The Economics Department Seminar meets on Wednesdays in Nelson Hall Room 4210 from 3-4:15PM. Subscribe to our event calendar here.
Academic Year 2026-2027
Fall 2026
9/23/2026: Jason Lindo (Georgia Tech), "The Value of Reproductive Rights: Evidence from Migration and Housing Markets," Host: Adriana Corredor-Waldron
9/30/2026: Aram Grigoryan (UCSD), “Welfare Optimal Strategy-Proof Mechanisms” Host: Umut Dur
Spring 2027
2/10/2027: Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez (UC-Irvine), Host: Trung Ly
2/24/2027: Jeff Denning (UT Austin), Host: Melinda Morrill
3/3/2027: Rakesh Vohra (Penn), Host: Filomena Garcia
3/24/2027: Chris Moser (Johns Hopkins), Host: Hamid Firooz
4/7/2027:Ekaterina Smetanina (rescheduled from 25/26), Host: Ilze Kalnina
4/14/2027: Silvia Goncalves (McGill), Host: Ilze Kalnina
4/21/2027: Elaine Liu (Georgia State University), Host: Adriana Corredor-Waldron
ARCHIVED AY25-26
Spring 2026
1/14/2026: Ryan Tierney (SDU), "The Endogenous Architecture for Two-Sided Matching Markets," Host: Will Phan
1/21/2026: Svetlana Boyarchenko (UT-Austin), "Two-clock learning models and network effects," Host: Filomena Garcia
2/11/2026: Masao Fukui (Boston Univ), “Optimal Dynamic Spatial Policy.” Host: Hamid Firooz
2/18/2026: Samuel Dodini (Fed - Dallas), "The Fatal Consequences of Brain Drain", Host: Trung Ly
2/25/2026: Gaurab Aryal (Boston Univ.), Host: Thayer Morrill Rescheduled
3/11/2026: Gal Wettstein (Boston College - CRR), How Do Retirees Cope with Uninsured Medical and Long-Term Care Costs? Host: Melinda Morrill
3/25/2026: Yuan Liao (Tippie, U Iowa), "The Uncertainty of Machine Learning Predictions in Asset Pricing," Host: Ilze Kalnina
4/08/2026: Ekaterina Smetanina (Chicago Booth), "Perceived shocks and impulse responses," Host: Ilze Kalnina Rescheduled
4/22/2026: Mark Watson (Princeton), Host: Ayse Dur Canceled (to be rescheduled)
5/06/2026: Gaurab Aryal (Boston Univ.), "Auctioning Annuities" Host: Thayer Morrill
Archived Fall 2025
09/10/2025: Niklas Engbom (NYU), “The Long-term Decline of the U.S. Job Ladder.” Host: Hamid Firooz
09/17/2025: Meghan Skira (Univ. of Georgia), “The Effect of Hospital Breastfeeding Policies on Infant Health" (rescheduled from Spring 2025), Host: Adriana Corredor-Waldron
09/24/2025: Atila Abdulkadiroglu (Duke), "Who Gets What May Not Matter: Understanding School Match Effects." Host: Umut Dur
10/01/2025: Dongho Song (Johns Hopkins), "How Globalization Unravels: A Ricardian Model of Endogenous Trade Policy,” Host: Daisoon Kim
10/29/2025: Alex Hollingsworth (Ohio State), Host: Adriana Corredor-Waldron
11/05/2025: Bulent Guler (Indiana-Bloomington), Host: Ayse Dur