Department Seminars

The Department of Economics hosts guest speakers presenting research findings in the field of economics. These seminars are open to faculty and students majoring or minoring in economics.

Upcoming Seminars

Friday, September 4, 2026

1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Jordan Richmond (University of Maryland), "Buyouts with Payouts: The Impacts of Private Equity on Workers and Owners"

Thursday, October 8, 2026
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Gideon Moore (Stanford University), "The Political Content of College Courses"

Thursday, October 22, 2026
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Joshua Goodman (Boston University), "Kumon Up: Private Tutoring Centers and Student Achievement"

Completed Seminars

2025-2026

Thursday, October 9, 2025
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Dr. Zhigang Feng (University of Nebraska at Omaha), "The National Debt in a Framework of Time-Consistent Fiscal Policy"

Thursday, October 16, 2025
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Professor Emeritus John Fitzgerald (Bowdoin College), "Counting the Poor: The Liquidity-Adjusted Supplemental Expenditure Poverty Measure"

Thursday, October 30, 2025
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Danielle Graves Williamson (Boston University), "Southern Academies: The Proliferation of All-White Private Schools After Brown and their Legacy for Students"

Thursday, November 13, 2025
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Jamie Rubenstein Taber (Bowdoin '03), "Crafting Economic Policy: From Technical Experts to White House Decision-Makers"

Thursday, November 20, 2025
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION: SEARLES 223

Jordan Rhodes (State of Maine) and Zoe Becker (Maine Department of Health and Human Services), "Access to Health Care in Rural Maine"

Friday, April 3, 2026
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Professor Farid Farrokhi (Boston College), "A Framework for Integrating Climate Goals into Trade Agreements"

Thursday, April 9, 2026
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Professor Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown University), "Private Colonialism in Africa"

Thursday, April 23, 2026
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Hubbard Pickering Room

Professor Vadim Marmer (University of British Columbia), "Unknown Group Structures in Econometric Models"