Economics » Seminars & Workshops

07/05 11:15am-12:30pm: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Gustavo Bobonis (Toronto)

Andrew Taylor — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:52:04 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Improving Judicial Protection in Intimate Partner Violence Cases: The Role of Specialized Courts and Judges (with Carolina Arteaga, Paola Salardi, and Dario Toman)

Abstract: How does the design of a justice system affect protection in cases of intimate partner violence? We study the large-scale implementation of a system of specialized domestic violence courts (SDVCs), an innovation in access to justice programs for potential victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and offenders. Using individual-level administrative data from the universe of civil domestic violence cases in Puerto Rico during the period 2014-2020, we leverage the staggered opening of SDVCs across judicial regions to examine the consequences for victims’ judicial protection and offender recidivism. Access to SDVCs leads to a considerable 8 percentage points increase in the probability that judges issue a protection order and a 1.7 percentage point (15 percent) decrease in victim and offender reappearance rates within one year of the start of the case. Effects are more pronounced for cases in which parties have children in common and in which access to SDVCs is more limited. Linking the case data to administrative and survey data on judges, we show that the priorities of judges assigned to SDVCs play a prominent role in explaining these outcomes.

Here’s the URL to the paper: https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/gustavo.bobonis/SDVC_PR_Paper_25-09.pdf

07/05 1pm-2pm: MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Hayden Harris and Andy Lau (PGRs)

Andrew Taylor — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:46:51 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

There will be two 30 minute presentations:

Hayden Harris is presenting Learning by not Doing (Drugs)

Andy Lau is presenting The Defensibility Trap: Why Experts Choose Not to Learn.

07/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Toru Kitagawa (Brown)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:37:29 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Who With Whom? Learning Optimal Matching Policies

07/05 4pm-5:15pm: EBER Seminar - Etienne Le Rossignol (University de Namur)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:49:21 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:15pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Scope of Trust: Origins and Consequences

11/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Wendun Wang (EUR)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:20:13 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Mon, 11 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Recovering latent time-varying network in panel models

12/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Johannes Brinkmann (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:32:52 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

12/05 1pm-2pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - David Boll (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:40:39 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

12/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Kelsey Jack (UC Berkeley)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:47:57 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Health Insurance for Seasonal Savings: Evidence from Rural Côte d'Ivoire

Authors: Günther Fink, B. Kelsey Jack, Renate Strobl, Dao Daouda

Abstract: Households in low-income agricultural economies face large seasonal fluctuations in income and limited access to financial tools for smoothing consumption. In such settings, health insurance can serve not only as risk protection, but also as a state-contingent savings technology, transferring resources from high-income harvest periods to low-income lean periods. We study the rollout of Côte d'Ivoire's national health insurance scheme in a context with high morbidity, substantial out-of-pocket expenditures, and pronounced income seasonality---conditions under which the potential welfare gains from insurance are particularly large. Using a randomized subsidy design among 2,468 cocoa-farming households, we show that insurance demand is highly responsive to both price and cash-on-hand liquidity. Despite strong demand and actuarially favorable pricing, we find limited effects on health spending or consumption. We show that this disconnect arises from frictions in accessing benefits, including weak verification and reimbursement environments that limit providers' willingness to honor coverage without immediate proof. Our results highlight the importance of implementation, trust, and contract enforceability in determining the welfare impacts of social insurance.

13/05 10am-11am: CRETA Theory Seminar - Marilyn Pease (Indiana University)

Andrew Taylor — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:17 GMT

When: 10am - 11am, Wed, 13 May '26

Title: Follow the Leader? Coordination Motives in Sequential Information Acquisition (joint with Mark Whitmeyer)

14/05 11:15am-12:30pm: Political Economy & Public Economics Seminar - Francesco Trebbi (UoCalifornia, Berkeley)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:04:39 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Decoupling Taste-Based versus Statistical Discrimination in ElectionsLink opens in a new window (with Amanda de Albuquerque, Fred Finan, Anubhav Jha, and Laura Karpuska)

14/05 1pm-2pm: MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) - Maryam Saeedi (Carnegie Mellon)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:07:39 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

14/05 2pm-3:30pm: Macro/International Seminar - Olivia Bordeu (Berkeley)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:32:51 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Bank Branches and the Allocation of Capital across Cities (with Gustavo Gonzalez, Marcos Sora).

18/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:39:39 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Mon, 18 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

19/05 12pm-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Daniel Jaar (EUI)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:42:13 GMT

When: 12pm - 1pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.08

Daniel Jaar is visiting the department for one week.

Title to be advised.

19/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Desmond Fairall (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:34:27 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

19/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Lagakos (BU)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:42:39 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title: Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development? (joint with Martin Shu and Jonathan Colmer)

20/05 4pm-5:30pm: CRETA Theory Seminar - Dilip Abreu (New York)

Andrew Taylor — Tue, 05 May 2026 09:21:15 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:30pm, Wed, 20 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title: Revisiting Shapley-Shubik (1971) via Nash (1953) . This work is joint with Mihai Manea.

Abstract: The set of stable payoffs in assignment games is often large.

We seek to refine this set in the spirit of the Nash (1953) program, where an idealized (or “cooperative”)

solution is also supported by a non-cooperative mechanism whose Nash equilibria (possibly refined as in Nash (1953))

yield outcomes that exactly mirror the idealized solution. These dual perspectives jointly reinforce and validate

one another.

21/05 11:15am-12:30pm: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Leonardo Bursztyn (Chicago)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:43:06 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S0.20

Title to be advised.

21/05 2pm-3:30pm: Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:48:03 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S0.20

Title to be advised.

21/05 2pm-3pm: AMRG (Applied Microeconomics Reading Group)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:36:28 GMT

When: 2pm - 3pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S1.50

21/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: EBER Seminar - Andis Sofianos (Durham)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:49:59 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: WBS2.007

Title to be advised.

26/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Lily Shevchenko (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:35:54 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 26 May '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

26/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Guy Pincus (Harvard)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:50:52 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 26 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

27/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:51:38 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Wed, 27 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

27/05 4pm-5:30pm: CRETA Seminar - Rohit Lamba (Cornell)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:07:10 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:30pm, Wed, 27 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advsied

28/05 11:15am-12:30pm: Political Economy Seminar - Chris Roth (Cologne)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:52:14 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 28 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

28/05 12pm-4pm: MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress) Workshop

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:15:05 GMT

When: 12pm - 4pm, Thu, 28 May '26

Where: S2.79

To be advised

02/06 12pm-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - to be advised

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:57:33 GMT

When: 12pm - 1pm, Tue, 02 Jun '26

Where: S0.08

To be advised

02/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Devesh Rustagi (Warwick)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:37:08 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 02 Jun '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

03/06 1pm-2pm: MIWP (Microeconomics Work in Progress)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:59:48 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Wed, 03 Jun '26

Where: S0.08

To be advised