PER Distinguished Lecture Series
PER invites distinguished scholars to share their research agenda in a format and style accessible to the broader economic community.
Spring 2023
Eric Maskin – March 29, 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Room 1512, International Affairs Building
Title: A Resolution of Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
Spring 2019
Harald Uhlig – April 19th, 10:30am-12:00pm
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University
Title: Some Simple Bitcoin Economics
Fall 2018
Gary Charness – September 26th, 6:00-7:30pm
Location: 416 Warren Hall, Columbia University
Title: Cheap Talk and Credibility
Spring 2018
Sandra Black – April 6th, 10:30am-12:00pm
Location: Deutsches Haus, Columbia University
Title: “Family Matters: The Role of Birth Order on Children’s Outcomes”
Lars Hansen – April 13, 11:00am-12:30pm
Location: 1512 International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Title: “Pricing Uncertainty Induced by Climate Change
Vincent Crawford – April 20th, 10:30am-12:00pm
Location: Deutsches Haus, Columbia University
Title: “Efficient Mechanisms for Level-k Bilateral Trading”
Fall 2017
Jordi Gali- October 3rd, 6:00-7:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Title: “Monetary Policy and Asset Price Bubbles”
Jonathan Gruber – October 6th, 10:30am-12:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Title: “Defensive Medicine: Evidence from Military Immunity”
Spring 2017
Xavier Vives – April 25th, 6:00-7:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Johannes Hörner, February 24th and February 28th
Location: International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Title: “Learning, Experimentation and Information Design”, Parts I and II
David Card, March 3rd
Location: International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Title: “Firms and Labor Market Inequality: Evidence and Some Theory”