The University of Sheffield
Department of Economics

Our seminars are held on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 pm to 4.45pm (approx). The venue is Portobello Centre room B59.

Autumn/Winter
Date Speaker Topic
Oct 12 2011 Gary Koop
University of Strathclyde
Forecasting the European Carbon Market
Oct 19 2011 Erik Plug
University of Amsterdam
Sexual Orientation, Prejudice and Segregation'
Oct 26 2011 Gregory Jolivet
University of Bristol
Teacher Turnover and School Characteristics: Estimation of Preferences for Job Attributes Using Job-to-Job Mobility
Nov 02 2011 Sarah Smith
University of Bristol
Do consumers gamble to convexify?
Nov 09 2011 Max Gillman
University of Cardiff
Dynamic AS-AD, RBC-Growth Puzzles, and New Keynesian Challenges
Nov 16 Denzil Fiebig
University of New South Wales
3 Things That Bother Me About Mixed Logit
Nov 23 2011 Sandra McNally
London School of Economics
Economic Implications of Educational Decisions: The Effects of 'Information' on School Students in London.
Nov 30 2011 Stephen Drinkwater
Swansea University
Canceled
Dec 07 2011 Mike Brewer
University of Essex
Measuring living standards with income and consumption: evidence from the UK
Spring/Summer
08 Feb 2012 Brian Bell
LSE
Firm Performance and Wages: Evidence from across the Corporate Hierarchy.
15 Feb 2012 Stephen Jenkins
LSE
Regression Analysis of Cross-National Differences using Multi-Level Data: A Cautionary Note
22 Feb 2012 Engelbert Stockhammer
Kingston University London
Engelbert Stockhammer will present: Capital accumulation,
labour market institutions and unemployment in the medium run
29 Feb 2012 Matt Greenwood
University of Leeds
Fundamental Asymmetries in US Monetary Policymaking: Evidence from a Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag Quantile Regression Model
07 Mar 2012 Javier Ordóñez Monfort
University of Bath
If the Unites States sneezes, does the world need paracetamol?
14 Mar 2012 Bruce Morley
University of Bath
Purchasing Power Parity and Structural Instability in the US/UK Exchange Rate
21 Mar 2012 Karsten Staehr
Tallinn University of Technology,
Bank of Estonia
Capital Flows, Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe
28 Mar 2012 Anne Spencer
Queen Mary University of London
The use of discrete choice experiments to capture the preferences towards risky treatments
25 Apr 2012 Gerry Makepeace
Cardiff Business School
TBA
9 May 2012 Joanna Swaffield
University of York
TBA
16 May 2012 William Whittaker
University of Manchester
The pursuit of happiness? Subjective wellbeing and internal migration in Great Britain.