Faculty & Research

Seminar Series


Every semester IBS and the Economics Department host a Research Seminar Series, bringing to the school leaders in business, economics and finance from around the world. The departments also host a PhD Seminar Series and a Brown Bag Lunch Series for faculty to share their research internally.

Research Seminar Series

This series is held in the Alumni Common Room on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Date Time Speaker Affiliation Research Paper Title

1/25

1-2:30 Mario Maletta Northeastern The Effects of Earnings Guidance on Investors' Perceptions of Firm Credibility in a Two-Firm Setting
1/30 12:30-2 John Campbell Harvard An Intertemporal CAPM with Stochastic Volatility
2/1 1-2:30 Sucharita Chandran BU When Does Being Good Imply Doing Good? Exploring Context Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility
2/13 11-12:30 Adam Zawadowski BU

The Anatomy of the CDS Market

2/15 1-2:30 Heiwai Tang Tufts

Domestic Value Added in Chinese Exports: Firm-level Evidence

2/27 11-12:30 Kristina Steffenson McElheran HBS

Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing

3/6 11-12:30 Zhongjun Qu BU

Local and Global Parameter Identification in DSGE Models Allowing for Indeterminacy

3/8 1-2:30 Francesco Giavazzi Bocconi/MIT The Output Effect of Fisal Adjustments
3/15 1-2:30 Tara Watson Williams Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation
3/20 11-12:30 Pietro Dindo University of Pisa Evolution and Market Behavior with Endogenous Investment Rules
3/22 1-2:30 Oguzhan Karakas  BC The Impact of Creditor Control on Corporate Bond Pricing and Liquidity
4/10 11-12:30 Bill Kerr HBS Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms
4/17 11-12:30 Brent Neiman Chicago Booth Product Introductions, Currency Unions, and the Real Exchange Rate
4/19 1-2:30 Zhuan Pei Brandeis Nonlinear Policy Rules and the Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design
4/24 11-12:30 Nishith Prakash U Conn Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India
4/26 1-2:30 Peter Schott Yale The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
5/1 12-1:30 Caroline Freund Peterson Institute Export Superstars
5/3 1-2:30 Tom Chemmanur  BC A Model of the Editorial Process in Scientific Journals

For more information, contact Jens Hilscher, Gary Jefferson or Davide Pettenuzzo.

If you would like notifications to these events on your own calendar, subscribe to the Seminar Series Calendar.

These seminars are sponsored by the Martin Weiner Lecture Series, the Economics Department and IBS.

PhD Seminar Series

This series is held in the Chancellor's Suite on Tuesdays.

Date Time PhD Candidate
2/12 12:30-2:00 Yubing Cui
3/12 12:30-2:00    Jeremy Kronick
3/19 12:30-2:00 Carol Hughes-Hallett Ramos
4/9 12:30-2:00 Huong (Vina) Nguyen, Sarah Le Tang
4/16 12:30-2:00 Jing Ren
4/23 12:30-2:00 Miao Ouyang
4/30 12:30-2:00 Carolina Pan, Henok Tewolde

For more information, contact Blake LeBaron.

Brown Bag Lunch Series

This series is held in the Alumni Common Room on Thursdays.

Date Time Faculty Member
1/17 12:30-1:30 Raphael Schoenle
2/28 12:30-1:30 Adam Jaffe
3/7 12:30-1:30 Lisa Lynch
3/14 12:30-1:30 Ben Shiller
3/21 12:30-1:30 Gary Jefferson
4/4 12:30-1:30 Katy Graddy
4/11 12:30-1:30 Davide Pettenuzzo
4/25 12:30-1:30 Ricardo Lopez

For more information, contact Nidhiya Menon.

Many speakers and events are also hosted by the IBS Centers & Institutes:

Asia Pacific Center | Asper Center | Perlmutter Institute | Rosenberg Institute