Applied Economics Workshop
Workshop in Applied Economics
Winter 2004
The workshop meets from 1:30-3:00 on Wednesdays
in Rosenwald 301. Papers are posted to this site in .pdf format
unless otherwise noted. Copies of the papers are also available in Ro 229.
January 7 |
ANDREW SWEETING, MIT - “Coordination Games, Multiple Equilibria, and the Timing of Radio Commercials” |
January 19 |
EBONYA WASHINGTON, MIT - "How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout and Candidate Positioning" |
| January 21 Wednesday |
MATT LEWIS, UC, Berkely - "Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Consumer Search: An Examination of Retail Gasoline Market" |
| January 28 Wednesday |
DOUG ALMOND, UC, Berkeley - "Is the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Over? |
| February 3 Tuesday, 2:00pm in Ro405 |
JOHN ASKER, Harvard University - Measuring Cost Advantages from Exclusive Dealing: An Empirical Study of Beer Distribution" |
| February 9 Monday |
MATTHEW GENTZKOW, Harvard University - "Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarity: Online Newspapers" |
| February 11 Wednesday |
RAFAEL DI TELLA, Harvard Business School-“Why doesn't Capitalism Flow to Poor Countries?" |
| February 18 Wednesday |
CHRIS SYNDER , University of Chicago - “Empirical Studies of Buyer Power” Paper one and Paper two. |
| February 25 Wednesday 2:00 - 3:30 |
DAVID GENESOVE, University of Jerusalem - “Why Are There So Few Two Newspaper Towns?” |
| March 3 Wednesday |
THOMAS STRATMAN, University of Chicago- “Contribution Limits in the Effectiveness in Campaign Spending” |
| March 10 Wednesday |
AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, University of Chicago - "Playing with Fire: Cigarettes, Taxes and Competition from the Internet" |
* paper available in hard copy only ro229.
Past Workshops