Upcoming Lunch Series to Discuss Enterprise Research

The Enterprise Initiative is pleased to announce an upcoming lunch series focusing on current research in the area of development economics.  "Eats & Economics", to be held biweekly on Tuesdays throughout the winter and spring quarters, will highlight enterprise-focused research by both professors and students.

The lunches will be held from 12 - 1 pm in Rosenwald Hall Room 329 on the University of Chicago's campus.  Lunch will be provided.  Those planning to attend should RSVP to enterprise@uchicago.edu by noon on the Monday prior.

 

Details on the lunches can be found below.

January 20, 2009:  John Felker & Kamilya Tazhibayeva, National Opinion Research Center and the University of Chicago, "Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Thailand"

February 3, 2009: Tiberiu Stef-Praun, Researcher at the Computation Institute, "Computational Tools for Economic Research"

February 24, 2009: Pierre Andre Chiappori, Professor at the University of Chicago, "Sharing Wage Risk"

March 3, 2009: Jorge O. Moreno, Economics Ph.D. Candidate, "Matching, Hedonic Equilibrium Contracts, and the Structure of the Credit Market: Evidence from the Mexican Banking System"

March 31, 2009:  Benjamin Moll, Economics Ph.D. Candidate, "Wealth Inequality and Capital Misallocation in Developing Countries"

April 14, 2009:  Victor Zhorin, Researcher at the Computation Institute, "Hierarchical Estimation of Structural Models with Endogenous Interactions"
 

April 28, 2009:  Anna Paulson, Senior Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "Bank Crises and Investor Confidence"

May 12, 2009:  Fernando Alvarez, Professor at the University of Chicago, "Technological Innovation and The Transactions Demand for Cash"

May 26, 2009: Anan Pawasutipaisit, Post-Doctoral Scholar at MIT, "Wealth Accumulation and Factors Accounting for Success"