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Fall 2024 

Friday, Oct. 4 
Zheng Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate at UCS
"Public Pensions and Private Transfers: Evidence from Rural China."

Friday, Oct. 18 
Peter Li, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Irvine
"Global Roommates, Local Outcomes: How Foreign Peers Influence Domestic Students in Higher Education"

Friday, Nov. 1
Mark Van Orden, Ph..D. candidate from the University of California, Irvine 
"Pollution-Income Tradeoffs of Industrialization: Evidence from World War I"

Friday, Nov. 8
Younghoon Kim, UCLA Ph.D. candidate.  Learn more about .
 "When Export Controls Backfire: Evidence from 2019 Korea-Japan Trade Dispute"

Friday, Nov. 15  
Yasutaka Mori, UCLA Ph.D. candidate. Learn more about . 
"Aggregating Distortions in Networks with Multi-Product Firms"

Friday, Dec. 6 
Erica Chuang, Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, San Diego. Learn more about .
"Stock-Generated Externalities: The Principle of Targeting and Foregone Environmental Benefits"

Spring 2024

Friday, March 1
Dr. Radostina Angelova 
"Entrepreneurship and Growth in a Different Social Context: The Case of Bulgaria" 

Friday, March 22
Carla Moreno, assistant professor at Loyola Marymount University
"The Impact of Pension Systems in Labor Markets with Informality"

Friday, April 12
Francesco Gabriele, PhD Candidate from the University of Southern California
 "The Welfare Effects of Behavior-based Price Discrimination in E-commerce"

Friday, April 19
Prachi Jain, an Associate Professor at Loyola Marymount University 
“Ill-informed beliefs: Misperceptions of the costs of unplanned parental absences”

Friday, April 26
Dr. Andre Harrison, Assistant Professor at ɫ��ɫ 
"Racial Unemployment Rates and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Monetary Policy"

Fall 2023

Friday, September 22
Luis Cabezas, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of California Los Angeles
“Large Devaluations, Heterogeneous Consumption Adjustments, and Macroeconomic Implications.”

Friday, September 29
Bessy Liao, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of California Irvine
“The Great Divergence with Frictional Labor Markets.”

Friday, October 6
Jingyi Fang, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of Southern California
“Cities with Invisible Walls: Labor Liberalization and Misallocation in China.”

Friday, October 13
Yi-Ju Hung, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of Southern California
“Immigration and Native Children’s Long-Term Outcomes.”

Friday, October 20
Zhongying Gan, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of California Irvine
“Inspecting the Inspectors: The Causes and Consequences of Restaurant Inspector Leniency.”

Friday, October 27
Jack Chapel, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of Southern California
“The Social Spillover Effects of Policy Changes: Evidence from out-of-state Medicaid Expansions.”

Friday, November 3
Weizhao Huang,  Ph.D. Candidate from the University of Southern California
“Firm Outcomes and Aggregate Implications of ‘Green Finance’ Policy: Evidence from China.”

Friday, November 17
Jesper Böjeryd, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of California Los Angeles
“Should I Stay or Should I Go? Migration in Response to Changing Economic Conditions.“

Friday, December 1
Jingyan Guo, Ph.D. Candidate from the University of California Riverside
“Sleep and Fatal Vehicle Crashes: Evidence from Sunset Time in the United States.“

Spring 2023

Friday, February 10, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Dario Laudati, University of Southern California
“Inequality and the rise of finance: The domestic safe asset shortage hypothesis.”

Friday, March 3, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Marco Del Angel, California State University Los Angeles
“Independent Regulators and Financial Stability: Evidence from Gubernatorial Campaigns and a Progressive Era Policy Experiment.”

Friday, March 10, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Gabriela Best, California State University Fullerton
“Good Policy or Learning Evolution? A Markov-Switching Approach to Understanding the Determinants of Fed policy.”

Friday, March 17, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Alberto Rivera-Padilla, California State University Fullerton
“Cross-country income dispersion, human capital, and technology adoption.”

Friday, April 7, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Dede Long, ɫ��ɫ
“Work From Home, Commuting Time, and Intracity House-Price Gradients.”

Friday, April 14, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Andre Harrison, ɫ��ɫ
“Gross Capital Inflows, the U.S. Economy, and the Response of the Federal Reserve.”

Friday, April 21, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Devika Hazra, California State University Los Angeles
“How does a Centralized Emergency Response System Affect Crimes Against Women? – Evidence from India.”

Friday, April 28, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Mariya Mileva, ɫ��ɫ
“Trade liberalization, wage inequality, and monetary policy.”

Fall 2022

Friday, September 16, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Steve Yamarik, ɫ��ɫ
“The Rise of the Populist Radical Right / Left in Europe”

Friday, September 30, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Daniel Firoozi, University of California Irvine
“The Effect of Research Universities on Student Partisanship and Turnout”

Friday, October 7, 11:00 a.m. – noon.
Nicholas Roig, University of Southern California
“Adolescents Autonomy and Fertility Rates: Impacts of Argentina´s Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Plan”

Friday, October 14, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Mahima Vasishth, University of California Irvine
“Local Media Reports on Sexual Crimes and Judicial Outcomes in India”

Friday, October 28, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Sayantani, University of California Irvine
“Housing Sales and Construction Responses to COVID-19 : Evidence from Shelter-in-Place and Eviction Moratoria in the U.S.”

Friday, November 4, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Fabian Reck, Zepplin University
“Impact of the Drug War on Regional Social Capital in Mexico”

Friday, December 9, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Jaclyn Rosenquist, University of California Irvine
“Juvenile Curfew Laws and Adult Contact with the Criminal Justice System”

Fall 2021 

Friday, September 10, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Steve Yamarik, ɫ��ɫ
“Is there a Resource Curse in the US: New Evidence from the Shale Revolution”

Friday, October 1, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Daniel Ladd, University of California Irvine
“Correlated Labor Market Risk and Housing Investment”

Friday, October 15, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Yejia (Richard) XU, University of Southern California
“Inter-firm Bundles and its Ownership Structure”

Friday, November 5, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Liqing Li, California State University Fullerton
“The effect of Urban Tree Planting on Residential Property Values and Gentrification”

Friday, November 12, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Tal Roitberg, University of Southern California
“Can’t-Wait? Urgency with Strategic Commuters and Tolled Express Lanes”

Friday, November 19, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Kyle Kole, University of California Irvine
“Alternative Benefits to Addressing Food Deserts: Evidence from an Increase in Property Values”

Spring 2021

Friday, February 19, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Yinan Li, University of Southern California
“The Value of Medicaid Long-Term Care: Evidence from the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005”

Fall 2020 

Friday, September 25, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Matthew Sloogy, U.S. Forest Service
“The Localized Impacts of Stranded Public Land”

Friday, October 2, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Steve Yamarik, ɫ��ɫ
“The Impact of Soft Power on the Eurovision Song Contest”

Friday, October 30, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Dede Long, ɫ��ɫ
“Individuals’ willingness to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic”

Friday, November 20, 11:00 a.m. – noon
Gigi Moreno, ɫ��ɫ
“Social Equity Implications of Climate Resilience Policy in North Carolina: A Geospatial Analysis of Damages from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence”

You may contact the Economics Department for further records. 

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