Microeconomics Workshop
Workshop Updates
The workshop is now held virtually on Zoom. Please contact James Kiselik if you would like to be added to the listserv for weekly updates or if you need information about how to access the Zoom meeting. Please refer to the weekly announcement for updates and time changes.
Spring 2020
April 2
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12:15–1:15 p.m.
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Product Innovation, Product Diversification, and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan’s Early Industrialization |
Chad Syverson |
UChicago Booth |
April 9
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12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Adverse Selection as a Policy Instrument: Unraveling Climate Change
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Steve Cicala |
UChicago Harris Public Policy |
April 16
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12:15–1:15 p.m.
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Top Wealth in America: New Estimates and Implications for Taxing the Rich |
Eric Zwick |
UChicago Booth |
| April 23 |
12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Beyond Health: The Welfare Effects of Disability Insurance |
Manasi Deshpande |
UChicago Econ |
| April 30 |
12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Price Adjustments, Waiting Lists, and Stochastic Gradient Descent |
Jacob Leshno |
UChicago Booth |
| May 21 |
12:15–1:15 p.m.
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Not Playing Favorites: An Experiment on Parental Fairness Preferences |
Rebecca Dizon-Ross |
UChicago Booth |
| May 28 |
12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Quantifying the High-Frequency Trading “Arms Race”: A Simple New Methodology and Estimates |
Eric Budish |
UChicago Booth |
| June 4 |
12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Secrecy Rules, Property Rights Markets and Oil and Gas Investment |
Thomas Covert |
UChicago Booth
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June 11
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12:15–1:15 p.m.
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Fear, Lockdown and Diversion: Comparing the Drivers of Pandemic Economic Decline 2020 |
Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson |
UChicago Booth
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