bond auctions
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 25 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Augustin Tapsoba, Toulouse School of Economics
Polygyny and the Economic Determinants of Family Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 26 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Econometrics Seminar
James Duffy, Oxford
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Vadim Marmer
Friday, 27 September 2024 11:30-1:00 PM PDT
Joint Economics/Sauder School of Business Seminar
Giulia Brancaccio, NYU
Investment in Infrastructure and Trade: The Case of Ports
Location: Henry Angus 969
Organiser: Hiro Kasahara
Friday, 27 September 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Micro theory seminar
Kevin He (U. of Penn)
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Li Wei
Tuesday, 1 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint Macro/Labour Seminar
Guido Menzio (NYU)
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Gorkem Bostanci
Wednesday, 2 October 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PDT
Micro theory lunch
Wei Li
Coarse targeting in social networks
(joint with Philip Solimine')
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 2 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Eduardo Montero, Chicago
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 3 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Economic History Seminar
Caterina Chiopris, Columbia
Location: Iona 533
Friday, 4 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Econometrics Seminar
Harold Chiang, U of Wisconsin-Madison
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Kevin Song
Tuesday, 8 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Stone Inequality Seminar
Marcella Alsan, Harvard
What Does Accreditation Do? Evidence from US Jails
(joint with Chrystal Yang')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Thomas Lemieux
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PDT
Micro theory lunch
Dongliang Lu
Value-Destroying Activism
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Micro theory seminar
Kai Hao Yang
Non-discriminatory Personalized Pricing
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Li Hao
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
British Industrialization and Cultural Change: Evidence From the Use of Proverbs
(joint with Melanie Xue')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 10 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint Stone Inequality/History Seminar
Eric Chyn, UT Austin
Inequality and Racial Backlash: Evidence from the Reconstruction Era and the Freedmen’s Bureau
Location: Iona 533
Friday, 11 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Econometrics Seminar
Tong Li, Vanderbilt University
Constitutional Rules, Government Formation, and Cabinet Survival with Competing Risks
(joint with Daniel Diermeier, Chris Li, and Jun Zhao')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Vadim Marmer
Wednesday, 16 October 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PDT
Micro theory lunch
Steven Pai Xu
TBA
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 16 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint History/DevPE Seminar
Augustin Bergeron, USC
The Effects of Colonial Missions on Social Ties and Moral Universalism: Evidence from the Belgian Congo
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Friday, 18 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Micro theory seminar
Mira Frick (Yale)
Location: Iona 533
Tuesday, 22 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Labor/Public Seminar
Spyros Lagaras (UIUC)
Evolution of the Relationship between the Gig Economy and Entrepreneurship: The Heterogeneous Effects of Labor Market Disruptions
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Kevin Milligan
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PDT
Micro theory lunch
Jacky Tan
TBA
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint Stone Inequality/DevPE Seminar
David Schonholzer
What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Friday, 25 October 2024 10:00-11:30 AM PDT
SFU/UBC Theory Workshop
Tan Gan
TBA
Location: Online Seminar
Organiser: Ying Gao
Friday, 25 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Stone Inequality Seminar
Hilary Hoynes, Berkeley
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Thomas Lemieux
Monday, 28 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint Macro/Theory Seminar
Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA)
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Jesse Perla
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Stone Inequality Seminar
Max Risch, CMU
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Terry Moon
Wednesday, 30 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Micro theory seminar
Maren Vairo (Princeton)
TBA
Location: Iona 167
Wednesday, 30 October 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Ara Norenzayan, UBC
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Monday, 4 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Pablo Valenzuela
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Tuesday, 5 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Max Norton
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Wednesday, 6 November 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
Li, Hao
Dating and Divorce
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 6 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Joint DevPE/Trade Seminar
Diana Van Patten, Yale
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 7 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Economic History Seminar
Diego Ramos-Toro, Dartmouth
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Friday, 8 November 2024 3:30-4:30 PM PST
Micro theory seminar
Roberto Corrao
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Ying Gao
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Ieda Matavelli
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Giulia Lo Forte
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Thursday, 14 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Pascuel Plotkin
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Friday, 15 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Jan Rosa
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Monday, 18 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Federico Ricca
The Price of Diversity: Evidence from Municipal Bonds
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Tuesday, 19 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Francisco Eslava
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
William Duan
TBA
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Development/Political Economy seminar
Catherine Thomas, Michigan
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 21 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Daniel Jaramillo Calderon
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Friday, 22 November 2024 11:30-12:30 PM PST
Joint Economics/Sauder School of Business Seminar
Yao Luo, Toronto
TBA
Location: N/A
Organiser: Hiro Kasahara
Friday, 22 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Xiaojun Guan
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Monday, 25 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Valentina Rutigliano
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Amirhossein Tavakoli
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
Ying Gao
A model of information transmission in hierarchies
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Mila Markevych
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Thursday, 28 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Aditi Singh
