Schedule of Speakers
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Economics Series
Fall 2011
Date |
Speaker/Affliliation/Paper |
| Sep 29 | Mark Dean (Brown) Search and Satisficing (with Andrew Caplin and Daniel Martin) Seminar will be held in 601 NJ Avenue Building, Room NJ-B |
| Oct 13 | Yi Qian (Northwestern) |
| Oct 17 | Mo Xiao (Arizona) Entry under Subsidy: the Competitive U.S. Local Telephone Industry (with Ying Fan) Note: This seminar is on a Monday. |
| Oct 20 | Andrew Toole (ERS) The R&D Investment-Uncertainty Relationship: Do Strategic Rivalry and Firm Size Matter? Seminar will be held in 1800 M Street Building, Room 8089 |
| Oct 31 | John Asker (NYU Stern) Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance (with Heski Bar-Isaac) NJ Conference Room A and Simulcast to M Street Note: This seminar is on a Monday at 12:00 |
| Nov 10 | Abe Dunn (BEA) Physician Market Power and Medical-Care Expenditures (with Adam Hale Shapiro) Seminar will be held in 1800 M Street Building, Room 8089 |
| Nov 17 | John Driscoll (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) Seminar will be held in 601 NJ Avenue Building, Room 4100 |
| Dec 1 | Michael Salinger (Boston University) Tying and Bundling in a Nearly Contestable Market Seminar will be held in 601 NJ Avenue Building, Room 4100 |
| Dec 8 | Paul Ellickson (Rochester) Density versus Differentiation: The Impact of Wal-Mart on the Grocery Industry (with Paul L. E. Grieco) Seminar will be held in 601 NJ Avenue Building, Room 4100 |
| Dec 15 | Mark Duggan (Wharton) Will Risk-Adjustment Decrease Health Care Costs? New Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program (joint with Jason Brown, Ilyana Kuziemko, and William Woolston) Seminar will be held in 1800 M Street Building, Room 8089 |
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will take place on Thursdays at 2:30pm in the ground floor Conference Center located at 601 New Jersey Ave. NW. No prior security clearance is necessary except for the seminars held in room 4100. Address inquiries to Loren Smith (lsmith2@ftc.gov) or Tammy John (tjohn@ftc.gov). For seminars held in the 1800 M street building, proceed directly from the lobby of the building to the 8th floor. Security clearance is required upon arrival at the 8th floor. Seminars in the 1800 M street building begin at 2:30pm unless otherwise noted. Updated: September 14, 2011 Click on the lecture title to view an Acrobat PDF copy of the presented paper. Previous seminar series calendars are available. |
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Directions to 601 New Jersey Avenue Building Seminars (back to top)
By Shuttle Van:
FTC employees can take the shuttle van from the headquarters building at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the satellite building at 601 New Jersey Avenue NW. The shuttle leaves from the main Pennsylvania Avenue entrance of the headquarters building on the :00, :20 and :40 of every hour, and drops riders directly in front of the satellite building a few minutes later. Return trips leave the satellite building at the :10, :30 and :50 of each hour. Riders may be required to show FTC employee identification.By MetroRail:
Take the Red Line to Union Station. After disembarking from train, exit the platform through the "Union Station Shops" exit. Take the escalator all the way up to the street level, near the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and North Capitol Street. Follow Massachusetts Ave. northwest until it intersects with New Jersey Ave. Turn left on New Jersey Avenue and walk one block south to 601 New Jersey Avenue.By Car:
Pay parking is available in a garage under the 601 New Jersey Avenue building (enter from the alley behind the building).By Train:
Amtrak, MARC and VRE trains disembark at Union Station. Exit to the southeast side of Union Station, near the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and North Capitol Street. Follow Massachusetts Ave. northwest until it intersects with New Jersey Ave. Turn left on New Jersey Avenue and walk one block south to 601 New Jersey Avenue.
Directions to 1800 M Street Building Seminars (back to top)
By MetroRail:
Take the Red Line to Farragut North. After disembarking from train, take the L street exit. Proceed north on Connecticut Avenue and take a left on M street. 1800 M is at the corner of 18th and M streets. Or take the Orange or Blue Line to Farragut West. Walk north on 17th street and continue past Farragut Square. Continue north on Connecticut avenue and take a left on M street. 1800 M is at the corner of 18th and M streets.By Car:
Pay parking is available in public garages near the 1800 M street building. There are garages on 18th street between L and M streets and on M street between 18th and 19th streets.
Links to Other Area Seminars: (back to top)