Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Economics at Work (February 26, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80973 80973-20824902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:19:48 -0500 2021-02-26T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Economic History: Understanding Persistence (March 2, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81490 81490-20901736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:31:26 -0500 2021-03-02T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Distinguished University Professorships (March 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81694 81694-20943443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University and Development Events

President Mark S. Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins
invite you to join them online to honor and celebrate three
Distinguished University Professorship awardees as they present
on their career work in our 2021 lecture series.

Moderated by Michael Solomon, Dean and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, the spring 2021 event features Distinguished University Professors Paul Courant (Economics and Public Policy), Deborah Goldberg (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), and Judith Irvine (Linguistic Anthropology).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:42:38 -0500 2021-03-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion Spring 2021 Distinguished University Professorship awardees and lecturers
Labor Economics: Mortality Risk Information, Survival Expectations and Sexual Behaviors (March 3, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82519 82519-21114094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Individuals in low-income settings are often overly pessimistic about survival risk. This paper provides evidence from a randomized experiment that provided mature adults aged 45+ in Malawi with information about population mortality risks. We find a positive treatment effect on expectations about population survival and about HIV transmission risk associated with having multiple sex partners. The latter is driven by the expectations of HIV+ people living longer, making the pool of potential partners riskier. Consistent with the change in perceived HIV transmission risk, treated individuals are less likely to engage in risky sexual practices one year after the intervention.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:49:30 -0500 2021-03-03T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-03T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81275 81275-20879913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:46:14 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bridging the Gap Series: UMich Alumnae in Public Service Panel (March 4, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82565 82565-21118087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Leading Women of Tomorrow

We are hosting the third event in our Bridging the Gap Series Thursday, March 4th from 7-8:30pm!

The third event will be a UMich Alumnae in Public Service Panel featuring Kari Rea, Government Affairs Manager at the Partnership for Public Service; Frankie Moore, Director of Development at Community Action Network of Ann Arbor; and Emily Slavkin, Grassroots Director of Government Programs at Teach Coalition.

Each panelist will introduce themselves and answer a few prepared questions, followed by an open Q&A.

Please follow the Zoom link to participate. We hope to see you there!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:18:33 -0500 2021-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-04T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Leading Women of Tomorrow Lecture / Discussion LWT - UMich Alumnae in Public Service PAnel
Michigan India Conference (March 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market (March 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81742 81742-20949398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We provide the first empirical analysis of the relationship between algorithmic pricing (AP) and competition by studying the impact of adoption in Germany's retail gasoline market, where software became widely available in 2017. Because adoption dates are unknown, we identify adopting stations by testing for structural breaks in AP markers, finding most breaks to be around the time of widespread AP introduction. Because station adoption is endogenous, we instrument using headquarter adoption. Adoption increases margins, but only for non-monopoly stations. In duopoly markets, margins increase only if both stations adopt, suggesting that AP has a significant effect on competition.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:44:53 -0500 2021-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (March 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80974 80974-20824904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
https://forms.gle/QGLeJBnhvd4UPui38

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:46:57 -0500 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 5, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
Economic Theory: Reputation Building under Obervational Learning (March 5, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82699 82699-21161633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
I study a social learning model where a sequence of myopic players observe their predecessors’ actions as well as some private signals, and then forecast the behavior of a strategic long-run player. A sequence of buyers interact with a patient seller, who is either a strategic type or a commitment type that plays the optimal commitment action in every period. When each buyer observes all previous buyers’ actions and a bounded subset of the seller’s past actions, there exist equilibria in which the patient seller receives his minmax payoff since the speed of learning goes to zero as the seller becomes patient. When each buyer observes all previous buyers’ actions and an unboundedly informative private signal about the seller’s current-period action, the speed of learning is bounded away from zero and a patient seller receives at least his optimal commitment payoff in all equilibria.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:53:36 -0500 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
An Introduction to CJARS: A new data platform for integrated criminal justice research (March 9, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81913 81913-20990885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Webinar and Live Q&A

CJARS is a next generation data platform built on over 2+ billion lines of raw data, looking to transform criminal justice research and statistical reporting as we know it. The system, which grows each and everyday, currently contains over 133 million criminal justice events from arrest to parole, occurring in 18 states, covering over 33 million individuals. All of this data can be integrated at the individual level with extensive, longitudinal socio-economic data in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Topics to include:
- Contents and coverage of CJARS data infrastructure
- Comparison to existing BJS statistical series
- Opportunities for data linkage in the Federal Statistical Research
Data Center network
- Application process to work with CJARS data
- Resources available to support early-stage researchers

Interested researchers should register: https://forms.gle/xgmobvXtbLKKRFSPA
(Event link will be provided after registering)

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:30:48 -0500 2021-03-09T10:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual CJARS - Criminal Justice Administrative Records System
Economic Theory (March 9, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81712 81712-20943465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:05:34 -0500 2021-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T14:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic History: Voting Rights, Deindustrialization, and Republican Ascendancy in the South (March 9, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81494 81494-20901737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:32:30 -0500 2021-03-09T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: International Spillovers and Local Credit Cycle (March 10, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81276 81276-20879915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper studies the transmission of the Global Financial Cycle (GFC) to domestic credit market conditions in a large emerging market, Turkey, over 2003-13. We use administrative data covering the universe of corporate credit transactions matched to bank balance sheets
to document four facts: (1) an easing in global financial conditions leads to lower borrowing costs and an increase in local lending; (2) domestic banks more exposed to international capital markets transmit the GFC locally; (3) the fall in local currency borrowing costs is larger than foreign currency borrowing costs due to the comovement of the uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) premium with the GFC over time; (4) data on posted collateral for new loan issuances show that collateral constraints do not relax during the boom phase of the GFC.
*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:37:31 -0500 2021-03-10T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (March 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81974 81974-20998843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at fspp-ipc-questions@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:55:00 -0500 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics and Macroeconomics (March 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82403 82403-21092286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:20:28 -0500 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and the Gender Skill Gap (joint with Patricia Cortes and Nicolas Guida-Johnson) (March 12, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81201 81201-20872027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: Occupational segregation by gender, although still sizable, has decreased significantly over the last few decades. Women have also made marked gains in education relative to men, with the gender gap in college education reversing in favor of women since the early 1990s. In this paper, we examine the contribution of automation to both these phenomena. Specifically, we analyze the effects of automation on the occupational structure of men and women and overall occupational segregation as well as gender differences in skill investments. We start by documenting two facts: (1) in 1980, women were much more likely than men to be in occupations with a high risk of automation, and (2) the cross-occupational relationship between risk of automation in 1980 and the change in worker share between 1980 and 2017, though negative for both genders, is much steeper for women. Taken together, these two facts suggest that women were more likely to be displaced by automation.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:44:32 -0500 2021-03-12T08:30:00-05:00 2021-03-12T09:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Private Monopoly and Restricted Entry – Evidence from the Notary Profession (by Frank Verboven and Biliana Yontcheva) (March 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81743 81743-20949399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

ABSTRACT:

This paper studies entry and price restrictions in a private monopoly: the Latin notary system. Under this widespread system, the State appoints notaries and grants them exclusive rights to certify important economic transactions, including real estate, business registrations, and marriage and inheritance contracts. We develop an empirical framework to uncover the current policy goals behind the entry and price restrictions. We estimate a spatial demand model to infer the extent of market expansion versus business stealing from entry; a multi-output production model to infer the size of scale economies and markups; and an entry model to infer the State’s objective function (conditional on the regulated prices). We subsequently perform policy counterfactuals with welfare-maximizing and free entry. We show how policy reform would generate considerable efficiency increases, and decrease the cost of the services to consumers.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:03:19 -0500 2021-03-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory (March 12, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81733 81733-20949387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:01:10 -0500 2021-03-12T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Business in the Time of COVID: Current Challenges and Future Perspective (March 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80040 80040-20548984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Although some businesses and organizations have thrived and flourished during Covid-19, many more have suffered financially with their owners and employees being impacted both psychologically and personally. The panel will bring to light the challenges and pressures faced by small businesses in our community -- and the country as a whole -- and what the future may hold.
Presenter Paula Gardner joined Bridge Magazine as its first business editor in April 2020. Her career includes several years at MLive. com, where she was editor of The Ann Arbor News, statewide business reporter and part of an award-winning environmental coverage team that helped uncover and dig into Michigan’s PFAS crisis.
Among her honors is an award naming her Michigan’s Journalist of the Year in 2019 from the Michigan Press Association. Ms. Gardner’s experience includes leading the news team at AnnArbor.com, a digital news startup launched in 2009 that generated company-leading audience growth. Before that, she worked at the Michigan Business Review, Detroit Free Press and the Ypsilanti Press.
Presenter Mike Gustafson is the co-owner of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor. Literati, which opened in 2013, is a full-service, general interest bookstore. In 2019, Literati was honored as the 2019 Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year. Mike is also on the board of the Independent Booksellers Consortium, an information-sharing cooperative made up of top independent bookstores from around the country, and the Library of Michigan Foundation. Mike is also the co-editor of the 2019 Michigan Notable Book, “Notes from a Public Typewriter”.

Presenter Grace Singleton has been a managing partner of Zingerman’s Delicatessen since 2002. She serves as the Board President of Kerrytown District Association, a non-profit organization promoting the businesses in the Kerrytown area. Previously, she served as a Board Member and Board President of the non-profit domestic violence support organization Safehouse Center. She has an AAS culinary degree from Paul Smith’s College in upper New York State. She has over 30 years of experience working with food, which includes working as a chef, wine buyer, dining room manager, general manager, and specialty food buyer.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Class / Instruction Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:49:33 -0500 2021-03-16T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
OS Info Night (March 16, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82632 82632-21147758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?


Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. OS Info Night is an informational session for those students (typically first-years) that are interested in learning more about OS as a possible major.


OS Director Mark Mizruchi will give a brief overview of the program, and OS staff provide information on the curriculum, opportunities, admissions process, and possible career paths available to OS majors.


Do you think you would enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network? Then the OS major may be for you!


Please register to attend! The virtual link will be provided after registration.

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Presentation Tue, 31 May 2022 14:14:59 -0400 2021-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS Info Night
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Wealth, Race, and Consumption Smoothing of Typical Income Shocks (March 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82207 82207-21052542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the consumption response to typical labor income shocks and investigate how these vary by wealth and race. First, we estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to income using an instrument based on firm-wide changes in monthly pay. While much of the consumption-smoothing literature uses variation in unusual windfall income, this instrument captures the temporary income variation that households typically experience. In addition, because it can be constructed for every worker in every month, it allows for more
precision than most previous estimates. We implement this approach in administrative bank account data and find an average elasticity of 0.23, with a standard error of 0.01. This increased precision also allows us
to address an open question about the extent of heterogeneity by wealth in the elasticity. We find a much lower consumption response for high-liquidity households, which may help discipline structural consumption
models.
Second, we use this instrument to study how wealth shapes racial inequality. An extensive body of work documents a substantial racial and ethnic wealth gap. However, less is known about how this gap translates
into differences in welfare on a month-to-month basis. We combine our instrument for typical income volatility with a new dataset linking bank account data with race and Hispanicity. We find that black (Hispanic) households cut their consumption 50 (20) percent more than white households when faced with a similarly-sized income shock. Nearly all of this differential pass-through of income to consumption is explained in a statistical sense by differences in liquid wealth. Combining our empirical estimates with a model, we show that temporary income volatility has a substantial welfare cost for all groups. Because of racial disparities in consumption smoothing, the cost is at least 50 percent higher for black households and 20 percent higher for Hispanic households than it is for white households.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:31:10 -0500 2021-03-17T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-17T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics (March 18, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82404 82404-21092287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:24:34 -0500 2021-03-18T11:30:00-04:00 2021-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan India Conference (March 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-19T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
Economic History: Great Migration Book (March 23, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81496 81496-20901739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:33:36 -0500 2021-03-23T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
James S. Jackson’s Continuing Legacy and Contributions to Social and Behavioral Research on Black Americans (March 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82484 82484-21108104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series – James S. Jackson’s Continuing Legacy and Contributions to Social and Behavioral Research on Black Americans

Wednesday, March 24, 1pm EST. https://umich.zoom.us/j/99879554198

Panelists: Robert Taylor (Harold R Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, RCGD); Belinda Tucker (Professor Emerita of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and the Special Liaison for Faculty Development, UCLA); and Phillip Bowman (Professor, Higher and Postsecondary Education at the U-M International Institute)

Join Robert Taylor, Belinda Tucker, and Phillip Bowman for a panel discussion on the continuing legacy and contributions of James S. Jackson.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:45:04 -0500 2021-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Bias Intolerance: Predicting Condemnation of Apologetic Perpetrators of Prejudice (March 24, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82208 82208-21052543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
When public figures are accused of perpetrating prejudice, they often apologize. Whereas an apology may indicate to some that the perpetrator has changed and deserves forgiveness, other onlookers may continue to condemn them. What predicts condemnation, even when a perpetrator apologizes? In the present paper, we explore two factors that may jointly lead to this bias intolerance: Strong motivation to address bias coupled with beliefs that bias cannot change. Across five studies, we examined White and straight participants’ (N = 1,617) evaluations and condemnation of an apologetic ingroup perpetrator of anti-Black and anti-gay prejudice, respectively, as a function of beliefs that bias can change and motivations to address bias. Whether measured or manipulated, greater belief that bias cannot change predicted evaluating the perpetrator as currently more biased and believing they would be more biased in the future, compared to belief that bias can change. This relationship was not moderated by motivation to respond without prejudice. Believing bias cannot change did not straightforwardly predict greater condemnation. Among participants who believe bias cannot change, those who were internally motivated to respond without prejudice were particularly likely to be “bias intolerant.” We also considered additional factors that might shape evaluations and condemnation of past prejudice and found that participants’ collective guilt was related to both greater prejudice evaluations and greater condemnation. By signaling anti-prejudice norms, bias intolerance has the potential to reduce the expression of prejudice.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:35:01 -0500 2021-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Changes in Assortative Matching: Theory and Evidence for the US (March 24, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81203 81203-20872028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
The extent to which like-with like marry is particularly important for inequality as well as for the outcomes of children that result from the union. In this paper we discuss approaches to the measurement of changes in assortative mating. We derive two key conditions that a well-defined measure should satisfy. We argue that changes in assortativeness should be interpreted through a structural model of the marriage market; in particular, a crucial issue is how they relate to variations in the economic surplus generated by marriage. We propose a very general criterion of increase in assortativeness, and show that almost all indices used in the literature are implied by our criterion with one notable exception, that moreover violates one of our conditions. Finally, we use our approach to evaluate the evolution of assortative matching in the US over the last decades, and conclude that assortative matching has increased, particularly at the top of the education distribution.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:55:49 -0500 2021-03-24T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-24T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Consumer Bankruptcy as Aggregate Demand Management (March 24, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81279 81279-20879919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the role of consumer default policy in macroeconomic stabilization. Our economy features nominal rigidities, incomplete financial markets, and heterogeneous households with access to unsecured defaultable debt. In addition to its traditional role of balancing the ex-ante cost of credit against the ex-post benefit to defaulters, the optimal bankruptcy code features an aggregate demand management objective. Consumer bankruptcy acts as an automatic stabilizer whenever the average consumption effect of default, or “ACED” (the causal effect of default on consumption, normalized by the level of debt), is larger than the marginal propensity to consume of savers. When entering a recession, the optimal policy is lenient on past debts, but promises to be harsh on future debts to encourage credit supply. We study quantitatively the extent of business cycle amplification under consumer different bankruptcy codes, and the effectiveness of bankruptcy rules that systematically respond to the business cycle.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:02:32 -0400 2021-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Designing for Impact in Global Health (March 24, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82821 82821-21179589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the next seminar for the UM Center for Global Health Equity: Designing for Impact in Global Health.

