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George Mason University
4400 University Drive

MSN 1D3-Carow Hall
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone: (703) 993-2330
Fax: (703) 993-2323

 

 

 

Wednesday Public Choice Seminar Series

The Seminar Series, now over 30 years old, invites scholars from around the world to share their work in a formal lecture which is followed by a rigorous question and answer session and a light dinner.

 

The 2009-2010 series will be hosted by Dr. Garett Jones in Fall 2009 and Dr. John Nye in Spring 2010. It will be coordinated by Jane Perry. All papers made available will be posted on this site for downloading. For more information call the Center: (703) 993-2330.

 

Seminars are held on the following dates from 4:00-5:15 in Carow Hall, which is on George Mason University's Fairfax campus.

 

*The Seminar on Monday 4/26 will be at 1:30PM, there will be no dinner that day

 

Spring 2010 Schedule of Speakers:

 

1/20

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1/27

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2/3

Gregory Clark

Univ. of California, Davis

gclark@ucdavis.edu

Was There Ever a Ruling Class? A Proposal for the Study of 800 Years of Social Mobility

2/10

Carlos Scartascini

Inter-American Development Bank

carlossc@iadb.org

The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?

2/17

Alberto Simpser

Univ. of Chicago asimpser@uchicago.edu

 
2/24

Phil Keefer

World Bank

pkeefer@worldbank.org

 
3/3 Melinda Miller
U.S. Naval Academy
mmiller@usna.edu
 
3/10

 

Spring Break – no seminar

 

 
3/17

David Y Albouy  

University of Michigan

albouy@umich.edu

 
3/24

Joel Mokyr

Northwestern University

j-mokyr@northwestern.edu

 
3/31

Meir Kohn

Dartmouth University

Meir.G.Kohn@Dartmouth.edu
 
4/7

Scott Gehlbach

Univ. of  Wisconsin - Madison

gehlbach@polisci.wisc.edu

 
4/14 Joshua Gans
Melbourne Business School
joshua.gans@gmail.com
 
4/21

Ran Abramitzky

Stanford University

 ranabr@stanford.edu
 

4/26*

(Monday)

1:30PM

Sebastian Galiani

Washington University in St. Louis

galiani@wustl.edu
 
5/5    
     

 

 

Fall 2009 Schedule of Speakers:

 

9/2 -- --
9/9

Aldo Rustichini

University of Minnesota

arust@econ.umn.edu

Cognitive skills explain
economic preferences, strategic behavior and job attachment

part 1 / part 2 / supplement

 

9/16

John Patty

Harvard University

jwpatty@gmail.com

Congressional Development of the Institutional Presidency: Policy Advice under Separation of Powers

9/23

Scott Sumner

Bentley College

SSUMNER@bentley.edu

The Real Problem Wasn't Real, it Was Nominal

9/30

Michael McDonald

George Mason University

mmcdon@gmu.edu

Perceptions vs. Actual Exposure to Electoral Competition: Testing Effects on Participation

10/7

John Haltiwanger

University of Maryland

Haltiwan@econ.umd.edu

Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Selection and Allocation

10/15 (Thursday)

Brandice Canes-Wrone

Princeton University

bcwrone@princeton.edu
Reverse Electoral Business Cycles and the U.S. Housing Market
10/21 -- --
10/28 -- --
11/4

Roger Congleton

George Mason University

congleto@gmu.edu

Perfecting Parliament

chapter one / chapter eight

11/11

Robert Hetzel

FRB, Richmond

Robert.Hetzel@rich.frb.org

What Caused the Great Recession of 2008-2009?

11/18

Cancelled

 
11/25 Thanksgiving Break  
12/2

Arthur Lupia

University of Michigan

lupia@umich.edu
Questioning Our Competence: Improving the Practical Relevance of Political Knowledge Measures