Seminars: Public Economics
| Seminar in Public Economics |
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| Term: Fall 2026 |
| Location: Littauer Center 301, Hansen Mason Lounge (unless noted otherwise*) |
| Meeting Time: Monday and Wednesday 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM (unless noted otherwise*) |
Description: Invited speakers present theoretical and empirical research on a broad range of topics related to the design of government policy. |
List Serve/Announcements: Join Public Economics Listserv |
Coordinator: Ursula Ferraro Notes: The seminars in Labor Economics and Public Economics meet jointly through the semester on Mondays and Wednesdays. |
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE (some are preliminary) |
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9/9/26 | Christina Brown (University of Chicago) | |
9/16/26 | James Stratton (Harvard University) | "Safe Picks: Agency Frictions and Conservatism in Labor Demand" |
9/23/26 | Fiona Chen (Harvard University) | "Artificial Intelligence in the Firm: Bottlenecks in Software Production" |
9/30/26 | Coly Elhai (Harvard University) | TBA |
10/5/26 *Monday | Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett (Harvard University) | "Discipline at Work: Wage Premia, Managers, and Shirking in a Large Mexican Retailer" |
10/7/26 | Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (Harvard University) | TBA |
10/14/26 | Chris Stanton (Harvard Business School) | TBA |
10/21/26 | Angela Wyse (Dartmouth) | TBA - Joint with Opportunity Insights |
10/26/26 | Harris Lecture | TBA |
11/4/26 | Lucas Althoff (Stanford) | TBA |
11/18/26 | Scott Nelson (Chicago Booth) | TBA - Joint with Industrial Organization Seminar |
12/2/26 | Raj Chetty (Harvard University) Joint with Opportunity Insights | "A Theory of the Formation of Social Capital and Economic Mobility" (joint with Matt Jackson) |