Panelists include:
Kathleen Sienko, College of Engineering
Paul Clyde, William Davidson Institute
Rocky Oteng, School of Medicine
Kentaro Toyama, School of Information
Grace Burleson, College of Engineering
David Green, Social Entrepreneur
Jesse Austin-Breneman, College of Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:12:00 -0500 2021-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 2021-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Panelists
International Economics (March 25, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82405 82405-21092288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:26:55 -0500 2021-03-25T11:30:00-04:00 2021-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (March 25, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81994 81994-21004759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:59:49 -0500 2021-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-25T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory: A Theory of Simplicity in Games and Mechanism Design (March 26, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81734 81734-20949388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: We introduce a general class of simplicity standards that vary the foresight abilities required of agents in extensive-form games. Rather than planning for the entire future of a game, agents are presumed to be able to plan only for those histories they view as simple from their current perspective. Agents may update their so-called strategic plan as the game progresses, and, at any point, for the called-for action to be simply dominant, it must lead to unambiguously better outcomes, no matter what occurs at non-simple histories. We use our approach to simplicity to provide characterizations of simple mechanisms in general social choice environments both with and without trans- fers, including canonical mechanisms such as ascending auctions, posted prices, and serial dictatorship-style mechanisms. As a final application, we explain the widespread popularity of the well-known Random Priority mechanism by characterizing it as the unique mechanism that is efficient, fair, and simple to play.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:18:28 -0400 2021-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T10:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan India Conference (March 26, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82608 82608-21137867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan India Conference

Have you heard the good news? The annual Michigan India Conference is back, and we’re going virtual for 2021.

We hope to see you there. We have a series of influential speakers you won’t want to miss! The theme for this year's conference is Stability & Change, so we have brought you the best decision-makers and thinkers surrounding India's government, India's economy and the Indian consumer. Get a chance to learn about the latest trends, opportunities, and maybe even a chance to network with some of India’s prestigious figures.

The Michigan India Conference gives business leaders, students, alumni, policymakers, and anyone interested, a chance to learn more about what drives this dynamic economy. Whether you are interested in doing business in India or want to learn more about policy and government, the Michigan India Conference is open to all. We hope you will join us.

Take advantage of our first fully-digital conference!
Register today: https://forms.gle/ug5R9KMKs1dXu28bA

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:06:47 -0500 2021-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan India Conference Conference / Symposium Michigan India Conference
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Who Benefits from Surge Pricing? (March 26, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81744 81744-20949400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
In the last decade, new technologies have led to a boom in real-time pricing. I analyze the most salient example, surge pricing in ride hailing. Using data from Uber, I develop an empirical model of spatial equilibrium to measure the welfare effects of surge pricing. The model is composed of demand, supply, and a matching technology. It allows for temporal and spatial heterogeneity as well as randomness in supply and demand. I find that, relative to a counterfactual with uniform pricing, surge pricing increases total welfare by 1.59% of gross revenue. Welfare effects differ substantially across sides of the market: rider surplus increases by 5.25% of gross revenue, whereas driver surplus and plat- form profits decrease by 1.81% and 1.77% of gross revenue, respectively. Riders at all income levels benefit, while disparities in driver surplus are magnified.
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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:41:02 -0500 2021-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (March 26, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82675 82675-21155689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:21:21 -0400 2021-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Crucial Conversations: The Pandemic's Disproportionate Impact on Women (March 29, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83159 83159-21282859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 29, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Public Engagement & Impact

For a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we learn, work, and interact while also causing many to experience job loss, economic hardship, and wellness challenges. From college students learning at home, to struggling to maintain mental wellbeing, to mother’s working remotely while attempting to serve as teachers to their children, studies have shown that the stressors caused by the pandemic have increased the gender inequality gap in a variety of ways.

In recognition of Women’s History Month, and one year since the pandemic began, there is no better time than now to discuss the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women. This live conversation will bring together U-M experts and community members for an authentic and engaging dialogue on the myriad ways the pandemic has impacted women and what can be done to address these issues.

Join via Zoom: myumi.ch/jx9E3
Watch Live: YouTube.com/UM
Submit a question for the panel: myumi.ch/Bobz7

Moderator:
Betsey Stevenson, PhD
Professor of Public Policy and Professor and Economics
Ford School of Public Policy, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Panelists:
Reshma Jagsi, MD
Deputy Chair of Radiation Oncology, Newman Family Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences
Michigan Medicine

Shawna Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work, Faculty Associate of Research Center Group Dynamics
School of Social Work, Institute for Social Research

Tabbye Chavous, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research, Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity, Professor of Education and Psychology
School of Education, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
School of Nursing

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:47:49 -0400 2021-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Public Engagement & Impact Livestream / Virtual Crucial Conversations: The Pandemic's Disproportionate Impact on Women
Economic History: Do You Believe in Magic? The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War (March 30, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81497 81497-20901740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:34:44 -0500 2021-03-30T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Essential Workers, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic (March 31, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83034 83034-21257031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
It’s clear that the pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color. In this study, we investigate mental health distress among essential workers during the Coronavirus pandemic across race and ethnicity. We evaluate individual responses to the Patient Health Questionnaire and General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire using unique, nationally representative, data set. Our findings suggest that Black essential healthcare workers disproportionately report symptoms of anxiety; while, Latino essential health-care workers disproportionately report symptoms of depression. Additionally, we find that being a Black or Latino essential non-health care worker is associated with higher levels of distress related to anxiety and depression. These findings highlight the additional dimensions to which Black and Hispanic Americans are disproportionately being affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, it calls into question how essential worker classifications, compounded by US unemployment policies, is potentially amplifying the mental health trauma experienced by workers.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:34:12 -0400 2021-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Marriage and cohabitation. A search and matching equilibrium model. (March 31, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81204 81204-20872030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Whereas marriage is still the dominant framework to raise a family, competitive partnerships emerge. Facing the increasing proportion of couples likely to cohabit rather than marry, some provincial governments of Canada have enhanced the commitment related to cohabitation to protect women and children in case of separation. To understand the effects of such a policy on couple formation, assortative matching and within-household allocation of resources, we need an equilibrium model of marriage. In this paper, I propose a search and matching model of marriage with two types of contracts where men and women draw utility from private consumption and leisure, and may invest in a match specific good. The model is estimated on Canadian data. I then use this model to show how enhancing commitment of cohabiting couples might change the entry and exit rate into cohabitation and marriage, impact assortative matching and the within-household allocation of the total resources.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:57:19 -0400 2021-03-31T14:30:00-04:00 2021-03-31T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Gerry Anderson on energy policy and Michigan's economic recovery (March 31, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80174 80174-20572621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a conversation with Gerry Anderson (MPP '88), executive chairman of DTE Energy and co-chair of Michigan's Economic Recovery Council. Assistant Professor Kaitlin Raimi will moderate a discussion on energy policy and Michigan's economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

From the speaker's bio:

Gerard M. Anderson (MPP '88) is executive chairman of DTE Energy. Anderson joined DTE in 1993 and held various senior executive leadership roles throughout the enterprise until being named president in 2004, CEO in 2010 and chairman in 2011. He was the architect and leader of the company’s strategy to focus on cost and operational excellence in the utility business and develop its non-regulated businesses. As CEO, he focused on building a positive, highly engaged culture – and on deeply connecting DTE Energy to the communities it serves, enabling it to act as a force for good. In 2019, Anderson was elected executive chairman to serve as an advisor to DTE’s CEO on business issues and focus on DTE’s community, state, federal and broader industry roles.

Prior to joining DTE Energy, Anderson was a senior consultant at McKinsey & Co., from 1988 to 1993, with a focus on the energy sector and financial institutions. In the mid 1980’s, he was employed with an economic forecasting group, The Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. Anderson also worked at R.T.K.L Associates, Inc. and The Collaborative, Inc., serving as an engineer and project manager from 1981 to 1985.

Anderson earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He also earned a master of business administration degree and a master of public policy degree from the University of Michigan.

Anderson is a vice chairman of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) board and co-chairman of the EEI Committee on Environment. He is the founder and leader of the Detroit Regional CEO Group. He chairs both the recently formed Detroit Regional Partnership and the Detroit Economic Club. He also chairs the Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM). In addition, Anderson is involved in various local community and civic activities, including serving on the boards of trustees of The Nature Conservancy (Michigan chapter), the Henry Ford, the McGregor Fund, the Downtown Detroit Partnership, and the West Michigan Policy Forum. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Andersons, a publicly traded company.
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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:46:53 -0500 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Gerry Anderson
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents (joint with Adrien Auclert, Matt Rognlie, and Martin Souchier) (March 31, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81281 81281-20879920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Introducing heterogeneous households to a New-Keynesian small open economy model resurrects the real income channel of exchange rates: the rise in import prices from a depreciation lowers households’ real incomes, and leads them to cut back on spending. This channel counteracts the standard expenditure-switching channel of exchange rates, and can result in contractionary devaluations. We study the implications of the real income channel for monetary policy.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:04:49 -0400 2021-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics (April 1, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82406 82406-21092289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 1, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:29:27 -0500 2021-04-01T11:30:00-04:00 2021-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (April 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81995 81995-21004760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:02:18 -0500 2021-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-01T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: The Evolution of Market Power in the US Automobile Industry (April 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81745 81745-20949401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We evaluate the evolution of measures of industry performance in the U.S. car and light truck market from 1980-2018. We estimate a differentiated products demand model for this market using aggregate data on market shares, prices, and product characteristics and consumer-level data on demographics, purchases, and stated second choices. We estimate marginal costs under the conduct assumption of Nash-Bertrand pricing. We relate trends in price-cost margins to industry trends in market structure and the composition of products, like the rise of import competition, introductions of the minivan and SUV, and changes in automobile characteristics. We find that although prices rose over time, concentration and market power decreased substantially. Consumer welfare increased over time. The fraction of the total surplus accruing to consumers also increased.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:22:44 -0400 2021-04-02T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economics at Work (April 2, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82850 82850-21201318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please register from the following link.
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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:05:28 -0400 2021-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics@Work
Economic Theory (April 2, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81736 81736-20949389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:07:12 -0500 2021-04-02T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-02T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic History: 40 Acres and a Mule: Black Americans’ Landholding and Economic Mobility after Emancipation (April 6, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81498 81498-20901741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:35:52 -0500 2021-04-06T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-06T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bioethics Discussion: Virtual Reality (April 6, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58840 58840-14563732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion like any other?

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few reading to consider:
––Internet-Delivered Health Interventions That Work: Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses and Evaluation of Website Availability
––Ethics of Virtual Reality in Medical Education and Licensure
––Wearables and the medical revolution
––Creating Bioethics Distance Learning Through Virtual Reality

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/059-virtual-reality/.

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A decently maintained virtual reality may be found on the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:39:24 -0500 2021-04-06T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-06T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Virtual Reality
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Does Black and Blue Matter?: An Experimental Investigation of Race and Perceptions of Police Bias (April 7, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81045 81045-20838697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
High profile acts of violence by police against black civilians has renewed discussion of the racial bias held by police officers and inspired major policy pushes to increase the diversity of police departments. An underlying assumption is that a more racially diverse police department will lead to less racial bias and more public trust in police officers. In an experiment, we examine the potential consequences of such policies. First, we test whether black and white civilians perceive a difference in the probability of punishment when interacting with white versus minority police officers. Subjects are asked to imagine that they are driving through a real but unnamed city in the United States. They are incentivized to reach their destination quickly; however, they have the potential of receiving a speeding ticket, which will reduce their earnings. Subjects are told that the probability that they receive a speeding ticket depends on their characteristics, real speeding tickets issued to people driving through that city, and information about people's general speeding behavior. In one treatment, prior to deciding how fast they wish to drive, subjects receive a description of a city with a predominantly white police department. In the other treatment, subjects are informed that the city has a predominantly non-white police department. By comparing subjects' speed in both treatments, we are able to determine whether subjects perceive they'll be treated equally by both white and minority police officers and whether the race of the subject affects this perception.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:09:41 -0500 2021-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: What Accounts for the Racial Gap in Time Allocation and Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital? (April 7, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81205 81205-20872031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper analyzes the sources of the racial difference in the intergenerational transmission of human capital by developing and estimating a dynastic model of parental time and monetary inputs in early childhood with endogenous fertility, home hours, labor supply, marriage, and divorce. It finds that the racial differences in the marriage matching patterns lead to racial differences in labor supply and home hours of couples. Although both the black-white labor market earnings and marriage market gaps are important sources of the black-white achievement gap, the assortative mating and divorce probabilities racial
gaps accounts for a larger fraction of it.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:24:44 -0400 2021-04-07T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-07T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: The Macroeconomics of Sticky Prices with Generalized Hazard Functions. (joint with Fernando Alvarez and Aleksei Oskolkov) (April 7, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81282 81282-20879921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We give a full analytic characterization of a large class of sticky-price models where the firm's price setting behavior is described by a generalized hazard function. Such a function allows for a vast variety of empirical hazards to be tted. This setup is microfounded by random menu costs as in Caballero and Engel (1993) or, alternatively, by information frictions as in Woodford (2009). We establish two main results. First, we show how to identify all the primitives of the model, including the distribution of the fundamental adjustment costs and the implied generalized hazard function, using the distribution of price changes. Second, we derive a sucient statistic for the aggregate eect of a monetary shock: given an arbitrary generalized hazard function, the cumulative impulse response of output to a once-and-for-all monetary shock is proportional to the ratio of the kurtosis of the steady-state distribution of price changes over the frequency of price adjustment. We prove that Calvo's model yields the upper bound and Golosov and Lucas's model the lower bound on this measure within the class of random menu cost models.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:13:28 -0400 2021-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 8, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-08T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
International Economics (April 8, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82407 82407-21092290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:33:11 -0500 2021-04-08T11:30:00-04:00 2021-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (April 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81996 81996-21004761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at fspp-ipc-questions@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:05:54 -0500 2021-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-08T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
The evolving role of banks in addressing opportunity ladders for the underserved (April 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83398 83398-21369784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Register and more details at https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2021/evolving-role-banks-addressing-opportunity-ladders-underserved

Since becoming Goldman Sachs’s youngest female Black partner in history at age 37 in 2018, Margaret Anadu has spearheaded much of the big bank’s efforts to invest in underserved areas and particularly communities of color. Anadu is the global head of sustainability and impact for Asset Management at GS, leading the development and oversight of the firm’s strategy for delivering commercial solutions and leading advisory services to clients related to inclusive growth and climate transition, the two core pillars of the firm’s sustainability strategy. She is also chair of the Urban Investment Group (UIG) and co-chair of the Asset Management Sustainability Council. Anadu also took a leading role in disbursing the bank’s capital for the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government’s stimulus initiative for small businesses. She will discuss how banks can help create opportunity for underserved communities, in conversation with Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence William Bynum.

From the speaker's bio

Prior to assuming her current role, Margaret was head of UIG, overseeing a $4 billion portfolio dedicated to investments that address racial inequities, unemployment, a lack of affordable housing, and other problems, providing equity and debt to real estate projects and social enterprises, and lending facilities for small businesses, students, and individuals in order to create opportunity. Established in 2001, UIG has committed more than $10 billion to community and economic development investments, serving as a catalyst in the revitalization of underserved, predominantly minority communities.

Margaret also serves on the Board of Advisors of Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs’ $500 million commitment to invest in companies and investment managers with diverse leadership, and is an ex-officio member of the Investment Banking Division Council for Advancement of Racial Equity.

