IFIR


A Partnership of
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
and
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University

Martin School Workshops

Spring Semester, 2010*

Wednesday, January 20, 2010:
Speaker: David Hulse
Professor
Von Allmen School of Accounting
University of Kentucky
Title: "Incentive Effects of Bonus Depreciation"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Wednesday, January 27, 2010:
Speaker: John Garen
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Kentucky
Title: "Using 'Local' Knowledge in Setting Teaching Compensation: Contrasting Competitive Outcomes to Mandated Reward Systems"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Wednesday, February 3, 2010:

Speaker: Andrew Haughwout
Microeconomic and Regional Studies
Research and Statistics Group
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Title: "The Homeownership Gap"
and "Second Chances: Subprime Mortgage Modification and Re-Default"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Tuesday, February 9, 2010: Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Speaker: Eric Hanushek
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Title: Will U.S. Schools Drag Us Down?
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: William T. Young Library, Room 162

Wednesday, February 10, 2010: UKCPR visitor Christopher Wildeman Workshop
Time: Noon - 1:00pm
http://www.ukcpr.org/Seminars.aspx
No Martin School Workshop
Wednesday, February 17, 2010: Speaker: David Figlio (Jointly sponsored by Department of Economics)
Faculty Fellow
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Title: "Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Wednesday, February 24, 2010:

Speaker: James Marton
Associate Professor
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Title: "A Tale of Two Cities? The Heterogeneous Impact of Medicaid Managed Care in Kentucky"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Friday, March 5, 2010:

Speaker: Carolyn Heinrich (Jointly sponsored by Department of Economics)
Director
La Follette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title: "Temporary Help Work: Compensating Differentials and Multiple Job-Holding"
Time/Location: See Department of Economics Workshop Page.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010:

Speaker: Scott Bauries
Assistant Professor
College of Law
University of Kentucky
Title: "State Constitutions and Individual Rights: 'Lockstepping' and the Lessons of School Finance"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Wednesday, March 24, 2010:

Speaker: Len Burman
Professor of Practice
Maxwell School
Syracuse University
Title: "Is the United States Heading for a Catastrophic Budget Failure?"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Wednesday, March 31, 2010:

Speaker: Keith Provan
Professor
Eller College of Management
University of Arizona
Title: "Conducting Research on Whole Networks: Preliminary Findings from Two
Studies" (abstract)
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Wednesday, April 14, 2010:

Speaker: Katharine Strunk
Assistant Professor
Rossier School of Education
University of Southern California
Title: "Do Districts Implement the Right Economic Incentives to Attract and Retain the Teachers Districts Want? The Relationship Between California School Districts’ Staffing Needs, Economic Incentive Policies and Teacher Recruitment and Retention."
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

Friday, April 16, 2010:

Speaker: Randall Walsh (Jointly sponsored by Department of Economics)
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Pittsburgh
Title: "Segregation and Tiebout Sorting: Investigating the Link between Investments in Public Goods and Neighborhood Tipping"
Time/Location: See Department of Economics Workshop Page.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010:

Speaker: Kirk Stark
Professor
UCLA Law
University of California - Los Angeles
Title: "The Federal Role in State Tax Reform"
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor

 

Other Workshops of Interest:

Department of Economics Workshop Series

College of Law Randall-Park Colloquium Series


* This schedule is subject to change. Last-minute announcements are distributed through the workshop e-mail distribution list. To be added to this list, please contact April Harmon.