Columbia University
Development / Environmental Economics Seminar Series
Thursdays 4:15 – 5:45pm
Room IAB 1027

Sponsored by the Earth Institute and the Department of Economics
Coordinators: Leigh Linden and Wolfram Schlenker

Speakers:
Feb 28 Jay Shimshack (Tufts): "Mercury Advisories and Household Health Trade-offs"
Mar 6 Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD): "Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India"
Mar 14* Matt Kotchen (UCSB): "Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Indiana"
Mar 20 spring break
Mar 27 TBD
Apr 3 TBD
Apr 10 Michael Hanemann (Berkeley) - canceled
Apr 17 TBD
Apr 24 Asim Khwaja (Harvard): "Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering"
May 1 TBD
* Note: Seminar takes place on a Friday!