Category Archives: Coming Events

I’m giving a talk on Monday, presenting preliminary results from a couple of discrimination experiments. Details below. Are racial and ethnic minorities disadvantaged in Australia? Evidence from two randomized field experiments Alison Booth, Andrew Leigh, and Elena Varganova 12.30-2pm, Monday … Continue reading →

I had been planning to hold a conference on happiness at the ANU on 2 June, but have decided to cancel it. Something similar may go ahead in 2009. Apologies to anyone who had been eagerly awaiting it.

I’m giving two talks on Tuesday 18 March, both of which are open to the public. Media Slant (with Joshua Gans) 12.30-1.30pm Coombs Seminar Room A, ANU What do economists know about schools? 5.30pm for 6-7pm Canberra Club, West Row, … Continue reading →

My friend Gigi Foster is running a fascinating workshop on ‘Managing Selection in the Analysis of Economic Outcomes’ at the University of South Australia from 28-29 July. There’s no registration fee, and she has arranged for the splendid Bruce Weinberg … Continue reading →

On 8 April, Francesca Cornaglia is giving a lunchtime lecture at ANU on ‘The New Economics of Smoking’. All welcome. Flyer here.

I’m co-organising an ANU conference on Economics and Democracy on 8-10 December. Our call for papers is over the fold.

I’m co-organising four conferences at ANU in 2008. For two of them, the speaking list will be by invitation: 11th Australasian Labour Econometrics Workshop, 25-26 April 2008  Happiness Research, 2 June 2008 For the other two, we’re issuing an open call … Continue reading →

The seminar schedule from now until the end of January is over the fold. All seminars are in the HC Coombs building, and are open to the public.

The ANU RSSS Economics seminar schedule for the remainder of the year is over the fold.

I’m presenting a seminar at the University of Melbourne next Tuesday (October 9), on the topic “Are Weekend Births More Dangerous?”. As with the last ANU seminar on this topic, it’ll be on a “please do not quote or cite” … Continue reading →

For the last decade or two, ANU and the University of Western Australia have been running a conference for PhD students. As well as being a chance for final-year PhD students to present their work, it’s the closest thing that … Continue reading →

The Aug-Sept ANU RSSS Economics seminar schedule is over the fold.

Next Tuesday, the economists and philosophers at ANU are jointly hosting a seminar by George Mason University professor Robin Hanson. He’ll be speaking on the topic “Why You Don’t Tell the Truth: The Irrationality of Disagreement”. Details below. 12.00-1.30pm Tuesday … Continue reading →

The ANU RSSS Economics seminar schedule is now available on Google Calendar. You can view the schedule as an agenda, daily or weekly. Indeed, if you’re really keen, you can set things up so that an SMS comes to your … Continue reading →

Our seminar schedule for the next 2 months is below.

I’ll unfortunately be out of town for it, but my colleague Bob Gregory is organising a topical lecture on 19 July. All welcome, no registration required. Research School of Social Sciences Theme Seminar Series F H Gruen Lecture At 5.00pm … Continue reading →

On July 20-21, some of my more ethnographic colleagues are running an event on the topical topic of ‘Rural Futures in Developed Countries’. Details over the fold.

Andrew Wait at Sydney University is holding a workshop on Organization Economics on 27 July. The paper deadline is 25 June. Details here.

The ANU RSSS economics seminar schedule for May-June is over the fold. All seminars are held in the Coombs Building at ANU.