This seminar series is made possible through the generosity of two prominent Vanderbilt alumni, Ambassador K. Terry Dornbush (BA '55) and Joe L. Roby (BA '61)

Empirical Seminar Series Coordinator for Fall 2006:  Professor Tong Li

Departmental Seminar Series (coordinator: Tong Li)
International Economics Seminar Series (coordinator: Rick Bond)
Statistics Study Group Seminar Series (coordinator: Yanqin Fan)

All seminars will take place in room 204, Calhoun Hall from 3:10-4:30 pm (unless otherwise noted)

September 2006 

Thursday, September 7th
John Rust
University of Maryland
"When to Sell the Car? Actual Replacement Decisions of a Rental Car Company versus Predictions of an Optimal Stopping Model"

Thursday, September 14th
Petra Todd
University of Pennsylvania
"Within-Family Program Effect Estimators: The Impact of Opportunidades on Schooling in Mexico"

November 2006

Thursday, November 2nd 1:10-2:25 p.m. Calhoun Hall room 109
Ken Hendricks
University of Texas, Austin

Thursday, November 16th
Jason Abrevaya 
Purdue University
“Endogeneity and selection in generalized regression models”

Tuesday, November 14th
Andrea Moro
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
"The Effects of Incumbency Advantage in the U.S. Senate on the Choice of Electoral Design: Evidence from a Dynamic Selection Model"

Archived Empirical Seminars from 2005-06

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