This seminar meets 6 to 10 times a semester in which graduate students and faculty report on research in progress on topics in economic theory and related areas. Faculty from other UMass departments as well as faculty from other universities and colleges are frequently invited to both attend and present papers.
Fall 2018 Schedule
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
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Monday September 24 4:00 pm |
Paul Auerbach Kingston University |
On the Relevance of Rawls-Nozick Exchange for Considerations of Economic and Social Inequality |
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Monday October 1 4:00 pm |
Jim Boyce UMass Amherst |
Carbon Pricing: Effectiveness and Equity |
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Monday October 15 4:00 pm |
Sam Bowles UMass Amherst |
Scientific Revolutions in Economics: Can Computational Linguistics Reveal The Novel Content And Social Forces Driving Paradigm Shifts? |
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Monday October 22 4:00 pm |
Juan Montecino Columbia University |
International Strategic Spillovers of Monetary Policy |
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Monday October 29 4:00 pm |
Anwar Shaikh New School |
Classical Keynesian Macrodynamics: An Alternative to Post Keynesian Theory |
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Monday November 5 4:00 pm |
Hiroaki Sasaki Kyoto University |
Goodwin Growth Cycles with Workers’ Saving |
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Wednesday November 14* 4:00 pm |
Jerry Epstein UMass Amherst |
The Marginal Social Cost of Finance in the US and UK: An Empirical Assessment |
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Monday November 26 4:00 pm |
Alex Coram | The Dynamics of Economic Growth with Environmental Inputs |
*This Wednesday has a Monday schedule.
Workshop Location: 209 Crotty Hall (unless otherwise indicated)
412 N. Pleasant St., Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Papers will be posted at least one week prior to presentation.
For more details, contact Professor Katzner at dkatzner@econs.umass.edu