Margaret serves on the boards of several community and economic development organizations, including the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, Center for an Urban Future, Core Innovation Capital, Low Income Investment Fund, New York Public Radio and The Africa Center.

Margaret earned a BA in Computer Science from Harvard College in 2003.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 May 2022 13:58:36 -0400 2021-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Margaret Anadu and William Bynum
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 9, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-09T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Scaling Auctions as Insurance: A Case Study in Infrastructure Procurement (April 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81746 81746-20949402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Most U.S. government spending on highways and bridges is done through “scaling” procurement auctions, in which private construction firms submit unit price bids for each piece of material required to complete a project. Using data on bridge maintenance projects undertaken by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), we present evidence that firm bidding behavior in this context is consistent with optimal skewing under risk aversion: firms limit their risk exposure by placing lower unit bids on items with greater uncertainty. We estimate bidders’ risk aversion, the risk in each auction, and the distribution of bidders’ private costs. Simulating equilibrium item-level bids under counterfactual settings, we estimate the fraction of project spending that is due to risk and evaluate auction mechanisms under consideration by policymakers. We find that scaling auctions provide substantial savings relative to lump sum auctions and show how our framework can be used to evaluate alternative auction designs.


* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:53:27 -0400 2021-04-09T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Webinar (April 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83180 83180-21288792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Learn about opportunities to earn a Masters or Doctoral degree in Survey and Data Science. Students in the program receive theoretical grounding in all aspects of survey methodology, from sample design and measurement, to data collection, extraction and wrangling, data visualization, statistical estimation, and probability and distribution theory. Students have the opportunity to explore novel ways to develop applications of survey methodology in a wide variety of field.

Advance registration is required, bit.ly/38YZLj1

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Presentation Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:09:33 -0400 2021-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Presentation Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Webinar
Economic Theory (April 9, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81737 81737-20949395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:41:56 -0500 2021-04-09T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-09T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 10, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 10, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-10T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 11, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 11, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-11T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 12, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-12T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Computerized Investing: Stocks - Selection and Evaluation (April 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79985 79985-20525409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is designed to explore active stock investing strategies using your computer. Which stock (or group of stocks) is most likely to meet your objectives? A prerequisite for this course is to be an active stock investor. We will utilize various sources of information such as Value Line, Morningstar, Better Investing, S&P, and other stock related websites.

We will demonstrate and use the online tools of Better Investing to analyze potential companies. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of various types of investments. We do not intend to cover basic investing questions.

Our instructors for this study group are Dale Brandenburg and Bob Shaw.
Dale is a retired research professor and Bob is a director and current Vice-President of the SE Michigan Chapter of Better Investing.

This study group will meet Mondays for five weeks beginning April 12. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 29 Dec 2020 09:26:25 -0500 2021-04-12T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
MIDAS Seminar Series Presents: Vicki Bogan, Economics and Management, Cornell University (April 12, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82466 82466-21106115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

We provide empirical evidence that visceral factors affect financial risk taking by showing that exposure to mass shootings alters mutual fund managers’ risk taking decisions. Funds that are exposed to mass shootings subsequently decrease risk relative to their peers. The effect that we document is temporary, lasting approximately one quarter before reverting to normal levels and is strongest among managers with demographics shown to express greater fear from mass shootings. Together with the literature on laboratory studies that show that market downturns induce fear, our findings suggest that fear could exacerbate variation in risk taking, generating the highly volatile countercyclical risk premiums shown to exist in markets.

Bio:

Vicki Bogan’s research interests are in the areas of financial economics, behavioral finance, and applied microeconomics centering on issues involving investment decision making behavior and financial markets. She explores questions relating to investment decision making (corporate and individual) and household portfolio allocation with the goal of shedding light on how to better model observed behavior.

Bogan has published numerous journal articles and book chapters including a book chapter on “Household Investment Decisions,” in Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing. Bogan’s research has received considerable media attention including radio interviews and coverage in Forbes.com, the Wall Street Journal website, NPR’s Marketplace Tech, PsychologyToday.com, and the Harvard Business Review Blog. She also has been featured on the PBS News Hour – Paul Solman’s Making Sense, the Lou Hutt Show on Sirius XM radio, and Knowledge@Wharton on Sirius XM radio.

Bogan currently serves as Co-Editor for Financial Planning Review. She is the founder and director for the Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance. She also worked as a consultant for Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc.

Prof. Bogan teaches finance courses for master’s and undergraduate students in the Dyson School of Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business. She has received two outstanding educator awards and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Bogan holds a Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Brown University, an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Economics from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. She also has held a visiting fellow appointment at Princeton University.

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Presentation Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:25:34 -0500 2021-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Vicki Bogan
The Rainbow Coat Panel (April 12, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83616 83616-21438454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

Please join the Spectrum Center for the first of a hopefully annual event, The Rainbow Coat Panel! This event is meant to open a community-wide intersectional discussion regarding first-generation and low-income queer and trans* students' experiences. The panelists include:

Trevor Bechtel, Student Engagement Coordinator at Poverty Solutions (he/him);
Jessie Fullenkamp, UM Alumna and Education and Evaluation Director at the Ruth Ellis Center (she/her);
Jay Hash, former Spectrum Center Student Staff Member (they/them);
Samuel Ramirez-Morales, a current undergraduate student in LSA (he/him)

A huge thank you to our collaborators for this event from Poverty Solutions at UM and the Ruth Ellis Center. You can learn more about these organizations and their work at https://poverty.umich.edu and https://ruthelliscenter.org respectively.

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:12:04 -0400 2021-04-12T18:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion This event aims to open an intersectional dialogue regarding first-generation and low-income queer and trans* students' experiences. Co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center, Poverty Solutions at UM, and the Ruth Ellis Center.
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 13, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-13T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Economic History: Colonial institutions, marriage markets, and Africa's HIV epidemic: Evidence from Mozambique. (April 13, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81500 81500-20901743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Three institutions organized much of colonial economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa: concessions of territory and population to companies, labor reserves providing nearby employers with male temporary workers, and colonial trade economies coercing peasants to produce agricultural exports. To make some of the first comparisons of these institutions’ short- and long-run impacts, I exploit an arbitrary concession-labor reserve border in Mozambique. The concession was Africa’s longest lasting (1891-1942) and heavily restricted mobility, while the labor reserve (1901-70s) was one of the most important, sending one third of its men annually to work in South Africa ("circular migrants"). Colonial census data show that men in the concession before its abolition were half as likely to be circular migrants and boys were twice as likely to enroll in school, but after it ended both outcomes converged. However, even after the concession’s abolition, marriage rates in the labor reserve were 10 to 25 percent higher and spousal age gaps may have been smaller. The likely explanation is the lasting social effects of nearly a century of circular migration. Consistent with the continuation of these patterns, women’s HIV prevalence today is twice as high in the former concession while levels of economic development are similar.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:34:05 -0400 2021-04-13T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Coded Bias - Free Film Screening (April 14, 2021 12:01am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83579 83579-21430623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:01am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information Assurance

The U-M Dissonance Event Series invites you to watch a free, on-demand screening of the documentary film Coded Bias. Watch Coded Bias on-demand anytime between Thursday, April 8, through Wednesday, April 14.

Visit the Dissonance events page to learn more, watch the trailer and receive the passcode you will need to access Coded Bias and watch the film for free.

https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance/coded-bias-free-movie-viewing

Please also join us over Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. EST for an "At the Movies" style panel discussion of the film Coded Bias. A panel of U-M experts will exchange views on the challenges presented by technologies that reflect the systemic biases in American society.

Links to the panel discussion can be found on the same event link above and on Happenings at Michigan on Thursday, April 15.

Access to Coded Bias and the panel discussion are brought to you by the Dissonance Event Series, ITS Information Assurance, the U-M School of Information, and the Law School’s Privacy and Technology Law Association.

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:43:58 -0400 2021-04-14T00:01:00-04:00 2021-04-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information Assurance Film Screening Dissonance Event Series: Free Screening of the Film Coded Bias
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Interregional Contact and National Identity (April 14, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81012 81012-20832806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions on beliefs, preferences and the formation of a shared national identity. We combine a natural experiment, therandom assignment of male conscripts to different locations throughout Spain,with tailored survey data. Being randomly assigned to complete military service outside of one’s region of residence fosters contact with conscripts fromother regions, and increases sympathy towards people from the region of service, measured several decades later. We also observe an increase in identification with Spain for individuals originating from regions with peripheral nationalism. Our evidence suggests that intergroup exposure in early adulthood canhave long-lasting effects on individual preferences and identity formation.

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:29:30 -0500 2021-04-14T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: nterdependent Values in Matching Markets: Evidence from Medical School Programs in Denmark (joint with Martin Hackmann, Adam Kapor, Sofia Moroni, Anne Brink Nandrup) (April 14, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81206 81206-20872033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper studies imperfect information and interdependent values in matching markets, with an application to Danish medical school programs. We combine unique data on college applicants’ program preferences, programs’ admission decisions, and student outcomes to provide direct evidence on the value of screening and the winner’s curse in matching markets. To this end, we leverage the two-tiered Danish admission system with predetermined shares of GPA-based and program-specific screening-based admissions. We first use an RD design to document that applicant screening provides extra information over GPA on program completion. We then take advantage of an information experiment where one medical program intensified their screening efforts in a difference-in-difference design. While this program substantially increased completion rates after the reform, their experiment worsened the winner's curse in the rival program, providing direct evidence for common values. In the second part of the analysis, we develop and estimate a structural model that yields these empirical facts as equilibrium outcomes of a two-sided matching market. Our counterfactual analysis aims to analyze potential inefficiencies of the current DA mechanism by allowing for alternative information structures and assessing changes in players’ strategies and welfare outcomes.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:13:58 -0400 2021-04-14T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-14T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Skewed Business Cycles (joint with Sergio Salgado and Nicholas Bloom) (April 14, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83752 83752-21491326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Using firm-level panel data from the US Census Bureau and almost fifty other countries, we show that the skewness of the growth rates of employment, sales, and productivity is procyclical. In particular, these distributions display a large left tail of negative growth rates during recessions and a large right tail of positive growth rates during booms. We find similar results at the industry level: industries with falling growth rates see more left-skewed growth rates of firm sales, employment, and productivity. We then build a heterogeneous-agents model in which entrepreneurs face shocks with time-varying skewness that matches the firm-level distributions we document for the United States. Our quantitative results show that a negative shock to the skewness of firms’ productivity growth (keeping the mean and variance constant) generates a persistent drop in output, investment, hiring, and consumption. This suggests the rising risk of large negative firm-level shocks could be an important factor driving recessions.
* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:19:05 -0400 2021-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
International Economics (April 15, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82408 82408-21092291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please email to dbartelm@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:36:19 -0500 2021-04-15T11:30:00-04:00 2021-04-15T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Development Seminar (April 15, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81998 81998-21004763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at fspp-ipc-questions@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:09:04 -0500 2021-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-15T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Market Structure, Oligopsony Power, and Productivity (April 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81747 81747-20949403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
I study how ownership consolidation affects market power on both factor and goods markets, and productive efficiency. I develop a model to separately identify markups, markdowns and productivity using production and cost data. I use it to examine the effects of a large-scale consolidation policy in the Chinese cigarette manufacturing industry. Exploiting size thresholds in the policy, I find that it increased leaf price markdowns by a third, but did not increase markups or productivity. As a result, income inequality between tobacco farmers and manufacturing workers increased by twice as much as it would have without the consolidation.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:20:32 -0500 2021-04-16T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-16T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Theory (April 16, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81741 81741-20949396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:49:07 -0500 2021-04-16T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-16T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Residential College Alumni-Student Mentorship Panel (April 18, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83716 83716-21477629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 18, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

Leveraging your academic, professional, and personal experiences in an interview to land the job (And, engaging a mentor to overcome obstacles (like the competitive pandemic economy, or imposter syndrome, or writers block) and make your next step!)

Sunday, April 18, 2021
5-6 pm via Zoom
Register to attend at https://myumi.ch/erqkR

RCers on the Panel:

Lena Benjakul
BA in Economics & Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, 2020
Currently: Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mark Castañeda
BA in Organizational Studies / Program in the Environment, class of 2021
What's next: Moving to Big Sky, Montana to work with the Montana Conservation Corps as a Conservation Fellow

Ionut Gitan
BA in Asian Languages and Cultures at U-M, 2012
MA, International Relations and Business at NYU, 2018
Currently: Communications at Catholic Medical Mission Board

Caitlin Cowan
BA in English and Creative Writing, 2008
MFA - The New School, 2010
PhD - The University of North Texas, 2015
Currently: Development Coordinator, Chair of Creative Writing, and a Freelance Editor

Maria LoCicero
BA in History and Arts & Ideas in the Humanities, class of 2021
What's next: City Year Service Member, Chicago

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:47:49 -0400 2021-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-18T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Careers / Jobs Flier
Earnings Assimilation of Second-and Later-Generation Men: Evidence from Administrative Records (April 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80921 80921-20824848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Dr Andrés Villarreal (University of California, Los Angeles) will discuss "Earnings Assimilation of Second-and Later-Generation Men: Evidence from Administrative Records"

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Abstract: The systematic study of immigrants’ economic assimilation requires an analysis of both intra- and intergenerational mobility, that is, of the progress made by each immigrant generation over the course of their own lives and relative to their parents. In this study we examine both types of mobility using a unique dataset linking respondents of multiple waves of the Current Population Survey (CPS) to their longitudinal tax records. This longitudinal information allows us follow individuals’ earnings trajectories and measure the extent to which second-generation men are able to reduce the earnings gap with later generations during their lifetimes. To overcome the limitations of previous studies examining intergenerational mobility we match a sample of second- and later-generation children to their actual parents. Our matching strategy allows us to identify the exact third generation and to evaluate the contribution of ethnic attrition. We find large ethnoracial disparities in earnings mobility consistent with segmented assimilation theory. The earnings assimilation of Hispanic men stalls or reverses during the course of the second generation rather than in the third generation as previously thought. Once the lower earnings of first-generation parents are taken into account, second-generation Hispanic men experience lower intergenerational earnings mobility.



BIO:
Andrés Villarreal is a sociologist and social demographer specializing in the areas of international migration, race and ethnicity, social stratification, and health in social context. Much of his research focuses on Latin America and the Latin American-origin population in the U.S. Within the area of immigration he seeks to understand how population movements are driven by economic changes, and the consequences that these movements have for social wellbeing. In an ongoing research project he is examining the long-term economic assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. using administrative data. In a new line of research he is exploring the social and demographic consequences of the opioid epidemic.

Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:18:11 -0400 2021-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Andrés Villarreal
Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality & Health in Detroit (April 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83634 83634-21446267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us on Zoom as we discuss 'Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality and Health in Detroit' featuring Angela Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation), Stuart Batterman (Environmental Health Sciences, UM SPH), and Amy Schulz (Health Behavior & Health Education, UM SPH). (Rescheduled from Feb 9.)

https://umich.zoom.us/j/96155698295

Webinar series organized by the Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD). Co-sponsored by the DEI Committee of Health Behavior & Health Education and the DEI Committee of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:08:12 -0400 2021-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments in Detroit
Economic History: The Long-Run Implications of Slum Clearance (April 20, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81501 81501-20901744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper analyzes the federal urban renewal and slum clearance program. This program was enacted by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and was one of the largest and most controversial location-based economic development policies used to rehabilitate neighborhoods in the United States. I construct a new spatial dataset documenting the locations of approximately 200 urban renewal projects across 28 U.S. cities. I use this newly constructed dataset to examine the characteristics of neighborhoods cleared for redevelopment and the effect that urban renewal projects had on neighborhoods over time. I show that conditional on experiencing urban blight, black neighborhoods were between two and three times more likely than white neighborhoods to be targeted for slum clearance. Further, the resulting redevelopment led to a persistent decline in population density, housing density, and in the share of black residents in directly treated neighborhoods. Simultaneously, median rents and median incomes increased. These results are consistent with predictions from a spatial equilibrium model of locational choice. Viewed through the lens of this model, my results imply that households in the lowest end of the income distribution were made worse off by slum clearance policies.
*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:20:48 -0400 2021-04-20T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Bioethics Discussion: Abdication (April 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58841 58841-14563735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our renunciation.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455

A few readings to consider:
––The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine
––Decentralization of health care systems and health outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment
––Vox Populi or Abdication of Responsibility?: The Influence of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on the Public Discourse Regarding Abortion, 2016-2019
––Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor
For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/060-abdication/.

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Before you give up, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:38:57 -0500 2021-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Abdication
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Hate Trumps Love: The Impact of Political Polarization on Social Preferences (April 21, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83715 83715-21477628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. I quantify this phenomenon through the use of 5 pre-registered studies, comprising 15 behavioral experiments and a diverse set of over 8,600 participants. The focus of this paper is to examine various behavioral-, belief-, and norm-based layers of (non-)strategic decision-making that are plausibly affected by existing polarization in the context of Donald J. Trump. I find strong heterogeneous effects: ingroup-love occurs in the perceptional domain (how close one feels towards others), whereas outgroup-hate occurs in the behavioral domain (how one helps/harms/cooperates with others). The rich setting also allows me to examine the mechanisms: observed intergroup conflict can be attributed to one's grim expectations about the cooperativeness of the opposing faction, rather than one's actual unwillingness to cooperate. In a final step, I test whether popular behavioral interventions (defaults and norm-nudging) can eradicate the detrimental impact of polarization in the contexts studied here. The interventions are ineffective in closing the polarization gap, suggesting that structural -- on top of behavioral -- changes are needed to heal the society

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:23:50 -0400 2021-04-21T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-21T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Labor Economics: Marriage, Labor Supply and the Dynamics of the Social Safety Net (April 21, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81209 81209-20872034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
The 1996 US welfare reform introduced limits on years of welfare receipt. We show that this reduced program participation, raised employment for single mothers, and reduced divorce. A limited commitment, lifecycle model of labor supply, marriage and divorce, estimated on pre-reform data, replicates these effects. A large part of the responses occur in anticipation of benefit exhaustion, impacting primarily women with low potential earnings. The reform reduces lifetime utility of women, even allowing for the government savings, but has negligible effects on men. The expectation of marriage attenuates the losses for women and an increased probability of single-motherhood raises them.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:12:13 -0400 2021-04-21T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-21T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
OS Honors Symposium (April 22, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83093 83093-21266978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Join us virtually as our 2021 honors students, Rachel Klein and Brianne VanDyke, present their research and findings to the OS community.

For any questions, contact Honors Advisor Dr. Lisa Fein (lisafein@umich.edu)
Zoom link will be provided to those that register.

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Presentation Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:04:00 -0400 2021-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS honors symposium event image
What’s Going On with Real Estate (April 22, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79863 79863-20509630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This three session course will help home and property owners, investors, and intellectually active seniors understand the latest developments in the local housing market and how it affects them, their friends, and families.
Topics include: current housing market trends, factors that influence future market prices, preparing your home to sell, how property taxes are calculated, normal vs. distressed sales, foreclosures, short sales, the rental market, and other topics proposed by participants. Instructor Wayne Esch is a long-time Ann Arbor realtor.
This study group will meet Thursdays for three weeks beginning on April 22. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:58:55 -0500 2021-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Economic History: California and the Car: Early Adoption of the Automobile in the Golden State (April 27, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81502 81502-20901745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We present preliminary results on the pre-1940 diffusion of the passenger car in the U.S. and the world. The U.S. adopted the car much faster than other countries with roughly twice as many motor vehicles per capita as Canada. Within the U.S., car adoption was most rapid in California. In 1930, there were more cars in Los Angeles county than in Germany and Italy combined. Income and population density only partly explain California's lead. We are collecting individual-level data on car ownership in California starting in 1905 in order to understand who bought cars first and to investigate hypotheses for California's unusually rapid car adoption.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:54:14 -0400 2021-04-27T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-27T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic History: Inequality in Mexico City, 1760-1930: Evidence from the Construction Sector (May 4, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83919 83919-21616895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:10:12 -0400 2021-05-04T14:30:00-04:00 2021-05-04T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Economic Profile of Central America (May 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83014 83014-21243196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture will be live streamed.

Dr. Murembya Will provide an overview of the economy of Central American countries, including but not limited to the population trend, the development policies, and important economic sectors in the region. Specific topics include factors of population change, historical event that shaped the development trajectory of the region, actual development policies and their effectiveness, as well as sectoral analysis such as tourism, agriculture, and others.

Leonidas Murembya is an Assistant Professor of International Development (sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America), as well as performing evaluation of social research for the Economics Department at Michigan State University. Dr. Murembya is also an Economic Specialist for the State of Michigan, where he works with economic and workforce development agencies throughout the state of Michigan providing them with crucial economic data and analysis to make informed decisions.

This is the fifth of a six-lecture series. The subject of the series is Central America: Coffee to Caravans. The next lecture will occur May 20, 2021. The title is: The Struggle to Survive in Central America: A Portrait of Life from a Grassroots, Human Rights Perspective. Learn from well-known experts about an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:51:42 -0500 2021-05-13T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-13T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday lecture image
CGIS Winter Advising (May 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-19T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-19T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
CGIS Winter Advising (May 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83938 83938-21619172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:02:10 -0400 2021-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-20T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Flyer
Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy -May 24th, 25, and 26th (May 24, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83783 83783-21508904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 24, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

The University of Michigan Department of Economics invites you to join us for a workshop on Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy. Over three sessions, we will have the opportunity to learn from three leading scholars as they discuss their work.

May 24: Richard Blundell "Wage Progression, Human Capital and Labour Market Inequality"
May 25: Costas Meghir "Early Childhood Development: Interventions and Mechanisms"
May 26: Stefanie Stantcheva "Understanding How People Think about Public Policies: Evidence from Social Economic Surveys and Experiments"

The discussion will be led by Ashley Craig (Assistant Professor of Economics), Nirupama Rao (Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy), and Ana Reynoso (Assistant Professor of Economics) at University of Michigan.
Everyone is welcome!

Webinar Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99344008145

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 May 2021 09:16:54 -0400 2021-05-24T09:00:00-04:00 2021-05-24T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy
Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy -May 24th, 25, and 26th (May 25, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83783 83783-21508905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

The University of Michigan Department of Economics invites you to join us for a workshop on Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy. Over three sessions, we will have the opportunity to learn from three leading scholars as they discuss their work.

May 24: Richard Blundell "Wage Progression, Human Capital and Labour Market Inequality"
May 25: Costas Meghir "Early Childhood Development: Interventions and Mechanisms"
May 26: Stefanie Stantcheva "Understanding How People Think about Public Policies: Evidence from Social Economic Surveys and Experiments"

The discussion will be led by Ashley Craig (Assistant Professor of Economics), Nirupama Rao (Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy), and Ana Reynoso (Assistant Professor of Economics) at University of Michigan.
Everyone is welcome!

Webinar Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99344008145

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 May 2021 09:16:54 -0400 2021-05-25T09:00:00-04:00 2021-05-25T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy
Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy -May 24th, 25, and 26th (May 26, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83783 83783-21508906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

The University of Michigan Department of Economics invites you to join us for a workshop on Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy. Over three sessions, we will have the opportunity to learn from three leading scholars as they discuss their work.

May 24: Richard Blundell "Wage Progression, Human Capital and Labour Market Inequality"
May 25: Costas Meghir "Early Childhood Development: Interventions and Mechanisms"
May 26: Stefanie Stantcheva "Understanding How People Think about Public Policies: Evidence from Social Economic Surveys and Experiments"

The discussion will be led by Ashley Craig (Assistant Professor of Economics), Nirupama Rao (Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy), and Ana Reynoso (Assistant Professor of Economics) at University of Michigan.
Everyone is welcome!

Webinar Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99344008145

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 May 2021 09:16:54 -0400 2021-05-26T09:00:00-04:00 2021-05-26T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Human Capital, Productivity, and Economic Policy
CEW+ Financial Wellness: Estate Planning And Giving – Establishing Goals | Sponsored by Fidelity (June 10, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84205 84205-21620762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/cew-financial-wellness-estate-planning-and-giving-establishing-goals-sponsored-by-fidelity

Join CEW+ Director Tiffany Marra for our next Financial Wellness event sponsored by Fidelity. Do you have questions about estate planning, wealth transfer, and strategic charitable giving? The next workshop in the CEW+ Financial Wellness Series highlights strategies and tips to set and reach your goals. Join Tiffany in conversation with special guest Pamela Lipnicky, Virtual Education Consultant for Fidelity Investments, as well as Michael Welton, Fidelity Retirement Planner, and Ciara C. Merriman, CEW+ Leadership Council Member, U-M Alumna, and Fidelity Retirement Planner.

This workshop is designed to help you:

- Understand the basics of estate planning strategies and why having an estate plan is important.
- Learn about how to plan for strategic charitable giving.
- Discuss and answer questions you may have regarding wealth transfer strategies.
- Understand how Fidelity can help put your strategy in motion.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:16:40 -0400 2021-06-10T11:00:00-04:00 2021-06-10T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Small green plant growing out of a pile of coins
Economic Theory: Minimum Distance Belief Updating with General Information (September 3, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86064 86064-21631257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 3, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: We study belief revision when information is given as a set of relevant probability distributions. This flexible setting encompasses (i) the standard notion of information as an event (a subset of the state space), (ii) qualitative information (``A is more likely than B"), (iii) interval information (``chance of A is between ten and twenty percent"), and more. In this setting, we behaviorally characterize a decision maker (DM) who selects a posterior belief from the provided information set that minimizes the subjective distance between her prior and the information. We call such a DM a Minimum Distance Subjective Expected Utility (MDSEU) maximizer. Next, we characterize the collection of MDSEU distance notions that coincide with Bayesian updating on standard events. We call this class of distances Generalized Bayesian Divergence, as they nest Kullback-Leibler Divergence. MDSEU provides a systematic way to extend Bayesian updating to general information and zero-probability events. Importantly, Bayesian updating is not unique. Thus, two Bayesian DM's with a common prior may disagree after common information, resulting in polarization and speculative trade. We discuss related models of non-Bayesian updating.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:35:35 -0400 2021-09-03T14:30:00-04:00 2021-09-03T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic Theory: Panics and Prices (September 10, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86065 86065-21631258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 10, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: Rumors of a shortage may create higher-order uncertainty and cause panic buying even when there is no real shortage and most consumers are aware of this fact. We study the role of prices in alleviating, or even preventing, panic buying caused by such rumors. Under some circumstances, flexible prices fail to do so and panic buying is the unique equilibrium outcome. In these circumstances, fixed prices prevent panic buying and lead to higher consumer surplus despite the possibility of rationing. Producer surplus may be higher as well.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:41:15 -0400 2021-09-10T09:00:00-04:00 2021-09-10T10:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: Your Place in the World: Relative Income and Global Inequality (September 13, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85466 85466-21626486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of Germans. We measure how individuals form perceptions of their ranks in the national and global income distributions, and how those perceptions relate to their national and global policy preferences. We find that Germans systematically underestimate their true place in the world’s income distribution, but that correcting those misperceptions does not affect their support for policies related to global inequality.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:00:29 -0400 2021-09-13T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-13T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
PSC Postdoctoral Training Program: Introductions and Updates (September 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86257 86257-21632296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The PSC Brown Bag Series will kick off on Monday, September 13 with introductions and updates from our PSC postdoctoral fellows (details below). Please join us to welcome our new fellows and celebrate the achievements of our returning cohort!

2021-22 PSC postdoctoral fellow cohort:
Jamie Budnick (NICHD, 2nd year, PhD: University of Michigan, Sociology, Mentor: Rob Stephenson)

Bobbie Johannes (NIA, 2nd year, PhD: Penn State, Health Policy and Administration, Mentor: Mary Janevic)

Emily Parker (NIA, 1st year, PhD: Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management, Mentors: Paula Fomby and Natasha Pilkauskas)

Margaret Whitley, (NIA, 1st year, PhD: University of California Irvine, Public Health, Mentors: Sarah Burgard and David Johnson)

Weidi Qin (NIA, 1st year, PhD: Case Western Reserve University, Social Welfare, Mentors: Belinda Needham and Briana Mezuk)

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:35:52 -0400 2021-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar poster
Public Finance: (September 13, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86881 86881-21637067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:00:41 -0400 2021-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: What is a Labor Market? Classifying Workers and Jobs Using Network Theory (September 15, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86874 86874-21637056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper develops a new approach to classifying heterogeneous workers and jobs and demonstrates that traditional methods may understate the effects of labor market shocks on workers. Our key innovation is a new method for identifying high degrees of latent worker and job heterogeneity directly from data, without relying on covariates like education or occupation. Building upon tools from network theory, we classify workers and jobs into a large number of latent “worker types” and “markets,” re-spectively, by exploiting the network structure of worker–job links in linked employer-employee data. Intuitively, two workers belong to the same worker type if they have similar probabilities of being employed by particular jobs, and two jobs belong to the same market if they have similar probabilities of hiring particular workers. We use discrete choice methods to infer the productivity of each worker type when matched with each market using the logic that worker–job matches that pay more and occur more frequently in equilibrium reveal themselves to be more productive. We embed this method within a general equilibrium model with sectoral demand shocks to perform counterfactuals. We show that our worker types and markets are better able to predict wage changes in response to the 2016 Olympics than are occupations. Finally, we show that traditional ways of defining worker heterogeneity and exposure to shocks may underestimate the effect of shocks on workers by as much as a factor of 4.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:15:33 -0400 2021-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-15T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
International Economics: (September 16, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86854 86854-21636927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:40:09 -0400 2021-09-16T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-16T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic Development Seminar: Colonial Institutions, Marriage Markets, and HIV: Evidence from Mozambique (Practice Job Talk) (September 16, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86734 86734-21635831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper links Africa’s history to its HIV epidemic through colonial institutions’ lasting effects on marriage markets. I exploit the arbitrary border within Mozambique between two regimes common across the continent: one that pushed over 50,000 young men annually into temporary labor migration (1897-1965) and another that conscripted them into forced labor (1891-1942). Historians contend the migrant-sending institution fundamentally altered marriage markets in that region. Using colonial census data, I show that young men there married earlier and were closer in age to their wives, even after the forced labor institution ended and migration rates had converged. Because smaller age disparities reduce HIV risk, I examine seroprevalence today and find it is nearly 50 percent (10 p.p.) lower in the former migrant-sending region. The data suggest that persistently smaller age disparities and reductions in behaviors associated with them are the main channel for this effect.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:44:23 -0400 2021-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-16T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
2021 Tanner Lecture: Work: What Is It? Do Most of Us Need It, and Why? (September 16, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86236 86236-21632211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

View the Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEJcynUx4R4

There are, I shall argue, three important areas of philosophical exploration about work.

The first is a question in social ontology: What is work? This question is both historical and conceptual, as questions in social ontology usually are. And the contemporary idea of work and of a job—and the related idea of a good job--are the results of conceptual and institutional developments over the last few centuries.

