SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

The departmental seminar series is organized by Professor Yamin Ahmad. If you would like to present, or have any questions, please feel free to contact him.

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

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Fall 2009

Seminar Presentation

October 7th (Wednesday):

Toan Phan, Northwestern University

"The Effect of Monetary Policy on Debt Denomination of Small Open Economies"

Time: 15:40
Room: HH4306

October 21st (Wednesday):

Seung-Gyu (Andrew) Sim, UW - Madison

"Equilibrium Wage-Tenure Contract with Unobserved Human Capital"

Time: 15:40
Room: HH4306

November 4th (Wednesday):

Xiao Wang, Dept. of Economics, UW-Madison

"Can Bilateral Trade Explain Business Cycle Correlations?"

Time: 15:40
Room: HH 4306

November 18th (Wednesday):

Chris Vickers and Nicolas Ziebarth, Dept. of Economics, Northwestern University

"Criminals Offending in Victorian London"

Time: 15:40
Room: HH4306

December 2nd (Wednesday):

David Welsch, Dept. of Economics, UW - Whitewater

"The Effect of Wisconsin's Inter-District Public School Program on Student's Test Scores"

Time: 15:40
Room: HH4306

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Spring 2010

February 3rd (Wednesday):

Jeff Traczynski and Jane Cooley, UW-Madison

"Spare the Rod?: The Effect of No Child Left Behind Sanctions on Schools"

Time 15:40
Room: TBA

March 29th (Wednesday):

Martin Wurm, Pacific Lutheran University

TBA

Time 15:40
Room: TBA

LINKS

Here is a collection of Economic Links:

• Other Economics Departments in the UW System
• UW-Whitewater Economics Club
• Economic Link Sites
• Governement Information
• International Organizations
• Data to Download
• Other Interesting Economics Links

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Other Economic Departments in the UW System

UW Eau Claire	UW Green Bay	UW LaCrosse
UW Madison	UW Marathon	UW Milwaukee
UW Oshkosh	UW Parkside	UW Plattville
UW River Falls	UW Stevens Point	UW Superior

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Economics Link Sites

The Information Economy , a collection of documents by the economist Hal Varian , provides links to the economics of the internet,  government resources, intellectual property, international economics, pricing, miscellaneous resources and policy and law 

EcEdWeb  provides comprehensive links to some of the best sites and texts in economics. 

Dr. T's Econlinks.com provides a comprehensive, yet concise, index of useful links for Economists and anyone interested in Economics, Business and Finance.

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Government Information

Antitrust Policy   is a huge online web site linking economic research, policy & cases, and anti-trust matters.  It also provides links to sites on mergers, price fixing, vertical restraints and other information.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides  links to  the economy at a glance, data, key search of BLS web pages, survey and programs, cost of living, price indexes, statistical sites and research papers. 

The U.S. Census Economic Indicators   provides the latest indicators on U.S. international trade, manufacturing and trade, inventories, advance monthly retail sales, housing starts, manufacture's shipments and other indicators. 

Morgan Stanley Capital International

FRB St. Louis - Research Links

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International Organisations

Many of the International Organizations have useful information at their Web or gopher sites.  Here is a sampling: 

Asian Development Bank

InterAmerican Development Bank

International Monetary Fund

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

United Nations

World Bank

World Trade Organization

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Data to Download

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economagic Time Series Page

Federal Reserve Board

Fedstats Homepage

FRED Database Index

Global Risk Assessments, Inc. (GRA Research Links)

National Statistics (UKdata)

Panel Study of Income Dynamics

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Other Links

American Economics Association
- official site of the American Economics Association, offering electronic editions of the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature and Journal of Economic Perspectives to members.

Galaxy's Social Sciences Web page

INOMICS
- the internet site for economists

JSTOR
- Storehouse of Journal articles - 5 year lag.

National Bureau of Economics Research
- Great site listing recent working papers in Economics. Abstracts and paper downloads available - the place to see what people are currently working on.

QM & RBC Job Market - The Quantitiative Macro and RBC Job Market

Research Papers in Economics
- The largest bibliographic database dedciated to Economics, with over 325 000 items of research that can be browsed or searched, and over 225 000 items available for full download.

Resources for Economists
- a comprehensive site containing more than 1600 resources in 97 sections. Includes data, definition of economic terms, university listings, conference listings, organizations and associations, Blogs, and other stuff.

Royal Economic Society
- the UK version of JOE (EJOE)

Social Science Research Network (ERN - Economics Research Network)
- The Economics Research Network, part of the SSRN

Yahoo has an excellent search engine and an extensive catalogue of economics

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WORKING PAPER SERIES