The UCL Department of Economics announces research seminars for Week 4 of Term 1 2024

CReAM Research Seminar
Speaker: Linda Wu, UCL.
Title: ‘Job Market Practice: Behavioural Responses to Estate Taxation: Evidence from Taiwan’.
Date: Monday 14 October, 1600-1730hrs. 
Venue: South Wing, 9 Garwood LT - visit the location on a map.
Directions: Enter the main gate of UCL in Gower Street; go to the right corner at the far side of the quad; enter through the door with the plaque: Wilkins Building- South Cloisters; make a sharp right turn; go upstairs to the first floor; take the door to your left and walk along a corridor; the Garwood LT is at the middle of the corridor and the entrance is past the middle set of double doors.
Seminar organiser(s): m.vera@ucl.ac.uk, f.gerard@ucl.ac.uk.

CEMMAP Research Seminar
Speaker: Nathan Canen, University of Warwick.
Title: ‘Simple Inference on a Simplex-Valued Weight’.
Date: Tuesday 15 October, 1230-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): daniel.j.lewis@ucl.ac.uk, b.deaner@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series; Seminar signup

THEBES Research Seminar
Speaker: Alkis Georgiadis-Harris, University of Warwick.
Title: ‘Smart Banks’.
Date: Tuesday 15 October, 1600-1730hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House B03 Ricardo LT - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): duarte.goncalves@ucl.ac.uk, d.kattwinkel@ucl.ac.uk.
Further info: Seminar series. 

Finance Research Seminar
Speaker: Albert Menkveld, University of Amsterdam.
Title: ‘Middlemen in Limit Order Markets’.
Date: Wednesday 16 October, 1030-1200hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, 321 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): jihee.yoon@ucl.ac.uk.

Macro Research Seminar
Speaker: Andy Preston, UCL.
Title: ‘Risky Jobs, Risky Assets and Risky Business Cycles’.
Date: Wednesday 16 October, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, BO6 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): a.olivi@ucl.ac.uk, l.rachel@ucl.ac.uk.

IFS Seminar
Speaker: Cormac O'Dea, Yale.
Title: ‘Who Benefits from Retirement Saving Incentives in the U.S.? Evidence on Gaps in Retirement Wealth Accumulation by Race and Parental Income’.
Date: Wednesday 16 October, 1200-1345hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): rozeena.newell@ifs.org.uk

Applied Micro Research Seminar
Speaker: Mariaflavia (Nina) Harari, The Wharton School.
Title: ‘Residential Segregation and Local Public Goods in Urban Brazil’.
Date: Thursday 17 October, 1200-1330hrs. 
Venue: IFS Conference Room - visit the location on a map
Seminar organiser(s): s.piyapromdee@ucl.ac.uk.

PhD Research Seminar
Speaker: Rachel Tan, UCL.
Title: ‘Parental Beliefs and Parent Investments: A Dynamic Analysis.’
Date: Friday 18 October, 1200-1300hrs. 
Venue: Drayton House, Room 321 - visit the location on a map.
Seminar organiser(s): lyujia.liu.20@ucl.ac.uk.

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