The second is an ethical issue, in Aristotle’s broad sense of ethics as concerned with eudaimonia: How does work fit into the good life? This problem is especially challenging because the idea of a good job involves many dimensions of assessment: Does it produce something useful? Does it make a positive contribution? Does it give the worker a decent income? Was that income fairly decided? Are the conditions of work satisfactory? Are they just? Does the job have the rewards of sociability? Is the work a source of significance for the worker?

Looked at more generally, the good job does four things: (a) it provides goods and services worth having, while also (b) providing people with income, (c) sociability, and (d) significance. And one of the things that makes the ethical questions especially challenging at the moment, is that new technologies are reconfiguring employment in ways that appear to threaten the creation of jobs that do all four of these things well and do them through one job.

Human flourishing requires all of these things: products, services, incomes, sociability, significance. For many people over the twentieth-century providing a good job played a huge role in delivering all of them. But AI and robotics may produce a world in which products and services could increasingly be produced without providing employment for most people: and that means either that we must find a way of providing everyone with the resources for a dignified human life without sharing the social product through the labor market, or we must invent income-generating activities that we don’t need for the products or services they provide. We might want to do the latter because many of us would not know how to fill our lives with significance or find social groups outside the family with which to engage unless we were involved in some organized productive activity.

These are issues on which many popular writers on the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” and on globalization have, of course, written for some time. But we need more serious organized reflection on the normative issues raised by these challenges.

And that leads to the third cluster of concerns: How should law and other sources of normative authority be configured to allow work to contribute to the flourishing of workers, and how should the opportunities and rewards of work be shared? Like Aristotle, I think we need to get the ethics right to do the politics, but I also think that, precisely because we are, as he insisted social animals, it is hard to pry them apart.

In this lecture I shall focus on the central set of ethical questions but say some things in passing about the social ontology of work at the start and the politics of employment at the end.

Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at NYU. Earlier, he taught at the University of Ghana, Cambridge, Yale, Cornell, Duke, Harvard and Princeton. He grew up in Ghana and received undergraduate and doctoral degrees in philosophy from Cambridge University in England. His work has been in the philosophy of mind and language, ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of art, of culture, and of the social sciences, especially anthropology; as well as in literary studies, where he has focused on African and African-American literature. He served as President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (2007). In 2012, President Obama presented him with the National Humanities Medal. His publications include Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers and The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity. Professor Appiah writes the weekly Ethicist column for the New York Times Sunday magazine.

This event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:23:42 -0400 2021-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 2021-09-16T22:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion 2021 Tanner Lecture of Human Values: Work: What Is it? Do Most of Us Need It, and Why?
Economics at Work: (September 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86851 86851-21636924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:53:32 -0400 2021-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 2021-09-17T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics at Work
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization and Economic Theory: Choice Screen Auctions (September 17, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85650 85650-21627921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 17, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Choice screen auctions have been recently deployed in 31 European countries, allowing consumers to choose their preferred search engine on Google’s Android platform instead of being automatically defaulted to Google’s own search engine. I show that a seemingly minor detail in the design of these auctions—whether they are conducted on a “per appearance” or a “per install” basis—plays a major role in the mix and characteristics of auction winners, and, consequently, in their expected overall market share. I also show that “per install” auctions distort the incentives of alternative search engines toward extracting as much revenue as possible from each user who installs them, at the expense of lowering the expected number of such users. The distortion becomes worse as the auction gets more competitive and the number of bidders increases. Empirical evidence from Android choice screen auctions conducted in 2020 is consistent with my theoretical results.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:09:43 -0400 2021-09-17T14:30:00-04:00 2021-09-17T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): The Green Books and the Geography of Segregation in Public Accommodations (September 20, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85461 85461-21626480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 20, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Jim Crow segregated African Americans and whites by law and practice. The causes and implications of the associated de jure and de facto residential segregation have received substantial attention from scholars, but there has been little empirical research on racial discrimination in public accommodations during this time period. We digitize the Negro Motorist Green Books, important historical travel guides aimed at helping African Americans navigate segregation in the pre-Civil Rights Act United States. We create a novel panel dataset that contains precise geocoded locations of over 4,000 unique businesses that provided non-discriminatory service to African American patrons between 1938 and 1966. Our analysis reveals several new facts about discrimination in public accommodations that contribute to the broader literature on racial segregation. First, the largest number of Green Book establishments were found in the Northeast, while the lowest number were found in the West. The Midwest had the highest number of Green Book establishments per black resident and the South had the lowest. Second, we combine our Green Book estimates with newly digitized county-level estimates of hotels to generate the share of non-discriminatory formal accommodations. Again, the Northeast had the highest share of non-discriminatory accommodations, with the South following closely behind. Third, for Green Book establishments located in cities for which the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC) drew residential security maps, the vast majority (nearly 70 percent) are located in the lowest-grade, redlined neighborhoods. Finally, Green Book presence tends to correlate positively with measures of material well-being and economic activity.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:02:41 -0400 2021-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-20T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
Public Finance: (September 20, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86883 86883-21637068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 20, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:03:41 -0400 2021-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Building Toward Flooding Resilience: Perspectives from the Field (September 21, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86206 86206-21632182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Panelists include: Ricky Ackerman (Eastside Community Network), Erma Leaphart (Sierra Club), and Peter Larson (Lecturer, Epidemiology & Researcher, Institute for Social Research; Univ of MI), Moderator: Angie Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation). ZOOM https://umich.zoom.us/j/94323672749

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:25:11 -0400 2021-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-21T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion R&R: Residents and Researchers Tuesday Talks at 12 on environment, health, and community
Economic History: Slavery, Plunder, and Power in the Revolutionary South (September 21, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86836 86836-21636910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:53:43 -0400 2021-09-21T14:30:00-04:00 2021-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Wall Street QE vs. Main Street Lending (September 22, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86880 86880-21637066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: Monetary and fiscal authorities reacted swiftly to the COVID-19 pandemic by purchasing assets (or "Wall Street QE") and lending directly to non-financial firms (or "Main Street Lending"). Our paper develops a new framework to compare and contrast these different policies. For the Great Recession, characterized by impaired balance sheets of financial intermediaries, Main Street lending and Wall Street QE are perfect substitutes and both stimulate aggregate demand. In contrast, for the COVID-19 recession, where non-financial firms faced significant cash flow shortages, Wall Street QE is almost completely ineffective, whereas Main Street lending can be highly stimulative.
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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:06:05 -0400 2021-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-22T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
International Economics: (September 23, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86856 86856-21636929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:42:22 -0400 2021-09-23T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Roadblock or Accelerator? The Effect of Electric Vehicle Subsidy Elimination (September 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86846 86846-21636921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: Federal and state governments in many countries subsidize early adopters of electric vehicles (EVs) to promote green technology. These programs use different approaches such as quotas and deadlines to end the subsidies, creating complicated incentives for car manufacturers. This paper demonstrates the complex effect of the elimination designs on the EV market penetration, prices, and welfare in the US electric vehicle market. I develop a structural model of the consumer vehicle choice and manufacturer's pricing decisions in the US automobile industry. I estimate the model using industry data from 2011-2017 on new vehicle registrations, prices, characteristics, and subsidies to identify demand elasticities, network effects, and marginal costs. Based on the model primitives, I conduct counterfactual simulations to compare alternative subsidy elimination designs for EV market penetration, prices, and welfare.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:23:36 -0400 2021-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2021-09-24T11:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Public Finance: (September 27, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86884 86884-21637069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 27, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:05:35 -0400 2021-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Neighborhood Greening for Stormwater Management: What Matters for Residents (September 28, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86956 86956-21637625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Panelists: Kenyetta Campbell (Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance), Barb Matney (Warrendale Community Organization), Joan Nassauer (Univ of MI), and Natalie Sampson (Univ of MI Dearborn). Moderated by Amy Schulz (Univ of MI).

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:47:14 -0400 2021-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-28T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Workshop / Seminar R&R: Residents and Researchers Tuesday Talks at 12 on environment, health, and community
Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship (September 29, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84891 84891-21625249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 11:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series
Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship
Wednesday, September 29 at 11am EDT, ISR Thompson Rm 1430 and online: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94299595467

Speaker: H. Luke Shaefer (Director of Poverty Solutions; Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Polic; Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Social Work; Faculty Associate at PSC & SRC)

A major economic crisis accompanied the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in response the federal government mounted the largest and most comprehensive expansion of the social safety net in modern times. In this talk, H. Luke Shaefer will review research on the impacts of this safety net expansion, and where the nation goes from here.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:58:40 -0400 2021-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics and Economic History: The Israeli Economy: A Story of Success and Costs (September 29, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86837 86837-21636911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:53:41 -0400 2021-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T17:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
International Economics: (September 30, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86858 86858-21636930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 30, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:44:10 -0400 2021-09-30T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic Development Seminar: (September 30, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86885 86885-21637072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 30, 2021 4:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:26:19 -0400 2021-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-30T17:20:00-04:00 Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economics at Work (October 1, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87750 87750-21645528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:41:32 -0400 2021-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-01T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics at Work
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Save(d) by Design (October 4, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86907 86907-21637407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 4, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We begin by presenting novel administrative evidence from 840 401(k) plans with automatic enrollment (AE) indicating that the risk of retirement insecurity extends to a significant share of actual enrollees. Hypothesizing that this risk is materially affected by the initial decision to enroll at the default rate or to personalize enrollment at a higher rate, we investigate the sensitivity of initial enrollment to non-economic features of digital design that increasingly shape plan engagement. Specifically, we describe three large scale field experiments, administered across 500 AE plans, that vary the psychological design (i.e., color, layout, phrasing, informational salience) of the digital interface from which employees decide to confirm, personalize, or decline enrollment. The field studies, supplemented by hypothetical choice experiments and a survey of hundreds of plan administrators, yield four findings. First, we show that modest changes to the psychological design of the interface result in sizable increases in personalized enrollment, full match take-
up, and average contributions—equivalent to those predicted from a 68 to 74 percent increase in the modal match. Second, we show that marginal personalized enrollees appear to increase their initial contributions substantially and to an extent equivalent to inframarginal counterparts, implying potentially significant welfare gains due to design. Third, lab evidence indicates that design does not affect enrollment through standard economic channels of preferences/beliefs or often-cited behavioral frictions (inattention, confusion, distrust) and suggests instead that enrollment may emerge from a non-deliberative process in which design shifts affective appraisals. Finally, an industry survey shows that most plan administrators underestimate the potency of design and cannot identify optimal design elements. The findings raise new concerns about the retirement preparedness of 401(k) enrollees, highlight the potentially profound, and largely unrecognized, influence of digital design on financial decisions such as savings, and challenge basic economic assumptions underlying prevailing approaches to consumer protection and welfare analyses.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:14:11 -0400 2021-10-04T11:30:00-04:00 2021-10-04T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE
Are students still engaged? How Georgetown University approached student survey design and analysis during the initial phase of the pandemic. – Drew Allen - JPSM MPSDS Seminar Series (October 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87040 87040-21638196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Drew Allen, PhD
Associate Vice President, Institutional Data Analytics – Georgetown University
Fellow, Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy – New York University

Are students still engaged? How Georgetown University approached student survey design and analysis during the initial phase of the pandemic.

Most colleges and universities administer multiple surveys to students, faculty, and staff throughout the academic year. Institutions have dedicated survey plans that call for the collection of information about the student experience, faculty satisfaction, cultural climate, and alumni outcomes/perceptions (among other topics).

The shift to remote instruction in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that institutions had to act swiftly to rethink survey plans and other data collection methods. New types of data were also needed by leadership to quickly understand the impact of the shift and how students, faculty, and staff were faring in this unprecedented time.

This presentation will explore the variety of approaches that Georgetown University took in surveying students and faculty during the pandemic. First, the development of “pulse” surveys to measure academic engagement will be discussed, followed by a step-by-step account of how the survey data were communicated and used. Challenges in terms of sampling, questionnaire construction, survey nonresponse, and ethical use of data will be highlighted. Finally, we will discuss how these new approaches and lessons learned are helping to drive innovation in future survey efforts at the University.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:16:30 -0400 2021-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Drew Allen - Are students still engaged? How Georgetown University approached student survey design and analysis during the initial phase of the pandemic. – JPSM MPSDS Seminar Series
Econometrics: Logical Differencing in Network Formation Models under Non-Transferable Utilities (October 6, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87975 87975-21648125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper considers a semiparametric model of dyadic network formation under nontransferable utilities (NTU). NTU arises frequently in real-world social interactions that require bilateral consent, but by its nature induces additive non-separability. We show how unobserved individual heterogeneity in our model can be canceled out without additive separability, using a novel method we call logical differencing. The key idea is to construct events involving the intersection of two mutually exclusive restrictions on the unobserved heterogeneity, based on multivariate monotonicity. We provide a consistent estimator and analyze its performance via simulation, and apply our method to the Nyakatoke risk-sharing networks.

*To join the seminar, please contact: econometrics-seminar-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:37:15 -0400 2021-10-06T13:30:00-04:00 2021-10-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
CJS Lecture Series | Empowering Women Through Radio: Evidence from Occupied Japan (October 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84240 84240-21620797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 7, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

2021 marks the 75th year since Japanese women participated in the national election. In that election, women won 8.4 percent of the seats - the record which had never been broken until 2005. This study provides causal evidence that women's radio programs played a critical role in empowering women to participate in politics and beyond in Occupied Japan.

Yoko Okuyama is an Assistant Professor at the economics department of Uppsala University. Her current research focuses on the intersection of labor economics and political economy, particularly relating to gender and socio-political participation. She completed BA and MA in economics at the University of Tokyo and PhD in economics at Yale University.

Please register for the Zoom event here:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_deBHGUa1SW2ulGjdvmohKQ

This colloquium series is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:21:17 -0400 2021-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-07T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Livestream / Virtual Yoko Okuyama, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Uppsala University
Tackling the Climate Crisis: The Prospects for Meaningful Climate Change Law (October 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87687 87687-21645074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 7, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Gina McCarthy, National Climate Advisor, will talk about the climate crisis in a discussion moderated by Professor David Uhlmann.

Join via Zoom at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91392033354?pwd=NzMzNHZxbkVicDNKTWZJZEVuekVXZz09

Submit questions ahead of time to rickardj@umich.edu.

This event is free and open to the public.

