Economic Theory Workshop
Spring, 2012
 

       
Tue., Mar. 27* Francisco Louca
(ISEG, Lisbon, Portugal)		  

Deus Ex Machina: Testing the Fundamentals

of the Cannon on Financial Markets, a Multivariate Approach

 

    (Joint with the Political Economy Workshop)
       
Mon., Apr. 2
 Cancelled		 Randall Bausor  

The Informational Microfoundations of Market Structure

 
       
Mon., Apr. 9
Cancelled 		Andy Brimmer
(Brimmer & Co., Washington, DC)		  

Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Since the 2007-2009 Recession: Promoting Economic Growth vs. Fighting Future Inflation
       
Tue., Apr 17* Don Katzner   A Neoclassical Curmudgeon's Look at  Heterodox Criticisms of Microeconomics
       
Mon., Apr 23 Simon Mohun
(Queen Mary Univ., London)		  

Profit Rates and Crisis in the US: Long Run and Short Run Perspectives

 
 

     (Joint with the Political Economy Workshop)
       
Fri., Apr. 27*
(11:45AM - lunch provided**)		 Carmen Diana Deere
(Univ. of Florida)		   Discussion: Mixed-methods in Economic Research:  Lessons from the Gender Assets Gap Project
 

     (Joint with all Workshops)
       
Mon., Apr. 30 Vamsi Vakulabharanam
(Hyderabad Central Univ., India)		   Class Structures and Rising Inequality in China and India since the 1990s
      (Joint with the Political Economy Workshop)
       

 

9th Floor Conference Room

Thompson Hall

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Except as noted, all sessions begin at 4:00 PM.

 When and if available, papers will be posted at:

courses.umass.edu/econ801
 

*Please note the non-Monday date.

** Please note the change in time.