Seminar Schedule

Frank Center for Public Affairs - Room 301 unless otherwise noted.

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Economics Seminar Speakers 
Fall 2025

Date Speaker Title
Wednesday September 17, 4:20 p.m. Jeff Cheung '17, UC Davis "Monetary Shocks, Currency Exposures, and the Cost of Sovereign Default"
Wednesday, September 24, 4:20 p.m. Nancy Chau, Cornell University "Dishonesty Concessions in Teams: Theory and Experimental Insights from Local Politicians in India"
Wednesday, October 15, 4:20 p.m. April Mehl, Treasury-OFR/Haverford College   "Bailouts, Bail-ins, and Banking Industry Dynamics"
Thursday, October 30, 12 p.m. RM 100 Economics Smorgasbord
Wednesday, November 5, 4:20 p.m. Seoyeon Jo, Wesleyan University  

"Understanding the Gender Pay Gap and Labor Force Survival: Why Women Should Major in Economics"

Monday, November 17, 4:30 PM Gerben Bakker

"How Hollywood Survived: Sunk costs, Market Size, and Market Structure, 1945-2019" 

*This is a co-sponsered event with Economics, History, CSTS and Film 

Thursday, December 4, 12 p.m.   César Castillo-García, Wesleyan University  

                                                           Spring 2026

Wednesday, March 4, 4:20 p.m.

Cynthia Kinnan, Tufts University

 

“Can Microfinance Unlock a Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs?”

Thursday, March 26, 12 p.m.

Cameron Shelton, 
Claremont McKenna College

Thursday, April 2, 12 p.m.

Patrick Mason, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Wednesday, April 15, 4:20 p.m. Dan Fetter, Dartmouth College

Wednesday, April 22, 5:30 PM

(Daniel Family Commons)

Hogendorn Lecture

(Attendance by Invitation)