Seminar Series – Spring 2018
Please note: All seminars will take place on Thursday afternoons from 3:15-4:45pm in ICC 550
Eric Edmonds,
Dartmouth College
March 1, 2018
Coercion, Inequality, and Revolution in the Nepali Plains
Sarah Baird,
The George Washington University
March 15, 2018
When the Money Runs Out: Do Cash Transfers Have Sustained Effects on Human Capital Accumulation?
Oyebola Okunogbe,
The World Bank, Development Research Group
March 22, 2018
Technology, Taxation and Corruption: Evidence from the Introduction of Electronic Tax Filing
Pierre Bachas,
The World Bank, Development Research Group
April 5, 2018
How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More
Eric Verhoogen,
Columbia University
April 12, 2018
Using Exchange Rates to Estimate Production Functions: Evidence from Colombia
Alwyn Young,
London School of Economics
April 19, 2018
Consistency without Inference: Instrumental Variables in Practical Application
Katherine Casey,
Stanford University
April 26, 2018
Institutions and Technocratic Skill in Local Economic Development