Gina McCarthy is the first National Climate Advisor- the president's chief advisor on domestic climate policy- and leads the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy focused on mobilizing a whole-of-government approach to tackling the climate crisis, creating good-paying, union jobs, and securing environmental justice. Previously, she served as 13th Administrator of the EPA and then as president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:17:07 -0400 2021-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-07T12:50:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Econometrics: Revisiting Treatment Effects in the Presence of Anticipatory Behavior (October 7, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87971 87971-21648123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 7, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come

*To join the seminar, please contact: econometrics-seminar-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:36:51 -0400 2021-10-07T14:30:00-04:00 2021-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies (October 8, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85781 85781-21628994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study the effects of intensifying competition for procurement contracts. Conceptually, opening contracts up to bids by more participants leads to lower acquisition costs. However, expanding the set of bidders hinders buyers' control over the quality of prospective contractors, potentially exacerbating adverse selection on non-contractible quality dimensions. We study this trade-off in the context of procurement by the U.S. Department of Defense. Our empirical strategy leverages regulation that mandates agencies to publicize contract opportunities whose value is expected to exceed a certain threshold. We find that advertising contract solicitations increases competition and leads to a different pool of selected vendors who, on average, offer lower prices. However, it also worsens post-award performance, resulting in more cost overruns and delays. This negative effect on post-award performance is driven by goods and services that are relatively complex, highlighting the role of contract incompleteness. To further study the scope of this tension, we develop and estimate a model in which the buyer chooses the extent of competition, and the invited sellers decide on auction participation and bidding. We estimate sellers' cost and ex-post quality distributions, as well as buyers' preference parameters over contract outcomes. Simulating equilibrium conditions under counterfactual settings, we benchmark the current regulation design with complexity-tailored publicity requirements, and find that adjustments to publicity requirements could provide savings of 2 percent of spending, or $104 million annually.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:00:22 -0400 2021-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-08T11:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economics at Work (October 8, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87787 87787-21645949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

To join the seminar, please visit the website below.
https://courses.lsa.umich.edu/econ208/

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:02:34 -0400 2021-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-08T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: Nastiness in Groups (October 11, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85647 85647-21627919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 11, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

ABSTRACT: This paper provides evidence showing that people are more prone to engage in nasty behavior, malevolently causing financial harm to other people at own costs, when they make decisions on behalf of a group rather than when making choices individually on their own. We establish this behavioral regularity in four large-scale experiments among adolescents, university students and a nationally representative sample of adults (N = 7,426). We test several potential mechanisms, and the results suggest that the “destructiveness shift” in groups is driven by lower perception of individual responsibility, in line with self-signaling models.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:16:29 -0400 2021-10-11T11:30:00-04:00 2021-10-11T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
Labor Economics and Macroeconomics: Female Labor Force Participation and Intergenerational Mobility With Jørgen Modalsli, M. Daniele Paserman and Laura Salisbury (October 13, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87625 87625-21644543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
This paper explores the connection between intergenerational economic mobility and the entry of women into the labor force. We propose a simple statistical model of intergenerational transmission, in which children’s human capital is a function of parental money and time inputs. We derive the father-son (and father-daughter) intergenerational elasticities (IGEs) under two regimes: one in which mothers devote all their time to childrearing, and one in which mothers split their time between market work and childrearing. We find that the impact of mothers’ entry into the labor force on the father-child IGE depends on three key factors: (i) the nature of sorting in the marriage market; (ii) the relative importance of parental time and money in the determination of child’s earnings; and (iii) selection of mothers into labor force participation. We discuss the circumstances under which the entry of mothers into the labor force may have contributed to a decline in the father-son and father-daughter IGEs in Norway.
We empirically and theoretically relate the U-shaped labour supply to the process of structural transformation, and namely the reallocation of labour from female-intensive agriculture into male-intensive manufacturing at early stages of development, and from manufacturing into female-intensive services at later stages. We propose a multisector model of the economy, where the interplay between un-even productivity growth and consumption complementarities across sectors predicts the modernization of agriculture and decline of family farms, the rise in manufacturing and services, and the marketization of home production. The downward portion of the U-shaped pattern is associated with the decline in agricultural employment and the disappearance of the family farm, while the upward portion is driven by the expansion of the service economy, to the detriment of manufacturing, and the marketization of home production.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:34:26 -0400 2021-10-13T14:30:00-04:00 2021-10-13T15:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
International Economics: (October 14, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87923 87923-21647704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:27:22 -0400 2021-10-14T11:30:00-04:00 2021-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Development and International Economics Seminar: Misallocation in Firm Production: A Nonparametric Test Using Procurement Lotteries (October 14, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87318 87318-21641048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Is there misallocation in firm production, as we might expect to result from market power, contracting constraints, taxes, regulations, corruption, or other potential distortions? And if there is misallocation, how severe are its resulting welfare consequences? In this paper we propose a new test for misallocation that is nonparametric in the sense that it does not restrict any firm’s production technology, demand, market structure, or optimizing behavior. We also develop a new procedure to quantify losses from misallocation via a nonparametric instrumental variable random coefficient model. Our procedures exploit exogenous shocks that induce some firms to alter their input use and then measure the average level of, and cross-firm dispersion in, the rate at which firms’ output value increases, on the margin, for a given increase in inputs. We apply these results to a setting in which thousands of firms experience exogenous demand shocks due to a lottery-based assignment of public procurement contracts for construction services in Ecuador. Using monthly data on firm-to-firm transactions and employer-employee payments, a randomization inference version of our test rejects (at standard levels) the null of overall allocative efficiency (AE) but the costs of this misallocation appears to reduce aggregate output among this set of firms by only 1% relative to the first-best. This derives roughly half from an insufficient aggregate use of inputs and half from cross-firm dispersion in the marginal products of the inputs that are used. Standard parametric assumptions applied to the same setting would suggest losses that are many times larger.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:44:38 -0400 2021-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2021-10-14T17:20:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization and Economic Theory: (October 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87323 87323-21641055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:50:20 -0400 2021-10-15T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-15T11:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency∗ (October 20, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87927 87927-21647708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
The public discourse around pay transparency has focused on the direct effect: how workers seek to rectify newly-disclosed pay inequities through renegotiations. The question of how wage-setting and hiring practices of the firm respond in equilibrium has received less attention. To study these outcomes, we build a model of bargaining under incomplete information and test our predictions in the context of the U.S. private sector. Our model predicts that transparency reduces the individual bargaining power of workers, leading to lower average wages. A key insight is that employers credibly refuse to pay high wages to any one worker to avoid costly renegotiations with others under transparency. In situations where workers do not have individual bargaining power, such as under a collective bargaining agreement or in markets with posted wages, greater transparency has a muted impact on average wages. We test these predictions by evaluating the roll-out of U.S. state legislation protecting the right of workers to inquire about the salaries of their coworkers. Consistent with our prediction, the laws lead wages to decline by approximately 2% overall, but declines are progressively smaller in occupations with higher unionization rates. Our model provides a unified framework to analyze a wide range of transparency policies, and reconciles effects of transparency mandates documented in a variety of countries and contexts.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:36:22 -0400 2021-10-20T14:30:00-04:00 2021-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: U.S. Banks and Global Liquidity (October 20, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87930 87930-21647719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: We document a new intermediation method, “reserve-draining intermediation”, which has been dominant in global banks’ provision of dollar liquidity post-Global Financial Crisis. Using daily supervisory data, we show that large U.S. banks use their excess reserves at the Federal Reserve to finance short-term lending in the repo and foreign exchange swap markets in response to dollar funding shortages. Intra-firm liquidity sharing between depository institutions and broker-dealer subsidiaries within the same bank holding company are crucial to reserve-draining intermediation. Our results highlight the importance of a large Federal Reserve balance sheet even when interest rates are above the zero-lower bound.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:06:23 -0400 2021-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2021-10-20T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
International Economics: Selection and Sorting of Heterogeneous Firms through the Procompetitive Effect (October 21, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87924 87924-21647705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 21, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study how an increase in market size causes selection and sorting of firms with different productivity by intensifying competitive pressures. To this end, we introduce the procompetitive effect into the Melitz (2003) model of monopolistic competition with heterogeneous firms, using the H.S.A. (Homotheticity with a Single Aggregator) class of demand systems, which has many advantages relative to other non-CES demand systems used in the literature.
First, it is homothetic. Market size can be thus defined unambiguously because the composition of market demand does not matter. It also helps to isolate the effects of variable markups from those of
nonhomotheticity. Furthermore, the homotheticity makes it straightforward to use H.S.A. as a building block in multi-sector general equilibrium models.
Second, it is nonparametric. This makes it flexible enough to allow not only for Marshall’s Second Law, which implies incomplete pass-through. It also allows for what we call the (weak and strong) Third Law--the pass-through rates for less efficient firms are no lower (under the weak Third
Law) or strictly higher (under the strong Third Law). Furthermore, since this class contains CES (as well as translog) as a special case, H.S.A. helps us understand which predictions of the Melitz model are
critically dependent on CES and which ones are not.
Third, because the single aggregator serves as a sufficient statistic for competitive pressures, it is simple to establish the existence and uniqueness of free-entry equilibrium with firm heterogeneity. H.S.A. also retains much of the tractability of CES; most of comparative statics can be conducted by means of simple diagrams, and the key qualitative results are free of any further parametric restrictions on the demand systems and productivity distribution. In a one-sector setting, we show, among others, that an increase in competitive pressures, -- whether it is caused by an increase in market size, a lower entry cost, or a first-order stochastically dominant improvement in productivity distribution--, leads to a tougher selection of firms, larger dispersion of profit across surviving firms under the Second Law (and of revenue across firms under the weak Third Law), and smaller dispersion of markup rates under the strong Third Law. An increase in market size also leads to higher (lower) profits for the more (less) efficient among the surviving firms under the Second Law. If the weak Third Law holds additionally, an increase in market size leads to higher revenue for all surviving firms with large enough overheads, but only for the more efficient with small enough overheads. We also show that employment could be hump-shaped in the firm productivity under the Second and weak Third Laws, in which case employment could be inversely related to productivity among surviving firms with overheads large enough relative to market size.
Then, in a multi-sector/region setting, we show that, under the Second Law, competitive pressures are stronger in larger markets, which causes more efficient firms to sort themselves into larger markets. Due to this composition effect, the average markup rates are not necessarily lower in larger markets. This result offers a caution against testing the procompetitive effect of market size by comparing the average markup rates in a cross-section of cities with different sizes.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:37:21 -0400 2021-10-21T11:30:00-04:00 2021-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Should The Government Sell You Goods? Evidence from the Milk Market in Mexico (October 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87325 87325-21641152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study a nationwide welfare program in Mexico in which the government, in an effort to eliminate hunger, sells milk to households at subsidized rates via a network of thousands of specialized "ration stores." Such direct provision programs, which exist in many countries, often appear puzzling to economists, as it seems unlikely that the government would have any comparative advantage relative to the private market in procuring and distributing milk. To understand direct provision, we formulate and estimate an equilibrium model of the milk market, and use it to compare this program with natural (budget-neutral) alternatives such as milk vouchers or unrestricted cash transfers. Using rich household-level panel data and the variation generated by the staggered entry of new government stores, we show that market power by private milk suppliers is an important concern, and that government-sold and privately-sold milk are close (though imperfect) substitutes. Consequently, direct provision plays an important role in the milk market in Mexico by disciplining private-milk prices. Indeed, our results suggest that, in the absence of government milk, private market prices would be 3% higher, and that direct provision generates consumer welfare gains of 4% relative to milk vouchers and 2% relative to unrestricted cash transfers.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:06:36 -0400 2021-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T11:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Infomational Session (October 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87440 87440-21642145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

The Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (formerly Michigan Program in Survey Methodology), a graduate (MS and PhD) program within the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research will host an information session about the program on October 22, 2021.

We have an informational session scheduled on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 10:00 -11:00 a.m. EST. Advance registration is required:

https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/8216318157903/WN_6vibodEpTFCSHef6a8JHDg

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) offers graduate degrees that combine ideas and techniques for producing and analyzing data about humans and our society. Join us to launch your career in this exciting and rewarding field in which scientists interpret the world through data.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:25:41 -0400 2021-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Economics at Work (October 22, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87788 87788-21645950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:02:37 -0400 2021-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics at Work
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: A Lot of Diversity is Good. A Little Diversity..... On the Possibility of Collectively Accurate Classifications: A Cognitive/Computational Unpacking of Condorcet (October 25, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88314 88314-21652403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
In this talk, I will provide a cognitive/computational unpacking of the Condorcet Jury Theorem. The core of the talk will focus on a paper co-authored with Lu Hong, in which we construct a formal framework to study group accuracy on classification tasks. In the paper, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for perfect accuracy and then characterize a group’s ability to make accurate classifications as a function of its diversity, size, and the accuracy of its members. For groups relying on the majority rule, we show that increasing individual accuracy produces a setwise increase in collective accuracy, but that, contrary to intuition, increases in group size do not. We further show that increasing diversity, as measured by pairwise disagreement, only guarantees increased accuracy for highly diverse groups. Finally, we derive a general condition for increasing group size to raise or lower expected accuracy assuming individuals drawn from a population. In addition to the paper, I will reframe the model using disciplinary lenses to discuss the potential for making good decision in complex environments.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:48:45 -0400 2021-10-25T11:30:00-04:00 2021-10-25T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
Public Finance: (October 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87978 87978-21648128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:11:39 -0400 2021-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: Do Female Role Models Reduce the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from French High Schools (October 27, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87928 87928-21647709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We show in a large-scale field experiment that a brief exposure to female role models working in scientific fields affects high school students’ perceptions and choice of undergraduate major. While the classroom interventions generally reduce the prevalence of stereotypical views on jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, the effects on educational choices are concentrated among high-achieving girls in Grade 12. They are more likely to enroll in selective and male-dominated STEM programs in college. The most effective role model interventions are those that improved students’ perceptions of STEM careers without overemphasizing women’s underrepresentation in science.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:34:15 -0400 2021-10-27T14:30:00-04:00 2021-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: (October 27, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87931 87931-21647720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: We develop a new dataset to study asset specificity among non-financial firms. The data covers the liquidation values of all major types of assets across industries. For the determinants of asset specificity, we show that assets’ physical attributes (e.g., mobility, durability, and customization) play a crucial role; macroeconomic and industry conditions have the most impact when assets are not custom designed. We then investigate three implications of asset specificity. First, consistent with theories of investment irreversibility, high asset specificity is associated with less disinvestment, stronger investment response to uncertainty, and greater sensitivity of capital formation across countries to macroeconomic volatility. Second, the increasing prevalence of intangible assets has not significantly reduced firms’ liquidation values, but intangibles appear more scalable. Third, firms have more vertical integration in countries with weaker rule of law when asset specificity is high.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:34:08 -0400 2021-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Introduction to Survey Sampling (October 28, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-10-28T09:30:00-04:00 2021-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
International Economics: (October 28, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87925 87925-21647706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:48:45 -0400 2021-10-28T11:30:00-04:00 2021-10-28T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Econometrics: (October 28, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87974 87974-21648124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact: econometrics-seminar-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:37:31 -0400 2021-10-28T14:30:00-04:00 2021-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic Theory: Random versus Directed Search for Scarce Resources (October 29, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88680 88680-21656601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper studies how different search protocols affect social welfare in a search market with scarcity. Agents search for objects that differ in quality either through a random or a directed search protocol. Random search protocol, in which agents are randomly paired to an object of any quality, gives rise to adversely selected markets. Directed search protocol, in which agents choose with which quality types to pair, gives rise to congestion. When utility is either non-transferable or transferable through Nash bargaining, I show that random search dominates directed search in terms of welfare, even though each agent would prefer to be able to direct her search.

To join the seminar, please contact at econ.theory-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:40:27 -0400 2021-10-29T09:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T10:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economics at Work (October 29, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87789 87789-21645951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:39:44 -0400 2021-10-29T13:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics at Work
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): The Common-Probability Auction Puzzle (joint with Andy Schotter) (November 1, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88151 88151-21650731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: "This paper presents a puzzle in the behavior of experimental subjects in what we call common-probability auctions. In common-value auctions, uncertainty is defined over values while, in common-probability auctions, uncertainty is defined over probabilities. We find that in contrast to the substantial overbidding found in common-value auctions, bidding in strategically equivalent common-probability auctions is consistent with Nash-equilibrium. This difference between the two uncertain environments originates in subjects' strategic valuations of the object."

