April 28, 2022 Terry S. Moon (University of British Columbia) TBD

Speaker: Soyoung Lee (Bank of Canada) Title: The household credit channel of monetary policy: A bottom-up approach Discussant: Aaron Hedlund (University of Missouri) Abstract: Monetary policy-induced interest rate changes of mortgages reach households differentially with heterogeneous credit and consumption implications. Using Canadian microdata, we identify an asymmetry between consumers with high and low credit risks. […]

Prof. Sam Hwang will give a seminar at the KAEA-VSS-Applied Micro on Thursday, May 19 at 8 pm ET (9 am KST the next day). Please find the detailed information about the seminar below. Only abstract is available Speaker: Prof. Sam Hwang (UBC) Title: The effect of ability-tracking on student outcome: evidence from South Korea When: Thursday, […]

The KWEN will have our last seminar of the academic year on May 23, Monday at 6pm EST (7am KST next day). Appended below is the information for the seminar and Zoom link.  Note the seminar time is earlier than usual. Program Title: "Innovation in Decentralized Markets: Synthetic Products vs. Trading Technology" (joint with Marzena Rostek) Presenter: Ji Hee […]

Please note that it is one-hour later than our usual seminar time, and below is the information for the seminar and Zoom link. Program 9-9:20pm: Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University Pay, Productivity and Management 9:20–9:40pm: Ryan Kim, Johns Hopkins University Spillovers and Redistribution through Intra-Firm Networks: The Product Replacement Channel 9:40-10pm: Q&A Zoom link to the seminar: https://iu.zoom.us/j/86428885967

June 16 - Hanol Lee

Date/Time: Sep 1 (Thursday) 8PM ET Speaker: Natalie Bau (UCLA) Title: Cultural Institutions and Structural Change: Dowries as Pensions When Sons Migrate Abstract: This paper examines whether an important cultural institution in India – dowry – can enable male migration by increasing liquidity at the time of marriage. We hypothesize that one cost of migration […]