Economics Department-Wide Seminars

Occasionally, the Economics Department hosts a seminar that is of interest to scholars across disciplines.  Seminars sponsored by the Hightower Fund are considered interdisciplinary and all are invited to attend.

If a department-wide seminar is being held via Zoom, please contact Marie Browne if you would like to attend: mpbrown@emory.edu

Please note: Seminars are added throughout the academic year.

Tuesday, March 17
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
David Lagakos, Department of Economics, Boston University
Location: GFC_W100 (Goizueta Foundation Center, Ferman Lecture Room)
Title: "Technology and Tax Capacity:  Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana”
Host: Tao Zha

This lecture is sponsored by the Hightower Fund with co-sponsorship support from the Department of Economics, Data and Decision Sciences, Political Science, Goizueta Business School, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Wednesday, April 15
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Zhiguo He, Stanford GSB
Location: Goizueta Business School (W525)
Title: "Household Migration and Collateral Constraint: Cash-based Housing Resettlement in China"
Host: Kaiji Chen/Vivian Yue/Chris Hansman

This lecture is sponsored by the Hightower Fund with co-sponsorship support from the Department of Economics, Data and Decision Sciences, Political Science, Goizueta Business School, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.