Seminars: Public Economics

Seminar in Public Economics
Term: Spring 2026
Location: Littauer Center 301, Hansen Mason Lounge (unless noted otherwise*)
Meeting Time: Monday and Wednesday 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM (unless noted otherwise*)
Description: Invited speakers present theoretical and empirical research on a broad range of topics related to the design of government policy.
List Serve/Announcements: Join Public Economics Listserv 

Coordinator: Ursula Ferraro

Notes:  The seminars in Labor Economics and Public Economics meet jointly through the semester on Mondays and Wednesdays. 

DATESPEAKERTITLE (some are preliminary)
9/9/26
Christina Brown (University of Chicago)
"Financial Favoritism and the Gender Gap in Performance Evaluations"
9/16/26
James Stratton (Harvard University)
TBA
9/23/26
Fiona Chen (Harvard University) 
 
9/30/26
Coly Elhai (Harvard University)
TBA
10/5/26 *Monday
Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett (Harvard University)
TBA
10/7/26
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (Harvard University)
TBA
10/14/26
Chris Stanton (Harvard Business School)
TBA
10/21/26
Angela Wyse (Dartmouth)
TBA - Joint with Opportunity Insights
10/26/26
Harris Lecture
TBA
11/4/26
Lucas Althoff (Stanford)
TBA
11/18/26
Scott Nelson (Chicago Booth)
TBA - Joint with Industrial Organization Seminar
12/2/26
Raj Chetty (Harvard University)
TBA - Joint with Opportunity Insights