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:07:17 -0400 2021-11-01T11:30:00-04:00 2021-11-01T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
CSAAW Seminar | Bernardo Modenesi and Jamie Fogel (November 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88808 88808-21658544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop (CSAAW)

Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99929959678
Passcode: csaaw

Abstract: Recent advances in the literature of decomposition methods in economics have allowed for the identification and estimation of detailed wage gap decompositions. It is possible to decompose the wage gap into (1) a factor explained by differences in workers' covariates and (2) a residual portion potentially due to discrimination and/or to unobservable factors dictating workers' productivitiy. This work proposes a method to leverage the information contained in the labor market network, in order to enhance controls for the wage gap decomposition exercise. More precisely, we contribute to the wage decomposition literature in two main ways: (i) developing an economic-principled network theory approach to control for unobserved worker skills heterogeneity in the presence of potential discrimination; and (ii) extending existing generic decomposition tools to accommodate for potential lack of overlapping supports in covariates between groups being compared, which is likely to be the norm in more detailed decompositions. We illustrate the methodology by decomposing the gender wage gap in Brazil.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:52:11 -0400 2021-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop (CSAAW) Workshop / Seminar
How close and how much? Linking health outcomes to spatial distributions of built environment features (November 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88562 88562-21655085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Veronica Berrocal, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics, University of California at Irvine.

Built environment features (BEFs) refer to aspects of the human constructed environment, which may in turn support or restrict health related behaviors and thus impact health. In this talk we are interested in understanding whether the spatial distribution and quantity of fast food restaurants (FFRs) influence the risk of obesity in schoolchildren. Our analysis on the influence of patterns of FFR occurrence on obesity among Californian schoolchildren has indicated that, in 2010, among schools that are consistently assigned to a cluster, there is a lower odds of obesity amongst 9th graders who attend schools with most distant FFR occurrences in a 1-mile radius as compared to others.

The goal of Environmental Statistics Week is to disseminate knowledge of advanced statistical methods most relevant to environmental health research with expert-led discussions on statistical concepts.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:42:53 -0400 2021-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion 2021 Environmental Statistics Week
ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: (November 3, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88427 88427-21653873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:39:28 -0400 2021-11-03T14:30:00-04:00 2021-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Liquidity Traps, Prudential Policies, and International Spillovers (November 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87745 87745-21645516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We present a simple open economy framework to study the transmission channels of monetary and macroprudential policies and evaluate the implications for international spillovers and global welfare. Using an analytical decomposition, we first identify three transmission channels: intertemporal substitution, expenditure switching, and aggregate income. Quantitatively, expenditure switching plays a prominent role for monetary policy, while macroprudential policy operates almost entirely through intertemporal substitution. Turning to the normative analysis, we show that the risk of a liquidity trap generates a monetary policy tradeoff between stabilizing output today and reducing capital flows to lower the likelihood of a future recession. However, leaning against the wind is not necessarily optimal, even in the absence of capital controls. Finally, we argue that contrary to emerging policy concerns, capital controls are not beggar-thy-neighbor and can enhance global macroeconomic stability.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:15:03 -0400 2021-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T17:20:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 4, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-04T09:30:00-04:00 2021-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Whither Capitalism? (November 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88248 88248-21651843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

What is capitalism? What forms does it take in the world today? What forms did it take in the past? What forms will it take in the future? As economic systems go, has it performed well or poorly?

In this lecture, Professor Jim Adams will discuss the meaning of capitalism, the criteria we might use to evaluate capitalism, and the varieties of capitalism that have existed over time and across the globe. One lesson to emerge from this exercise will be a recognition that governments and markets are not opposites: The varieties of capitalism consist of diverse ways of combining government and market mechanisms to achieve socially desirable outcomes. Important measures of "outcome" include not only GDP per capita but also the distribution of health, happiness, income, and wealth.

Born in New York City and raised in East Lansing, Michigan, Professor Adams received three degrees in economics (AB summa cum laude, AM, and PhD) from Harvard University. In 1973, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where his current title is Shorey Peterson Professor of Industrial Organization, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and Professor of Economics. Adams has held numerous administrative positions, including chair of his department, associate dean of his college, director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and director of the Center for West European Studies. He has held visiting professorships at six European universities, including the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Paris Dauphine.

He has advised the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Ambassador to France, and several foreign policy departments of the U.S. government. The father of two grown sons, he is married to a professor emerita of pediatric rheumatology.

Pre-registration for this event is required. A link to access the lecture will be provided shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:45:10 -0400 2021-11-04T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
International Economics: (November 4, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88453 88453-21654122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:11:03 -0400 2021-11-04T11:30:00-04:00 2021-11-04T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic Theory: (November 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88903 88903-21658894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:42:59 -0400 2021-11-05T09:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T10:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Applied Microeconomics | Industrial Organization: Regulation and Service Provision in Dynamic Oligopoly: Evidence from Mobile Telecommunications. (November 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87326 87326-21641154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
I study coverage requirements, a common regulation in the mobile telecommunications industry that intends to accelerate the roll-out of new mobile telecommunications technologies to disadvantaged areas. I argue that the regulation may engender entry deterrence effects that limit its efficacy and lead to technology introduction patterns that are not cost-efficient. To quantify the impact of coverage requirements on market structure and the speed and cost of technology roll-out, I develop and estimate a dynamic game of entry and technology upgrade under regulation. I estimate the model using panel data on mobile technology availability at the municipality level in Brazil. In counterfactual simulations, I find that coverage requirements accelerate the introduction of 3G technology by just over 1 year, on average, and reduce firms' profits by 24% relative to a scenario with no regulation. I find the entry deterrence effects to be small. Moreover, an alternative subsidization policy leads to a similar acceleration in the roll-out of 3G and substantially higher aggregate profits, likely increasing aggregate welfare relative to coverage requirements.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:11:59 -0400 2021-11-05T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T11:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economics at Work (November 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87790 87790-21645952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:35:45 -0400 2021-11-05T13:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: On Fooling Yourself: The Mechanics of Motivated Reasoning (November 8, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85648 85648-21627920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

ABSTRACT: People have a remarkable talent for reaching conclusions about themselves, the world, and their place in it that flatter themselves. The tendency has many names: rationalization, wishful thinking, self-deception, defensive processing—but the main overarching term is motivated reasoning. In this talk, I discuss psychological perspectives on motivated reasoning. I touch on the variety of motivations that underlie people’s judgments (or whether any motivation does at all), the reach of motivated reasoning, and finally potential psychological mechanics that support it.

(To attend this online event, please complete the form to receive email instructions and announcements for this and future SBEE Seminars.)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:15:31 -0400 2021-11-08T11:30:00-05:00 2021-11-08T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
Public Finance: (November 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88900 88900-21658886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 12:11:24 -0400 2021-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic History: (November 9, 2021 2:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88448 88448-21654117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:50:04 -0400 2021-11-09T02:30:00-05:00 2021-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
OS Info Night (November 9, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88279 88279-21652022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 5:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?

Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. OS Info Night is an informational session for those students (typically first-years) that are interested in learning more about OS as a possible major.

OS Director Mark Mizruchi will give a brief overview of the program, and OS staff provide information on the curriculum, opportunities, admissions process, and possible career paths available to OS majors.

Do you think you would enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network? Then the OS major may be for you!

Please register to attend!

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Reception / Open House Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:54:02 -0400 2021-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 2021-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 1100 North University Building Organizational Studies Program (OS) Reception / Open House Students listening
Health Policy Research Using CVFS/ISER-N Infrastructure (November 10, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85337 85337-21626250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 5: Health Policy Research Using CVFS/ISER-N Infrastructure
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Yubraj Acharya

The webinar is targeted to doctoral students and junior researchers in development economics/health economics intending to conduct their research using the CVFS/ISER infrastructure. I will share experience from a recent field experiment among health workers, focusing on resources on research administration available at ISER. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrc-upqj4pHtKxK1qRZWxg3TDlfFgZn_xM

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:30:12 -0400 2021-11-10T14:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Capital Heterogeneity and Investment Prices: How much (November 10, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87746 87746-21645517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Investment-specific technological change (ISTC), reflected in the declining price of new investment goods, has been recognized as an important potential driver of economic growth, business cycles, the labor share, and the equilibrium real rate. However, the changes in investment prices are heavily concentrated in a few capital categories, most notably computers, while most categories exhibit little change. How one aggregates these price changes is hence critical to evaluating the aggregate importance of ISTC. We demonstrate theoretically the correct aggregation approach using a simple standard neoclassical model with multiple capital goods. Importantly, the correct aggregation depends on the question at stake. Second, empirically, we evaluate the quantitative impact of using the correct aggregation procedure. We find that the contribution of ISTC to long-run growth, to business cycles, and to the labor share is smaller than if one ignores aggregation issues.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:28:16 -0400 2021-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T17:20:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Stryker CEO to Address Challenges, Opportunities in Emerging Markets (November 10, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88543 88543-21654966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Healthcare expenditure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is soaring. This can result in significant health improvements while creating new opportunities for businesses operating in these markets in the coming decades. Innovations in medical technology, improved access and delivery of care are all factors in the growth, which show no signs of slowing.
The possibility and interest in serving these markets and helping to make healthcare better creates opportunities for job seekers, companies and healthcare professionals. However, organizations face significant challenges in developing business models that can provide quality products and services and do so profitably. As more companies are successful, the local communities and patients will continue to benefit.

The keynote speaker, Kevin Lobo, Chair and CEO of Stryker, will provide perspective and insights for innovating and driving growth in LMICs. With globalization as part of the company’s strategy, Lobo has continued to focus resources and talent on key global markets since becoming CEO of Stryker in 2012. Lobo’s talk will focus on “Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare Companies in Emerging Markets.”

Headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI, Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, offering innovative products and services in orthopaedics, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

Time/Date: 6 pm, Nov. 10.

Venue: Zoom. Please register here.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:20:02 -0400 2021-11-10T18:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William Davidson Institute Livestream / Virtual A Discussion with Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 11, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-11T09:30:00-05:00 2021-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
The Economic Impact of Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (November 11, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88278 88278-21652021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

Artificial Intelligence technologies are expected to have a meaningful impact on the U.S. economy. After a brief introduction of AI from a technology perspective, we will learn about anticipated effects of AI on productivity and economic growth in the U.S.
Further, how should the U.S. be thinking about policy (e.g., regulation) to address AI?

We will also review the potential global effects on economies and societies, including competition among countries, and impacts on the wealth gaps between developed and developing countries.

Our speaker, Robert Seamans (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) is an Associate Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Director of the Center for the Future of Management. Professor Seamans’ research focuses on how firms use technology in their strategic interactions with each other, and also focuses on the economic consequences of AI, robotics and other advanced technologies.

His research has been published in leading academic journals and been cited in numerous outlets including The Atlantic, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and others. In 2015, Professor Seamans was appointed as the Senior Economist for technology and innovation on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:55:02 -0400 2021-11-11T11:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Economic Development and International Economics: (November 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88455 88455-21654141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:20:46 -0400 2021-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T17:30:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic Theory: (November 12, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88904 88904-21658895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:44:50 -0400 2021-11-12T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T10:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Applied Microeconomics Industrial Organization and Labor Economics: Aftermarket Frictions and the Cost of Off-Platform Options in Centralized Assignment Mechanisms (November 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88895 88895-21658831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
In many settings, market designers must contend with the presence of firms who participate in the broader game surrounding a market but do not participate in the portion under the designer’s control. In this paper, we study the empirical relevance of the configuration of on- and off-platform options in the context of a centralized college-major choice system. We quantify significant negative externalities generated by off-platform options and measure the aftermarket frictions that contribute to generating them in practice. Our empirical application uses administrative data from the centralized assignment system for higher education in Chile and leverages a recent policy change that increased the number of on-platform slots by approximately 40%. We first present a policy analysis which shows that expanding the centralized platform leads students to start college sooner and raises the share of students who graduate within six years. We develop an empirical model of college applications, aftermarket waitlists, and matriculation choices. We estimate the model using students’ ranked-ordered applications, on- and off-platform enrollment, and on-time graduation outcomes. We use the estimated model to quantify welfare impacts, decompose different mechanisms and to conduct counterfactual exercises. We find that when more programs are available on the centralized platform, welfare increases substantially. These externalities are driven by students who receive and decline on-platform offers, and are amplified by substantial frictions in waitlists. Our results indicate that expanding the scope of a higher education platform can have real impacts on welfare and human capital. Importantly, the effects are larger for students from lower SES backgrounds, suggesting the design of platforms can have effects on both efficiency and equity.
* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:25:34 -0500 2021-11-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T11:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economics at Work (November 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87791 87791-21645953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:58:18 -0500 2021-11-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T14:30:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: Earnings, Fertility and Gender Differences in Choice of Field: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey and National Administrative Data (November 15, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88954 88954-21659304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
A large literature documents a gender gap in earnings. One area of this literature examines the role of gender differences in choice of field. More recent work argues that a large share of the earnings gap is due to women’s reduced earnings after they have a child. We bring these strands of the literature together by linking gender differences in choice of educational field to differences by field in both expected and realized earnings and fertility. We conduct a large-scale survey experiment among a national sample of college applicants in Denmark. In Denmark, college applicants submit their rank ordered choices of college degree programs to a national clearinghouse that matches students to programs using a strategy proof mechanism based on high school GPA. We survey students about their top-ranked choices after they have submitted their applications but before they learn the results. We elicit beliefs about their experience while studying as well as their labor market and family outcomes ten years after graduation. We then incorporate national administrative data on labor market and family outcomes by degree program from prior cohorts. We use the combined experimental and administrative data to address the following questions: (1) To what extent is there an earnings-fertility tradeoff in more heavily female fields (i.e., lower earnings and higher fertility)? (2) How much of the gender earnings gap is explained by gender differences in choice of degree; and how much by gender differences in the child penalty? And, (3) To what extent do applicants' expectations align with the realized outcomes of prior cohorts?

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:37:04 -0400 2021-11-15T11:30:00-05:00 2021-11-15T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
Public Finance: (November 15, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88902 88902-21658893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:37:01 -0400 2021-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Economic History: (November 16, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88450 88450-21654120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:58:52 -0400 2021-11-16T14:30:00-05:00 2021-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: (November 17, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88428 88428-21653874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:42:07 -0400 2021-11-17T14:30:00-05:00 2021-11-17T15:50:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: (November 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88898 88898-21658834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:54:23 -0400 2021-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T17:20:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Introduction to Survey Sampling (November 18, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87433 87433-21642135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques

Introduction to Survey Sampling
Course Date: Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2021
Days: Th (9:00am-12:30pm)

Registration requires at, https://si.isr.umich.edu/

This is a foundation course in sample survey methods and principles. The instructors will present, in a non-technical manner, basic sampling techniques such as simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, and cluster sampling. The instructors will provide opportunities to implement sampling techniques in a series of exercises that accompany each topic.

Participants should not expect to obtain sufficient background in this course to master survey sampling. They can expect to become familiar with basic techniques well enough to converse with sampling statisticians more easily about sample design.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:26:57 -0400 2021-11-18T09:30:00-05:00 2021-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Class / Instruction course flyer
Tax Policy and Wealth Inequality in the US: Trends and Remedies (November 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88280 88280-21652023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

What is the relationship between tax policy and the economy; in particular, what policies tend to stimulate economic growth and employment? We will learn about U.S. trends in both income and corporate tax policies in recent years, reasons for these trends, and how they have contributed to our increasing wealth inequality.

We will further explore a design for a more equitable income and corporate tax system for the US that could substantially reduce wealth inequality.

Our speaker, Professor Reuven S. Avi-Yonah specializes in corporate and international taxation. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on tax competition, and is a member of the steering group for OECD's International Network for Tax Research.

He also is a member of the American Law Institute, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the American College of Tax Counsel, and an international research fellow at Oxford University's Centre for Business Taxation. In addition to prior teaching appointments at Harvard University (law) and Boston College (history), he practiced law with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York; with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York; and with Ropes & Gray in Boston.

