Claremont Economics Seminars

Spring 2004 Schedule

February 11, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 105, 320 E. 9th St.
Kenneth L. Sokoloff, UCLA
"The Decline of the Independent Inventor: A Schumpterian Story?"

February 18, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12, 320 E. 9th St.
Robert E. Hall, Stanford
"Wage Determination and Employment Fluctuations"

February 25, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Kevin Hoover, UC Davis
"Searching for the Causal Structure of a Vector Autoregression"

March 3, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Greg Hess, Claremont McKenna College
"What's in a Name?"

March 10, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
William R. Summerhill, UCLA
"Inglorious Revolution: Sovereign Debt, Tropical Credibility, and Financial Underdevelopment in Imperial Brazil"

March 24, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Michael Kuehlwein, Pomona College
"Why Didn't India 'Take Off' in the 19th Century? Role of Railways and Market Integration"

March 31, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
George Borjas, Harvard
"Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration"

April 14, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Alan Taylor, UC Davis
“Productivity, Tradability, and The Great Divergence”

April 21, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University
"Access to Banking Services and Remittances by Mexican Immigrants"

April 28, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Raquel Fernandez, New York University
"Mothers and Sons: Preference Transmission and Female Labor Force Dynamics"

May 5, 2004, 4:15 p.m., Roberts Hall North 12
Kala Krishna, Pennsylvania State University
"Understanding Rules of Origin"

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