Economics Colloquium, Friday at 4:30
Menna Bizuneh from The College of St. Benedict and St. Johns University will be on campus Friday for the second Economics Colloquium of the year. The talk, “Are We Floating Yet?” will be at 4:30 in...
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Economics Colloquium, Monday at 4:30
Quantitative Policy Analysis: Risk Analysis and Risk Communications from Cape Cod to Nairobi Monday, November 11 Steitz 102 4:30 p.m. The next Economics Colloquium will feature Paul Fischbeck,...
View ArticleThe Economics Colloquium Series in 2014
Our schedule of economics and policy talks coming over the next two terms is coming together nicely. We have these three events in the books, and have a couple of other speakers in the works. Jeffrey...
View ArticleEconomics Colloquium: Juvenile Justice
Jeffrey Shook from the University of Pittsburgh will be on campus next week to talk about his work on juveniles in the criminal justice system. The talk, co-sponsored with Lawrence Scholars in Law...
View ArticleEconomics Colloquium, Tuesday 11:10 a.m.
Eva Dziadula, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois-Chicago and an instructor at Lake Forest College, will be on campus on Tuesday for a lunchtime Economics Colloquium. The talk will be at...
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Health Care: It Took Years to Build Up this Much Duct Tape Travis Andersen President, St. Elizabeth Hospital Mr. Andersen will provide an overview of the U.S. health care system, including a brief...
View Article“Big” Economics Colloquium, March 6
Scraping Data and Making “Big” Inferences Arnold F. Shober Lawrence University Abstract: “Big Data” does little to explain the human condition, but it offers unprecedented opportunities to model how...
View ArticleA Great Leap Forward, Thursday at 4:30
Alexander J. Field from Santa Clara University will be on campus Thursday to deliver a public lecture based on his book, A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth (Amazon link...
View ArticleEcon Colloquium, Wednesday at 4:30
Have you ever wondered if school boards matter? What the trade-off is between administrative expertise and the public will? If so, it’s your lucky day… Knowledge, Vision, and Academic Return on...
View ArticleEconomics / Gender Studies Talk
Claudena Skran Professor of Government Lawrence University UNHCR’s Gender Policy for Refugees in Sierra Leone: Economic vs. Political Agency ABSTRACT: The challenge of integrating refugee women into...
View ArticleUpcoming Talks (Two from Professor Finkler!)
Monday, February 16, 4:30 p.m., Steitz 102 Mark Montgomery, Grinnell College, “The Notorious Efficient Market Hypothesis,” Economics Colloquium Wednesday February 18, 4:30 p.m., Steitz 102 Merton...
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For those of you interested in financial markets, we have an upcoming talk and a fall seminar that may be of interest. First up, this Monday, Grinnell College professor, Mark Montgomery, will give a...
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The Pox of Liberty, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., Wriston Auditorium
The Pox of Liberty: How the Constitution Left Americans Rich, Free, and Prone to Infection Werner Troesken University of Pittsburgh Wriston Auditorium Tuesday, March 3 4:30 p.m.
View ArticleEcon Colloquium — Big Data Monday at 4:30
UPDATE: Schafer tapped to lead Large Synoptic Survey Telescope(LSST) Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration. Big Science + Big Data = Big Opportunities: An Overview of Statistics in...
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Data Science for Humans
The last Economics Colloquium of the year, at 4:30 on Wednesday, May 27th, Steitz 102: Data Science for Humans Shilad W. Sen Macalester College,Associate Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science...
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Colloquium on Cuba, Wednesday at 4:30pm
The title of the talk is Economics Red in Tooth and Claw, and it’s about Cuba.
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Economics / Science Hall Colloquium, Monday at 4:30, Wriston Auditorium
Professor Elizabeth J. Wilson from the Humphrey School of Public Policy at the University of Minnesota will be here Monday to talk about the (potential) future of electricity systems. Professor Wilson...
View ArticleEconomics Colloquia, Winter 2017: Mark Your Calendars
We have a number of excellent talks scheduled for this term that should be of interest to our majors. Indiana University appears to be well represented. Each of these talks is at 4:30 in Wriston...
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