Brown Bag Seminars

The department will be offering two "Brown Bag Seminars" this fall. This is a chance to see what academic research is like and what some members of the faculty are working on. More details may be found on the seminar flyer (here) but some quick details are below.

• October 19, 1:30 to 2:30, 204 Dwire Hall
• Joe Craig, "Instructor Attire & Student Performance"
• November 2, 1:30 to 2:30, 204 Dwire Hall
• Edward Hoang, "Wealth Accumulation and Estate Taxes"

Hope to see you there!

An event you might be interested in

Free Minds Film Festival

College Graduates Likely to Face Long Job Hunt - WSJ.com

College Graduates Likely to Face Long Job Hunt - WSJ.com: Worth taking a look at -- especially the graph showing must likely majors to be hired.

WSSA Student Paper Opportunity

The WSSA meetings (http://wssa.asu.edu/default.htm) will be Denver next year. As they have a student paper section, it might be worth thinking of ideas to work on.

One more for fall

One more class is being added to the fall schedule -- Econ 4810: Econometrics. The class will be Tuesday and Thursday from 12:15 to 1:30. No syllabus yet (too early for that), but one more option from which to select.

New Professors Coming for Fall 2012

Great news for the department and for you!

The Dean has recently concluded negotiations to bring two new faculty to the department next fall. Joining us will be Joseph Craig and Edward Hoang.

Of course, this means that the fall schedule (which will be made public soon) will need to change -- so keep an eye out for schedule revisions that will be coming soon.

Candidate visit schedule change

One change to the agenda (details below):

• Robert Scott, Monday, 2/6, 2:20-3:20, 114 Dwire Hall, "Plastic Capital: Credit Card Financing Among Startups"

Economics -- the source of becoming part of the 1%

Prof. Greenwood passed this on: What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In. Perhaps the degree in economics is a pretty good choice?

Job Candidates

As many of you know, the department is interviewing for two new Assistant Professors. Each is doing a short non-technical presentation of his or her research to the campus community. The first occurred yesterday -- thank you to everyone who came out to see Joseph Craig. The schedule for the next three is below:

• Katie Player, Tuesday 1/31, 1:30-2:30, 204 Dwire Hall, "The Impact of Personal Income Tax Rates on the Employment Decisions of Small Business"
• Edward Hoang, Thursday, 2/2, 1:40-2:55, 114 Dwire Hall, "Fiscal Policy, Debt Neutrality, and Savings Behavior: Evidence fro Life Insurance Holdings"
• Robert Scott, Monday, 2/6, 1:00-2:00, 204 Dwire Hall, "Plastic Capital: Credit Card Financing Among Startups"

Please pass the word around and let us know what you think of the candidates.

Room Location in Chicago

Room 868 for those that need to find me.