Center for Micro-Economic Policy Research (CMEPR)
Micro-Economic Policy Seminar (MEPS): Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm EST in VMH 322 at the Arlington campus of George Mason University
Schedule:
January 28th: Arlen Guarin (World Bank)
February 4th: Gregory Clark (UC Davis and SDU)
February 11th: Hie Joo Ahn (Federal Reserve Board) – The Dual U.S. Labor Market Uncovered
February 18th: Laurent Bouton (Georgetown) – Pack-Crack-Pack: Gerrymandering with Differential Turnout
February 25th: Pablo Acosta (World Bank) – Skilled Immigrants and Credential Recognition in Peru
March 4th: Adam Bloomfield (FDIC) – The Allure of Round Number Prices for Individual Investors
March 11th: Spring break
March 18th: Gopi Shah Goda (Brookings) – Subsidizing Medical Spending through the Tax Code: Take-Up, Targeting and the Cost of Claiming
March 25th: Thomas Hegland (AHRQ) – How do Firms Design Their Health Insurance Benefits Packages?
April 1st: Arpita Chatterjee (Federal Reserve Board)
April 8th: Scott Kaplan (U.S. Naval Academy) – Taxing Volume, Targeting Sugar: A Framework and Empirical Assessment of Excise Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
April 15th: Breno Braga (Urban Institute) – The Impact of Hospital Closures on Medical Debt in Collections: Analysis Using Consumer Credit Bureau Data
April 22nd: Garance Genicot (Georgetown) – Mobility and Inequality
April 29th: Nicholas Li (GWU)
May 6th: TBA
Political Science Brown Bag series
* Feb 5: Ahsan Butt, “The Lies That Bind Us: Nationalism and History Textbooks”
* Feb 19: Vasilii Nosov, “How Western Sanctions Push Countries Toward China”
* Mar 5: Jennifer Victor, “Earning Congressional Influence through Campaign Contributions”
* Mar 19: Lightning session — short talks
* Mar 26: Special academic conference preparation session
* Apr 2: Sita Slavov, “Social Security Claiming and Widow Poverty”
* Apr 16: Eric McGlinchey and Shahnoza Nozimova, “Beyond Empire: Uzbek and Tajik Responses to Russia’s War in Ukraine”
* Apr 30: Michael Curtis, “Moldova Energy Security – A Pivotal Moment”