He has published more than 250 books and articles, including Advanced Introduction to International Tax Law (Elgar, 2019), Global Perspectives on Income Taxation Law (Oxford University Press, 2011), and International Tax as International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:03:25 -0400 2021-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Econometrics: (November 18, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88896 88896-21658832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

*To join the seminar, please contact: econometrics-seminar-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:45:25 -0400 2021-11-18T14:30:00-05:00 2021-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Sustaining a Healthy Nail Salon Workforce in Michigan (November 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89270 89270-21661657@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Registration required
https://umich.zoom.us/s/98595068138

Aurora Le, PhD, MPH, CPH, CSP (John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan) and Marie-Anne Rosemberg, PhD, MN, RN, FAAOHN (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Systems, Populations and Leadership, School of Nursing, University of Michigan), co-lead the Michigan Healthy Nail Salon Cooperative. The goal of the environmental research seminar/webinar is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for sharing and critiquing research proposals and preliminary study results.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:38:28 -0500 2021-11-23T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-23T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Nov 30 Environmental Research Webinar
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: The Supply of Motivated Beliefs (November 29, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88956 88956-21659307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:59:24 -0400 2021-11-29T11:30:00-05:00 2021-11-29T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: The Supply of Motivated Beliefs (November 29, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89140 89140-21660645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
When people choose what messages to send to others, they often consider how others will interpret the messages. In many environments, particularly in politics, message receivers engage in motivated reasoning, distorting how they process information in directions they find more attractive. This paper uses two online experiments to study what information senders choose to send to receivers on topics that evoke politically-motivated beliefs. Experiment 1, conducted using a sample of social media users, studies the effect of incentivizing senders to be perceived as truthful. These incentives cause senders to send less truthful messages. With these incentives, senders send more false information when it aligns with receivers' motivated beliefs, even controlling for receivers' current beliefs. Receivers do not anticipate the adverse effects of senders' incentives. Experiment 2 isolates the role that motivated reasoning plays by constructing an environment in which receivers assess the truthfulness of messages from a computer and senders choose which message to be paid for. Senders predict that politically-motivated reasoning impacts receivers' inference, they demand information about receivers' political preferences, and they use the receivers' politics to strategically choose less truthful computer messages.
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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:03:11 -0500 2021-11-29T11:30:00-05:00 2021-11-29T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
The Gender Gap in Summer Work Interruptions (November 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85802 85802-21629098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A PSC Brown Bag seminar.

Nov 29, 2021.

Dr. Melanie Wasserman, Assistant Professor of Economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will discuss her work on "The Gender Gap in Summer Work Interruptions".

Dr. Melanie Wasserman's research investigates the mechanisms underlying gender differences in labor market and educational outcomes. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Michigan Population Studies Center after completing her Ph.D. in economics at MIT.

https://www.melaniewasserman.com/

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:45:56 -0400 2021-11-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Flyer for Brown Bag seminar
Public Finance: Optimal Paternalistic Savings Policies (November 29, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87991 87991-21648231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We study optimal savings policies when there is a dual concern about undersaving for retirement and income inequality. Agents differ in present bias and earnings ability, both unobservable to a planner with paternalistic and redistributive motives. We characterize the solution to this two-dimensional screening problem and provide a decentralization using realistic policy instruments: mandatory savings at low incomes but a choice between subsidized savings vehicles at high incomes--resembling Social Security, 401(k) and IRA accounts in the US. Offering more savings choice at higher incomes facilitates redistribution. To solve large-scale versions of this problem numerically, we propose a general, computationally stable, and efficient active-set algorithm. Relative to the current US retirement system, we find significant welfare gains from increasing mandatory savings and limiting savings choice at low incomes.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:20:25 -0400 2021-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Carina Sarbaugh - Brand Management, Advertising, Marketing, Financial Analysis (November 29, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88948 88948-21659247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization

On Monday, November 29, 2021 @ 6:00PM-7:00PM ET, come virtually listen to Carina Surbaugh (UM BA Economics & Spanish; General Mills marketing and brand manager, IRI market analysis and engagement manager, ConAgra Brands senior brand manager, and Sara Lee Frozen Bakery Senior Director of Marketing) discuss brand management, advertising, marketing, and financial analysis, along with case studies in these various areas.

This event is co-hosted by two student organizations: business-focused Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization ("BECO") and engineering-focused Food Industry Student Association ("FISA"). Please navigate to BECO's and FISA's respective homepages linked on this post to learn more and join their email lists.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:01:44 -0500 2021-11-29T18:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization Workshop / Seminar Bakery
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Catching up with the West: Chinese Households Join the Global Middle Class (November 30, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84935 84935-21625309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Please register in advance for this Zoom webinar here: https://myumi.ch/O4ngQ

If we define ‘middle class’ with reference to incomes and living standards in developed western countries, how large is China’s middle class? Estimates using this definition show the dramatic emergence of China’s middle class, which rose from only 2% of the population in 2007 to 25% in 2018, and which holds implications for China and the world.

Terry Sicular is Professor of Economics at Western University (Canada). She is a leading North American expert on the Chinese economy. In recent years she has been involved with the China Household Income Project, an ongoing household survey research project, and her research has focused on topics related to household incomes, inequality, poverty, the middle class, and education in China.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 04 Aug 2021 09:43:58 -0400 2021-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual
Economic History: (November 30, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88897 88897-21658833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:50:18 -0400 2021-11-30T14:30:00-05:00 2021-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Macroeconomics and Labor Joint Seminar: (December 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89618 89618-21664566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:23:25 -0500 2021-12-01T16:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T17:20:00-05:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Wealth Redistribution, Innovations, and Sustainability (December 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88281 88281-21652024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

We will consider how migration is transforming societies around the globe. Are receiving countries better or worse off when they welcome new immigrants? How can migrant-receiving societies do a better job welcoming immigrants? How do sending countries fare when their citizens leave? How can sending countries best harness international migration opportunities for development back home? Overall, is a world with international migration better off than a world without it?

Our speaker, Dean Yang is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His research agenda spans international migration, microfinance, health, disasters, and political economy. His fieldwork locations include El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, and the Philippines, as well as migrant populations worldwide.

He teaches courses in development economics at the Ph.D., master, and undergraduate levels. A native of the Philippines, he received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Harvard University.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:08:29 -0400 2021-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Session (December 2, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89094 89094-21660472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) offers graduate degrees that combine ideas and techniques for producing and analyzing data about humans and our society. Join us to launch your career in this exciting and rewarding field in which scientists interpret the world through data.
Visit our website: https://surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu/ for detailed information.

Advance registration is required, https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/4716359688195/WN_MSEcVDFwQT2eQhNyK0sw8Q

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Presentation Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:41:54 -0500 2021-12-02T11:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Presentation info session flyer
Econometrics: Adversarial machine learning and instrumental variables for flexible causal modeling (December 2, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89547 89547-21664067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Machine learning models are increasingly being used to automate decision-making in a multitude of domains. Making good decisions requires uncovering causal relationships from data. Many causal estimation problems reduce to estimating a model that satisfies a set of conditional moment restrictions. We develop an approach for estimating flexible models defined via conditional moment restrictions, with a prototypical application being non-parametric instrumental variable regression. We introduce a min-max criterion function, under which the estimation problem can be thought of as solving a zero-sum game between a modeler who is optimizing over the hypothesis space of the target causal model and an adversary who identifies violating moments over a test function space. We analyze the statistical estimation rate of the resulting estimator for arbitrary hypothesis spaces, with respect to an appropriate analogue of the mean squared error metric, for ill-posed inverse problems. We show that when the minimax criterion is regularized with a second moment penalty on the test function and the test function space is sufficiently rich, then the estimation rate scales with the critical radius of the hypothesis and test function spaces, a quantity which typically gives tight fast rates. Our main result follows from a novel localized Rademacher analysis of statistical learning problems defined via minimax objectives. We provide applications of our main results for several hypothesis spaces used in practice such as: reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, high dimensional sparse linear functions, spaces defined via shape constraints, ensemble estimators such as random forests, and neural networks. For each of these applications we provide computationally efficient optimization methods for solving the corresponding minimax problem and stochastic first-order heuristics for neural networks.
Based on joint works with: Nishanth Dikkala, Greg Lewis and Lester Mackey

*To join the seminar, please contact: econometrics-seminar-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:03:35 -0500 2021-12-02T14:30:00-05:00 2021-12-02T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Occupational Health & Safety Management in the Special Economic Zone in Thailand (December 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89181 89181-21660864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Global Public Health

Dr. Kowit Nambunmee is an Assistant Professor in the Occupational Health and Safety Program at the School of Health Science at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Thailand. His current research is focused on the border between Thailand and Myanmar where a Special Economic Zone was established in the area in 2015. Dr. Nambunmee has created a research project to enhance the quality of life for the population in the area through activities such as determining health hazards from new industrial activities, setting up key indicators to monitor urbanization, and creating new technology to monitor for toxic emissions from factories.

Register for Zoom log-in: https://forms.gle/fkpcfrf51pcgFPZG6

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:31:38 -0500 2021-12-03T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Office of Global Public Health Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Seminar: Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital (December 6, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87358 87358-21641514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We examine the possibility that schooling may build human capital not only by teaching academic content, but by expanding the mind's capacity for cognition itself. We hypothesize that one feature of formal schooling---engaging in effortful thinking for sustained periods---could increase sustained attention: the ability to maintain focus over time. To motivate this idea, we document that globally and in the US, the poor exhibit worse sustained attention than the rich across a variety of field behaviors; they also attend schools that are less likely to require them to engage in concentration. We test our hypothesis using a field experiment with 1,650 low-income Indian primary school students. We assign students to engage in cognitive activity for sustained periods during the school day, using either math content (mimicking good schooling) or non-academic content (providing a pure test of our mechanism). Each approach markedly improves sustained attention across disparate domains: academics, listening, IQ tests, and traditional psychology measures. Moreover, the treatments increase students' regular school performance in Hindi, English, and math. This indicates that simply spending time in effortful thinking---without learning any subject content---substantively improves traditional measures of human capital. Our findings support a broader view of how schooling shapes general human capital, and suggest that worse environments may disadvantage poor children by hampering the development of core cognitive capacity.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:32:43 -0400 2021-12-06T11:30:00-05:00 2021-12-06T12:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar SBEE seminar series
Public Finance: (December 6, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89630 89630-21664581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:53:02 -0500 2021-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Jennifer Nehil (Molson Coors) and Ralph Mertz (Anheuser-Busch InBev) - Flavor Chemistry, Brewing, Performance Metrics, Global Strategy (December 6, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89703 89703-21665063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization

On Monday, December 06, 2021 @ 6:00PM-7:00PM ET, come virtually listen to Jennifer Nehil (UM MS Chemistry; former R&D Technician and Chemist at BASF; current Brewing Material and Flavor Chemist at Molson Coors) discuss the brewing process, innovation and new product selection, and flavor chemistry, and Ralph Mertz (UM BS Mechanical Engineering; former Chrysler Engineer and Anheuser-Busch IT, Operations & Engineering Manager, and Financial Planning Leader; current Anheuser-Busch Global Vertical Operations Finance and Strategy Senior Director) discuss standard company performance metrics, corporate investments and collaborations, asset management, and a global strategy case study. The event will conclude with an open Q&A.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, or AB InBev, is a publicly-traded multinational drinks conglomerate headquartered in Belgium. It’s the world’s largest beer brewer by both volume and revenue, operating more than 600 beer brands in 150 countries. AB InBev was formed in 2008 through the acquisition of Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch by Belgian conglomerate InBev—which is itself a merger of Stella Artois-maker Interbrew and Brazil’s AmBev. In 2015, AB InBev acquired its biggest rival in North America, SABMiller, for $107 billion. The deal required the sale of a number of SABMiller brands, including Miller and Coors, to satisfy antitrust regulators. In recent years, acknowledging the consumer trend away from mass-produced lagers, AB InBev has rapidly acquired U.S. and international craft brewers including Goose Island, Blue Point, and Camden Town Brewery. Some of its popular brands include Budweiser, Michelo, Corona, Bush, and Natural Light. Learn more at https://www.anheuser-busch.com/about.html .

Molson Coors is a publicly-traded multinational drinks conglomerate with twin headquarters in Golden, Colorado, and Montreal, Canada, though officially considered a U.S. firm. In sales, it holds the number one position in Canada, the number two rank in the United Kingdom, and the number three slot in the U.S. Coors Light, the firm's biggest-seller, is the fourth best-selling beer in the United States; Molson Canadian is the best seller in English-speaking Canada; and Carling ranks as the best-selling lager in the United Kingdom. Other key brands include Blue Moon, Dos Equiz, and La Colombe. In 2005, it was formed through a merger of two companies with deep roots — Molson Inc., established in 1786, the oldest brewery in North America; and Adolph Coors, established in 1873 — both of which were still under control of their respective founding families. Following the merger, the Coors and Molson families jointly controlled Molson Coors, each holding one-third of the voting power. Learn more at https://www.molsoncoors.com/about .

This event is co-hosted by two student organizations: business-focused Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization ("BECO") and engineering-focused Food Industry Student Association ("FISA"). Please navigate to BECO's and FISA's respective homepages linked on this post to learn more and join their email lists.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 03 Dec 2021 02:20:46 -0500 2021-12-06T18:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization Workshop / Seminar Brewed Beverages
ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: (December 8, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89619 89619-21664567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:26:47 -0500 2021-12-08T14:30:00-05:00 2021-12-08T15:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Econometrics: Optimal Multi-Dimensional Mechanisms. (December 9, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89883 89883-21666278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract: We characterize the properties of optimal selling mechanisms for the multiple-good auction and monopoly problems. In particular, for the uniform distribution of agent types, we show that the participation region is the same for auction and monopoly problems. We also compute the allocation in the optimal selling mechanism in the auction setting. Analytically, we derive the optimal selling mechanism for several other examples of the monopolistic screening model.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:13:26 -0500 2021-12-09T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T10:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich
Cryptocurrency: Economic and Environmental Impacts and U.S. Policy (December 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88282 88282-21652025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is part of the Thursday Morning Lecture Series on Our Changing Economic Landscape.

Cryptocurrency is often in the news lately, yet its effects on the U.S. economy are complicated. After a brief introduction of cryptocurrency from a technology perspective, we will explore its role as an investment and/or a currency, and its potential effects on productivity and economic growth in the U.S. and globally.

Further, we will understand why it has been used to pay ransom related to cyber-hacking, and its environmental impacts due to its use of high levels of processing power. How should financial regulation policy address cryptocurrency in the U.S. going forward?

Our speaker, Robert (Bob) Dittmar is a Professor of Finance at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, the Faculty co-Director of the Ross Fintech Initiative, and the Faculty Director of the Tozzi Finance Center.

His research focuses on empirical determinants of financial security prices, including equities, fixed income securities, and derivatives. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Econometrics.

Professor Dittmar received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000, and previously taught at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He has taught courses at Ross in Fintech, Asset Management, Fixed Income Securities, and Options and Derivatives at the BBA, MBA, and Ph.D. level.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed shortly before the date of the event.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:13:27 -0400 2021-12-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Econometrics: Existence and Uniqueness in Matching Function Equilibria with Full Assignment (December 9, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89548 89548-21664068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We propose novel results for the existence of a competitive equilibrium with gross substitutes, and apply them to a class of matching problems with general transfers and without allowing for unassigned agents. An algorithm is provided. Several applications are reviewed.

*To join the seminar, please contact: econometrics-seminar-requests@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:13:45 -0500 2021-12-09T14:30:00-05:00 2021-12-09T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar econ umich