Online Public Finance Seminar (OPFS)

OPFS was weekly, virtual workshop featuring research in public finance. Papers are both invited and solicited with a call for papers. The first workshop took place on Zoom on Thursday, May 7th, 2020 at 11 am EST.

Early career scholars workshop

April 1st: 10am-3pm ET

Presentations from: Elisa Casi, Luis Martinez, Malka Guillot, Bibek Adhikari, Jeffrey Hicks, Tejaswi Velayudhan, Jacob Bastian, Oyebola Okunogbe

Keynote: Stefanie Stantcheva

Discussions by: David Agrawal, Jacopo Ponticelli, Micael Castanheiras, Youssef Benzarti, Marianne Bitler, Lucie Gadenne, Evan Taylor

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Graduate students workshop

April 8th: 10am-2pm ET

Presentations from: Damian Vergara, Sarah Robinson, Anna Theresa Bührle, Jordan Richmond, Luisa Doerr , Annalisa Tassi, John Iselin, Jana Schuetz

Keynote: Nathaniel Hendren

Discussions by: Thomas Winberry, Christine Dobrige, Don Bruce, Tatiana Homonoff

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Format for the workshop


  • 20-minute presentation (Zoom)

  • One short - 5 min invited comment

  • 5 min moderated Q&A

Register for the seminar series


Use this sign-up form join the mailing list for workshop announcements and the call for papers. There will be a separate RSVPs for the presentations.


Information about organizers


The organizers are Katarzyna Bilicka and Eric Ohrn. Please get in touch with us, if you have any suggestions.

The idea for this format was unabashedly borrowed from WEFI 2020 & Chamberlain seminar series.