7th Annual Postdoctoral Fellows Conference

Friday, September 30, 2016

• 8:30am - 9:00am PDT

  Breakfast

• 9:00am - 9:10am PDT

  Welcome and Introductions

  Mark Duggan, Stanford University

  Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University

• 9:10am - 10:00am PDT

  Morning Session I: Risk-Based Selection and the Optimal Design of Unemployment Insurance

  Presenter: Camille Landais, London School of Economics

  Coauthors: Arash Nekoei, Peter Nilsson, David Seim and Johannes Spinnewijn

  Discussant: Florian Scheuer, Stanford University

   Abstract.pdf

• 10:00am - 10:15am PDT

  Break

• 10:15am - 11:05am PDT

  Morning Session II: Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China

  Presenter: Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Duke University

  Coauthors: Zhao Chen, Zhikuo Liu, and Daniel Yi Xu

  Discussant: Dan Wilson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

   Abstract.pdf

• 11:05am - 11:20am PDT

  Break

• 11:20am - 12:10pm PDT

  Morning Session III: The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations

  Presenter: Xavier Jaravel, Stanford University

  Discussant: Michael Boskin, Stanford University

   Abstract.pdf

• 12:10pm - 1:30pm PDT

  Lunch

• 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT

  Afternoon Session I: Sources of Variation in State Effectiveness and Consequences for Policy Design

  Presenter: Michael Best, Stanford University

  Coauthors: Jonas Hjort and David Szakonyi

  Discussant: Brad Larsen, Stanford University

   Abstract.pdf

• 2:20pm - 2:35pm PDT

  Break

• 2:35pm - 3:25pm PDT

  Afternoon Session II: Is Public Provision of Natural Disaster Response Efficient? Evidence from Wildland Firefighting

  Presenter: Judson Boomhower, Stanford University

  Coauthor: Patrick Baylis

  Discussant: Marshall Burke, Stanford University

   Abstract.pdf

• 3:25pm - 3:40pm PDT

  Break

• 3:40pm - 4:30pm PDT

  Afternoon Session III: Long Run Effects of Pollution: Evidence from the US Acid Rain Program

  Presenter: Nicholas Sanders, Cornell University

  Coauthors: Alan Barreca and Matthew Neidell

  Discussant: Michael Anderson, University of California, Berkeley

   Abstract.pdf

• 4:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

  Reception and Dinner