Northern Illinois University

Department of Economics

Graduate Seminar Schedule

2009-2010 Seminar Series (Econ798)

Seminars are scheduled from Noon to 1:15 p.m. in DuSable Hall, Room 280 unless noted otherwise.

Please check this page often for updates to the schedule.

 

August 26, 2009: Hong Liu, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO. "Portfolio Insurance, Underdiversification, and Idiosyncratic Risks". 

September 9 & 16: Faculty Current Research Presentations

September 23, 2009: Nathan Anderson, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. "Same Name,  Different Tax: How Computers and Courts Create Voter Support for Property Tax Limits".

September 30, 2009: Carolyn Law, Dissertation Advisor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Seminar for dissertation and thesis writers

October 7, 2009: NO SEMINAR (Faculty meeting)

October 14, 2009: Brownbag Session

October 21, 2009: NO SEMINAR

October 28, 2009: Carl Campbell, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. "The Formation of Wage Expectations in the Effort and Quit Decisions of Workers".

November 11, 2009: Eli Katz, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. "Of Human Bonding: Repeated Prisoners' Dilemna with a Finite Horizon".

November 18, 2009: Anindya Biswas, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. PhD Research Paper Presentation.

December 2, 2009: Mohammad Mirhosseini, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Public Economics Class Field Paper Presentation

March 17, 2010:  Brownbag Session

March 24, 2010: Salvador Navarro, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. TBA

March 31, 2010: Keith A. Bender, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI. TBA

April 14, 2010: Kosali Simon, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. TBA.

April 21, 2010: Richard Luger, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. TBA. Co-sponsored with Graduate Colloquium