Fall 2017 Economics Department Seminar Series Schedule
This annual series brings external researchers to campus to share and discuss their work. This year’s series features speakers from the Congressional Budget Office and Department of Treasury to Georgetown University and Villanova.
All seminars take place in Stephens Hall, room 216 and are open to the campus.
Thursday, Sept. 14, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Edward Gamber, Congressional Budget Office
Did Treasury Debt Markets Anticipate the Secular Decline in Long-Term Interest Rates?
Sept. 28, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Joshua Teitelbaum, Georgetown University
Oct. 12, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Yi Xin, Johns Hopkins University
Asymmetric Information, Reputation, and Welfare in Online Credit Markets
Oct, 19, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Theodore Figinski, Department of Treasury
Oct. 26, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Shaiza Qayyum, Johns Hopkins University
Investment in Children, Private Schooling and Maternal Labor Supply over the Life Cycle
Nov. 30, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Sutirtha Bagchi, Villanova University
Unfunded Obligations of Public Sector Pension Plans
