Schedule of Speakers
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Economics Series
Fall 2009
Date |
Speaker/Affliliation/Paper |
| Oct 1 | Kate Ho (Columbia) “How Much is Choice Worth? Welfare Gains from Expanding Healthplan Options” |
| Oct 8 | Rachel Soloveichik (BEA) “Music as a Capital Asset” |
| Oct 15 | Allan Collard-Wexler (NYU Stern) Mergers and Sunk Costs: An application to the ready-mix concrete industry |
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| Oct 29 | Jean-Francois Houde (Wisconsin) What is the impact of bank mergers on the terms of mortgage contracts? |
| Nov 5 | Maria Marta Farreyra (Carnegie Mellon) Learning About New Products: An Empirical Study of Physicians’ Behavior Seminar will be located in Room 4100 |
| Nov 12 | Lawrence White (NYU Stern) The Credit Rating Agencies: How Did We Get Here? Where Should We Go? |
| Nov 19 | Second Annual FTC and Northwestern University Microeconomics Conference |
| Nov 26 | Thanksgiving |
| Dec 3 | Uri Simonsohn (Wharton) Seminar will be located in Room 4100 |
| Dec 17 | Melissa Kearney (Maryland) Seminar will be located in Room 4100 |
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will take place on Thursdays at 2:30pm in the ground floor Conference Center located at 601 New Jersey Ave. NW. No prior security clearance is necessary except for the seminars held in room 4100. Address inquiries to Loren Smith (lsmith2@ftc.gov) or Tammy John (tjohn@ftc.gov). Updated: August 24, 2009 Click on the lecture title to view an Acrobat PDF copy of the presented paper. Previous seminar series calendars are available. |
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Take the Red Line to Union Station. After disembarking from train, exit the platform through the "Union Station Shops" exit. Take the escalator all the way up to the street level, near the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and North Capitol Street. Follow Massachusetts Ave. northwest until it intersects with New Jersey Ave. Turn left on New Jersey Avenue and walk one block south to 601 New Jersey Avenue.By Car:
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Amtrak, MARC and VRE trains disembark at Union Station. Exit to the southeast side of Union Station, near the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and North Capitol Street. Follow Massachusetts Ave. northwest until it intersects with New Jersey Ave. Turn left on New Jersey Avenue and walk one block south to 601 New Jersey Avenue.
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