Graduate Student Workshop
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October 8, 2016
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Koret Classroom (Room F320) Berkeley, CA The workshop will feature 8-10 presentations by graduate students of papers based on their PhD research, comments and suggestions on the papers by faculty and students, as well as a general discussion of strategies for the job market. |
Workshop Program |
SATURDAY, October 17 8:00 AM Breakfast 8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions 8:45 AM Paper 1: The Dangers of Devaluation Risk: Evidence from U.S. Silver Coinage Agitation, 1878-1900, Colin Weiss, UCLA 9:35 AM Paper 2: The Nature Of Federal Highway Grants and its Effects on US State-Level Outcome, Erik Johnson, UC Berkeley 10:25 AM Break 10:40 AM Paper 3: Stimulus on the Home Front: The State-Level Effects of WWII Spending, Gillian Brunet, UC Berkeley 11:30 AM Paper 4: Impact of Local Human Capital Shocks: Evidence from the World War II GI Bill, Jongkwan Lee, UC Davis 12:20 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Paper 5: Timber Trade Organizations in Shanghai: Institutions, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution, 1880-1930, Meng Zhang, UCLA 1:50 PM Paper 6: Did Capital Requirements in the Early 20th Century United States Promote Bank Stability? Michael Gou, UC Irvine 2:40 PM Break 3:00 PM Paper 7: Moving to Opportunity: Railroads, Migrations And Economic Mobility, Santiago Perez, Stanford University 3:50 PM Paper 8: Geography of American Agricultural Implements Manufacturer, Stephen Sun, UC Davis 4:40 PM Paper 9: The Economics of Speed: The Electrification of the Streetcar System and the Decline of Mom-and-Pop Stores, Wei You, UC San Diego 6:30 PM Dinner at Revival Kitchen + Bar, 2102 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 |
