IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR SPEAKERS
Seminars are held on
Fridays at 15:40 in Room FEASS 228 unless otherwise noted. Speakers are
kindly requested to send Ms. Meltem Sağtürk the abstract and a copy of
the paper to be presented at least one week in advance. The seminar
secretariat will provide assistance with travel arrangements and
accommodations on campus.
Phone
+90(312)290-1643
+90(312)290-1479
+90(312)290-2498
Fax
+90(312)266-5140
2007 Spring | 2006 Fall | 2006 Spring | 2005 Spring | 2004 Fall | 2004 Spring
*Please note the different seminar days
| Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
| February 1 |
Christina Felfe (PhD Candidate, Pompeu Fabra
University) |
Returning to Work : Mothers' Willingness to Pay for Amenities |
| *February 4 (Monday) |
Merve Cebi (PhD Candidate, Michigan State University) |
The Impact of Health Insurance Tax Credits on Health Insurance Coverage
of Low-Income Single Women |
| *February 6 (Wednesday) |
Chiara Forlati (PhD Candidate, Pompeu Fabra
University) |
On the Benefits of a Monetary Union: Does it Pay to Be Bigger? |
| February 8 |
Stefano Trento (PhD Candidate, University of
Carlos III, Madrid) |
Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Growth |
| *February 12 (Tuesday) |
Alain Gabler (PhD Candidate, European University
Institute) |
Sector-specific Markup Fluctuations and the Business Cycle |
| *February 14 (Thursday) |
Esra Durceylan (PhD Candidate, Penn State University) |
Managerial Effort, Agency and Industrial Evolution |
| *February 18 (Monday) |
Baris Yoruk (PhD Candidate, Boston College) |
How responsive are charitable donors to requests to give? |
| *February 21 (Thursday) |
Damjan Pfajfar (PhD Candidate, Cambridge
University) |
Credit Market Distortions, Asset Prices and Monetary Policy |
| February 22 |
Murat Seker (PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota) |
A Structural Model of Establishment and Industry Evolution: Evidence from Chile |
| February 29 |
Birendra Rai (Max Planck Institute of Economics) |
TBA |
| * March 5 (Wednesday) |
Emre Yoldas (PhD Candidate, University of California,
Riverside) |
Autocontours:
Dynamic Specification Testing |
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2007 Spring
| Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
| February 1 |
Pavel Vacek (PhD Candidate, Cornell University) |
Panel Data Evidence on Productivity Spillovers from FDI:
Firm-Level Measures of Backward and Forward Linkages |
| February 5 (13:40) |
Jesse Czelusta (PhD Candidate, Stanford University) |
Global Depletion versus Local Learning: Country Level Metal
Supply Curves |
| February 6 |
Silvia Console Battilana (PhD Candidate, Stanford University) |
Uncovered Power: External Agenda Setting, Sophisticated
Voting, and Transnational Lobbying |
| February 7 |
Eren Inci (PhD Candidate, Boston College) |
Occupational Choice and the Quality of Entrepreneurs |
| February 9 |
Jose Carlos Gonzales-Pimienta (PhD Candidate, University of
Carlos III, Madrid) |
Conditions for Equivalence Between Sequentiality and
Subgame Perfection |
| February 14 |
Burcu Eyigungor (PhD Candidate, University of California,
Los Angeles) |
Specific Capital and Vintage Effects on the Dynamics of
Unemployment and Vacancies |
| March 5 |
Musa Ayar (PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin) |
The Dynamics of Price and Advertising as Signals of Quality |
| March 16 |
Katarzyna Lasak (PhD Candidate, Universitat Autonoma
de Barcelona) |
Likelihood based testing for fractional cointegration |
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2006 Fall
| Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
| November 27 |
Cagatay Kayi (PhD Candidate, University of Rochester) |
Characterizations of Pareto-efficient, fair, and
strategy-proof allocation rules in queuing problems |
2006 Spring
| Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
| January 30 |
Erhan Ertuc (PhD Candidate, University of
Virginia) |
Intergenerational Effects of Trade
Liberalization: Longitudinal Estimation of a Dynamic Structural Model of
Labor Mobility |
| February 2 |
Ceyhun Bora Durdu (PhD Candidate, University of
Maryland) |
Are Indexed Bonds Remedy for Sudden Stops? |
| February 2 |
Emine Boz (PhD Candidate, University of Maryland) |
Can Miracles Lead to Crises? An Informational
Frictions Explanation of Emerging Markets Crises |
| February 6 |
Burcu Duygan (European University Institute) |
Welfare Cost of Financial Crises When
Risk-Sharing is Imperfect: Evidence from Turkey |
| February 15 |
Krisztina Molnar (PhD Candidate, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra) |
Optimal Monetary Policy When Agents Are
Learning |
| February 16 |
Tanseli Savaser (PhD Candidate, Brandeis
University) |
Exchange Rate Response to Macro News: Through
the Lens of Market Microstructure) |
| February 20 |
Inci Gumus (PhD Candidate, UCLA) |
Debt Denomination and Default Risk in
Emerging Markets |
| February 21 |
Aytek Erdil (PhD Candidate, University of
Chicago) |
What’s the Matter with Tie-breaking?
