Faculty Seminar Series

All are welcome to attend the Georgetown Public Policy Institute Seminar Series, which features guest speakers presenting original research.  Unless noted otherwise, all seminars will be held in Car Barn 427.  Direct questions to Michael Bailey or Peter Hinrichs.

Fall 2009

Tuesday, September 22 (10:00-11:30): Jesse Rothstein (UC Berkeley), "The Value of School Facility Investments: Evidence from a Dynamic Regression Discontinuity Design" (.pdf)

Friday, October 23 (noon-1:30): Douglas Reed (Georgetown University),  "Desegregation, Massive Resistance and Intercurrence : Judicial Capacity and School Vouchers in Alexandria, Virginia” (.pdf) [Presented jointly with the Department of Government.  Location: ICC 662]

Monday, November 2 (3:30-5:00): Alan Wiseman (Ohio State University), “A Theory of Government Regulation and Self-Regulation with the Specter of Nonmarket Threats” (.pdf) [Presented jointly with the Department of Government]

Friday, November 13 (1:30-3:00): Sarah Turner (University of Virginia), "Playing the College Application Game: Critical Moves and the Link to Socio-Economic Circumstances"

Spring 2009

Friday, January 30 (3:00-4:30): Greg Huber (Yale University), "Party Affiliation, Partisanship, and Political Beliefs: A Field Experiment" (.pdf)  [Presented jointly with the Department of Government.  Location: ICC 662]

Thursday, March 12 (1:00-2:30): David Figlio (Northwestern University), "Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure" (.pdf)

Friday, April 17 (1:45-3:15): John Ham (University of Maryland), "Government Empowerment Zones Can Improve Local Labor Markets: Evidence from State Enterprise Zones, Federal Empowerment Zones and Federal Enterprise Communities"  (.pdf)

Fall 2008

Friday, September 5 (2:00-3:30): Jacob Vigdor (Duke University), "Scaling the Digital Divide: Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement" (.pdf)

Friday, September 12 (3:00-4:30): David Park (George Washington University), "Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: How Americans are Polarized and How They're Not"

Friday, October 17 (10:30-noon): Nora Gordon (UC San Diego), "Financial Incentives and the Desegregation of Southern Schools" (.pdf)

Friday, October 24 (2:00-3:30): Amy Zegart (UCLA), "Adaptation Failures of U.S. Intelligence Agencies" (.pdf)  [Presented jointly with the Department of Government.  Location: ICC 662]

Thursday, November 6 (3:00-4:30): Matthew Baum (Harvard University), "Reality Asserts Itself: Public Opinion on Iraq and the Elasticity of Reality" (.pdf)

Friday, November 21 (10:30-noon): Mark Duggan (University of Maryland), "The Effect of Medicare Part D on Pharmaceutical Prices and Utilization" (.pdf)