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Friday, 29 November 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
PhD Job Market Seminar
Phil Solimine
Investment incentives and misallocation in infrastructure networks: The case of U.S. natural gas pipelines
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Devin Clemens
Monday, 2 December 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Stone Inequality Seminar
Krishna Pendakur (SFU)
Gender Inequality Within and Across Households in the UK, 1978 to 2019
(joint with Richard Blundell, Heidi Karjalainen and Valerie Lechene')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Gorkem Bostanci
Friday, 6 December 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Econometrics Seminar
Rahul Singh (Harvard)
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Kevin Song
Monday, 9 December 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Joint Macro/Theory Seminar
Kristoffer Nimark (Cornell)
Attention costs, economies of scale and markets for information
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Gorkem Bostanci
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Labor/Public Seminar
Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Patrick Baylis
Wednesday, 11 December 2024 12:00-1:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
James Yu
Structural Estimation with the Mapinator Classification
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Tuesday, 7 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Joint Stone Inequality/DevPE Seminar
Mattie Toma, University of Warwick
Information-Optional Policies and the Gender Concealment Gap
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Heather Sarsons
Wednesday, 8 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Behavioural Seminar
Michael Thaler, UCL
Numbers Tell, Words Sell
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Labor/Public Seminar
Dana Andersen
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Katherine Wagner
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Development/Political Economy seminar
Nathan Nunn, UBC
Age Sets, Accountability, and the Balance of Power: Evidence from Villages in Rural Congo
(joint with Sara Lowes, Eduardo Montero, and James A. Robinson')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Labor/Public Seminar
Louis-Pierre Lepage, Stockholm
Anticipated Gender Discrimination and College Major Choice
(joint with Xiaomeng Li and Basit Zafar')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Heather Sarsons
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Development/Political Economy seminar
Munir Squires, UBC
Gender attitudes and cousin marriage in Oman
(joint with Mohammed Al-Shafaee, Erica Field, and Seema Jayachandran')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Thursday, 23 January 2025 11:00-12:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
William Duan
Auction Design with Misspecified Agents
Location: Iona 001
Organiser: Ying Gao
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Labor/Public Seminar
Nathan Hendren, MIT
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Terry Moon
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 12:30-2:00 PM PST
Woodward Lecture Series
Nathan Hendren, MIT
The Welfare Effects of Government Policies
Location: CHBE 102
Organiser: Terry Moon
Thursday, 13 February 2025 11:00-12:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
James Yu
Structural Estimation with the Mapinator Classification
Location: Iona 001
Organiser: Ying Gao
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Stone Inequality Seminar
Hadar Avivi, Berkeley
TBA
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Sam Norris
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Development/Political Economy seminar
Anne Karing, Chicago
Optimal Policy with Social Image Concerns: Experimental Evidence from Deworming
(joint with Karim Naguib and Ed Jee')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Siwan Anderson
Thursday, 6 March 2025 11:00-12:00 PM PST
Micro theory lunch
Eduard Talamas
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Ying Gao
Thursday, 6 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PST
Economic History Seminar
Stephan Heblich, Toronto
(joint with Clement Gorin and Yanos Zylberberg')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Reka Juhasz
Friday, 7 March 2025 11:30-1:00 PM PST
Joint Economics/Sauder School of Business Seminar
Mert Demirer, MIT
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Hiro Kasahara
Monday, 10 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Macroeconomics Seminar
Emi Nakamura (UC Berkeley)
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Michael Devereux
Tuesday, 11 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Labor/Public Seminar
Allan Hsiao, Princeton
Food Policy in a Warming World
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Katherine Wagner
Wednesday, 12 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Development/Political Economy seminar
Eoin McGuirk
(joint with Nathan Nunn')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Nathan Nunn
Thursday, 13 March 2025 11:00-12:00 PM PDT
Micro theory lunch
Kevin Song
Existence of a Bayesian Equilibrium in Incomplete Information Games without Common Priors
Location: Iona 001
Organiser: Ying Gao
Thursday, 13 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Economic History Seminar
Ruixue Jia, UCSD
(joint with Ying Bai and Runnan Wang')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Nathan Nunn
Monday, 17 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Macroeconomics Seminar
Natalia Kovrijnykh (ASU)
(joint with Igor Livshits and Ariel Zetlin-Jones')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Henry Siu
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Stone Inequality Seminar
Camille Landais, LSE
Gender Without Kids
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Thomas Lemieux
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint Stone Inequality/DevPE Seminar
Maddie McKelway, Dartmouth
The Power of Persuasion: Causal Effects of Household Communication on Women's Employment
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Stone Inequality Seminar
Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, McGill
Residential Human Capital and Economic Spillovers
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Thomas Lemieux
Wednesday, 26 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint DevPE/Macro Seminar
Alberto Bisin, NYU
The Questione Meridionale: Elites and Civil Society
(joint with Giovanni Federico')
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Jesse Perla
Thursday, 27 March 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Joint DevPE / Environment Seminar
Erin Kelley, Chicago
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Patrick Baylis
Friday, 28 March 2025 10:00-11:30 AM PDT
SFU/UBC Theory Workshop
Alex Sam, Universiry of Calgary
Location: Online Seminar
Organiser: Sergei Severinov
Friday, 28 March 2025 11:30-1:00 PM PDT
Joint Economics/Sauder School of Business Seminar
Kyoo Il Kim, Michigan State
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Hiro Kasahara
Tuesday, 1 April 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Labor/Public Seminar
Manasvini Singh, CMU
Gender Mix and Team Performance: Evidence from Obstetrics
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Heather Sarsons
Wednesday, 2 April 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Micro theory seminar
Daniele Condorelli, University of Warwick
Location: Iona 167
Organiser: Sergei Severinov
Wednesday, 2 April 2025 3:30-5:00 PM PDT
Behavioural Seminar
Azim Shariff, UBC
Location: Iona 533
Organiser: Matt Lowe

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