The UCL Department of Economics announces research seminars for Term 1, Weeks 1 & 2

See what's on offer in the first two weeks of Term 1, below. Should you have queries about abstracts, please contact the relevant series link / seminar organiser(s).

CEMMAP Research Seminar
Speaker: Jing Tao, University of Washington.
Title: 'Post-clustering robust inference in panel data'.
Date: Tuesday 24 September, 1230-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): daniel.j.lewis@ucl.ac.uk, b.deaner@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series.
 
THEBES Research Seminar
Speaker: Andrew McClellan, Chicago Booth.
Title: ‘Regulating dynamic contracts’.
Date: Tuesday 24 September, 1600-1730hrs. 
Venue: 66-72 Gower Street, Room G01 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): duarte.goncalves@ucl.ac.uk, d.kattwinkel@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series; Seminar signup. 
 
Macro Research Seminar
Speaker: Marios Angeletos, Northwestern.
Title: ‘Deficits and Inflation: HANK meets FTPL’.
Date: Wednesday 25 September, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, Ricardo LT BO3 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): a.olivi@ucl.ac.uk, l.rachel@ucl.ac.uk.

IFS Research Seminar
Speaker: Paul Gertler, UC Berkeley.
Title: 'The Sweet Life: The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood'.
Link to the paper: https://benjaminmoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PFPF.pdf.
Date: Wednesday 25 September, 1230-1345hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): events@ifs.org.uk. 
Further info: Seminar series.

Applied Micro Research Seminar
Speaker: David Green, University of British Columbia.
Title: 'The minimum wage, turnover, and the shape of the wage distribution'.
Date: Thursday 26 September, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): a.lindner@ucl.ac.uk, s.piyapromdee@ucl.ac.uk.
 
CEMMAP PhD Research Day
Speaker: Various.
Date: Friday 27 September, 0900-1730hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): daniel.j.lewis@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series.

PhD Research Seminar
Speaker: Langkun Zu, UCL.
Title: ‘Information Aggregation under Higher Order Belief’.
Date: Friday 27 September, 1200-1300hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, Room 321 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): lyujia.liu.20@ucl.ac.uk.

CEMMAP Research Seminar
Speaker: Guillaume Pouliot, Chicago Harris.
Title: 'An exact A-test’.
Date: Tuesday 1 October, 1230-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): daniel.j.lewis@ucl.ac.uk, b.deaner@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series.
 
THEBES Research Seminar
Speaker: Botond Koszegi, University of Bonn
Title: ‘How secondary markets undermine social responsibility’
Date: Tuesday 1 October, 1600-1730hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, Ricardo LT BO3 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): duarte.goncalves@ucl.ac.uk, d.kattwinkel@ucl.ac.uk
Further info: Seminar series; Seminar signup 

Macro Research Seminar
Speaker: Elisa Rubbo, Chicago Booth.
Title: ‘What drives inflation? Lessons from relative price data’.
Date: Wednesday 2 October, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, BO6 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): a.olivi@ucl.ac.uk, l.rachel@ucl.ac.uk.

IFS Research Seminar
Speaker: Mariacristina de Nardi, University of Minnesota.
Title: TBC by the speaker.
Date: Wednesday 2 October, 1230-1345hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): events@ifs.org.uk. 
Further info: Seminar series.
 
Applied Micro Research Seminar
Speaker: Andrea Galeotti, London Business School.
Title: ‘Peer effects in entrepreneurship’.
Date: Thursday 3 October, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): a.lindner@ucl.ac.uk, s.piyapromdee@ucl.ac.uk.

PhD Research Seminar
Speaker: Andy Preston, UCL.
Title: ‘Risky Jobs and Risky Assets’
Date: Friday 4 October, 1200-1300hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, Room 321 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): lyujia.liu.20@ucl.ac.uk.
 
Applied Micro PhD Research Workshop
Speakers: Courtney Brell (UCL), Emma Scandolo (UCL), Davide Zufacchi (UCL) , Si Xu (UCL), Matthew Nibloe (UCL).
Title: Various - see event page.
Date: Friday 11 October, 1000-1600hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House Room 321 – visit the location on a map.
Workshop organiser(s): a.lindner@ucl.ac.uk.