Department of Economics
Pomona College

Colloquium

Fall 2009



Date
Time
Location
Speaker
Topic
Thursday,
September 24
4:15-5:15 pm
Carnegie 107 Joanna Lahey
(RAND/Texas A&M University)
"Birthing a Nation: The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the 19th Century Demographic Transition"
Friday,
October 9
2:15-3:15 pm
Carnegie 107 Asaf Zussman
(Hebrew University)
"Partisan Grading"
Wednesday,
October 14
4:15-5:15 pm
Carnegie 107 Sarah Baird
(George Washington University)
"Designing Cost-Effective Cash Transfer Programs to Improve Schooling and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa" [paper 1][paper 2]
Thursday,
October 29
4:15-5:15 pm
Carnegie 107 John Romley
(RAND/Occidental College)
"Hospital Spending and Mortality in California: Implications for Health-Care Reform"
Thursday,
November 12
4:15-5:15 pm
Carnegie 107 Koleman Strumpf
(University of Kansas)
"First Degree Price Discrimination and Firm Learning: Evidence from Illegal Sports Bookmaking"



Location: Carnegie Building, 425 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711

For more information, contact Slavi Slavov or Bo Cutter.