ECONOMICS READING GROUP
Friday September 14, 2001 (4:00-5:00, Williams School Room 220)
Irene Ramirez,
Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Finance, Universidad de
Valencia, Spain
"The
Separating Role Of Collateral Requirements In Credit Markets With Asymmetric
Information." (Capra, Fernandez, Ramirez)
Friday September 21, 2001 (4:00-5:00, Williams School Room 220)
Art Goldsmith, Department of Economics, Washington and Lee University.
“Wages And The Composition Of Experience.” (Veum)
Friday September 28, 2001 (4:00-5:00, Williams School Room 220)
James Kahn, Department of Economics and Director of Environmental Studies Program, Washington and Lee University.
“First World Agricultural Subsidies And Third World Sustainable Development.” (Gildo Sá Albuquerque)
John Turner, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, University of Virginia (W&L graduate: Economics and Mathematics).
"The Patent Renaissance."
Friday October 12, 2001
NO MEETING (reading days)
NO MEETING (Parents Weekend)
Friday November 2, 2001 (4:00-5:00, Williams School Room 220)
Alexandre Rivas, University Of Amazonas (Brazil).
“Topic to be announced”
Mark Rush, Department of Politics, Washington
and Lee University.
“The Impact of Redistricting in Comparative Perspective: Implications for the Electoral Reform Debate.”
NO MEETING (Thanksgiving)
Eduardo A. Velasques, Department of Politics, Washington and Lee University."
Systems,
Invisible Hands, and other Useful Deceptions:
Adam Smith on the Utility of Utility"
Reading: Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral
Sentiments, Pt. IV,
pp. 179-93.
NO MEETING (Last Day of Classes)