Improving Efficiency in School Choice |
| March 2 |
Omar Azfar (IRIS, University of Maryland) |
Identifying reticent respondents: Assessing
the quality of data on corruption and values |
| March 7 |
Bilgehan Karabay (PhD Candidate, University of
Virginia) |
Foreign Direct Investment and Host Country Policies: A
Rationale for Using Ownership Restrictions |
| March 9 |
Ozgur Yilmaz (PhD Candidate, University of
Rochester) |
House Allocation with Existing Tenants: A New Solution |
| March 13 |
Zafer Akin (PhD Candidate, Penn State University) |
Time Inconsistency and Learning in Bargaining Games |
| April 7 |
Mesut Saygili (Central Bank of the Rep. of Turkey) |
General Equilibrium Model with Scale Economies |
| June 16 |
Tapas K. Mishra (Vienna University of Technology) |
Stochastic Demographic Dynamics, Endogenous
Economic Growth, and Long Memory |
2005 Spring
| Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
| February 14 |
Sinan Sarpça (Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie-Mellon University) |
Specialization in Higher Education |
| February 15 |
Neşe Yıldız (Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University) |
Estimation of Binary Choice Models with Linear Index and Dummy Endogenous Variables |
| February 16 |
Takashi Kunimoto (Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University) |
Robust Implementation under Approximate Common Knowledge |
| February 21 |
Alessio Moneta (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies) |
Graphical Models for Structural Vector Autoregressions |
| March 7 |
İlke Onur (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at Austin) |
Preemption and Delay in EBAY Auctions |
| March 11 |
Onur Kesten (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rochester) |
Student Placement to Public Schools in US: Two new Solutions |
| June 10 |
Zafer Akın (Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State University) |
Time Inconsistency and Learning in Bargaining Games |
2004 Fall
| October 27 |
Refet Gurkaynak
(Federal Reserve- Board of Governors) |
Do Actions Speak
Louder Than Words? The Response of Asset Prices to Monetary
Policy Actions and Statements |
| December 29 |
Mine Senses (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan) |
The Effects of Outsourcing on the Elasticity of Labor Demand |
| December 24 |
Ashoke K. Sinha (Tilburg University) |
On Theil's Errors |
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2004 Spring
| Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
| March 05 |
Aylin Isik-Dikmelik (Johns Hopkins University - Ph.D Candidate) |
Optimal Unemployment Insurance: Incentive Benefit Schedule with the State of the Economy as an Informative Signal |
| March 03 |
Firat Inceoglu (Boston University - Ph.D Candidate) |
Diffusion of a New Product under Network Effects: The Case of U.S. DVD Player Market |
| February 27 |
Jeroen Rombouts (Catholic Univ.of Louvaine - Ph.D Candidate) |
Bayesian Clustering of Many Garch Models |
| February 17 |
Francesco Zanetti (Boston College - Ph.D Candidate) |
Non-Walrasian Labor Markets, Business Cycles and Monetary Policy |
| February 13 |
Cagri Saglam (Catholic Univ.of Louvaine) |
Optimal Pattern of Technology Adoption Under Embodiment with a Finite Planning Horizon: A Multi-Stage Optimal Control Approach |
| February 11 |
Marco Casari (CODE-University of Barcelona Autonoma) |
Selection Bias, Demographic Effects and Ability Effects in Common Value Auction Experiments |
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