Fall 2023 Wednesday Seminar Series
The Seminar Series, now over 35 years old, invites scholars from around the world to share their work in a formal lecture, which is followed by a rigorous question and answer session.
The Fall 2023 seminars will be hosted by Dr. Jonathan Schultz and coordinated by Lisa Hill-Corley and Kashiff A. Thompson. All papers made available will be posted on this site for downloading. For more information, call the Center: (703) 993-2316.
In person seminars will be held from 12 - 1:15pm in Carow Hall, which is on George Mason University's Fairfax campus. A light lunch for seminar participants will be available at 11:45 am.
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Fall 2023 Schedule of Speakers:
| 9/6 |
Presentation: Bureaucratic Nepotism
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| 9/13 |
Kevin Grier, Texas Tech University
Presentation: Brothers from another mother? The causal effect of German reunification on economic freedom
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| 9/20 |
Arkadev Ghosh, Duke University
Presentation: Creating Cohesive Communities: A Youth Camp Experiment in India
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| 9/27 |
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University
Presentation: The Diffusion of Disruptive Technologies
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10/4
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Volha Charnysh, MIT
Presentation: Migration and Social Change: Evidence from post-WWII displacement in Germany
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10/11
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Martin Fizbein, Boston University
Presentation: America's Frontier Culture: A Particular(istic) Individualism
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| 10/18 |
Petra Moser, NYU
Presentation: Shell Shock: How Exposure to WWII Affected American Scientists
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10/25
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Sylvain Catherine, University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: Interest-rate risk and household portfolios
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11/1
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No seminar. Instead, the James Buchanan and Vernon Smith Seminar featuring Joe Henrich on 11/2.
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11/8
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Matt Lowe, University of British Columbia
Presentation: Virtue Signals
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11/15
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Victor Gay, Toulouse School of Economics
Presentation: Revolutionary Transition: Inheritance Change and Fertility Decline
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11/22
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No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
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11/29
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Kerem Coşar, University of Virginia
Presentation: Rise and Fall of Empires in the Industrial Era: A Story of Shifting Comparative Advantages
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